{"id":16219,"date":"2016-08-23T10:50:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T14:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=16219"},"modified":"2017-02-01T15:40:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T20:40:51","slug":"family-reunions-time-to-gather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/family-reunions-time-to-gather.html","title":{"rendered":"Family Reunions: Time to Gather"},"content":{"rendered":"

Has it been a while since you got together with all of your brothers and sisters and their families? According to this 1866 newspaper article, the Cleveland family hadn\u2019t gotten together for 31 years \u2013 not since \u201cthe wedding of the eldest daughter in 1835.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, Ohio), 2 October 1866, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But gather they did in Huntsburgh, Geauga County, Ohio, for their mother\u2019s birthday on 24 September 1866 \u2013 which the newspaper tells us was her \u201ceighty-first birth-day.\u201d<\/p>\n

All of Esther (Allen) Cleveland\u2019s (1785- ) nine adult children were there, \u201cthe eldest being fifty-eight and the youngest thirty-five.\u201d All attended except their \u201celdest [Oren Alexander Cleveland], an infant son, [who] died of scarlet fever\u201d in Connecticut.<\/p>\n

Esther and Oren Cleveland were married \u201cin 1805\u2026 at Enfield, Conn., and resided in that State till 1839, when they removed to Geauga county, Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n

One son, [James Chamberlain Cleveland, 1813-1886] who is a farmer up among the hills of Litchfield county, Conn., had not seen his mother for twenty-seven years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If your family hasn\u2019t gotten together for 31 years \u2013 like the Clevelands \u2013 there is still time. You bring the hot dogs and I\u2019ll bring the potato salad \u2013 let\u2019s make this happen.<\/p>\n

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