Brevet Maj. Gen. Horatio Phillips Van Cleve

1. Van Cleve Full text: https://archive.org/details/vanclevefamilypi00vanc/page/n7/mode/2up "The Van Cleve Family-Pioneers in Minnesota Dec 1959 Horatio Phillips Van Cleve, II ed.Published in typeface pp 32-37

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Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (November 23, 1809 – August 24, 1891) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Early life

Van Cleve was born in Princeton, New Jersey. He studied for two years at Princeton University, and then entered the United States Military Academy. He graduated in 1831 and served at frontier posts in the Michigan Territory. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant of infantry on December 31, 1831. He resigned from the Army on September 11, 1836, and settled in Michigan. He taught in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1840–41, and then engaged in farming near Ann Arbor, Michigan. Van Cleve was an engineer in the service of the state of Michigan in 1855, and then United States Surveyor of Public Lands in Minnesota. In 1856, he engaged in stock-raising.

Civil War

After the start of the Civil War, he was commissioned as colonel of the 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment on July 22, 1861. He met wife Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve, at Fort Winnebago, while both her father and Horatio were stationed there. She would write the book Three Score Years and Ten, Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West, about the early days of Fort Snelling and her travels through the pioneer midwest. She was the first white woman born in the Wisconsin Territory, in the settlement of Prairie du Chien.

Van Cleve served under Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas at Mill Springs, and was later promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on March 21, 1862, in recognition for his services at that battle. He commanded a brigade at the Siege of Corinth and a division at Perryville. He was disabled by a wound at Stones River, but returned to his division upon recovery. He fought at Chickamauga, and was in command of the post and forces at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, after the battle. He was in command of the defenses of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad until he was mustered out in 1865. In the omnibus promotions in 1866 following the war, he was brevetted major general, dating from March 13, 1865.

Postbellum life

He was adjutant general of Minnesota in 1866–70 and 1876–82.

Van Cleve's house in Minneapolis

Van Cleve died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is buried there in Lakewood Cemetery. His home in that city was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. He had his favorite horse buried in the front yard of that house before he died.

• United States Military Academy, West Point Class of 1831. Appointed to the Infantry and promoted to Second Lieutenant. Resigned commission in 1836, and was a farmer then a civil engineer. In the 1850's, he moved his family to Minnesota which was gaining popularity with settlers. In 1861 the Governor of Minnesota appointed him commander of the 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment with the rank of Colonel. Later, he was promoted to command the division. As a Division Commander, with the rank of Brigadier General, he was assigned to Major General Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland, and fought at Chickamauga in September 1863, where his unit was routed on the first day of the heavy fighting. Regrouping that night, they reentered the fight and made a good account of themselves. He was brevetted to the rank of Major General, U.S. Volunteers in 1865, for his services to the Union, and was appointed State Adjutant General, serving two terms

GENERAL HORATIO PHILLIPS VAN CLEVE (6)

(Copied from Minnesota Volume of the United States Biographical Dictionary - published 1879)

"Horatio Phillips Van Cleve, Adjutant-General of Minnesota, was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on November 23, 1809. His parents were John Van Cleve, a physician, and Louisa Anna, nee Houston. His paternal ancestors were from Holland, while the maternal were from Great Britain. His mother's father was a member of the Continental Congress just previous to the Revolution. Horatio was a student at Princeton college, and left that institution to accept a cadetship at West Point, at which school he was graduated in 1831, receiving a second lieutenant's commission in the 5th United States Infantry on the 1st of July of that year. On the 11th of September, 1836, he resigned his commission and removed to Michigan, where he engaged in the more peaceful pursuits of civil engineering, farming, etc., until November 1856, when he removed to and settled at Long Prairie, Minnesota where he engaged in stock raising.

"At the commencement of the 'War of the Rebellion' in 1861 he tendered his services to his country, and the governor of Minnesota gave him the command of the 2nd Minnesota regiment on July 22nd of that year. He reported for duty with his regiment, to General W. T. Sherman, at Louisville, Kentucky, and in December was assigned to the command of General George H. Thomas, then at Lebanon, Kentucky. He commanded the 2nd Regiment at the battle of Mill Spring on the 19th of January 1862. After this battle he marched his regiment to Louisville, Kentucky, and accompanied General Thomas, by way of Nashville, to Pittsburg Landing. Having been promoted by President Lincoln to brigadier-general, on the 1st of March 1862, General Buell gave him command of a brigade in the division of General T.L. Crittenden whom he accompanied on the campaign before Corinth, Mississipi; through northern Alabama, at Battle Creek, Tennessee, and from there, by way of Nashville, to Louisville, Kentucky. At Louisville he took command of the division, General Crittenden being assigned to the command of a corps.

