Notes: Ziba Vallett CLEVELAND

NOTE 1: ZIBA VALETTE CLEVELAND, who is resident of Bayard, came early to Nebraska and for many years was a substantial farmer. He was born in the state of New York, April 24, 1844. His parents were S. A. and Ruth (Ferris) Cleveland, who spent their lives in New York. Mr. Cleveland's oldest brother died in the Civil War. One brother, I. A. Cleveland, is a retired druggist living in Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Ida J. Weed, lives in New York.

From his native state Mr. Cleveland went to Iowa and bought land on which he followed farming for twenty years. In 1886 he moved

to Banner county, Nebraska, homesteaded, pre-empted and secured a tree claim and subsequently proved up on all, when there were but three

houses between his homestead and Kimball. He sold out there and in Banner county and moved to near McGrew and from there retired to

Bayard. He built the first frame house in Hull precinct and the first school in the precinct was held in his kitchen for three months. Later

Mrs. Cleveland taught three terms of school in a sod house.

In Iowa, in 1875, Mr. Cleveland was married to Miss Mary Warrington, a daughter of David and Sarah Jane Warrington, the former

of whom was born in Indiana and the latter in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland had four sons born to them, namely: Bert, who is a

farmer in Scottsbluff county; Ralph, who lives at Spokane, Washington; Lee R., who lives at Bayard; and Roy, who died when aged twenty-five

years. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland have a very comfortable home at Bayard. He has always been interested in the public schools and has served on

school boards for thirty years. He has also been a justice of the peace. In politics he has always been a Republican and has voted for

fifty years. He is independent as regards religious beliefs. - - History of Western Nebraska

NOTE 2: Listed in 1860 Federal Census as son of Smith A Cleveland

NOTE 3: Listed on the 1890 Farmers list for Banner Co, NE

NOTE 4: Listed on Hull Postmaster list, 5/04/1891

NOTE 5: Listed as Justice (of the Peace)

NOTE 6: Burial High Butte Cemetery, Scotts Bluff, NE