Branch County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cleveland, Deborah December 21, 1914
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Coldwater Daily Reporter, Dec. 26, 1914
Deborah Cleveland's Obituary, Coldwater Daily Reporter, December 26, 1914,
Branch County, Michigan 

Deborah Mary Stone was born in South Dansville, New York, February 23, 1821, and
departed this life at her home in Butler, Branch county, Michigan, December 21,
1914, at the age of 93 years, 9 months and 28 days.
She was one of a family of eleven children, all but one of whom have preceded
her to the great beyond. Her early life was spent in New York, until in 1838 she
came to Michigan with her father, her mother having died in 1826, and settled in
Oakland county, where the next six years of her life was spent. At the age of 21
she united with the Baptist church and was a faithful member until age prevents
[sic] her from attending the services that she so much enjoyed.
In 1844 she returned to New York where she was united in marriage to Benjamin
Cleveland, February 12, 1845. The following June she came with her husband to
Michigan, once more settling in Oakland county. In the spring of 1846 they
removed to Branch county where she has since made her home. Her husband was a
soldier in the Civil War and gave his life for his country at Savanah [sic],
Ga., February 21, 1865.
She is survived by one sister, Mrs. John Delbridge of Vernon, Mich.; three sons,
Floyd Alonzo, of Burlington, Kansas; Edward Alburtus and Ira Stowell of Butler;
four grandchildren, Mrs. Joseph Cleveland and Elwyn Cleveland of Burlington,
Kansas, and Elfreda and Iola Cleveland of Butler; also a great grandchild, Flora
May Thurman of Kansas; besides a host of more distant relatives and friends who
will miss a kind and loving counsellor and friend. Possessed of a generous
disposition, she was always ready to help the needy and her home was always open
to the friendless. As nurse she was truly a good samaritan to all who were sick
and suffering, and much of her time was spent in kindly ministrations in that
capacity. She retained her health remarkably well for one of her yeras, taking
full charge of her household until a month before her death.

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