McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-24
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
Biographical Sketches of Stephen Grover
Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks.

SKETCH OF MIR. CLEvELAND'S CAREER.
Mr.. Cleveland was born in the town
of Essex, state of New. Jersey, on the
18th day of March, 1887. He is a de-
scendant of q New England family,
which has been in this coantrY two
hundred years. The family is noted
for its policy and religious zeal, having
had for many generations distinguished
representatives in the clerical profess
sion. Mr.. Cleveland's great-grand-
father, Aaron Cleveland, was con-
gressional minister of Norwich, Conn.
He was strong man, mentally and
physically, and hundred years ago was
the author of many radical anti-slavery
papers. Richard Cleveland, father of
the subject of this sketch, was educated
for the ministry, and was of the Pres
byterian faith. He married a Miss
Neal, of Baltimore, soon after settling
as pastor of church in New Jersey,
where Grover was born.
Governor Cleveland's educational
facilities and opportunities were rather
limited, consisting of q chance to at
tend the common schools and an acad-
envy at Clinton, Oneida county, N. Y,
for brief period. After leaving the
academy he became clerk for year
at one OF the eleemosynary Institutions
of New York City; then he returned
home, and in May, 1855, with COM
panlon, started for Cleveland, D. Mr..
Cleveland says he was attracted to that
city because it had his name. On his
way there he stopped at Buffalo, to
visit an uncle, Mr.. Lewis F. Allen, who
used his best endeavors to dissuade his
nephew from going farther. To make
his arguments and entreaties effectual,
he offered Grover clerkship, which
the young man accepted. Having de-
termined upon the law as profession,
it was not long before he made arrange
ments to become law student in the
Office of Rogers, Bowen & Rogers. In
1859 he was admitted to the bar, pass
ing most creditably rigid examina-
ton. He continued with his preceptors
four years, which gave him really eight
years of thorough study and legal exper-
fence. He was then appointed assistant
district assistant for the county of Erie
by G. C. Torrance, which position he
uliou lOl u pollou VI GuiCC ofIio. LII
1865 he was nominated by the demo-
cratic county convention for district at
torney, to succeed Mr.. Torrance. but
was defeated by Hon. Lyman Il. Bass.
Mr.. Cleveland formed law copart-
nership with the late 1. V. Vanderpool,
January 1, 1866, which was continued
until 1869. He then became member
of the firm of Laning, Cleveland &
Folsom. In November, 1870, Mr.. Cleve
land was chosen sheriff of Erie county,
and at the close of that service became
a member of the law firm of Bass,
Cleveland & Bissell. This was the
strongest and brainiest law frm in
Western New York, and at once COM
manded very lucrative practice. In
1881 Mr.. Cleveland was chosen mayor
of Buffalo, but before the expiration of
his term was elected governor of the
Empire state. Mr.. Cleveland is one of
a family of nine children-four sons and
five daughters. His widowed mother
died at Holland Patent, New York, in
the summer of 1882 All the children,
except two sons burned at sea, are liv-
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