Madison County Military

Veteran's Name: Cleveland, Aaron Erastus		Father: Andrew S. Cleveland
Residence: Earlham, Madison, Iowa		Father's nativity:
Occupation: Farmer		Mother: Lucy Wheeler
Date of birth: 26 May 1846		Mother's nativity:
Place of birth: Humphrey, Cattraugus County, New York		Wife: Jane Belding; married 09 Sep 1872, Hebron, Wisconsin, divorced, D. 1901.
Date of death: 07 Jan 1939		2nd wife: Ella M. Carroll; married 09 Dec 1901, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
Place of death: Earlham, Madison, Iowa		3rd wife:
Place of burial: Earlham, Madison, Iowa
Cause of death:		Children Sidney - Van Meter, Dallas, Iowa Roy - Winterset, Madison, Iowa Perry - deceased Alva - deceased 4 grandchildren 1 great brandchild

War record
Rank: Private	Company: E		Regiment: 1st
State: Wisconsin		Organization: Cavalry
Enlistment date: 28 March 1864
Enlistment age:		Residence: Concord
Mustered out:
Discharged: 19 Jul 1865 at Edgefield, Tennessee
Transfers:
GAR membership
Post name: Pitzer		Date joined: 06 Jun 1925
Post No.: 55 (S)		Age at joining: 78
Place: Winterset		Transfers:

Sources: Des Moines Register 10 Jan 1939; Roster Wisconsin: Res. Concord; War Dept. Ja '39 "Enl. at Farmington, Wis.; Nora Snow, sister-in-law, Earlham, Iowa, 01 Apr '30; Ex-Soldiers Living Iowa 1886: Van Meter

Notes: 1. Civil War - XC-2 573 213 2. Battles: Wheeler & Forest at Franklin, Tennessee; Wilson raid. 3. Voted for A. Lincoln on 1st ballot cast. 4. Des Moines Register 10 Jan 1939: Services for Aaron E. Cleveland, 92, last civil war veteran in Madison County are to be at Earlham, Iowa Presbyterian Church. 5. War Department, Jan 1939: After service lived at Farmington, Wisconsin; Straw, Montana; Two Dot, Montana; and Earlham, Iowa. Born Humphrey New York. Engaged in carpentry, logging, railroad section foreman, farming and quarry. Was constable at Earlham, Iowa, 1900; at Straw, Montana, 1917-1918. Second wife, Ella Cleveland died 16 Feb 1941 at Iowa Soldiers' Home, Marshalltown. She had been in ISH home since 16 Aug 1940. 6. Mrs. Nora Snow of Earlham, sister of 2nd wife of Aaron E. Cleveland was with veteran and her sister frequently - gave his full name Aaron Erastus. Her father, John W. Lee, was also a veteran buried at Orange City, Iowa. Her sister, Margaret Ellen Lee Carroll Cleveland died 1941.