Wesley Cleveland, who has the honor of being connected with the same line of ancestry as Grover Cleveland, twice president of the United States, was born in Sullivan county, Indiana, September 17, 1850, and has for a number of years been a resident of Knox county.
He is a son of Benjamin and Anne (McCammon) Cleveland. The father, who was born in New Jersey in 1813, emigrated to Sullivan County, Indiana, in 1834, when he was twenty-one years of age, and lived on the same farm in that county until his death, which occurred in October, 1892, just before the election of Grover Cleveland for the second time as president. He was a successful farmer, a man of genial characteristics and a patriotic citizen, who always attempted to perform his duty according to the dictates of an enhightened conscience.
Politically he was in sympathy with the Democratic Party, but he never sought official preferment. The mother was a native of the Emerald isle. She came to this country with her parents at three years of age and here she lived until 1852, when she was called to her reward. She was a woman of kind heart, generous disposition and many noble qualities, which endeared her to her family and friends. She was the mother of nine children: Mary J., William, John, Andrew, Thomas and George, all deceased; Wesley, our subject; Benjamin, now engaged in farming near Carlisle, Sullivan county; and James, a farmer of Greene County, this state The subject of this review was educated in the common schools, receiving such an education as is often of great importance in shaping the character for usefulness and unselfishness and it had a marked effect in his case. He remained upon the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age and then became identified with the railroad business. Later he removed to Bicknell, where he teamed for several years, but gave up that business in 1908 to become assessor of the town and township, which position he still fills, having shown an ability that has met the hearty approval of the taxpayers. He also pays some attention to gardening. He owns the home in which he lives, with two lots and an acre of ground in the town and has an established reputation as one of the responsible and progressive citizens of Knox County. In 1876 Mr. Cleveland was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Phillippe, who died April 2, 1901.
There were eight children born to them: William; Anna Rose, the wife of M. B. Fox, of Bicknell; M. M., the wife of William Scomp, of Bicknell; Lewis; Thurman; Rebecca, deceased; Pearl; and Ray. Five of the children are now living at home and assist in making it one of the happy gathering places of Bicknell. Mr. Cleveland, as was his father, is an adherent of the Democratic Party. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and encampment at Bicknell. In his life he has been controlled by a desire to assist in advancing the permanent welfare of those with whom he has been associated and his ambition has been largely realized. As a useful and enterprising citizen he has done his part toward promoting the best interests of the community and no man is more sincerely respected by those who know him than the subject of this review.
He is a son of Benjamin and Anne (McCammon) Cleveland. The father, who was born in New Jersey in 1813, emigrated to Sullivan County, Indiana, in 1834, when he was twenty-one years of age, and lived on the same farm in that county until his death, which occurred in October, 1892, just before the election of Grover Cleveland for the second time as president. He was a successful farmer, a man of genial characteristics and a patriotic citizen, who always attempted to perform his duty according to the dictates of an enhightened conscience.
Politically he was in sympathy with the Democratic Party, but he never sought official preferment. The mother was a native of the Emerald isle. She came to this country with her parents at three years of age and here she lived until 1852, when she was called to her reward. She was a woman of kind heart, generous disposition and many noble qualities, which endeared her to her family and friends. She was the mother of nine children: Mary J., William, John, Andrew, Thomas and George, all deceased; Wesley, our subject; Benjamin, now engaged in farming near Carlisle, Sullivan county; and James, a farmer of Greene County, this state The subject of this review was educated in the common schools, receiving such an education as is often of great importance in shaping the character for usefulness and unselfishness and it had a marked effect in his case. He remained upon the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age and then became identified with the railroad business. Later he removed to Bicknell, where he teamed for several years, but gave up that business in 1908 to become assessor of the town and township, which position he still fills, having shown an ability that has met the hearty approval of the taxpayers. He also pays some attention to gardening. He owns the home in which he lives, with two lots and an acre of ground in the town and has an established reputation as one of the responsible and progressive citizens of Knox County. In 1876 Mr. Cleveland was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Phillippe, who died April 2, 1901.
There were eight children born to them: William; Anna Rose, the wife of M. B. Fox, of Bicknell; M. M., the wife of William Scomp, of Bicknell; Lewis; Thurman; Rebecca, deceased; Pearl; and Ray. Five of the children are now living at home and assist in making it one of the happy gathering places of Bicknell. Mr. Cleveland, as was his father, is an adherent of the Democratic Party. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and encampment at Bicknell. In his life he has been controlled by a desire to assist in advancing the permanent welfare of those with whom he has been associated and his ambition has been largely realized. As a useful and enterprising citizen he has done his part toward promoting the best interests of the community and no man is more sincerely respected by those who know him than the subject of this review.
