James McClymonds Cleland
JAMES MCCLYMONDS CLELAND
was a member of Company D, 11 Regiment Reserve Infantry (40th
Volunteers). He enlisted July 29, 1861 at Ebensburg, Cambria County , Pennsylvania and mustered in the same date.
He was promoted to sergeant April 10, 1863, and mustered out June 13, 1864, with the regiment .His age at enrollment was 25.
James is
enumerated in 1890 Veterans Schedules in Grove City ,
Mercer County , Pennsylvania . His post-office box was Grove City , Pennsylvania .
James McClymonds Cleland has an obituary in Butler Citizen,
Butler , Pa , Saturday, 20 June 1914:
James M. Cleeland died at his residence on Friday, June 12, in the
79th year of his age. Death was caused by the infirmities of
old age. He was born at Portersville, Butler County ,
August 4, 1836, and was the son of David and Mary Cleeland.
He was reared on a farm and was educated in the public schools. His
father died when James was 18 years old. On June 28, 1861, the first year
of the war he enlisted in Co. D, 11th Pennsylvania Volunteers, which
body of troops was mustered into the army as the 40th
Regiment. He served three years and mustered out in 1864, having taken
part in many battles. He was a member of Marion Craig Post No. 325.
After his return
from war, he went to his old home and after a short stay, he moved to
Harrisville, from which place he moved to Grove City in 1884.
He was married in
1868 to Miss Turk, who died in 1888, leaving three children Mary L., deceased;
Sarah L., and Harry W.
He was a member
of the Presbyterian Church and a Republican in politics. --Grove City
Reporter.
A 2nd
obituary appeared in the Butler Eagle, Butler ,
Pa. , June 20, 1914, which contains the same identical information as above,
but worded differently.
Further information about
James Cleland is supplied by Jessie Cleland Hassell:
In 1884 he moved to
Grove City , PA where he became employed by D. G.
Courtney, where he bought and sold lumber and timber, staves, and railroad
ties. In 1897 he bought a lumber business in Grove City
. His wife Sarah A. Turk was born 28 April 2 1832 and died August,
1888.
The burial place
of James M. Cleeland is SECTION K in Woodland
Cemetery which is located in Pine Township ,
Mercer County , Pennsylvania (near Grove City ).
DIED OTHER
James M. Cleeland
1914 age 78 years
Page 424 of John G. White's 1909 book "A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Volumn I" states:
"James M. Cleland, a lumber merchant doing an extensive business at the bustling town of Grove City, was born at Portersville, Butler county, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1836. His parents were David and Mary (McClimonds) Cleland. His father who was a farmer was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, and the mother in Allegheny county of the same state. James M. Cleland was reared on the farm and educated at the public schools. When eighteen years of age, he was bereft of his father. He was the eldest son of the family and remained at home on the farm, at the head of affairs until the Civil war broke out. June 28, 1861�first year of the war�he enlisted in Company D, Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteers (Reserves), which body of troops was mustered into the Union army as the Fortieth Regiment. He served in defense of his country's flag for three years and was mustered out in July, 1864, having participated in many fierce battles. He is now a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Marion Craig Post No. 325.
After his return from the war, he went to the old farm again and there remained some fourteen years, and then moved to Grove City, in 1884, where there was better school advantages for his children. Soon afterward, entering the employ of D. G. Courtney, lumberman he was employed by him for thirteen years, buying and selling lumber and timber, staves and railroad ties. In 1897, he bought a lumber business, since which time, he was in the business alone, up to 1902, when he took as his partner, his son H. W. Cleland.
In his religion, James M. Cleland adheres to the church faith of the Presbyterian denomination. In politics, he is a supporter of the Republican party. He was married in 1868, to Sarah A. Turk, who died in 1888, leaving three children�Mary L. (deceased), Sarah L., Harry W.
From boyhood through to today, Mr. Cleland's career has been fraught with many a conflict, yet he has kept on in that noble-minded manner that becomes a true life. Whether on the homestead assisting to care for the remainder of the father's family, or in the thickest of the fight, during that terrible Civil war struggle, he was ever the same cool, calculating character."
A period map that I saw on the Grove City Historical Society website shows that Cleland lumber was located at the intersection of Erie and Grant streets. The building was located at latitude 41.161872, longitude -80.08824, where Ata Martial Arts Academy is now (2012) located.
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This information provided by Robert Osborne of Tempe Arizona
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