General Van Cleve was with General Buell in his pursuit of Bragg's army, as far as Wild Cut, Kentucky, at which he turned and marched his division, by way of Somerset and Columbia, Kentucky, to Nashville, Tennessee. In the latter part of December he marched with General Rosecrans' array to attack the rebels under Bragg, at Murfreesborough, and was engaged with his division at the battle of Stone River on the 3lst of December 1862. Here General Van Cleve was disabled by a wound and compelled to leave the field on the 1st of January 1863. Upon his recovery he resumed the command of his division. He was with the Army of the Cumberland under Rosecrans on his advance on Chattanooga, his division being on the extreme left, marching by way of McMinnsville and the Sequatchee Valley. He was engaged at Ringold, Georgia, at Gordon's Mills on the 11th and 13th of September, 1863, and at Chickamauga on the 19th and 20th of the same month; and in command at Murfreesboro, Tennessee from December 1863 until August 1865 when he was mustered out after four years of activfe service. On the 13th of March of the latter year he was commissioned major-general for 'gallant and meritorious service during the war'.

"He returned to Minnesota where he was appointed Adjutant General in January 1866. On the 3rd of March, 1871 he was commissioned postmaster of St. Anthony (now S. E. Minneapolis), in which capacity he served until the 31st of July, 1872 when, St. Anthony being united to the city of Minneapolis, the office was discontinued. He was reappointed Adjutant General on the 1st of March, 1876.

"In politics the general was originally a Whig, but since the formation of the Republican Party, he has given the latter his faithful support."

The above article, quoted from the United States Biographical Dictionary, goes on to tell of the marriage of the general and his wife, Charlotte, but this is covered elsewhere in these notes, and will be omitted here. Some account, however, should be given of the long period, December 1863 to August 1865, when he was in command at Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

• At this point I quote again from Grandmother Charlotte ! s manuscript, often quoted above. Ed.

"During the terrible battle of Chickamauga, his division bore itself bravely and was in the thickest of the fight. His whole command was decimated during that awful time, and his warm heart suffered in expressible agony.... When night came and the forces rested, a fellow soldier found his general, with his arms around the neck of his faithful horse Bessie (buried in the yard of the family home in Southeast Minneapolis), mourning for his brave command, who had that day laid down their lives for the holy cause of right and justice.

"Soon after the decided victory of our arms at Chickamauga, gained at so fearful a cost, he was put in command at Murfreesboro where a large force was maintained, that point being of great importance and requiring constant vigilance. There were several outbreaks and skirmishes in the country adjacent, but by prudent management and thorough military discipline, a reasonable degree of order and quiet was maintained... The rights of the inhabitants were respected, but all were compelled to honor the Flag of the Union.... One lady who refused to walk under its protecting folds, was confined to her house and grounds for several days, but at last yielded, promising to conform to the established order... In all lines of business the citizens were compelled to take the oath of allegiance or cease their work..,"

• Note : She tells of several visits to Murfreesboro during the months her husband was in command there. Ed.

"One night we were awakened by a knock at the door of our room; he arose and, receiving a report in a low voice, gave such instructions as were necessary, and as he closed the door, I asked what was the matter. He said very quietly, ’Some prisoners have been brought in and the officer who reported has received instructions for their disposal.' Nothing more was said; no further reference was made to the affair.

After breakfast, however, two young ladies called at Headquarters, with well filled baskets, and said, 'General, can we be permitted to take these refreshments .to the young men who were brought into Murfreesboro last night?' The reply was, 'The young men to whom you allude have been on the way to Johnston's Island (one of our northern prisons) for some hours now.' I can never forget the appearance of thorough discomfiture of those pretty, lady-like southern girls. I pitied them from the bottom of my heart...

"During one of my visits to Murfreesboro the joyful news of Lee's surrender flashed all over the country and we rode out to the Redoubts where the General and his staff went to give the official notice to the troops.

