Background
Cleave, James Wallace Van was born on July 15, 1849 in Marion Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of Henry Mason and Eliza Jane (Burks) V.
Cleave, James Wallace Van was born on July 15, 1849 in Marion Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of Henry Mason and Eliza Jane (Burks) V.
Educated Springfield (Kentucky) Academy. Served in C.S.A. under General John H. Morgan, 1862-1863.
Began stove manufacturing business, 1867. President The Buckinghamshire Stove & Range Company President National Association of Manufacturers, Citizens’ Industrial Association of Saint Louis. Chairman National Council for Industrial Defense.
Married Katie L. Jefferson, March 22, 1871.