Background
Cross, Cleaveland Roselle was born on May 19, 1882 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Roselle Theodore and Emma Asenath (Bridgman) Cross.
Cross, Cleaveland Roselle was born on May 19, 1882 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Roselle Theodore and Emma Asenath (Bridgman) Cross.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin (O.) College, 1903. Graduate study University of Wisconsin, 1903-1904. Bachelor of Laws, Western Reserve, 1907.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1907, and practiced since at Cleveland. With Fackler, Wilcox & Morris, 1907, Hitchcock, Morgan & Fackler, 1908-1912. Member Hitchcock, Morgan, Fackler & Cross, 1912-1915, Wilkin, Cross & Daoust, 1915-1927, Garfield, Cross, MacGregor, Daoust and Baldwin, 1927-1941.
Now member firm Cross, Knight & Miller. President Colonial Savings & Loan Company. Member executive committee Land Title Guarantee & Trust Company.
Trustee Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company President Cleveland Municipal Research Bureau, 1924-1927. President Cleveland Welfare Federal, 1926-1928. Trustee Cleveland Community Fund, 1924-1931.
Member Lakewood Board of Education, 1920-1932. Trustee Oberlin College (member Executive Committee), Cleveland Museum Natural History. Former trustee Hathaway Brown School for Girls.
Member American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Cleveland Bar Association, Cleveland Chamber Commerce, Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity. Mason.; Clubs: Westwood Country, Clifton.
Married Ruth Adah Savage, November 11, 1908. Children: Robert Alden, Caroline Murdock.