Ellen Payne Cleaveland

 

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Ellen Payne Cleaveland    
Born: 28 Oct 1810 New London, New London, CT    
     
Died: 10 Dec 1837 Pleasant Grove, Wayne Co., IL    

FATHER

William Pitt Cleaveland

MOTHER

Abby Richards

HUSBAND

Flavel Bascom

After graduating, Flavel Bascom taught at an academy at New Canaan , Conn 1 yr. Then studied theology 3 yrs at Yale. After became a tutor in the college for 2 yrs. Then to Tazewell Cty, Il. as Home Missionary, lived in Pekin and organized churches. Then to Chicago as pastor of First Presbyterian Church, 6 yrs at Galesburg, 7 yrs at Dover, 5 at Princeton. Set up church at Hinsdale, and at Western Springs

He had children from his other marriages, but apparently no surviving children with Ellen Payne Cleveland who died just a few years after their marriage.