Wesley Cleveland, who has the honor of being connected with the same line of ancestry as Grover Cleveland, twice president of the United States, was born in Sullivan county, Indiana, September 17, 1850, and has for a number of years been a resident of Knox county.
He is a son of Benjamin and Anne (McCammon) Cleveland. The father, who was born in New Jersey in 1813, emigrated to Sullivan County, Indiana, in 1834, when he was twenty-one years of age, and lived on the same farm in that county until his death, which occurred in October, 1892, just before the election of Grover Cleveland for the second time as president. He was a successful farmer, a man of genial characteristics and a patriotic citizen, who always attempted to perform his duty according to the dictates of an enhightened conscience.
Politically he was in sympathy with the Democratic Party, but he never sought official preferment. The mother was a native of the Emerald isle. She came to this country with her parents at three years of age and here she lived until 1852, when she was called to her reward. She was a woman of kind heart, generous disposition and many noble qualities, which endeared her to her family and friends. She was the mother of nine children: Mary J., William, John, Andrew, Thomas and George, all deceased; Wesley, our subject; Benjamin, now engaged in farming near Carlisle, Sullivan county; and James, a farmer of Greene County, this state The subject of this review was educated in the common schools, receiving such an education as is often of great importance in shaping the character for usefulness and unselfishness and it had a marked effect in his case. He remained upon the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age and then became identified with the railroad business. Later he removed to Bicknell, where he teamed for several years, but gave up that business in 1908 to become assessor of the town and township, which position he still fills, having shown an ability that has met the hearty approval of the taxpayers. He also pays some attention to gardening. He owns the home in which he lives, with two lots and an acre of ground in the town and has an established reputation as one of the responsible and progressive citizens of Knox County. In 1876 Mr. Cleveland was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Phillippe, who died April 2, 1901.
There were eight children born to them: William; Anna Rose, the wife of M. B. Fox, of Bicknell; M. M., the wife of William Scomp, of Bicknell; Lewis; Thurman; Rebecca, deceased; Pearl; and Ray. Five of the children are now living at home and assist in making it one of the happy gathering places of Bicknell. Mr. Cleveland, as was his father, is an adherent of the Democratic Party. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and encampment at Bicknell. In his life he has been controlled by a desire to assist in advancing the permanent welfare of those with whom he has been associated and his ambition has been largely realized. As a useful and enterprising citizen he has done his part toward promoting the best interests of the community and no man is more sincerely respected by those who know him than the subject of this review.
He is a son of Benjamin and Anne (McCammon) Cleveland. The father, who was born in New Jersey in 1813, emigrated to Sullivan County, Indiana, in 1834, when he was twenty-one years of age, and lived on the same farm in that county until his death, which occurred in October, 1892, just before the election of Grover Cleveland for the second time as president. He was a successful farmer, a man of genial characteristics and a patriotic citizen, who always attempted to perform his duty according to the dictates of an enhightened conscience.
Politically he was in sympathy with the Democratic Party, but he never sought official preferment. The mother was a native of the Emerald isle. She came to this country with her parents at three years of age and here she lived until 1852, when she was called to her reward. She was a woman of kind heart, generous disposition and many noble qualities, which endeared her to her family and friends. She was the mother of nine children: Mary J., William, John, Andrew, Thomas and George, all deceased; Wesley, our subject; Benjamin, now engaged in farming near Carlisle, Sullivan county; and James, a farmer of Greene County, this state The subject of this review was educated in the common schools, receiving such an education as is often of great importance in shaping the character for usefulness and unselfishness and it had a marked effect in his case. He remained upon the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age and then became identified with the railroad business. Later he removed to Bicknell, where he teamed for several years, but gave up that business in 1908 to become assessor of the town and township, which position he still fills, having shown an ability that has met the hearty approval of the taxpayers. He also pays some attention to gardening. He owns the home in which he lives, with two lots and an acre of ground in the town and has an established reputation as one of the responsible and progressive citizens of Knox County. In 1876 Mr. Cleveland was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Phillippe, who died April 2, 1901.
There were eight children born to them: William; Anna Rose, the wife of M. B. Fox, of Bicknell; M. M., the wife of William Scomp, of Bicknell; Lewis; Thurman; Rebecca, deceased; Pearl; and Ray. Five of the children are now living at home and assist in making it one of the happy gathering places of Bicknell. Mr. Cleveland, as was his father, is an adherent of the Democratic Party. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and encampment at Bicknell. In his life he has been controlled by a desire to assist in advancing the permanent welfare of those with whom he has been associated and his ambition has been largely realized. As a useful and enterprising citizen he has done his part toward promoting the best interests of the community and no man is more sincerely respected by those who know him than the subject of this review.
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