Leroy Woods Cleavenger [1833-1859]

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Leroy Woods Cleavenger [1833-1859]

Entry/Object ID

2019.26.3

Description

Tintype of Leroy Woods Cleavenger [1833-1859] - son of Samuel Cleavenger and Martha Lindsey. A journal and a series of love letters, also found in the Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still Collection, confirm that Margaret was Leroy's love interest from at least 1857, the year of his journal, until his death in 1859. Margaret Leonice Needham, Laura Weethee, and Lydia Weethee were the first three women to receive male-equivalent bachelor's degrees from Waynesburg College, graduating 23 September 1857, as identified in: Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Waynesburg College for the Academic Year Ending September 1857. Original, no photographer listed.

Collection

Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1856 - circa 1859

Lexicon

Search Terms

Cleavenger family, Needham family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

HART0003

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Cleavenger, Leroy Woods [1833-1859]

Person or Organization

Needham, Margaret Leonice [1838-1912]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Waynesburg College Alumni Series - Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2006

Notes

The Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still Collection was passed from Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still [1838-1912] to her daughter, Cricket (Still) Tubbs [1866-1955], to her daughter, Bonnie (Tubbs) Watts [1906-1985], to her daughter, Bonnie (Watts) Cook, who owned and, with researchers John and Betty Hartman, shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2006. The tintype was subsequently given to Candice Buchanan by Bonnie (Watts) Cook. SOURCE CITATION: Leroy Woods Cleavenger [1833-1859]; item no. HART0003, Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still Collection, shared by Bonnie (Watts) Cook in partnership with researchers John and Betty Hartman; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).