CLEAVES - LEONARD S. - 1907, Steuben

May 8,  1907
Bar Harbor Record

Mr. Leonard S. Cleaves, who died in Steuben February 28, 1907, was born in that town on March 25, 1823.  He was the oldest son of Joshua and Susan Haskell Cleaves.  His younger days were spent in  pioneer work on his father's farm.  It was interesting to hear him tell of times before railroads, carriages and other things.
He married Mary Elizabeth Watts in 1848 and for many years has lived upon the Joseph Watts farm which was originally the Benjamin Wakefield estate.  Mr. Joseph W. Cleaves who has charge of the farm, now represents the fourth generation who have lived in the house.