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I am looking for anny additions or corrections -- Tim
Descendants of Marian Cleaver
Generation No. 1
1. MARIAN1 CLEAVER He married ALMA MITCHELL.
Child of MARIAN CLEAVER and ALMA MITCHELL is:
2. i. LILLIE ELLA2 CLEAVER, b. July 04, 1895; d. March 25, 1984,
Waynesville, Pulaski County, Missouri.
Generation No. 2
2. LILLIE ELLA2 CLEAVER (MARIAN1) was born July 04, 1895, and died March 25,
1984 in Waynesville, Pulaski County, Missouri. She married SAMUEL SMITH
STORIE May 14, 1911. He died in Waynesville, Pulaski County, Missouri.
Children of LILLIE CLEAVER and SAMUEL STORIE are:
i. ELLA MAE3 STORIE, b. October 06, 1912; m. EMMER DALE YORK, June 30,
1938; b. July 18, 1916, Pulaski County, Missouri; d. October 12, 1974,
Pulaski County, Missouri.
ii. MILFORD STORIE.
iii. MARSHALL THOMAS STORIE, b. December 28, 1916; d. October 03, 1986.
iv. JAMES E. STORIE, b. December 13, 1924; d. April 30, 1993.
v. LUCY STORIE.
vi. JUNE STORIE.
vii. JOANN STORIE.
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Surname: CLEAVER, NEIGHBOUR, LASTER, MONTEZ, SMITH
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Trying to find NEIGHBOUR's.
William NEIGHBOUR (1898-1935) from Arkeny, IA
Florence xxxxxxxx (1898-1972)
They lived much near Ratown near Independence, MO
children:
Marian (c1921-c1981) m. Howard CLEAVER
Bonnie m. Robert LASTER
Joyce (1925-1959) m. Robert Stuart SMITH
Enid m. xxxxx MONTEZ
William (c1935-1998)
e-mail response please as I am not a regular to this website. Thanks.
Ken G.
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says, "Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs - The REAL story!" the e-mail has an
attachment which is titled joke.exe so if you recieve this, please DO NOT
download it....please make sure that your virus protection software is up to
date, most programs have a website that you can go to to update your existing
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Tim
Obituary
Deming (N.M.) Graphic, April 5, 1965- Page 3---
Mrs. Bickford
passes away
Thursday a.m.
Funeral services for Mary
Cleaver Bickford of 806 West
Pine were held Saturday at 10
a.m. at the Presbyterian
Church, Rev. George Carson
officiating. Burial was in Moun-
tain View Cemetery under the
direction of Mahoney's Funeral
Home, Mrs. Bickford passed
away at a locat hospital Thurs-
day morning.
She was born March 9, 1877
near Aurora, Illinois and was a
graduate of Hyde Park High
School, Chicago. She married
Edward H. Bickford June 27,
1914 and they came to New
Mexico and made their home
in Deming. He passed away in
the summer of 1938 and she con-
tinued to make her home here.
Mrs. Bickford was chairman
of the local Red Cross Chapter
for 20 years, was an active
member and worker in the
Presbyterian Church in Dem-
ing and belonged to a number
of social groups.
Survivors include eight
nieces and nephews, Mrs. A.R.
Koehl and Richard C. Buell of
New York City, Mrs. Charles
T. Davis and Mrs. Ann Houck
of Little Rock, Ark., Mrs. Jane
Houck of Greenwood, Miss
Roger Q. White of Washington,
D. C., H. Ferris White and
Philip C. White of Chicago.
Tribune issue of 18 Oct. 1874.
CLEAVER- on the 17th inst. at residence, No. 92 Oakwood-ave.,
CORA LOUISA, age 20 months and 13 days, infant daughter of
C.S. and Ida A. Cleaver.
Funeral Monday, the 19th at 2 o'clock pm.
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12 Dec 1884 Issue of Chicago Tribune
CLEAVER, Dec. 17 at 4323 Ellis Ave. of Scarlet Fever, MAURICE, son of
Chas. S. & Ida A. Cleaver, aged 2 yrs
The above obits sent to Janice Brown Buchanan by cousin Colleen Brown Maresca
Chicago Tribune
12 Jul 1924:
CLEAVER, Ida A. Eddy, 5427 University ave, Fri, am, Jul 11. She was
the beloved wife of Chas. S. Cleaver, and the mother of Chas. A., and
Phillip F. Cleaver, Mary C. Bickford, and Catharine C. White. Services
11am Mon. at Oakwoods Cemetery Chapel.
