Dr. Barnum L. Cleveland
(1845 - 1925)
Page 1897, # 10825
BARNUM LAFAYETTE CLEVELAND, M.D., first saw the light of day on the old farm of his grandparents, Porter, N. Y.; he remained on the farm until after he was of age, and after his father’s death, in 1857, he assisted his mother on the farm to care for his younger brother and sisters. When he had removed with his parents to Richfield, N. Y., 1854, he attended school winters and worked on the farm summers.
He attended college at Albin, Mich., in the fall of 1865, then returned to the farm until 1867, then he commenced the study of medicine at Flint, and graduated in the spring of 1870, at The Cleveland [O.] Homoeopathic Medical College. Practiced 1 year in Dexter, Mich., then moved to Saginaw, Mich. ; after 3 years’ practice, except a few months spent in the New York colleges and hospitals.
He was commissioned by the late Gov. John J. Bagley to go to Europe, by a special act of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, to obtain statistics relative to the scientific treatment and cure of the victims of intemperance, where he remained one year. During that time he visited nearly all the European countries, and was received with marked attention by the most learned men in the medical profession ; he spent much of his time in the hospitals and colleges, and returned to East Saginaw, Mich., in 1874.
He practiced medicine to Apr. 15, 1891, when he removed to Flint, where he expects to spend the rest of his days (1895). The doctor has enjoyed a successful practice all these years, and has been able to lay by a reasonable amount of this world’s wealth; he has been elected twice Health officer, and once City Physician, and is still in the best of health and is a happy man; he is proud of the name ” Cleveland,” as he believes the Clevelands are by nature a conscientious, honest family.
James Graham and Susan Smith both died before 1892.