U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleavenger, Charles W. (1856-1904) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Pages 360-361 Charles W. Cleavenger, born on Foxgrape Creek, 1856, son of Minor M. and Mary (Knotts) Cleavenger, was married November 9, 1884, in Taylor County, to Minerva, daughter of Patrick F. and Mary (Hustead) Fleming. Children, Cecil Wayne, Buford and Mary. He is a Republican, a farmer and stockdealer, residing on Simpson's Creek, where he owns 225 acres, and on Foxgrape Creek he owns 100 acres. He follows grazing mostly, and pastures seventy-seven cattle and twenty sheep at present. His father's brothers were, Frank, Charles, Samuel, John and Garrison. Their sister, Salley, married Cyrus Bartlett. Mrs. Cleavenger's grandfather, Samuel Bartlett, was the father of twenty-one children. She was descended from James Fleming, and as he has many descendants in this and neighboring counties, it is proper to give a sketch from his family record. James Fleming was born March 21, 1775, and on March 16, 1797, he married Elizabeth Welch, who was born November 29, 1777. He died October 11, 1846; she died March 15, 1847. Their children were, Lawrence Fleming, born July 26, 1798, married Miss Lake. Patrick Fleming, born April 15, 1800, married Margaret McDonald. Ann Fleming, born March 25, 1802. Jemima Fleming, born April 7, 1804; married William Reynolds, and died November 13, 1785. Mary Fleming, born June 10, 1806; married Samuel Bartlett. Sarah Fleming, born March 17, 1809; married John Bartlett. Emily Fleming, born September 14, 1811. M. Sylvester Fleming, born November 30, 1812; married Matilda Bartlett. Johnson Cassel Fleming, born October 13, 1815; married May Bartlett, October 13, 1843. James and Elizabeth Fleming, born June 14, 1819; Elizabeth married John G. Cleavenger, and died July 3, 1884. Benjamin James Fleming, born June 2, 1822. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH-REGISTER, Taylor County, WV Page 250, Line No. 13 Chas. W. Cleavenger, died May 28, 1904 at age 48y-1m-28d Marital-status: Married Place-of-death: Berrysburg Cause-of-death: Pneumonia Complication: Tuberculosis Place-of-burial: Switzer ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------