Jesse was married (firstly) on May 7, 1900, at Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, to Zylpha May (Crumley) Berry.
He was married (secondly) on July 17, 1920, at Seattle, King County, Washington, to Minnie Myrtle (Arnold) Hall.
Jesse was a farmer in Lyon and Stafford Counties, Kansas. He moved to Seattle, Washington in 1903. Here he worked as a trolley car driver until opening a restaurant at 410 Pike Street in 1906. Around 1908 he started working as a carpenter and stonemason with a construction company, building several homes and churches in north Seattle.
After his divorce and remarriage he moved to Shelton, Mason County, Washington, where his older brother Ulysses (Grant) Van Cleave was living. The area where they all lived became known as Van Cleave Ridge. Here Jesse owned a 160-acre ranch, located on John’s Creek, and named Stoney Brook. He raised pedigree Brown Swiss cattle, known throughout the United States for their quality as excellent breeding cattle. He was a member of the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association of the U.S.A. When digging the foundation basement for his house at Stoney Brook he unearthed the bones of a prehistoric Mammoth Elephant. He kept only the molar tooth, now in the possession of his great-grandson.
He was married (secondly) on July 17, 1920, at Seattle, King County, Washington, to Minnie Myrtle (Arnold) Hall.
Jesse was a farmer in Lyon and Stafford Counties, Kansas. He moved to Seattle, Washington in 1903. Here he worked as a trolley car driver until opening a restaurant at 410 Pike Street in 1906. Around 1908 he started working as a carpenter and stonemason with a construction company, building several homes and churches in north Seattle.
After his divorce and remarriage he moved to Shelton, Mason County, Washington, where his older brother Ulysses (Grant) Van Cleave was living. The area where they all lived became known as Van Cleave Ridge. Here Jesse owned a 160-acre ranch, located on John’s Creek, and named Stoney Brook. He raised pedigree Brown Swiss cattle, known throughout the United States for their quality as excellent breeding cattle. He was a member of the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association of the U.S.A. When digging the foundation basement for his house at Stoney Brook he unearthed the bones of a prehistoric Mammoth Elephant. He kept only the molar tooth, now in the possession of his great-grandson.
Jesse was married (firstly) on May 7, 1900, at Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, to Zylpha May (Crumley) Berry.
He was married (secondly) on July 17, 1920, at Seattle, King County, Washington, to Minnie Myrtle (Arnold) Hall.
Jesse was a farmer in Lyon and Stafford Counties, Kansas. He moved to Seattle, Washington in 1903. Here he worked as a trolley car driver until opening a restaurant at 410 Pike Street in 1906. Around 1908 he started working as a carpenter and stonemason with a construction company, building several homes and churches in north Seattle.
After his divorce and remarriage he moved to Shelton, Mason County, Washington, where his older brother Ulysses (Grant) Van Cleave was living. The area where they all lived became known as Van Cleave Ridge. Here Jesse owned a 160-acre ranch, located on John’s Creek, and named Stoney Brook. He raised pedigree Brown Swiss cattle, known throughout the United States for their quality as excellent breeding cattle. He was a member of the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association of the U.S.A. When digging the foundation basement for his house at Stoney Brook he unearthed the bones of a prehistoric Mammoth Elephant. He kept only the molar tooth, now in the possession of his great-grandson.
He was married (secondly) on July 17, 1920, at Seattle, King County, Washington, to Minnie Myrtle (Arnold) Hall.
Jesse was a farmer in Lyon and Stafford Counties, Kansas. He moved to Seattle, Washington in 1903. Here he worked as a trolley car driver until opening a restaurant at 410 Pike Street in 1906. Around 1908 he started working as a carpenter and stonemason with a construction company, building several homes and churches in north Seattle.
After his divorce and remarriage he moved to Shelton, Mason County, Washington, where his older brother Ulysses (Grant) Van Cleave was living. The area where they all lived became known as Van Cleave Ridge. Here Jesse owned a 160-acre ranch, located on John’s Creek, and named Stoney Brook. He raised pedigree Brown Swiss cattle, known throughout the United States for their quality as excellent breeding cattle. He was a member of the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association of the U.S.A. When digging the foundation basement for his house at Stoney Brook he unearthed the bones of a prehistoric Mammoth Elephant. He kept only the molar tooth, now in the possession of his great-grandson.
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