Mrs. Charles Cleaver Dead; Lived Here 61 Years.
Mrs. Charles S. Cleaver who was the daughter of ALFRED EDDY, former
pastor of the Old Ninth Presbyterian Church died yesterday in her home
at 5427 University ave. She was a resident of Chicago for 61 years.
Mrs. Cleaver leaves a widower, who she married 54 years ago and 4
children and one sister.
The above obit sent to Janice Brown Buchanan by cousin Colleen Brown Maresca
Chicago Tribune
1870 ------- SO LONG, SO SHORT A TIME ----- 1920
Bride and Bridegroom as They Looked Fifty Years Ago and as They Look Today,
Celebrating Their Golden Anniversary.
THEIR MARRIAGE COACH A BUGGY 50 YEARS AGO TODAY
Wedding Bells Again for Chicago Pair.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Cleaver, as they were and as they are. Below the
The Tribune account of their wedding, published May 3, 1870.
Fashionable Wedding
A fashionable wedding took place last evening at the Ninth Presbyterian
Church, Miss Ida A. Eddy and Charles S. Cleaver being the happy principals.
Extensive preparations were made for making the occasion attractive to all,
and, at the hour set for the commencement of the ceremonies, an immence
concourse of ladies and gentlemen has assembled. The officiating clergyman,
who married the couple, was Rev. Alfred Eddy, father of the bride. The
bridal procession marched into the church headed by four bridesmaids and
groomsmen. The bridesmaids were Misses Kitty Eddy, Cora Eddy, Myra Cleaver,
and Annie Fell; the groomsmen were C. E. Dickenson, W. A. Bond, F. W.
Cleaver, and H. B. Goodwin: ushers, J. S. Scoville, James Springer, W. R.
Root, and W. H. Cleaver.
The bridal presents were both numerous and magnificent, embracing the set
of pearl jewelry from the groom, a gold watch and chain from the groom's
father, besides a large number of othe presents from friends of both parties.
The pair left Chicago last night for Europe, via the Michigan Central Road.
(The following appears to be part of an incomplete article)
Somewhere in the Colossus of Brick and steel that is Chicago there dwells a
soul of the city, the essence of its being --- at once the reason and the
inspiration of its progress. What is the soul? Simply the aggregate of
qualities possessed by the ordinary, od fearing citizen, content to pursue
the even tenor of his normal way. As news is reconconed he is obscure, for
he seldom lifts up his voice in the halls of politics, and his constructive
life is
Sunday; helped the sick and needy; participated in all neighborhood
activities that could advance the weal of the community; and Mr. Cleaver has
always studied his ballot religiously "to vote for the candidate I consider
the best man for the job."
They had taken a honeymoon trip to Europe. Mr Cleaver's father was...
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Janice Brown Buchanan
CHICAGO PAIR WED 50 YEARS
Chicago Daily News 4 May 1920
Trial Marriage Plan is Scored by Mrs. Charles Cleaver,
DENY WEDLOCK IRKSOME
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Has the old fashioned "and they lived happily ever afterward" kind of
romance takes the count in an age of xxxx?
Fannie Hurst, author of conventional love stories in which conventional
young men and women sigh and court and marry and live happily ever afterward,
has issued a statement pointing our that life is not at all as she has
industrlously written it to be, that marriage is not a romance when conducted
under conventional auspices, but a cordial endurance tenst overgrown with the
xxxx of familiarity and contempt.
"I have been secretly married for xxx years but not living with my
husband," said the authoress. "We decided that even breakfasts a week
opposite each other might prove irksome and we have therefore arranged about
two."
"We've been xxxxxx xxxxx opposite each other for fifty years on the average
of seven times a week," said Mrs. Charles Cleaver, "and it has never been
irksome."
Celebrate Fiftieft Anniversary
"Not for a moment," said Mr. Cleaver. The Cleavers yesterday celebrated
their golden anniversay in their home at 5427 University avenue.