"Memory brings back to me the scene on that bright sunshiny day where the forces were drawn up in line to receive the news so long hoped for. I seem to see the war worn veteran on his faithful Bessie, surrounded by his staff, all waiting breathless for the supreme moment. He rides forward, removes his cap; then in clear ringing tones, I hear, 'Fellow citizens, I am here to announce to you that Lee has surrendered, and the great struggle is over'. Ah, look at those men as they bare their heads and send out their glad hurrahs, and as you look,think what it means to them - home, wife and children, rest. And as the glorious flag, with all its stars in place, waves in the breeze, the men grasp hands and shout for joy, and over all the Lord of Nations, who has crowned them with victory, looks down and blesses them.

"One memorable Sabbath morning in April (1865) the Command was assembled in the church, near headquarters, which served for a military chapel in Murfreesboro; the commanding officer's family occupied the front slip, and the house was well filled with our military. Chaplain Emshaw had just concluded an earnest prayer when a telegram was handed to my husband. He read it, and with blanched face and trembling hand, passed it to me. I read the awful words, AbrahamLincoln is dead . shot by an assassin .'
My heart seemed to stand still and when the terrible slip of paper was passed up to the chaplain and read aloud, with trembling, broken voice, the effect was tremendous; not a sound, no demonstration, just a heart break . It seemed as if a great thunder cloud had taken us all in, and we were groping in the dark. Mr. Earnshaw was powerless to say a word.

A minister beside him made some remarks, and soon the congregation was dismissed. The whole town was stunned, the rebels were frightened, the loyal ones were stricken as those who had lost a father. The negro cabins had black streamers of some kind as a testimony of their deep love and veneration for 'Massa Linkum' who had set them free."

So much for his war record. Now let us go back to his earlier life

In the twenty years following their marriage in 1836, Grandfather Horatio's life was spent in farming, in civil engineering (mostly surveying) and, with his wife, operating preparatory schools for college entrance, mostly in Michigan for Ann Arbor College, later to become the University of Michigan. In 1856, because they were both affected by malaria, Horatio and Charlotte decided they must go west, and because of the "fame of Minnesota as a health resort" as she has it, decided to move here and picked Long Prairie as their goal. Here they spent an active life of five years at farming and cattle raising. I have recently come upon a book, "The Earth Brought Forth" by Merrill E. Jarchow, giving a history of Minnesota Agriculture to 1885, from which I quote the following:

"H. P. Van Cleve, in a letter of March 8, 1861, from Long Prairie, wrote that the cows he reserved for family use the preceding summer furnished 650 pounds of butter, besides cheese, milk, and cream for from sixteen to eighteen persons. His butter alone paid for cutting and hauling hay for all his cattle and horses, ’A careful estimate of the value of the increase of my stock, after deducting losses, has convinced me that I have realized frbm my cows fifty per cent per annum, for four years', he wrote. He added that the 'losses referred to were four calves destroyed by wolves, about three years since; and during this winter one young cow drowned, and one was gored to death by another; not one by sickness or poverty.'"

But soon their life here was over. Grandmother says:'

"Suddenly, like cloudburst, came that shot at Fort Sumter which went resounding all over the country, and every patriot heart was on fire. Regiments were raised in the various loyal states, and our First Minnesota went forth to take part in a struggle which it was first supposed would soon be ended. But the battle of Bull Run aroused the whole north, and there came forth from city and country, from work shop and college, volunteers who were willing and eager to risk their lives to preserve the Union. When our weekly mail brought to us the news of this disaster we were overwhelmed with various emotions; my husband walked the floor in silence. I saw he was mightily moved and said to him, 'How does this make you feel?' He replied, 'I feel that I ought to be there.' I said, 'I feel that you are right.' He had offered his services to Governor Ramsey, in case more troops were needed, and he read and reread a letter just received from the governor, and handing it to me, he said, 'How can I leave you at this crisis, with no physician, no nurse, no reliable neighbors?' I replied, 'It is a fearful trial, but God will take care of me, and never shall it be said that your wife held you back from your duty. The stage passes here day after tomorrow, and by that time all will be well with me', and kneeling side by side, we committed all our cares and anxieties to our Heavenly Father, with full assurance that he would guide and care for us. I packed his portmanteau with such things as he would need, and made such preparations for my own comfort as were necessary in the event now very near at hand. Among other arrangements I had my bedstead draped with a regulation army flag which General Abercrombie of Fort Ridgely had presented to me some months previous to the breaking out of the war, and at three o’clock on the following morning, June 25th (1861), our seventh son was born. God was very gracious to me, and in my book of daily texts, I find for that date this most appropriate one, 'The Lord stood by me and strengthened me', which expresses, better than any words of mine, the feeling of confidence in the Great Physician which kept our hearts at peace during that night of peril.

