Name/Title
BookletEntry/Object ID
20.18.6Description
Sunday School Pamphlet. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/4" x 3 3/4". Description: tan pamphlet, "The Best Child" published by the American Sunday-School Union, little story about Jesus.Context
Amanda Conner's Sunday school book.
James Wilson Cleland and Miss Amanda C. Connor of Blooming Grove were married October 3, 1877. Amanda was born September 11, 1852, in Indiana, and came to Waseca County with her parents in 1856.
J. W. Cleland was born September 27, 1847 in Delaware County, NY., and was one of nine children born to Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Cleland. He came West with his family in 1863. He carried on the homestead farm until 1885, when the place was sold and he purchased a small farm on the west shore of Clear Lake, near Waseca.
J. W. was stricken by paralysis while working about a threshing machine. He never recovered from the stroke and died after a very prolonged illness, July 15, 1903.Create Date
February 26, 2019Update Date
September 19, 2024