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First name and middle name suggested on 17 Jul 2021 by Henry Bush; FIND A GRAVE ID 50929541
Suggested edit on 17 Jul 2021: First Initial in photo is R.
Robert Mathis Cleveland was married to Fannie Wight.
He was son of Jeremiah Cleveland buried in Springwood Cemetery in Greenville ,SC.
Contributor: Henry Bush (50929541)
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Birth date suggested on 18 Jul 2021 by Henry Bush; FIND A GRAVE ID 50929541∼Robert Mathis Cleveland sent his sons William and Jeremiah (who were 5 and 3 at the time of their mother's death) back to Greenville, SC to live with their grandparents Cap. Jeremiah and Sarah (Sally) Vannoy Cleveland. After their grandfather's death in 1845, they went to live with their aunt and uncle William and Caroline (Cleveland) Choice in Choice Hills (Greenville County, S.C. who raised and schooled them.
A year after his wife's death he married Frances (Fanny) Leonard Wight. In 1841, they bought an estate named "Hickory Knob" on Chestnut Hill in Lawrenceville, GA which he sold in 1870. He ran a tannery along with other business interests. A man of great wealth, he was one of the first stockholders in the Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust Company in Augusta GA. In 1866, he moved to Wartrace TN to be near his brother Jeremiah Cleveland, Jr. He died in TN but was buried in Greenville.
1st Wife: Harriet Neal
Children: William Choice Cleveland
Jeremiah Judge Cleveland
Harriet Neal died May 6, 1839 of Pulmonary Consumption.
2nd Wife: Frances (Fanny) Leonard Wight (whom he met visiting relatives in Georgia)
Children from 2nd Marriage:
Vannoy (Cap) Cleveland 1841-1901
Caroline Choice Cleveland 1842-1900
Harriet Dawkins Clevleand 1844-
Barnet Franklin Cleveland 1846-1929
Jesse Dougherty Cleveland 1853-1858
Georgia Alden Cleveland 1851-1914
Robert Mathis Cleveland, Jr. 1855-1940
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First name and middle name suggested on 17 Jul 2021 by Henry Bush; FIND A GRAVE ID 50929541
Suggested edit on 17 Jul 2021: First Initial in photo is R.
Robert Mathis Cleveland was married to Fannie Wight.
He was son of Jeremiah Cleveland buried in Springwood Cemetery in Greenville ,SC.
Contributor: Henry Bush (50929541)
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Birth date suggested on 18 Jul 2021 by Henry Bush; FIND A GRAVE ID 50929541∼Robert Mathis Cleveland sent his sons William and Jeremiah (who were 5 and 3 at the time of their mother's death) back to Greenville, SC to live with their grandparents Cap. Jeremiah and Sarah (Sally) Vannoy Cleveland. After their grandfather's death in 1845, they went to live with their aunt and uncle William and Caroline (Cleveland) Choice in Choice Hills (Greenville County, S.C. who raised and schooled them.
A year after his wife's death he married Frances (Fanny) Leonard Wight. In 1841, they bought an estate named "Hickory Knob" on Chestnut Hill in Lawrenceville, GA which he sold in 1870. He ran a tannery along with other business interests. A man of great wealth, he was one of the first stockholders in the Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust Company in Augusta GA. In 1866, he moved to Wartrace TN to be near his brother Jeremiah Cleveland, Jr. He died in TN but was buried in Greenville.
1st Wife: Harriet Neal
Children: William Choice Cleveland
Jeremiah Judge Cleveland
Harriet Neal died May 6, 1839 of Pulmonary Consumption.
2nd Wife: Frances (Fanny) Leonard Wight (whom he met visiting relatives in Georgia)
Children from 2nd Marriage:
Vannoy (Cap) Cleveland 1841-1901
Caroline Choice Cleveland 1842-1900
Harriet Dawkins Clevleand 1844-
Barnet Franklin Cleveland 1846-1929
Jesse Dougherty Cleveland 1853-1858
Georgia Alden Cleveland 1851-1914
Robert Mathis Cleveland, Jr. 1855-1940
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