Slave Days
C is for Cleage Bricks – About 1820
Article of Agreement Between Sam Cleage and Overseer – 1834
Bill of Sale for Bob, age 13 and Jim age 11 – 1843
Jerry Cleage “…and a slave for life.” – 1841
Elijah Hurst’s Will-1848
Death of Sam Cleage – July 20, 1850 Athens, TN
The Death of Sam Cleage – part 2 – 1850
Cleages In Black and White
Bill of Sale for Joe, Jane, Lynd, Frank, Phillip, Lewis, Sam, Jeff, Martha, Lea, Julian and Patsy Cleage – 1852
Timelines – Frank and Juda Cleage: 1816 – 1870
Alexander Cleage’s Last Will & Testament – 1860
Frank & Juda Cleage – From Slavery to Freedom
Prelude to Freedom
Six Degrees of Separation from Slavery
Susan Rice Ragan
Guided by the Ancestors
TIMELINE: Susan Rice Ragan
NELSON Ragan
QUITE a Surprise
ON this the 29th day of March…
PHILLIP Born Dec. 21, 1857
VALVULAR Heart Disease
UNDERTAKER: Susan Rice Ragan’s burial
SHOT By Robbers
WILLIAM Roger Sherman
What Did Louis Cleage Look Like?
Louis Cleage & Family – 1880
Louis Cleage – Spelling His Name In Various Records
Louis Cleage – Work Day Wednesday
Louis/Lewis Cleage’s burial spot – Tombstone Tuesday
The Day Louis Cleage Died
Louis/Lewis Cleage’s Death Certificate 1852 – 1918
The Rev. John Brice Officiating
Tennessee Cleage
Eight Generations of L3b MtDNA from Celia Rice Cleage
Celia Rice Cleage Sherman – Her Life 1855 – 1930
Celia’s Death Certificate
On the way to bury their mother… June 1930
John Wesley Cobb 1883 – 1958
Grandmother Pearl Reed Cleage – Happy Birthday, bio and photos 1886-1982
My Aunts & Uncles
Labor Day – Jobs Held By Cleages and Reeds
Ice scraper – Cleage Market Detroit, Michigan
Athens Tennessee Academy Henry William Cleage – 1901
Dr. Albert B. Cleage -Captain of Knoxville College football team – 1904
An Ancestral Home – 910 Fayette Indianapolis, Indiana
Two Newspaper Articles Pearl Reed Cleage – 1908 & 1960
Congregational Photograph – Witherspoon United Presbyterian Church Indianapolis Indiana – 1909
The Indianapolis Star – 20 March 1911 – Dr. Cleage on a case of suicide
Pearl Reed Cleage With Son Albert B. Cleage Jr – 1911
Albert B. Cleage Sr and Jr – 1912
Big Brother Albert B. Cleage Jr & Younger Brother Louis J. Cleage – 1913
Tennessee Cleage – About 1867 – 1914
My Grandmother Pearl Cleage’s Doppelganger 1915 – 1922
Jerome Cleage, the Doppleganger’s Second Husband – Was He Related?
Edward Cleage’s Daughters Athens Tennessee – 1917
Baby Henry Wadsworth Cleage – 1916 – Photograph
The Day Louis Cleage Died – News Items 1918
C – CLEAGES in the 1920 Census
S – SCOTTEN Avenue – Cleage home 1920
Detroit School Boys Albert Jr and Louis Cleage about 1920
R – Rice, Celia in the 1920 Census
Three Generations and an Airplane – 1921
Not a bridge, a ferry – On The Way to Athens, Tennessee – 1920s
Albert and Pearl (Reed) Cleage –1922
The Whole Bunch – Cleage Family At Belle Isle – 1922
K – KEROSENE & Dr. Cleage – 1923
Photos, Photos Everywhere
More Information About Yesterday’s Photo and a Discovery
Easter Memories – 1920s & 1950s
Eighth Grade Class Photo – Albert B. Cleage Jr -1924
THE CLEAGES 100 YEARS AGO – 1925
Memories to Memoirs Chapter Two “Early Years of Life” 1926
Tombstone Tuesday – Edward and Mattie Cleage – Athens Tennessee
Mattie (Dotson) Cleage and daughters – Athens Tennessee
The Cleages in the 1930 Census
Scotten, Detroit – Paternal grandparents 1919 – 1948
Dr. Cleage Made City Physician – 1930 Detroit, MI
Uncle Hugh with friends George and Paul Payne
Celia’s Death Certificate – 1930
