Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1908 — OBITUARY OF MRS. CLEVELAND. [ARTICLE]
OBITUARY OF MRS. CLEVELAND.
Mary Cleveland, daughter of Laura Bliss Fraxee and Jonathan Frazee, 7 was born in Independence, Cayuhoga county, Ohio, February 18, 1838; was married to Albert W. Cleveland on March 25, 1859. They lived in Cayuhoga county, Ohio, until the fall of 1868, when they moved to Jasper county, Indiana, buying and • moving on a farm just north of the city of Rensselaer. Here they lived untU 1882, when they sold the satpe and moved to Rensselaer. They remained in Rensselaer until 1885, when they purchased and moved on a farm in Miliroy township, Jasper county. Iji 1894 they again moved to Rensselaer, where they resided until the time of her death, which occurred on Saturday, July 11. 1908, at 2:40 p. m. One child, a son, was born to this union, which died in infancy an 4 was buried in the family lot in the cemetery tn Bedford. Cayhugo county, Ohio, a suburb es Cleveland, Ohio, where the deceased w*» taken for burial. During the years they lived in Rensselaer they established and successfully conducted a greenhouse. Their present home, as well as every property on which they ever lived, shows the love and appreciation she held for flowers and skibbbery. An ardent lover of nature, she influenced the entire community in beautifying their homes and surroundings. Quiet and unpretentious, malty were her acts of kindness related by those with whom she came In contact. Generous and. gentle, she inclined toward the Universalist belief, and firmly believed in a Supreme Father in whom she placed her trust and care. Funeral services were conducted at the house Sunday afternoon at 4:80 by Revs. ‘Parrett and Kindig and the remains were taken back to her old home near Cleveland, Ohio, Monday afternoon for burial. Remember the boys at the Home Grocery appreciate the little things thrown their way. U6ST A Conklin self-filling fountain pen. Finder please bring to this office. Liberal reward.
