The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-07-25
Reuben Clevelandi,s Funeral.

SeG Out 10 dCConQ Cne funeral, Mrs
Brophy's health not admitting OF
the journey, which occurred the 18th
instant at that city. We notice that
the Inter Ocean and Tribune of Chi.
cago give quite extensive reports of
the obsequies. In the course of the
Inter Oceans remarks, said that Mr..
Cleveland was born at Montreal 1874.
and was consequently 70 years of
age, his parents being of English
descent, and settled in Connecticut
at an early day. He was married to
Miss Julia Slawson at Clinton, N.Y.,
when l8 years of age, and is a near
ralativc of Gov. Cleveland of New
York. During the war he went in
to the army and was captain of com.
pany F, Eighth Illinois cavalry. It
seems that he was u pioneer in Chi
cago and was widely known and
much respected by everyone. Mr..
Brophy said this was the largest fun.
eral procession he ever saw in Chi.
cago. The Inter Ocean closed its
obituary as follows:
"Mr. Cleveland became a member
OF the Masonic order in 1854 in this
city. At a later date he founded
Cleveland Lodge No. 211, which still
bears his name. He was a member
OF Cleveland Lodge, Washington
chapter, Apollo commandery, Orien-
tai consistory and the Red Cross of
Constantine, being a SD degree
mason. He was a member of post
2S, G. A. r., and of the Veteran
Union League club. Mr.. Cleveland
was a man whose loss will be keenly
felt by all who knew him and his
friends were LEGION"
The following is the notice of the
Tribune:
"The funeral of Reuben Cleveland
yesterday afternoon was attended
by large gathering of friends and
members of the various associations
with which the deceased was con-
nected. The procession formed in
front of the house of Ezra Cleveland,
No. 176 Walnut street, and marched
to Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church, where tho funeral services
were held.
First came a body of the Grand
Army Of the Republic and Union
Veterans. After them was the
Apollo Commandery, No. 1, knights
Templar, about seventy strong, un-
der the command of H. T. Tiffany.
and headed by four drummers of the
Second Regiment. Next followed
some forty members of the Oriental
Consistory under H. II. Pond, and
about the same number of the Wash
ington Chapter. The Cleveland
Lodge, of which the deceased was
Master-Masou, turned out in force,
l25 members marching in front of
the hearse.
The church was densely crowded.
The devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by the Rev. Samuel Davis,
and the musical part of the service
was exquisitly rendered by the
Apollo Commandery quartet, under
the leadership of Mr.. c. G. Phillips.
DR.. Thomas spoke in touching
terms of the little group of mourners
present, and referred one by one to
the various orders which had come
to pay their respects to the memory
of the dead. It was tender and
affecting, he said, to see the Grand
Army of the Republic and the Union
Veterans place their flag about the
coffin of QUE who had never dishon-
ored it, but had placed his life bet
ween it and dishonor. In alluding
to the deceased the speaker said that
he lived not to himself-his love
took in his neigbors, his country,
and all the orders represented. He
was unObtrusive and consistent; he
made no great profession, and yet
in the sanctuary of his heart he tried
to be a true man to his house, his
order and his country.
The quartet then sang s'Shall We
Meet Beyon the River?" and those
present were thereafter permitted
to file past the coffin and view for
the last time the face of the deceased.
The pall-bearers were: TT. Cur
ney, John Murphy, Charles G. Crane,
2. J. Hussander, T. P. Perrit, p.
Mcdonald of the Cleveland Lodge,
J. j. Bumton, F. w. Tourtellotte,
G. Heinrichs, J. E. Loomis, John
Maclean of the Apollo Commandery,
aud W. II. Mead Of the Chicago
Commandery."
And here are a few lines written
by gentleman who knew and
esteemed the veteran soldier and
citizen:
REUBEN CLEVELAND.
AS each broad oak grows old and disap pears
Within the forest green,
So, one by one, our western pioneers
Pass from this lowly scene,
Whom many honored here;
Whose soul was kind, whose hearty grasp was true
Whose friendship was sincere;
Who lived not for himself; who saw above him
Something more grand than gain; Thin ;
Who leaves behind thousand friends who love
Y Who part with him in pain.
He helped with willing hands to grandly rear
~ Our city from the wild;
That art, that culture and refinement here
Might have house and guild.
o, strew his bier with flowers fragrant beauty;
And write above his grave:
A Soldier who came at the call of duty,
The natiOn's life to save.
Not one who struggled with proud ambition
To glitterin the van.