On the way to bury their mother… June 1930
Northwestern High School & Cleage Graduates – 1931-1939
Trying for shadows in this also? 1930s
Albert and Pearl Cleage late 1930s
Uncle Louis With a Fern – Photograph – late 1930s
James Cleage 1870 – 1933
Henry’s Journal 1936
Henry’s Diary Part 2 – 1936
Follow up on Henry’s Diary 1936
4 Men In Hats On Ice – 1936
The Cleage Sisters at Home about 1937
Looking Over the Fence 1937
Trying for shadows in this also? – Anna Cleage and Paul Payne
Three Sisters – Barbara, Gladys & Anna Cleage
Albert B. Cleage Jr – Album Page – 1938
Grandmother Pearl Reed Cleage
Dr. & Mrs. Cleage Speak on Preventing Juvenile Delinquency – 1938
Thanksgiving 1939 – speaking at Plymouth Congregational Church
“The Meadows” 1939 – Mystery Couple
A Dance, half Henry & A Box From Louis Cleage’s Residency in St. Louis 1939
Louis Plays The Lute – about 1939
Where is Gladys? – 1939
Hugh Fishing At the Meadows 1939
‘Rocco, Smitty – Getting a ticket for fishing! – 1939
Thanksgiving 1939
1940 Census – The Albert B. and Pearl (Reed) Cleages
1940 Census – Jacob and Gertrude (Brunt) Cleage
1940 Census – James and Minnie (Reed) Mullins
1940 Census – Where We Lived in Detroit
Purebreds and Conscientious Objectors
Mother’s Day Telegram -1940
Skating Champions – Hugh, Gladys and Anna Cleage – 1940s
X is for X-Ray – Story of Louis Cleage’s Puffy Finger – early 1940s
Jacob Cleage 1874-1942
Positive Proof – A Short Story by Henry Cleage 1942
Just Tell The Men – A short story by Henry W. Cleage
Building Louis’ Cottages – Idlewild 1943 to 1945
Memories of Chickens 1929-1958
Y Is For Louis Cleage’s Yacht – late 1940s
Snowy Winter – Springfield, Mass – 1949
A to Z Challenge 2022 – My Family in the 1950s – index
The Cleages in the 1950 Census
C – Cleages in the 1950 Census
1950 Census – 2270 Atkinson Price of the House
Evans’ in the 1950 Census
Pearl With a Tin Cup – 1950
The Cleage Photographers – Albert B. Cleage Sr and Jr, Henry, Hugh & Louis Cleage
Doris Graham Cleage Photograph- 1952
Gathering at my Cleage grandparent’s – 1955
Uncle Louis Plays the Organ – 1956
Louis Cleage – W8AFM
Cookout In The Cleage’s Yard – August 1958
Cleage Printers 1956 – 1968
“Anthropoid, anthropoid, don’t kill me yet!” Louis, Henry and Pearl Being Scary 1955, 1961, 1980s
Henry Cleage and the press – Cleage Printers 1960s
Elections Past – The “3 & 1” Campaign – 1960s
Kennedy Refuses to Support Civil Rights – Demand Federal Intervention in Alabama – The Illustrated News May 13, 1963
I – IN the Kitchen
Walk to Freedom – The Illustrated News June 24, 1963
The Freedom Fight – The Illustrated News July 8, 1963
The Freedom Now Party – Illustrated News September 8, 1963
Gladys remembers Christmas – Louis Made It Magical 1963 & 1991
“Cleage for Council” – 1965
Drawing of Me by Gladys Cleage Evans – 1968
Loudin’s Jubilee Singers and a Clock – Solving Mysteries – Where Did Louis’ Clock Come From?
The Top of the Clock – Where Was It?
People
H is for Henry William Cleage
Josephine “Josie” Cleage
Celia Rice Cleage Sherman 1855-1930
Kristin Cleage
Memories of Grandmother Turner
Celebrating Barbara Cleage Martin’s 90th Birthday 2010
Advent Calendar – The Xmas Tree was always real
Advent Calendar December 3 – Hand Painting Christmas Ornaments
Advent Calendar – December 4 – Christmas Cards
Advent Calendar – December 5 – We never had outdoor lights
Advent Calendar – December 11 – Kwanzaa
Advent Calendar – December 15 – Happy Birthday to all!!