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FOURTH GENERATION

14. Roy Daniel VAN CLEAVE (10)(3) (14) was born on 8 Feb 1881 in Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas. He died on 10 Mar 1956 in Ursula, Sebastian, Arkansas. He was buried in Morris Cemetery, Bloomer, Arkansas. He was a carpenter; the family raised and shipped strawberries and potatoes, the second daughter, Edith learned to drive a truck and took the shipments to Van Buren to the train. His mother lived with the family until her death in 1934. Roy had a wood working shop above the potato cellar where he made occasional tables and telephone "gossip" benches as well as small items, picture frames, etc.

He was married to Nellie Lee VANDERBURG on 7 Feb 1904 in Mill Creek, Sebastian County, Arkansas.

15. Nellie Lee VANDERBURG (10)(3) was born on 6 Feb 1884 in Mill Creek, Sebastian, Arkansas. She died on 10 Sep 1973 in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas. She was buried in Morris Cemetery, Bloomer, Arkansas. Nell loved flowers; she frequently walked to "Big Creek" (about 2 miles to the west) and brought home wild plants which she added to the front yard. She gathered much Van Cleave information during the late 1940s and early 50s from Mrs. Georgia Gosney Wisda in Ohio. Her grand daughters later learned that Mrs. Wisda was an expert on the Van Cleave/Cleef family.

Children were:

child i. Doris Mae VAN CLEAVE was born on 23 Nov 1904 in Cavanaugh, Sebastian County, Arkansas. She died on 19 May 1983 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. She was buried in Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. Doris was the first of the family to have diabetes, possibly inherited from her maternal grandmother, Lula Dean Garrett Vanderburg. She and her husband moved their family to Louisiana where he became a building contractor. She married Otto A. Vanlandingham 14 November 1923
child7 ii. Edith Elaine VAN CLEAVE.
child iii. Leland Earl VAN CLEAVE was born on 5 Sep 1908 in Cavanaugh, Sebastian,County, Arkansas. He died on 17 Mar 1970 in Ursula, Sebastian, Arkansas. He was buried in Morris Cemetery, Bloomer, Arkansas. Leland was a very nervous child, chewing his fingernails until his fingertips bled. He attended very little school because of the nervousness. He remained at home, helping with the farm work and taking care of the mules.
child iv. Guy Lamar VAN CLEAVE was born on 27 Aug 1911 in Cavanaugh, Sebastian, Arkansas. He died on 18 Feb 2000 in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co, Arkansas. Guy quit school in the 6th grade and left home at age 15. He became a fireman in Wichita, Kansas, lying about his age in order to get the job. Because of the lie he was required to work 23 years before retiring. He was also an electrician. Following his retirement from the fire department he and Mildred returned to the home place and looked after his mother until she was placed in a nursing home in Fort Smith. He married Mildred Gulley 2 August 1930
child v. Edna Alice VAN CLEAVE was born on 14 Aug 1913 in Cavanaugh, Sebastian, Arkansas. She died on 2 Oct 1965 in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. She was buried in US National Cem., Fort Smith, Arkansas. After a very brief (6 weeks) marriage to someone else, Edna married Ward Bush. While he was overseas during World War II she and their son Van moved to Wichita, Kansas and she worked in an airplane factory. She married Ward Bush 28 September 1935
child vi. Clifford Morrisey VAN CLEAVE was born on 16 Aug 1917 in Cavanaugh, Sebastian, Arkansas. He died on 22 Aug 1951 in Rural Belle Plains, Sumner Co. KS. He was buried in Morris Cemetery, Bloomer, Arkansas. served in the Army WWII in the South Pacific; a carpenter He married Christene Brooks 30 October 1946
child vii. Ralph Daniel VAN CLEAVE was born on 28 Mar 1920 in Cavanaugh, Sebastian, Arkansas. He died on 23 Sep 1993 in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas. Ralph played football at Charleston High School and would have received a scholarship to Arkansas Tech at Russellville but his mother threw away the letter. He joined the Marines and served in the Pacific area in the Aleutian Ilands, Sipan, Iwo Jima,, earning 2 Purple Hearts but only received one. Following the war he was an electrician, working in St. Louis and Wichita.
child viii. Wallace "Hank" Nathaniel VAN CLEAVE was born on 25 Sep 1922 in Ursula, Sebastian County, Arkansas. He died on 15 Nov 1995 in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas. He was buried on 17 Nov 1995. Wallace was 18 years old when he joined the Army and it was his first time away from home. He served in North Africa, sometimes driving a jeep for General Dwight Eisenhower. On one occasion when he was in Germany he ran into his brother-in-law Ward Bush and they were able to have a brief visit. Following his military service he returned home where he married and worked at the chicken plant in nearby Bloomer, Arkansas. At one time the family moved to Arizona for a brief period. He married Audra Faye Williams 28 October 1946
child ix. Irma Lucille VAN CLEAVE was born on 22 Sept. in Ursula, Sebastian County, Arkansas. She and husband, C. J. owned The Fort Smith Shade Factory for many years. They made and installed venetian blinds for the Fort Smith area. She married C.J. Inklebarger 1 July
child x. Wanda Lee VAN CLEAVE was born on 14 Aug. in Ursula, Sebastian County, Arkansas. The youngest child, Wanda was her father's "pet". She worked at Camp Chaffee following graduation from Charleston High School where she had been active in the 4-H club. It was at Chaffee that she met her future husband, Claude Tollenaar. After their marriage they were stationed in North Carolina briefly. They had a dairy farm in Diamond, MO for several years, where their children were born. In 1960 Claude moved the family to Manitoba, Canada for a couple of years before moving on west to Slave Lake, Alberta where they raised black Angus cattle. She married Claude Tollenaar 5 December