The Cleavers were asked for their opinion concerning Fannie Hurst's
matrimonial ideas because they were representative of thousands of couples
happily wedded through lon periods of years.
"I noticed the story this morning." said Mr. Cleaver. "It appealed to me
as somewhat funny. I suppsed it's a part of the new fanfled ideas that are
taking hold in the world. Things are only what you make them and if peiole
want to make marriage a sort of formal undomestic business it's their own
lookout.
"As for us, and I suppose thousands of othe couples, marriage has meant a
pleasant, worthwile partnership in which we have shared our days for fifty
years, and I am conscious of neither familiarity or contempt,"
Journeying to the divorce court in the county building the reporter
interrogated several couples sitting on the benches waiting for the nills of
justice to grind their chains apart. There was one young married woman, who
had read Miss Hurst;s description of her trial marriage, her radical routine,
the manner in which she and her husband led their own individual lives and
called each other up for dinner appointments as if they were friends.
Others Live Like Vegetables.
"Yes, that's it," said the young women. She gave her name as Mrs. Eva
Welch. "But she never wrote about such things for the ma........ I've read
her writings and they're all sweet and nice and goudy.. Of course, she's
right. There are some people who maybe can live together as man and wife
without losing interest in each other when they have something to xxxx about.
I thought different before I got married. I'd always said the tind of
stories that Fannit Hurst writes is the magazines and I thought love was a
wonderful thing that once felt would last forever and ever. Well, I fell in
love and got married and here I am waiting for my case to come up.
The announcement made by Miss Hurst that she had been married for ten years
came as a surprise to her many friends in Chicago, who, thought intimately
acquainted with her during the five years know her only as Fannie Hurst and
never suspected her marriage.
Intends to Remain "Miss Hurst."
Althouth the secret is out. Miss Hurst says she expects to be known to her
friends and the world as "Miss" Hurst until she dies. She and her husband
Jacques S. Danielson, pianist and composer, were married in Lakewood, N. J.
by a magistrate in May, 1915, and have ever since maintained separate
appartments and and intirely independent existance. Thus the fact was known
to ealy six friends of both.
"We decided that seven freakfasta a week opposite one another might prove
irksome," she said. "Our average was xxx. We decided that invariably being
invited to the same social functions might gradualy resolve itself in the
usual marriage wrangled of dragging on another to places we did not want to
go to. We have maintained our separate groups of friends.
Child Would Take Paternal Name.
"We also decided that in the event of offspring the child should take the
paternal name until reaching the age of discretion, when the decision would
be with him or her.
"My husband telephones me for a dinner engagement exactly the same as xxxxx
of my other friends. I have the same regard for his plans."
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Janice Brown Buchanan
Chicago Tribune Weds. Jul 10, 1912 page 18
DEATHS
CLEAVER -- Mrs. Mary Cleaver. Monday, July 8, at the residence of her
daughter Mrs. J. G. Code, at Canton, O., wife of the late Charles Cleaver,
in her 93d year. Funeral services at the chapel at Oakwoods. Wednesday July
10, at 10:30 a.m.
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>From the Chicago Tribune, Oct. 1893
28 OCT 1893
DEATHS:
CLEAVER,-Fri. Oct 27, Charles CLEAVER, at the residence of his son,
4741 Kenwood Ave. Funeral at St. John's Church, corner of Langley ave
and 37th st. at 2 o'clock, Sun. Oct 29.
29 OCT 1893:
----Old Resident Dies----
Charles Cleaver Passes Away At His Son's Home
He Came to Chicago in Oct 1833, and Has Been Identified With the
Development of the Hyde Park Region,---Interesting Reminiscences of
Early Days--The First Bridges of the North and South Branches of the
River.
Charles Cleaver for many years one of the leading real estate men of
the city and also one of Chicago's earliest settlers, died at the
home
of his son, C.S. Cleaver, No. 4741 Kenwood Ave, Fri. Mr. Cleaver had
lived in Chicago since Oct 1833. His widow, 2 sons, and 4 daughters
survive him. The funeral arrangements have not yet been completed.
