East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-24
GROVER CLEVELAND, ONLY president, DIED THIS MORNING

ternal side he was of English origin.
Moses Cleveland emigrated from Ips-
wich, county of Suffolk, England, in
1885, and settled at Woburn, Mass,
where he died in 1901. His grand
son was Aaron whose son, Aaron,
was great-great-gran of Gro
yer. Grover Cleveland's father was
Presbyterian clergyman, who, in
1929, married Anne Neal, daughter
of Baltimore merchant of Irish
birth.
When Grover was four years old
his father accepted a call to Fayette-
Vile, near Syracuse, n. Y, where the
son had an academy schooling, and
afterward was a clerk in a country
store, The removal of the family to
Clinton, Oneida county, gave Grover
additional educational advantages in
the academy there. In his seven
teenth year he became a clerk and
assistant teacher in the New York In
stltution for the blind in New York
city, in which his elder brother, Will
liam, was then a teacher
In 1855 Grover left New York to
go to the west in search of employ
ment. On his way he stopped at
Black Rock, now a part Of Buffalo,
and called on his uncle. Lewis F. AL
leu, who induced him to remain and
aid him I'm the compilation of vol
ume of the American Herd Book"
He afterward assisted in the prepara-
tion of several other volumes of this
work. In August, 1855, he secured a
place as clerk and copyist for the law
firm of Rogers, Bowen and Rogers,
in Buffalo, began to read Blackstone,
and in the autumn of that year was
receiving four dollars a week for his
work. He was admitted to the bar in
1859, but for three years longer he
remained with the firm that first en-
ployed him, acting as managing clerk
at a salary of $1,000 a part of which
widowed mother. who died in 1882.
Enters Politics.
He was appointed assistant district
attorney of Erie county in 1868, and
held the office for three years. At
this time strenuous efforts were be-
ing made to bring the Civil War to a
close. Two of Cleveland's brothers
were in the army, and his mother and
sister were dependent largely upon
him for support. Unable to enlist, he
borrowed money to send a substitute,
and it was not until long after the
war that he was able to repay the
loan. In 1865, at the age of twenty
eight, he was the Democratic candi-
date for district attorney, but was de-
feated by the Republican candidate.
his intimate friend, Lyman X. Bass.
He then became a law partner or
Isaac V. Vanderpool. and in 1863 be-
came member of the firm of Lam
ming, Cleveland and Folsom. He con-
tinued a successful practice until
1870, when he was elected sheriff of
Erie county. At the expiration of
his three years term he formed a
law partnership with his personal
friend and political antagonist, Ly-
man X Bass. the firm being Bass,
Cleveland and Bissell, and, after the
forced retirement from failing health
of Mr.. Bass, the firm name was
changed to Cleveland and Bissell.
The firm was prosperous, and Cleve-
land attained high rank as a lawyer,
noted for the simplicity and direct
ness of his logic and expression and
thorough mastery of his cases.
As Mayor of Buffalo.
In the autumn OF 1881 he was NOM
mated Democratic candidate for
mayor of Buffalo, and was elected by
a majority of $3.50, the largest ever
given to a candidate in that city, In
the same election a Republican state
ticket was carried in Buffalo by an
average majority of over 1900; but
Cleveland had partial Republican, |
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