Moses Cleaveland

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American politician human lawyer surveyor

Moses Cleaveland was an American surveyor, lawyer, and politician best known for leading the expedition that established the city of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1796.

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → human → lawyer → surveyor →
birthDate	1754-01-29 →
birthPlace	Canterbury, Connecticut Colony →
burialPlace	Cemetery in Canterbury, Connecticut →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1806-11-16 →
deathPlace	Canterbury, Connecticut, United States →
educatedAt	Litchfield Law School → Yale University →
ethnicGroup	English American →
expeditionYear	1796 →
familyName	Cleaveland NERFINISHED →
fieldOfWork	land surveying → law →
founderOf	Cleveland, Ohio NERFINISHED →
givenName	Moses →
hasCanonicalName	Moses Cleaveland →
hasPartIn	survey of the Western Reserve →
memberOf	Connecticut General Assembly → Connecticut militia →
militaryRank	brigadier general →
namesakeOf	City of Cleveland NERFINISHED →
notableFor	leading the expedition that founded Cleveland, Ohio →
notableWork	planning the original town plat of Cleveland →
occupation	lawyer → politician → surveyor →
participantIn	American Revolutionary War →
positionHeld	agent of the Connecticut Land Company → director of the Connecticut Land Company →
regionOfActivity	Connecticut → Western Reserve, Ohio →
representedIn	Connecticut legislature →
residence	Canterbury, Connecticut NERFINISHED →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Esther Champion →
timePeriod	18th century → early 19th century →
workedFor	Connecticut Land Company →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cleveland →	foundedBy
Moses Cleaveland →	hasCanonicalName
Cleveland →	hasNotableBearer
Cleveland →	namedAfter