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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.

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