When Charles Cleaver came to Chicago he became immediately
identified with the commercial interests of the town and subsequently
founded Cleaverville, now Oakland. This he did by building a house in
1853 on the property lying between Oakwood ave, Brook st (so called by
Mr.Cleaver because of a brook that ran there), Cedar, & Elm streets.
The house since then has been enlarged and divided, but its integral
part remains at the residence No. 3938 Ellis ave. Subsequent to Mr.
Cleavers removal from the a house, he occupied where Standard Hall is
now situated-thirteenth street and Michigan ave- and was built there
because of its contiguity to the soap and rendering works which Mr.
Cleaver erected in 1851 near the foot of 38th st. The house was the
nucleus around which clustered the settlement of Cleaverville and the
?germout of which sprang one of the favorite suburban residential
regions of Chicago.
At the time, 1851, there were only a few fishermen and woodchoppers
there, and there were but 4 or 5 houses south of 12th st. Mr. Cleaver
bought 22 1/2 acres from Samuel Ellis, who at that time lived at Lake
ave and 35th st and kept tavern near the side of the Douglas monument
and then bought 71 acres from Henry and Loring Graves, this property
forming Cleaverville. There Mr. Cleaver erected numerous houses,
spending $60,000 in one year in building purposes. In 1854 he built a
meeting house, which was also the first Church in Hyde Park. To the
Illinois Central, Mr. Cleaver paid $3,800 a year to get it to run
trains to his settlement. . Hundreds of trains pass and repass the
same property daily now.
When Dearborn seminary was organized, Jan. 1854, Mr. Cleaver was one
of the trustees. He also belonged to the Old Volunteer Hook & Ladder
Co., No. 1., along with S.B. Cobb, P.F.W. Peck, Mc Cord, Sherwood, and
others. A letter written by Mr. Cleaver in 1833 in regard to the
lumber interests of Chicago, says the stock of lumber at that time in
the town did not exceed 10,000 ft. and that prices ranged from $60-70
a thousand. Two sawmills, some 6 miles up the North branch, cut such
timber as grew in the vicinity. It was generally of small growth and
of varieties not valuable for building purposes-mostly oak, elm,
poplar and white ash. Mr. Cleaver was authority for the statement that
the first bridge across the N. Branch of the river was built in the
winter of 1831-32, and that the first bridge over the South Branch was
built in the winter of 1832-33. The abutments were built of heavy logs
in the shallow water near the banks. These bridges were 10 feet wide.
Mr. Cleaver remembered driving across the first bridge over the North
Branch.
Charles Cleaver was born at Kensington Common, London, England July
21, 1814. He attended the semi-military academy of H.O. Stone at
Bexley for 7 years. Leaving London Jan. 18, 1833 and arriving in New
York March 13, 1833, he had to wait until April 22 for the canal to
open. He left Buffalo August 26 and arrived in Chicago Oct. 23, 1833.
In 1857 he discontinued his Soap factory and engaged in the real
estate business. In 1866, Cleaver Hall was built. This was used as a
general meeting place for a number of years and is now used as a
dwelling at 40th st and Grand blvd. His home was called Oakwood Hall
and thence was derived the name for the boulevard. Mr. Cleaver married
Mar. 6, 1838, Miss Mary Brookes, whose father was one of the first
Justices of the Peace of Hyde Park. Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver had 6
children, all of whom are living-Charles S.; Frederick W.; Louise, now
Mrs. John Barwick; Myra, Emily and Fanny. Mr. Cleaver witnessed the
growth of Chicago and largely contributed to the prosperity of the new
town. Until within the last 2 years, he lived on Ellis ave, but of
late resided with his son at 4741 Kenwood av. He has taken no active
part in business affairs in recent years. He was a member of St.
John's Episcopal Church and his religious beliefs entered into the
daily duties of his life.
Monday 30 OCT 1893
BURIAL OF CHARLES CLEAVER
The funeral of Charles Cleaver was held yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock at St. John's Reformed Episcopal Church, 37th st and Langley
ave. The Rev. Henry F. Milligan officiated. White and yellow
chrysanthemums rested at the foot of the casket, while at the head
was placed a large "gates ajar" made of roses. The casket was plain
black broadcloth and was carried to the hearse by the following pall
bearers; J. Silvey, W.P. Sidley, S.O. Blair, Thomas Caliger, and
J.H.Martin. The remains were interred in the family lot at Oakwoods.
