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1889

GROVER CLEVELAND.

FIRST TERM.

Gro-ver Cleve-land was born in New Jer-sey, March 18, 1837.

The first Cleve-land in A-mer-i-ca came from Suf-folk, Eng-land, in 1635, and made a home at Wo-burn, Mass. Rich-ard, the fa-ther of Gro-ver, got through his work at Yale in 1824, and made it his life task to preach the Word of God. In 1829 Rich-ard Cleve-land wed An-ne Neal, whose fa-ther was of I-rish birth. When Gro-ver was four years old he went with his par-ents to live in Fay-ette-ville near Syr-a-cuse, N. Y. There the boy went to school for nine years. Next he was clerk in a store, and in a short time his folks went to a new home in On-ei-da Coun-ty, where Gro-ver had more school days.