Nina Pocahontas Harrison photograph

Nina Pocahontas Harrison
Nina Pocahontas Harrison was born June 16, 1882 at Jarvisburg, NC and died April 16, 1963 and is buried in New Vernon Cemetery in Morris Co., NJ as Nina H. van Cleve. She was the daughter of Joshua Harrison (Sept. 13, 1839 - Sept. 13, 1907 by suicide at the Gladstone Hotel, Norfolk, VA) and Ann Caroline Jarvis Harrison (April 27, 1844 - Sept. 18, 1916, Norfolk, VA). In about 1909 Nina married William W. "Billy" Cleve [could be van Cleve] (May 6, 1884 Vanceboro, NC - Oct. 16, 1942 see his death certificate). He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk. In 1910 Nina & William were living on Bute Street in Norfolk. Nina's mother and brother, Thomas J. Harrison, was living with them. William & Nina were still on Bute St. in 1920 but now they have 3 daughters.. 1. Florence Jarvis Cleve (Sept. 29, 1910 Va. - after 1947) 2. May S. Cleve (b. Mar. 5, 1912 Va.- ???) 3. Anna Rose Cleve (Mar. 5, 1912 Va.- ???); married John Nicholas Cooper, an attorney, on Mar. 20, 1937. Source: Brown Alumni Monthly - April 1937 John N. Cooper and Miss Anne Cleve, daughter of Mrs. Nina Harrison Cleve of New York and William W. Cleve of Norfolk, Va., were married in New York City March 20, 1937. They will he at home at 245 East 72nd Street, New York. Nina and William operated a floating hotel at Poplar Branch Landing catering to winter sportsmen and summer excursions. During the early 1920's they moved to Manhattan, NY, and apparently divorced when William Cleve and his second wife, Mabel, had a child. Harold Marcellus Gallop's 1943 obit lists her as his aunt, "Mrs. Harrison Cleve". Therefore, if she ever remarried, it must have been after 1943. In 1905, Nina was teaching the lower grades (one of 2 teachers) at Poplar Branch High School, under Professor Jennings who testified at the Joshua Harrison kidnapping trial in Elizabeth City, that she was giving a music lesson while her students were outside playing - when little Kenneth Beasley went missing. This Poplar Branch High School was held in the old Oddfellows Hall and there is a photo of it in Alma Owens Roberts pictures on the Currituck webpage as "Transformed School". It had been rebuilt by that time, and the upper story removed. It is still there today. The Oddfellows Hall was used temporarily as a school while the first Poplar Branch High School was built from 1904-06. Mr. William Pancoast Clyde, member of the Currituck Shooting Club, gave $5,000 for this building. When the second Poplar Branch High School was built in 1918, Mr. Clyde gave $18,000. Most people say they have more time than they have money, but Mr. Clyde told my uncle, John W. Poyner, that he had more money than he had time! Mr. Clyde owned steamships - William P. Clyde & Co., Clyde Steamship Line, and Clyde-Mallory Steamship Co. His grandson, Thomas, lived in England, and married a daughter of the Duke of Wellington, and their son is Jeremy Clyde, half of the singing duo, Chad and Jeremy ("Summer Song", "Willow Weep for Me", etc.) Daddy described Nina and Billy Cleve as "high flyers" - he mentioned that they drove a Pierce-Arrow (her first cousin, Myron Edson Forbes, was president of Pierce-Arrow).

Nina Pocahontas Harrison

Nina Pocahontas Harrison was born June 16, 1882 at Jarvisburg, NC and died April 16, 1963 and is buried in New Vernon Cemetery in Morris Co., NJ as Nina H. van Cleve. She was the daughter of Joshua Harrison (Sept. 13, 1839 - Sept. 13, 1907 by suicide at the Gladstone Hotel, Norfolk, VA) and Ann Caroline Jarvis Harrison (April 27, 1844 - Sept. 18, 1916, Norfolk, VA).

In about 1909 Nina married William W. "Billy" Cleve [could be van Cleve] (May 6, 1884 Vanceboro, NC - Oct. 16, 1942 see his death certificate). He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk. In 1910 Nina & William were living on Bute Street in Norfolk. Nina's mother and brother, Thomas J. Harrison, was living with them. William & Nina were still on Bute St. in 1920 but now they have 3 daughters..

   1. Florence Jarvis Cleve (Sept. 29, 1910 Va. - after 1947)
   2. May S. Cleve (b. Mar. 5, 1912 Va.- ???)
   3. Anna Rose Cleve (Mar. 5, 1912 Va.- ???); married John Nicholas Cooper, an attorney, on Mar. 20, 1937.
Source: Brown Alumni Monthly - April 1937

John N. Cooper and Miss Anne Cleve, daughter of Mrs. Nina Harrison Cleve of New York and William W. Cleve of Norfolk, Va., were married in New York City March 20, 1937. They will he at home at 245 East 72nd Street, New York.

Nina and William operated a floating hotel at Poplar Branch Landing catering to winter sportsmen and summer excursions. During the early 1920's they moved to Manhattan, NY, and apparently divorced when William Cleve and his second wife, Mabel, had a child. Harold Marcellus Gallop's 1943 obit lists her as his aunt, "Mrs. Harrison Cleve". Therefore, if she ever remarried, it must have been after 1943.

In 1905, Nina was teaching the lower grades (one of 2 teachers) at Poplar Branch High School, under Professor Jennings who testified at the Joshua Harrison kidnapping trial in Elizabeth City, that she was giving a music lesson while her students were outside playing - when little Kenneth Beasley went missing. This Poplar Branch High School was held in the old Oddfellows Hall and there is a photo of it in Alma Owens Roberts pictures on the Currituck webpage as "Transformed School". It had been rebuilt by that time, and the upper story removed. It is still there today. The Oddfellows Hall was used temporarily as a school while the first Poplar Branch High School was built from 1904-06. Mr. William Pancoast Clyde, member of the Currituck Shooting Club, gave $5,000 for this building. When the second Poplar Branch High School was built in 1918, Mr. Clyde gave $18,000. Most people say they have more time than they have money, but Mr. Clyde told my uncle, John W. Poyner, that he had more money than he had time! Mr. Clyde owned steamships - William P. Clyde & Co., Clyde Steamship Line, and Clyde-Mallory Steamship Co. His grandson, Thomas, lived in England, and married a daughter of the Duke of Wellington, and their son is Jeremy Clyde, half of the singing duo, Chad and Jeremy ("Summer Song", "Willow Weep for Me", etc.) Daddy described Nina and Billy Cleve as "high flyers" - he mentioned that they drove a Pierce-Arrow (her first cousin, Myron Edson Forbes, was president of Pierce-Arrow).


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