Pawlet (VT) One Hundred Years
Hiel Hollister
1867
J. Munsell, Albany
CLEVELAND, MOSES, from Connecticut, at an early day, m. Zuba Kendall and settled where the widow
of his son, Asa, now lives. He was public spirited and benevolent. He raised a family of five children:
Calvin, Luther, Augustus, Asa and Olive. He died in 1820, aged 75; his wife in 1830, aged 80.
Luther m. Joanna Brewster; he died in 1866, aged 93. He came to this town when eight years of age and
probably lived longer in town than any other person has. His wife died in 1861, aged 86. Augustus was a
colonel in the war of 1812; Asa succeeded to the homestead and m. Lydia, da. of Eleazur Crosby; he
died in 1864, aged 73. His widow removed west in 1867.
CLEVELAND, PALMER, from Salem, N.Y., settled on the present homestead of Consider S. Bardwell,
first occupied by John Fitch. He was a deacon of the Presbyterian church in Hebron, N. Y.
Besides being a large farmer he carried on the tanning business. He removed to Indiana with his family about
1832, where died at an advanced age.
CLEVELAND, Capt. DAVID, from Salem, settled on the farm next above Palmer's, now occupied by
Merritt W. Bardwell. He married a daughter of Seth Viets, Sen., and raised a large family, all of
whom, with himself, removed west some thirty years ago.
CLEVELAND, DAVID A., from Salem, N.Y., a relative of the preceding, settled on the Rev. John
Griswold place, in 1866.
