Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-04-05
MRS. Van CLEVF DEAD
Pioneer Woman Known
Here Dies in Min
neapolis

Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve,
aged 81 years the Oldest pioneer of
the state and one of the eldest resi-
dents of Minneapolis. died at Mime
apolis Monday.
MRS; Van Cleve, daughter of Ma
tnan Clark, was the first white child
OF pure blood born In what is now the
ssate"of Wisconsin
one was born at Prairie du Chen,
Wisconsin, July l, 1910, while the
regiment OF which her father was an
omcer, was Oh it's way 10 found fort
at the mouth of the st. Peter riv.
er, the fort that Is now known as
Fort Smelling Six weeks later the
regiment finished its journey up the
mississippi on flat boats and landed
at Its destination. The baby of the
party was Ouisconsin Clark, the FIST
white baby to visit Minnesota.
Here her father lived until Char.
!0tte was eight years old. Lieutenant
CLARK was thsn transferred to Fos1
Wlnoebago, Wis, and Charlotte was
shortly after ward sent to New Haven,
Conn to school. When she returned
to the then wilderness she met thu
man who afterwards became her hus'
band. Lieutanant Horatio Philips Var
CleVe, o. S.AA. Mr.. Van Cleve wa,
then young man just out of Yves,
Point. The couple was married Marct
~. 1885, at what was then Fort Win
nebago, Michigan Territory, nov
Winnebsgo, Wisconsin.
Lieutenant Van Cieve soon after
ward resigned his commission In tn
army and he and his wife went to liv'
| in Cincinnati, but in 1866 they werl
back in Minnesota, where they hav'
lived ever since; the greater part %
the time IN Minneapolis.
! In 1851 Mr.. Van Cleve enlisted i,
the volunteers as Colonel of the Sc
cond Minnesota infantry. When tn
war ended he was Brigadier Genera
Van Cleve.
! Mr.. Van Cleve died April "a, 1891
:. Mrs Van Cleve had seen Mime
apolis grow from nothing. Sh
watched the first railroad train COM
into St. Anthony. Her father, VIII
was then commissary general in Col
Snelling's regiment, directed tn
Building of the first grist mill at tn
Falls of st. Anthony. She had bee1
q member of Andrew Presbyterian
church since 1862. She was one Of tn
organizers of the Sisterhood of Beth
any. She was It's first president ant
contributed tor many years in tina
capacity. She was member of tn
State Historical society and the Stat
Horticultural society. She was prom
inent In the foreign mission work o
her church, devotlng much of he
time to pablo speaking in behalf Q
tne-work.
She comes of long line of militar
ancestry. her grandfather was Col
Thomas Seymour of Revolutionary
fame.
Mrs. Van. Cleve was during he
whole life a very healthy, &vigcrou
woman, but about six years ago sh
sustained serious fall which injure
her hip permanently. Since that tim
she has been confined to her home
Her death came peacefully. She va
unconscious for forty eight hours b:
fore she bresthed Der last and never 8
any time was there the least indics
tion of pain.
Mrs. Van Cleve was the mother {
twelve children, seven of whom al
living: Mrs. W. W. Hall of Honolt
| lu; Seymour Van Cleve Of New Yor
City; e. M. Van Cleve of Mellervill'
Montana; John R. Van ~Cleve of 81
ward, Alaska: and Carl E. Van Cle1
Of e irneapolis. All of the childre
except Mrs. Hail and John K. Val
Cleve were in Minneapolis at tt
time of her death.
She leaves twenty-four grand Chi
dren and three great grand children.