"Early in the morning of the 26th the weekly stage was to pass our place on the way to St. Pau'l, and some of my dear children can remember how they clustered around my bed, while the dear father read some of the precious promises from God's Word, and then kneeling beside me, commended us all to His keeping. God grant that none whom I love may ever endure the heartrending agony of such a parting. When the last 'Good-bye' was spoken and the beloved father had left the weeping group, I held my precious baby closer to my heart, and felt that the Everlasting Arms were about me, and that God would protect and care for us, yet with all the faith I could bring to my aid, the thought of what the future might have in store for us almost crushed me. Yet I remember well that, looking up at the Stars and Stripes, there came a thrill of patriotism which gave me courage and made me realize that I must live and do my duty unflinchingly, that my brave loyal husband might do his part to protect that flag. And God was very gracious to me. I recovered strength rapidly, and was soon able to look after home affairs and to relieve the dear father's anxiety about us. Ah, if the lives and struggles of the women left at home during those dark days of the war, could be fully written, the world would be astonished that so many survived till peace was declared and the war worn veterans came home."

• Here follows a copy of letter written by H. P. Van Cleve to Governor Ramsey (see reference above), on file in the Governor's archives, Historical Society, St. Paul.

"His Excellency, Governor Ramsey,

Sir:

Residing on the outskirts of civilization, remote from any public thoroughfare, and receiving but a weekly mall, your proclamation calling for volunteers, to assist our Government in crushing rebellion and punishing treason,reached me about the time that the full quota called for had offered.

I rejoice that my fellow citizens have been so prompt in responding to your call, and at the same time sincerely regret that, for want of information, I was not among the first to offer my services to my country in this crisis.

Believing, however, that this is but the beginning of our troubles, I am confident that I am not yet too late, and now report myself ready for duty in any capacity, subject to your orders, at a moment's warning.

I was educated at West Point, served in the army several years, and in time of peace resigned my commission, but have ever held myself in readiness to serve my country in time of trouble.

Very respectfully,

Your most obedient servant,

(Signed) H. P. Van Cleve

(Endorsed) H. P. Van Cleve,

Tender of Services for the war,
May 10, 1861.

Answered June 7, '61
Copied in letter book.

Above pictures are of Grandmother Charlotte and six of her children: Anna Houston (Nannie) 2, Elizabeth Archer 3, Horatio Seymour 4, Edward Mortimer (Mort) 5, Samuel Houston (Sam) 6, Paul Ledyard 7. Among the old family pictures is a small one of my father, marked "Mort, 1861" in grandmother's writing, which is a duplicate of the picture here given. That year he was 10 and that makes Seymour 12, Sam 8 and Paul 5. Lizzie was 14 that year. Nannie had been married 2 years before and had already died. John is not shown as he was a baby 2 that year, and Carl was a still younger baby, born that year.

• Note: The above pictures may be located in this profile media file or on page 37 of the Van Cleve book .

I conclude that Grandmother had this picture made in 1861 or 1862 to send to Grandfather who was at the seat of war. - Ed.

Another Biography

Horatio Phillips Van Cleve was born in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, on November 24, 1809, to John (1778-1826) and Louisa Anna (Houston) Van Cleve (1782-1827) . He was educated in the Lawrenceville Academy and attended Princeton University for two years. He then entered West Point Military Academy, being graduated from there in 1831. He joined the United States Fifth Infantry Regiment as a Second Lieutenant, remaining with it for five years. He was posted to frontier duty at Fort Howard, (later) Wisconsin and then to Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin.

Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark was born July 1, 1819, at Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, (later) Wisconsin, the daughter of Nathan (d. 1836) and Charlotte (Seymour) Clark (1794-1873) . Shortly after her birth, her father’s regiment moved to Fort Snelling, (later) Minnesota, where she resided for a number of years. On March 22, 1836, she married Horatio Phillips Van Cleve.

