Obituary of George David Cleveland in the Steuben Republican 16 June 1909:
George David Cleveland, Was born in Lagrange County, Ind. [unreadable] and early in the evening of June 5, 1909, entered into rest at the age of 66 years, 6 months and 16 days.
He came to this county in 1844, where he lived when he volunteered for the Union, enlisting at Angola, Ind. August 16th, 1861, at the age of nineteen years, in Co A 29th Ind., Vol 2nd division, 14th Army Corps. He was in the hospital at Louisville about one month, with lung fever. He fought at Shiloh, Corinth, Stone River, Liberty Gap, Chicamauga. He was detailed at Chicamauga to carry wounded from the field, where he was captured, taken to Tunnel Hill through Atlanta to Richmond, then Danville, Andersonville, Charleston and Florence: Held prisoner for 17 months and 10 days. On March 1, 1865, he was sent home and discharged at Indianapolis. May 17, 1865, he became a member of Crosswalt Post No. 150 G.A.R.
On June 28, 1866, he was married to Nancy J. Kirkland of this county. To this union were born six children. One daughter Kitty dying in infancy. Mrs. Ed Johns, Mrs. George Emerson, and Mrs. Roy Roberts, all of Flint, J.W. Cleveland, of Milwaukee, Wis.; A.C. Cleveland of Kendallville, Ind.; together with the wife and mother, constitute the remaining members of the sorrowing family circle. Mr. Cleveland spent practically his entire life in this community. Here he has been a familiar and respected figure. Funeral services were held at Flint, conducted by Elder Vernon Stauffer.