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Moses Cleaveland Famous memorial

Birth	:	29 Jan 1754 Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Death	:	16 Nov 1806 Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Burial	:	Oliver Cemetery, Oliver, Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, Canada
Coordinate	:	49.1767600, -119.5697000
Plot	:	Family
Description	:	Frontiersman. The founder of Cleveland, Ohio, he was a Continental Army soldier, Yale scholar, lawyer and a surveyor. In 1796, the Northwest Territory in which Cleveland is located was purchased at five cents an acre by the Connecticut Land Company. Moses Cleaveland was selected as agent to survey the land and lay out a city with small lots to entice Easterners to buy and move to the new promise land. He left Connecticut with an entourage of fifty men. The party included civil engineers, an astronomer, a mathematician, a commissary and helpers which laid out a town plan with a... Read More	Frontiersman. The founder of Cleveland, Ohio, he was a Continental Army soldier, Yale scholar, lawyer and a surveyor. In 1796, the Northwest Territory in which Cleveland is located was purchased at five cents an acre by the Connecticut Land Company. Moses Cleaveland was selected as agent to survey the land and lay out a city with small lots to entice Easterners to buy and move to the new promise land. He left Connecticut with an entourage of fifty men. The party included civil engineers, an astronomer, a mathematician, a commissary and helpers which laid out a town plan with a central square from which the streets extended out into the region. He put his official signature on the completed map and the town was called Cleaveland. Years later, a news writer left out the "a" and the revised spelling was accepted. No other city in America exists today as laid out by its founder. He returned to Connecticut, worked as a lawyer for the rest of his life but never re-visited the city of his founding. However, he expounded a prediction that Cleveland would someday be home to fifteen thousand people because of its ideal location.

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Where is Moses Cleaveland Famous memorial's memorial?
Moses Cleaveland Famous memorial's memorial is located at: Oliver Cemetery, Oliver, Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, Canada.
When did Moses Cleaveland Famous memorial death?
Moses Cleaveland Famous memorial death on 16 Nov 1806 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Moses Cleaveland Famous memorial's memorial?
Latitude: 49.1767600
Longitude: -119.5697000

Family Members:

Parent

Capt Aaron Cleveland

(1727 - 1785)

Thankful Paine Cleaveland

(1733 - 1822)

Spouse

Esther Champion Cleaveland

(1766 - 1840)

Siblings

Anne Cleveland

(1757 - 1759)

William Pitt Cleaveland

(1770 - 1845)

Children

Francis Moses Cleaveland

(1797 - 1798)

Frances Augusta Cleaveland Morgan

(1799 - 1860)

Julius Moses Cleaveland

(1805 - 1822)

Flowers:

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Coordinate: 49.1767600, -119.5697000

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