Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-06-26

Bryan learned OF Iue UodNn Op MI.
Cleveland this morning while on his
way to this city to meet some friends,
He said he would prepare and issue
a statement. J
Grover Cleveland, twenty second
president Of the United States and
the only Democratic occupant Of the
White House since the Civil War,
was born at Caldwell, Essex county,
New jersey, March 49, 1887. On
the paiefnal side he was of English
origin. Moses Cleveland emigfated
from Ipswich, county Of Suffolk, Eng
land in 1885, and settled At Woburn,
Mass, where he died in 1901. His
grandson was Aaron, whose son. Aar.
on. vas sreat-gfeat'gfandfather Of
Grover. Grover Cleveland's father
vas Presbyterian clergyman, Who,
in 1929, married Anne Neal, daugh
ter Of a Baltimore merchant Of Irish
birth.
When Grover uas four years old
bis father accepted . call to J lsyette-
vile, near Syracuse. N. Y, where the
son had an academy schooling, and
afterward vas CLERK in . country
store. The removal Of the family to
Clinton, Oneida county. gave Grover
additional educational advantages in
the academy there. 10 his l7th year
he became Q clerk and assistant tesch-
Ief in the New York institution foe the
blind in New York city, in which bis
fielder brother. William was then .
Teacher. 10 1856. Grover left New
lYortto 60 to the west in search Of
employment. On his wayne stopped
at Black ROCK, now part Of Buffalo,
and called on bis uncle, Lewis F. Al.
en-, who induced him to remain and
aid him in the compilation Of a vol.
umne Of the american Herd Book. )"
He afterWard assisted in the prepa .
ration Of fseyeral other volumes Of this
work. In August, 1855, he secured
. place as clerk and copyist for the
law firm of Rogers, Bowen & Rog-
ers, in Buffalo, began to read Black.
stone, and in the autumn of that veal
was receiving four dollars week fol
his work. He was admitted to the
bar in 1859, but for three years long
er he remained with the firm that haG
first employed him, acting as manag-
ing clerk at a salary of $1,000 a par
!, iof which he devoted to the support o.
. his widowed mother who diedin 1862
He was appointed assistant distric
/ attorney Of Erie county in 1863. aut
held the Office for three years. A
this time strenuous efforts were beinl
made to bring the civil war to close
c Two Of Cleveland's brothers were il
o the army, and bis mother and aste
were dependent largely upon him 70
J support. Unable to enlist. be boz
Ifowed money to send a substitute
. and il vas not long after the saf ths
, be wss able to repayt the loan. II
b 1855, At the age Of %, he sas
Democratic candidate for district st
: torney, bot vas defeated BY the R,
public candidate, bis intimate friens
y Lyman K. Bass. He then became
y Law partner Of Isaac v. vsndefpoo
q and in 1859 became q member of Il
:. firm Of Larning, Cleveland & Folsol
: He continued . successful practi,
M until 1850 when hevas elected sheri
" d Esie county. At the expiration Q
his three yeafs term be formed . pal
u. nes ship with his pefsonal friend an
% political Antagonist, Lyman K. Bas
n 1.-THE frn being Base, Clevelsid
Bissell, snd,. after the forced fetil
:, nent from failing health Of Mr. Ba,
re- the firm name uas changed to Clev
b land & Bissell. The firm sss pr,
Al porous, and Cleveland sttained hi
~ N rank a. . lauyes, noted ior the Oil
- :, pllciy and directness q his logic q
,rs expression and sbronsA mss.sfy
70 his cases.
u In 4. sntun. q 1881 y v.s .
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