From 1836 to 1856 the Van Cleves lived in Davis Prairie, Missouri, and in various locations in Michigan. In 1856 they returned to Minnesota, residing in Long Prairie. In 1861, with Van Cleve's appointment as a colonel of the Second Minnesota Regiment, they moved to St. Anthony Falls. He served throughout the Civil War and was in charge of Union forces at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from 1863 to 1865. After his muster out in 1865, he returned to Minnesota and served as Adjutant General for the state of Minnesota.

Charlotte was a member of the Minneapolis Board of Education (East Division) from 1876 to 1878; she founded the Sisterhood of Bethany and was instrumental in the operation of Bethany Home. She was active in women’s suffrage activities. She authored numerous books and articles on topics related to Minnesota history, many of them based on her personal recollections.

Horatio P. Van Cleve died on April 24, 1891 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Charlotte Van Cleve died on April 1, 1907, in Minneapolis.

Edward Mortimer Van Cleve , son of Horatio P. and Charlotte (Clark) Van Cleve was born January 30, 1851, in Rosedale, Michigan. On October 2, 1871, he married Sarah Martindale Adams (circa 1848-1875) in Providence, Rhode Island. To this union one daughter, Mary Adams Van Cleve (1874-1957) was born. After the death of his first wife, Edward M. Van Cleve married Mary Seymour Williams on May 3, 1881, in Chicago, Illinois. He served as a statistician for the Minneapolis board of education. He died April 9, 1924, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Mary Seymour Williams, daughter of Erastus Smith (1821-1884) and Rebecca M. (Woodbridge) Williams (1826-1864) was born in 1856. Her marriage to Edward Mortimer Van Cleve occurred 3 May 1881. They were the parents of Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (1882-1972), Rebecca Woodbridge Van Cleve (Mrs. James H. Nicol) (1884-1977), Erastus Williams Van Cleve (b. 1888-1964), and Grace Williams Van Cleve (b. 1897). She died in August 11, 1947, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Grace A. Williams, daughter of Erastus Smith and Rebecca M. (Woodbridge) Williams was born in 1858. She taught at Central High School (Minneapolis) for 37 years; she died in 1933.

Anna Houston Van Cleve , daughter of Horatio P. and Charlotte (Clark) Van Cleve, was born on December 20, 1840, in Cincinnati, Ohio. On October 24, 1857, she married Mortimer Thomson , New York journalist, in New Haven, Connecticut. She died in 1859.

Elizabeth Archer Van Cleve , daughter of Horatio P. and Charlotte (Clark) Van Cleve, was born on November 25, 1846. She married William Wisner Hall on December 26, 1865, in Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. She died on June 27, 1918, in Honolulu.

Mary Adams Van Cleve, daughter of Edward Mortimer and Sarah Martindale (Adams) Van Cleve was born in 1874 in Providence, Rhode Island. From 1910 to 1944 she served as secretary of the geology dean at the University of Minnesota. She died on August 24, 1957, in Minneapolis.

Carl Ernest Van Cleve , son of Horatio P. and Charlotte (Clark) Van Cleve, was born on June 25, 1861, in Long Prairie, Minnesota. He died on April 17, 1934, in Minneapolis.

Horatio Phillips Van Cleve, son of Edward Mortimer and Mary Seymour (Williams) Van Cleve, was born on December 8, 1882. He was educated at the University of Minnesota as a civil engineer. He married Leslie Allen in 1910. He served as second ward alderman for the city of Minnesota between 1933 and 1945. In 1944, he married Audrey Wells. He died on May 26, 1972, in Minneapolis.

Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, he attended the US Military Academy, graduating 24th out of 33, in the Class of 1831. Appointed to the Infantry, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, before resigning his commission in 1836. He was a farmer and later, an engineer, moving to the Minneapolis area during its sudden economic boom in the mid 1850s. In 1861, the Governor of Minnesota appointed him commander of the 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment, with the rank of Colonel. Later, he was promoted to command the division. As a Division commander, with the rank of Brigadier General, he was assigned to Major General Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland, and fought at Chickamauga in September 1863, where his unit was routed on the first day of the heavy fighting. Regrouping that night, they reentered the fight and made a good account for themselves. He was brevetted to the rank of Major General, US Volunteers in 1865, for his services to the Union, and was appointed State Adjutant General, serving two terms, 1866 to 1870 and 1876 to 1882. He died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 24, 1891.

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Van Cleve, Horatio Phillips, 1809-1891.

