Re: Anna Rosa Cleaver
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In reply to:
Re: Anna Rosa Cleaver
Anne Rahamut 9/04/06
Elijah Collins Cleaver
NEWS ITEM newspaper dated July 29, 1901
DEATH OF ELIJAH C. CLEAVER.
Crushed Beneath the Wheels of a Loaded Hay Wagon He Succumbs to His Injures.
Cleveland township lost one of her best men in the death of Elijah C. Cleaver on Monday, and the announcement of the accident and his death brought sorrow to a host of friends and relatives.
He started from his home about 3 o'clock Monday morning with a load of hay for the coal region market. He took the new road that starts from near Kreischer's store and comes into the main road at Rhodestown. He had walked the hills and when he got to the flat he started to climb upon the load to ride out to the mountain. He stepped upon the double-tree, then to the back of one of the horses, from where he intended to climb up--a common way of climbing upon a load of hay--but as he stepped upon the horse's rump the animal kicked and plunged, throwing him beneath the load, and at the same time the team started. The front wheel passed over his abdomen, but the hind wheel crowded his body along the ground until he was able to stop the team. He had kept hold of the lines all the time. He then crawled from beneath the wagon and lay along side the road, where he was found by Emanuel Rhoads, who was also on his way to market.
The accident happened along about 4 o'clock, and it was nearly 6 o'clock when Mr. Rhodes found him. The injured man was immediately taken to the office of Dr. Wintersteen at Numidia by Mr. Rhodes, and from there was taken home by the doctor. He was able to sit up in the buggy. An examination revealed the seriousness of the case and Dr. J.H. Vastine, of this place, was called in consultation, when his condition was pronounced a
hopeless one.
He was conscious until about 1 o'clock, after which he sank steadily until shortly before 9 o'clock in the evening when he passed away. His son, Rev. Nelson E. Cleaver, of Danville, arrived in time to talk with him, and the gentleman, realizing his condition, spoke words of comfort to his sorrowing family, saying that he was ready to answer the summons, and calmly awaited the call.
The funeral will take place this afternoon at 1 o'clock, services at the home, his pastor, Rev. E.E. McKelvy, officiating, interment at the Roaringcreek M.E. church.
Deceased was one of the best known men in the Roaring Creek Valley, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of a large circle of friends. He was a thoroughly conscientious man, an every-day working Christian, was one of the pillars of the Catawissa M. E. circuit, and was an active member of Lt. H.H. Hoagland Post, No. 170, G.A.R., of this place, one of the few who have kept in good standing. He was a progressive man, and a good farmer; a man whose counsel and help will be sadly missed. He was a frequent contributor to and a firm friend of the NEWS ITEM, and we realize that in his death we have lost a valued subscriber and an appreciative friend.
I found this obit, I think it is your Elijah--am hunting for Amos Teeple/Teple, nothing on him, but there were Teeples in the next County (Catiwissa)
Bruce Robert Cleaver
Williamsport Sun-Gazette on March 26, 1973
Rev. Cleaver Dies, Was Minister at Elimsport Church
ELIMSPORT - The Rev. Bruce R. Cleaver, 65, of Allenwood RD 1, pastor of the Elimsport United Methodist Church since last June, died Saturday, March 24, 1973, at his home.
He was born in Catawissa on Jan. 17, 1908, a son of Wesley M. and Mary E. Dyer Cleaver.
He was a graduate of the former Dickinson Seminary, now Lycoming College, Williamsport, and Tri-State College, Angola, Ind. The Rev. Mr. Cleaver, an associate member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church, had been a minister for 25 years.
He previously served as pastor of the Flemington Charge, Clearfield Circuit, Huntingdon Church, Cassville Church and Houtzdale Church.
Suviving are his wife, the former Mary A. Clark; three daughters, Mrs. Donald L. Hampton, of Elizabethtown, Mrs. Donna L. Ray, of Akron, Ohio, and Mrs. Thomas W. Yarger, of Houtzdale; a son, Franklin, serving with the Army in Korea; two brothers, Collins and George, both of Detroit, Mich., and eight grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Elimsport church with the Rev. Robert L. Close, superintendent of the Lewisburg United Methodist District; the Rev. Dr. Grantas E. Hoopert, superintendent of the Williamsport District, and the Rev. Lawrence Lykens, of Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Ky., formerly of this area, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, New Columbia.
George Washington Cleaver
George W. Cleaver
George Washington Cleaver, 74, of 15550 Fenkell St., Detroit, passed away Thursday evening in that city.
He was born Dec. 3, 1905 in Cleveland Township, the son of the late Wesley and Nellie Dyer Cleaver. He graduated from Catawissa High School in 1925 and later from the Beckley Business School in Harrisburg. He was a U.S. Army Veteran having served during World War II.
A number of years ago he moved to the Detroit area where he worked at the Dodge Motor Company and later he was employed by the S.S. Kresge Department Stores in Management.
He is survived by his wife, the former Lottie Mirek; a cousin Perry Cleaver of Catawissa, and seven other neices and nephews. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Collins Cleaver and the Rev. Bruce Cleaver.
Services will be held 11 a.m. Monday at the Allen R. Horne Funeral Home, R.D. 3, Catawissa, with the Rev. Logan Swanger officiating. Burial will follow in the Kulp United Methodist Cemetery, Catawissa, R.D. 1, PA.
Wesley Manley Cleaver
December 16, 1918
DEATH'S WORK IN THE COUNTY
Wesley Cleaver Died Yesterday After Illness With Influenza
Influenza caused the death at his home in Locust township yesterday afternoon of Wesley Cleaver, one of the best known men in that end of the county, and a man with a brilliant education.
It was last Monday that Dr. Wintersteen, of town, was called to attend him and then found him suffering with influenza. He called on him again Thursday, and found him in fairly good condition and apparently well on the road to recovery. It was during yesterday afternoon that he took a turn for the worse, and quickly passed away.
Mr. Cleaver, who was a man in his sixties, was a graduate of the Bloomsburg State Normal School, of several other schools and of John Hopkins University, where he was later an instructor. At the time of his graduation he was the third man from Columbia county to graduate from that university. He was principal of a number of a number of well known schools and later became a lecturer of note. With his health failing from overwork his physician directed that he live on a farm, and for the last twelve or fourteen years he has been farming. The death of his wife occurred about eleven years ago. He is survived by three sons, aged 12, 14, and 16 years and by the following named brothers and sisters: Joseph Cleaver, of town; Charles Cleaver, of Mount Carmel; Britian Cleaver, of Cleveland township; Grant Cleaver, principal of a school on Long Island; Mrs. Amos Teple, of Locust township, and Miss Hannah Cleaver, employed at the Danville Hospital.
This last one mentions Mrs Amos Teple.
Carol