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Cleveland, Benjamin

soldier, jurist, was born March 26, 1738, in Virginia. He served in the revolutionary war, and attained the rank of captain. At the close of the war he settled in Tugalo Valley, and was judge in old Pendleton county for many years. He died October, 1806, in Tugalo Valley, S. C.

CLEVELAND, CHARLES DEXTER, educator, author, was born Dec. 3, 1802, in Salem, Mass. He was an educator of Philadelphia, who published Compendiums of English, American, and Classical Literature; English Literature of the Nineteenth Century; and critical edition of Milton, with notes and life. He died Aug. 18, 1869, in Philadelphia, Pa.

CLEVELAND, CHAUNCEY FITCH, was born Feb. 16, 1799, in Hampton, Conn.

He was in the Connecticut legislature for ten terms, 1826-1848; and was twice elected speaker. He was appointed attorney for the state in 1832; was governor of Connecticut in 1842-43, and representative in congress from 1849 to 1853. He died June 6, 1887, in Hampton, Conn.