Horatio Phillips Van Cleve was born in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, on November 24, 1809, to John (1778-1826) and Louisa Anna (Houston) Van Cleve (1782-1827). He was educated in the Lawrenceville Academy and attended Princeton University for two years. He then entered West Point Military Academy, being graduated from there in 1831. He joined the United States Fifth Infantry Regiment as a Second Lieutenant, remaining with it for five years. He was posted to frontier duty at Fort Howard, (later) Wisconsin and then to Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin.

Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark was born July 1, 1819, at Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, (later) Wisconsin, the daughter of Nathan (d. 1836) and Charlotte (Seymour) Clark (1794-1873). Shortly after her birth, her father’s regiment moved to Fort Snelling, (later) Minnesota, where she resided for a number of years. On March 22, 1836, she married Horatio Phillips Van Cleve.

From 1836 to 1856 the Van Cleves lived in Davis Prairie, Missouri, and in various locations in Michigan. In 1856 they returned to Minnesota, residing in Long Prairie. In 1861, with Van Cleve's appointment as a colonel of the Second Minnesota Regiment, they moved to St. Anthony Falls. He served throughout the Civil War and was in charge of Union forces at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from 1863 to 1865. After his muster out in 1865, he returned to Minnesota and served as Adjutant General for the state of Minnesota.

Charlotte was a member of the Minneapolis Board of Education (East Division) from 1876 to 1878; she founded the Sisterhood of Bethany and was instrumental in the operation of Bethany Home. She was active in women’s suffrage activities. She authored numerous books and articles on topics related to Minnesota history, many of them based on her personal recollections.

Horatio P. Van Cleve died on April 24, 1891 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Charlotte Van Cleve died on April 1, 1907, in Minneapolis.

Edward Mortimer Van Cleve , son of Horatio P. and Charlotte (Clark) Van Cleve was born January 30, 1851, in Rosedale, Michigan. On October 2, 1871, he married Sarah Martindale Adams (circa 1848-1875) in Providence, Rhode Island. To this union one daughter, Mary Adams Van Cleve (1874-1957) was born. After the death of his first wife, Edward M. Van Cleve married Mary Seymour Williams on May 3, 1881, in Chicago, Illinois. He served as a statistician for the Minneapolis board of education. He died April 9, 1924, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Mary Seymour Williams , daughter of Erastus Smith (1821-1884) and Rebecca M. (Woodbridge) Williams (1826-1864) was born in 1856. Her marriage to Edward Mortimer Van Cleve occurred 3 May 1881. They were the parents of Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (1882-1972), Rebecca Woodbridge Van Cleve (Mrs. James H. Nicol) (1884-1977), Erastus Williams Van Cleve (b. 1888-1964), and Grace Williams Van Cleve (b. 1897). She died in August 11, 1947, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Grace A. Williams , daughter of Erastus Smith and Rebecca M. (Woodbridge) Williams was born in 1858. She taught at Central High School (Minneapolis) for 37 years; she died in 1933.

Anna Houston Van Cleve , daughter of Horatio P. and Charlotte (Clark) Van Cleve, was born on December 20, 1840, in Cincinnati, Ohio. On October 24, 1857, she married Mortimer Thomson, New York journalist, in New Haven, Connecticut. She died in 1859.

Elizabeth Archer Van Cleve , daughter of Horatio P. and Charlotte (Clark) Van Cleve, was born on November 25, 1846. She married William Wisner Hall on December 26, 1865, in Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. She died on June 27, 1918, in Honolulu.

Mary Adams Van Cleve , daughter of Edward Mortimer and Sarah Martindale (Adams) Van Cleve was born in 1874 in Providence, Rhode Island. From 1910 to 1944 she served as secretary of the geology dean at the University of Minnesota. She died on August 24, 1957, in Minneapolis.

Carl Ernest Van Cleve , son of Horatio P. and Charlotte (Clark) Van Cleve, was born on June 25, 1861, in Long Prairie, Minnesota. He died on April 17, 1934, in Minneapolis.

Horatio Phillips Van Cleve , son of Edward Mortimer and Mary Seymour (Williams) Van Cleve, was born on December 8, 1882. He was educated at the University of Minnesota as a civil engineer. He married Leslie Allen in 1910. He served as second ward alderman for the city of Minnesota between 1933 and 1945. In 1944, he married Audrey Wells. He died on May 26, 1972, in Minneapolis.