J. H. Cleage

        J. H. Cleage, manager for A. G. Rhodes & Co., furniture dealers, 111 and 113 West Eighth Street, Chattanooga, is a native of McMinn County, Tenn., and was reared and educated at Athens, Tenn. He followed agricultural pursuits until he came to Chattanooga in 1880. He then engaged in the grocery trade at this place until he accepted his present position in 1882. In 1875 he was united in marriage to Miss Tipton Bradford, a native of Jefferson County, Tenn., and the fruits of this union were four children, only two of whom are living. Alexander and Jemima (Hurst) Cleage, the parents of our subject were natives of Virginia and Tennessee, respectively. The father died at Athens, McMinn Co., Tenn., in 1875; the mother is now residing in Chattanooga. The individual members of, the firm of A. G. Rhodes & Co. are A. G. Rhodes, Atlanta, and A. C. Scuddy, Nashville. They began business in Chattanooga in 1881, and handle furniture on the installment plain. They are live, wide-awake men, and are doing a good business.
Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887