| Copyright © 1999 by Denise Frederick. This copy contributed for use in
the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. CARPENTER, LYMAN: Was born in Steuben county, N.Y., May 25, 1838, and was a son of Wm. and Mary (Perkins) Carpenter, deceased. He was married Nov. 7, 1867, to Julia A. Hull, who was born in Huron county, O., Nov. 8, 1848; her father, Ira Hull, is living, but her mother, Hester (Jump), is deceased. When Pres. Lincoln issued a call for troops to defend the Nation's cause, his patriotic love for freedom actuated him to enlist and he was enrolled Oct. 30, 1861, as a private at White Pigeon, Mich., in Co. D, 1st Mich. Art., 1st Brig., 3d Div., 14th A.C. Sept. 20, 1863, he was wounded at Chicamauga, and was confined in hospital two months suffering with smallpox. He took part in the Siege of Corinth, the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chicamauga, Lookout Mt., Missionary Ridge and others equally important. He was honorably discharged Nov. 11, 1864, at Nashville, Tenn. His brother William was in the late service. Comrade Carpenter has been pathmaster three years; he is Com. of Hackett Post; his occupation is that of a farmer and his address is Bronson, Mich. |
| CHANDLER, ROBERT G. -- Click Here |
| CLEAVLAND, CHARLES E.: The gentleman above
mentioned, who was an old-time resident of Nance county, Nebraska, owned and occupied a
comfortable home in Belgrade, and was a substantial and worthy citizen of his Community.
Charles E. Cleavland is a native of Michigan, born in Branch county, September 16,
1845, and was the youngest of three children born to Solomon and Mary Cleavland, the
former dying when Charles was a babe two weeks old. The mother moved to Ionia county with
her little family, and then to Cass county, Michigan, in 1851, where our subject grew up
and was educated. He was married in Jackson county, on April 11, 1866, to Victoria J.
Smith, and the young couple followed farming in Michigan for a number of years. Three
children were born of the marriage: Anna Jane, now the widow of Frank Hodges; Milton, of
Liverpool. Texas, and Ellen M., who died in California when seven months old. On May
14. 1883, Mr. Cleavland landed in Nance county, Nebraska, settled on a pre-emption claim,
and started in the farming and stock raising business, being joined by his children
several years later. He later engaged in the poultry business making a success of it.
Mr. Cleavland is a veteran of the civil war, enlisting in Company A, Twelfth
Michigan Infantry, on January 25, 1862, and was discharged from service three years later
to the exact date, at Duval's Bluff, Arkansas. During his career its a soldier he took
active part in the battle of Shiloh, Pittsburg Landing, was at the Siege of Vickshurg and
fall of that city, also in numerous minor battles and skirmishes. On September 7,
1885, Mr. Cleavland was married the second time, to Miss Rachel Gibson, the ceremony
taking place in Nance county. During the early years Mr. Cleavland served as justice of
the peace in Nance county, and had the distinction of being the first to hold that office
in Branch township. In the fall of 1909, Mr. Cleavland sold his property in Belgrade and.
moved to Liverpool, Texas, where he remained until February, 1911, then going to Stephens,
Arkansas, where he had previously purchased a farm, and on which he now lives.
(Source: Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Nebraska, Alden
Publishing Co., 1912 |
| COOMBS, WILLIAM A. -- Click Here |
| CORNELL, CHAUNCEY J. -- Click Here |
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| CULP, JOHN W. -- Click Here |