Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (1935 - 1998)

Born 31 Aug 1935 in Wabbaseka, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 1 May 1998 at age 62 in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Eldridge Cleaver is Notable.

Eldridge Cleaver was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party.^[1]

Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was born in Wabbaseka, Arkansas in 1935. He was the son of Leroy Cleaver and Thelma Hattie Robinson.

In 1967, he married Kathleen Neal.^[2] She divorced him in 1987.

He died in 1998 and is buried in Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum in Altadena, California.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Eldridge Cleaver
2. ↑ Marriage: "California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985"
   State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1144 #306947
   Eldridge Cleaver (32) marriage to Juette K Neal on 27 Dec 1967 in Los Angeles City, California, USA.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 May 2020), memorial page for Eldridge Cleaver (31 Aug 1935–1 May 1998), Find a Grave Memorial no. 3507, citing Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQKB-PPL : 6 February 2020), Leroy Cleaver in household of Leroy Cleaver, Ward 1, Little Rock, Big Rock Township, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-10, sheet 11A, line 15, family 263, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 166.

• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KGJD-KBZ : 18 November 2019), L Elridge Cleaver, 1996-1998.