CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: JAMES CLELAND - Black Bayou, TX

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Submitted by Peggy Brannon - peggybrannon@hotmail.com
22 September 2001
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

James Cleland passed away to the "great beyond" about the middle of July at 
the residence of his son, George Cleland, at Black Bayou, Texas, after an 
illness of nine weeks.

A native of St. Augustine, Fla., he went to Texas fifty-five years ago. On 
the outbreak of the war he enlisted in Company D, of Griffith's battalion, 
which did such valiant service in assisting the ships to run the blockade 
around Sabine Pass. Shortly after peace was declared he went to Orange, 
where he spent most of the intervening time as a house painter.  Many a 
story did he tell of the stirring times which left the land desolate.  He 
was a great favorite of the young people.  He is survived by two sons, 
George Cleland, of Black Bayou, and John Cleland, of Aapalachicola, Fla.