BIO:  John CLEVELAND, Straban Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 506

JOHN CLEVELAND, farmer, P. O. Unity, was born on the farm where he now resides 
February 7, 1831, a son of John and Sophia (Essick) Cleveland; latter a native 
of this county.  His father, who was a native of New York and of English 
descent, followed farming and died March 6, 1872.  Their family consisted of 
four children, three of whom survive, our subject being the third.  The paternal 
grandfather, Frederick Cleveland, came from New York to Pennsylvania, 
participated in the Revolutionary war, and the paternal great-grandfather, Jabez 
Cleveland, was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill.  The paternal grandmother, 
Mrs. Cleveland, was Maria VanBuren, of Dutch extraction, born in New York, 
daughter of Henry VanBuren, a full brother of ex-President Martin VanBuren’s 
father, which made her mother a first cousin to the ex-President.  Our subject 
was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools.  He married, January 
21, 1864, Anna M. Lower, a daughter of George C. and Sarah (Crum) Lower, who 
were of German origin; former a carpenter and farmer.  The names of the children 
of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland are as follows:  George Elmer, Sally K., John Emory, 
Anna Mary, Ella Margaret (deceased) and Robert Calvin.  The family are members 
of the German Reformed Church.  In politics Mr. Cleveland is a Republican.  By 
referring to the history of the Cleveland family it is found that our subject is 
a relative of President Cleveland.