The above obits sent to Janice Brown Buchanan by cousin Colleen Brown Maresca
Obituary
Chicago Press and Tribune of Tuesday, July 3, 1860
DIED
On Sunday morning, at two o'clock, at the residence of his son at
Cleaverville, Charles Cleaver, Sr., in the 79th year of his age.
As a shock of corn, fully ripe for the harvest, so he was cut down and
taken from among us. He leaves a large family to mourn his departure having
moved into the country in the year 1838, with fourteen children, all of whom
survive him--and would desire to pay this slight tribute to his memory. He
was a native of England, in the metropolis of which he was born, and was for
many years extensively engaged in business, where, in prosperity as in
adversity, when it came, he was always known as a man of the strictest
integrity. Of his residence in Chicago, and for the past twenty years on his
farm near Waukegan, we need not speak further, as his numerous acquaintances
and neighbors willingly testify to his honest and upright life. He was a
loving husband, and a sincere and affectionate father, and a sincere friend.
May we all copy his virtues, and like him, trusting in the merits of his
Saviour, long for that rest that is promised to the people of God.
Waukegan papers, please copy.
The above obits sent to Janice Brown Buchanan by cousin Colleen Brown Maresca
Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov 1896:
Death of W. Cleaver. A Pioneer
He Came To Chicago In 1834 and Had Ever Since Been Active In Business
Here.
William Cleaver, who came to Chicago in 1834, when the settlement
contained less than 500 people, died at his home, No. 20 East
Forty-sixth St., yesterday morning at the age of 81. His funeral will
take place on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family residence.
Interment being at Oakwoods.
Born in London, England in 1815, Mr. Cleaver came to Canada with his
parents and located at Toronto in 1831. Three years later, he came to
Chicago and immediately started the Chicago Soap and Candle Works on
the river bank where is now the Madison St. bridge. Two years later,
he opened a grocery store, his establishment being the second of its
kind in the little settlement.
In 1855, Mr. Cleaver, who in 1849 had joined the gold seeker's
caravan to California, moved out to what is now 38th Street and Lake
Ave, then called Cleaverville. Here, he managed a general store and
served as postmaster. In 1878 he suffered a general financial loss,
but soon after, cleared up the wreck and established himself in the
laundry business, in which he was engaged at the time of his death.
He was married twice, first to Mary Whitely, and after her death, to
Sophia C. Zimmermann, the latter marriage took place in 1855. Six
children survive him, three by each marriage; W.H., F.C., A.W., and
H.E. Cleaver and Mrs. T.F. Swann and Mrs. G.N. Brown.
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Deaths/Burials posted in the Chicago Trib. 16 Nov 1896
FUNERAL OF WILLIAM CLEAVER
William Cleaver, an old resident of Chicago, and a
California '49er, was buried yesterday afternoon from
his late home, No. 20 Forty-sixth street. Many of the
older residents of the city attended the funeral. The Rev.
JENKIN LLOYD JONES preached the funeral sermon.
Interment was in Oakwoods.
The above obits sent to Janice Brown Buchanan from cousin Colleen Brown
Maresca
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Thanks, any help is great. William F. Cleaver is the father of Earl Stallard
Cleaver. Earl is my grandfather. Earl's wife is Roxie B. Eaton Cleaver.
I found her previously. Just thought it would be good to fill in blanks.
Earl has brothers, it would be good to confirm.
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William F. Cleaver is my great-grandfather. His father was Sewell Cleaver.
Sewell's wife was Martha Davis. This information came from my father, William
E. Cleaver, Sr. Would like to find out more, any help would be appreciated.
I am searching for the whereabouts of Mary Jane Cleaver, married to James A.
Williamson. He was born 1834 in Gibson Co. TN and died in Collin Co. TX. his
parents were Noah Williamson and Catherine Dick. I believe James is in my
family line, but not with Mary Jane. I need to know if James had another
wife and what happened to Mary Jane and her kids.
Thanks for your time.
Norby Williamson
Belvidere, IL