Cleveland

Robert M. Cleveland of Greenville, South Carolina married in 1840 Frances Leonard Wight.

Frances was born on 17 September 1816 in Bristol, Rhode Island, a daughter of Rev. Henry Wight, D. D. Her father was a student of Harvard University when the Revolutionary War began and enlisted in the army. After the war, he finished his education and became a Congregational minister. When Frances was eighteen years of age, she was confirmed in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church by Bishop White of Pennsylvania.

"Mrs. Frances Leonard Cleveland Passes Away. Ninety-Four Years Old When Death Came. Lineal Descendant of John and Priscilla Alden, of Longfellow's Poem. In the death of Mrs. Frances Leonard Cleveland, which occurred at her home on Cleveland Place, Friday morning, September 23, Marietta lost one of its most notable, interesting and deeply loved residents...She was a lineal descendant, in the seventh generation, of John and Priscilla Alden, whose love story is told in Longfellow's Courtship of Miles Standish. During her girlhood she visited Washington City and met President Andrew Jackson at a reception at the White House, and heard Webster, Clay and Calhoun speak in the Senate. On a visit South she met Robert M. Cleveland, of the well-known Cleveland family of Greenville, South Carolina, and married him in 1840. They resided in Lawrenceville, Ga., where Mrs. Cleveland spent many busy years in the care of a family of seven children, and the supervision of numerous servants. They were noted for their hospitality, and their home, Chestnut Hill, was seldom without guests. After the war the family removed to a large farm near Wartrace, Tenn., where Mr. Cleveland died in 1876. Mrs. Cleveland and her unmarried children then spent some years in travel, and visited different parts of Europe. She finally made her home in Marietta.The Marietta Daily Journal and Courier dated 30 September 1910.

In 1880, Frances resided with several children in Marietta; also her sister, M. G. Wright (born 1807 in Rhode Island) and her niece, A. F. Alden, born 1830 in Georgia.

Issue:

C. C. Cleveland (daughter), born 1850 in Georgia.
H. D. Cleveland (daughter), born 1852 in Georgia.
R. M. Cleveland (son), born 1856 in Georgia.