Background

Cleaver, J. Benjamin was born on September 2, 1898 in Dixon, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph Brierton and Violet May (Canfield) Cleaver.

Education

Student of University Illinois, 1922-1923. Juris Doctor, Chicago-Kent College Law, 1926.

Career

Bar, 1926; practiced in Chicago, 1929-1970. Retired as partner firm Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, Chicago.

Membership

Member American, Illinois, Chicago bar associations, Delta Theta Phi. Club: Exmoor Country (Highland Park).

Connections

Married Helen Louise Haas, September 25, 1926. Children: Helen Louise (Mistress Robert K. Smither), Joseph B.

Father:

Joseph Brierton Cleaver

Mother:

Violet May (Canfield) Cleaver

Spouse:

Helen Louise Haas

child:

Joseph B. Cleaver

child:

Helen Louise Cleaver (Mistress Robert K. Smither)