Lyndon A. Cleveland, an old resident of Potsdam, passed away at the home of his nephew, Clinton W. Smith in Gouveneur at 9 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 24, the result of a shock of paralysis which he suffered early Monday. Mr. Cleveland was born in Potsdam on Sept. 9, 1838, a son of Whiting and Hannah Capron Cleveland, and about 50 years of his life was spent in this town, where he was most highly respected by all who knew him. In 1861 he was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Ann Nichols who died two years ago. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Wallace C. Hull of Bedford Station, N.Y., and Mrs. George R. Speare of Northampton, Mass., and one sister, Mrs. Lucia Willard of Peoria, Ill. The funeral services were conducted from the Smith Home at 2 p.m. Friday by Rev. James A. Dickson and internment was made in Riverside cemetery.
(Obit in the Potsdam Herald Recorder, Potsdam, NY, Dec. 3, 1909, page 1)
Lyndon A. Cleveland, an old resident of Potsdam, passed away at the home of his nephew, Clinton W. Smith in Gouveneur at 9 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 24, the result of a shock of paralysis which he suffered early Monday. Mr. Cleveland was born in Potsdam on Sept. 9, 1838, a son of Whiting and Hannah Capron Cleveland, and about 50 years of his life was spent in this town, where he was most highly respected by all who knew him. In 1861 he was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Ann Nichols who died two years ago. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Wallace C. Hull of Bedford Station, N.Y., and Mrs. George R. Speare of Northampton, Mass., and one sister, Mrs. Lucia Willard of Peoria, Ill. The funeral services were conducted from the Smith Home at 2 p.m. Friday by Rev. James A. Dickson and internment was made in Riverside cemetery.
(Obit in the Potsdam Herald Recorder, Potsdam, NY, Dec. 3, 1909, page 1)
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