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 130 CLEVELAND. CLIFFORD. ber of the Massachusetts Medical Society, also of Palestine Lodge No. 26, K. of P., and the Haverhill Monday Evening Club. Dr. Clement was married in Haverhill, November 19, 1885, to Matilda Haseltine, daughter of George A. and Susan W. (Emerson) Kimball. He has one child : George Kimball Clement. Dr. Clement's father was a lineal descend- ant of Job Clement, who in 1642 was one of the twelve original settlers of Haverhill. He was born on a farm in Haverhill, which is still in the family possession, the same having passed from father to son. Dr. Clement's mother is well known as an authority and writer on art, by the name of "Clara Erskine Clement." She is the present wife of Edwin F. Waters, formerly treasurer and controlling owner of the "Boston Daily Advertiser." CLEVELAND, Ira, son of Ira and Mehitable B. Cleveland, of Hopkinton, Middlesex county, was born in that town, February 1, 1802, but removed with his father when but four years old to a farm in Milford, an adjacent town. He pursued his preparatory studies at an academy in Mendon, and entered Brown University in 1821, where he was graduated in the class of 1825. He first began the study of law in Marlborough, but in 1S2S he came to Dedham, and entered the office of Horace Mann, then a leading practitioner of Norfolk county. He was admitted as an attorney of the court of common pleas, at the Decem- ber term, 1S29, and as a counselor of the supreme judicial court, in November, 1834. In 1833 Mr. Mann removed to Boston, and Mr. Cleveland succeeded him in practice and in the occupancy of his office in Dedham. In 1840 he was ap- pointed secretary of the Norfolk Mutual and the Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance companies, and from this time he gradu- ally withdrew from legal practice. He has ever since remained connected with these insurance companies, having been the president and treasurer of both until recently. He now holds the office of president of the Norfolk company. Mr. Cleveland has never held a political office, but he has been called to many offices of trust. He was the public admin- istrator of the county for forty-two years. He was always an active and public- spirited citizen. He was in former years much interested in the improvement of the village, and in the planting of trees in its streets, and it was mainly through his efforts, some fifty years ago, that the old burial ground in Dedham village was first enclosed and planted with trees. Mr. Cleveland married, April 23, 1837, Frances Maria, the daughter of Major IRA CLEVELAND. Timothy P. Whitney of Wrentham, but she and her infant died in the autumn of 1838, and he has since remained unmarried. For nearly fifty years Mr. Cleveland has taken a deep interest in the affairs of St. Paul's (Episcopal) parish. During that time he has held the office of warden, and has been one of its delegates to the con- ventions of the diocese His devotion to the interests of his church is noteworthy. To his efforts were largely due both t lie building of the old church edifice, which stood until December 13, 1856, and the erection of the present stone church, which was finished in 1869. In 1881 Mr. Cleve- land placed in the tower of the church a chime of ten bells, and has since spared no efforts to render this house of worship beautiful and attractive. CLIFFORD, Walter, son of John H. and Sarah P. (Allen) Clifford, was born in New Bedford, Bristol county, August 11, 1S49. He obtained his preparatory education in private schools, Friends' Academy, New Bedford, and 1865 to '67 at Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H. He entered