Daniel Granville “Dan” Cleveland

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Daniel Granville “Dan” Cleveland

Birth
Pittsburg, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
11 Jan 1979 (aged 76)
West Covina, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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He was born Daniel Granville to Janie Dempsey and William Robert Cleveland on Aug 7, 1902 in McAlexter Ward 2, Pittsburg, Oklahoma. His siblings were Grover Haskell, Deward D. and Willie Cleveland.

Rev. Dan Cleveland was the founder and minister of The Church in the Barn in El Monte, California along with his wife, Nell, for 45 years. During that time, he preached on two weekly radio broadcasts at the church. The stations were KRKD, KFI, KFSG, KGER. KRKD was the longest station that the church ministered on.

He married Nell Christine Green and together they had six children:

Betty Jean (Emmitt Robbins/Sam Chavez/Ken Peters) had two children, Linda and Buddy. (Betty Jean, Emmitt, Ken, Linda and Buddy are deceased, and Linda's daughter Rhonda is deceased)

Mary Jayne (Gene Adams) had three children, Darin, Jim and Susan. (Gene, Mary Jayne and Jim are deceased)

Elenore/Tuffy (Louis Keifer) had three children, Danny, Trudy and Denny. (Louis and Tuffy are deceased)

Claude/Sonny (Joan) had five children, Dan, Craig, Robert, Claudia, Cleve, and Jayne. (Sonny and Danny are deceased). Joan had four more children with her second husband.

Donnell (Robert Batts/Clarence Henderson) and Robert had five children, Chris, Donald, Brenda, Cynda and Brian. (Donnell, Robert, Clarence and Donald are deceased)

Robert (Candi) had three children, Robin, Honce and Tony. (Robert and Candi are deceased)

They leave a score of grandchildren and many, many great great and more great grandchildren.

Dan Cleveland was my husbands Grand-dad and was of Choctaw Indian heritage.

The pictures on these memorials were provided by me, and I have the originals. They have been copied in various places on the internet without proper credit given.

Granddad was never properly given a headstone when he passed, so the one that you see in the picture was provided by Chris Batts and Aunt Tuffy.
He was born Daniel Granville to Janie Dempsey and William Robert Cleveland on Aug 7, 1902 in McAlexter Ward 2, Pittsburg, Oklahoma. His siblings were Grover Haskell, Deward D. and Willie Cleveland.

Rev. Dan Cleveland was the founder and minister of The Church in the Barn in El Monte, California along with his wife, Nell, for 45 years. During that time, he preached on two weekly radio broadcasts at the church. The stations were KRKD, KFI, KFSG, KGER. KRKD was the longest station that the church ministered on.

He married Nell Christine Green and together they had six children:

Betty Jean (Emmitt Robbins/Sam Chavez/Ken Peters) had two children, Linda and Buddy. (Betty Jean, Emmitt, Ken, Linda and Buddy are deceased, and Linda's daughter Rhonda is deceased)

Mary Jayne (Gene Adams) had three children, Darin, Jim and Susan. (Gene, Mary Jayne and Jim are deceased)

Elenore/Tuffy (Louis Keifer) had three children, Danny, Trudy and Denny. (Louis and Tuffy are deceased)

Claude/Sonny (Joan) had five children, Dan, Craig, Robert, Claudia, Cleve, and Jayne. (Sonny and Danny are deceased). Joan had four more children with her second husband.

Donnell (Robert Batts/Clarence Henderson) and Robert had five children, Chris, Donald, Brenda, Cynda and Brian. (Donnell, Robert, Clarence and Donald are deceased)

Robert (Candi) had three children, Robin, Honce and Tony. (Robert and Candi are deceased)

They leave a score of grandchildren and many, many great great and more great grandchildren.

Dan Cleveland was my husbands Grand-dad and was of Choctaw Indian heritage.

The pictures on these memorials were provided by me, and I have the originals. They have been copied in various places on the internet without proper credit given.

Granddad was never properly given a headstone when he passed, so the one that you see in the picture was provided by Chris Batts and Aunt Tuffy.

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In Loving Memory
Rev Dan Cleveland

"Well Done,
Good and Faithful Servant"