Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Kauffman, Leander S 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Leander S. Kauffman is a farmer on section 25, Hopkins Township. He is the son 
of Jacob and Ann E. (Snyder) Kauffman, who were born in Pennsylvania, of 
German descent. In 1850 they removed from the Keystone State to Whiteside 
County, locating primarily at Sterling and removing thence to Jordan Township. 
Later on they again settled at Sterling, their present place of abode, where 
they are living in retirement. Their seven children were born in the order in 
which they are named: Tobias, Benjamin F., Leander S., Jacob S., Adam E., 
Walter N. and Cora M. Mr. Kauffman was born May 20, 1847, in Lancaster Co., 
Pa. He was three years of age when his parents removed with their family to 
Whiteside County. He secured a common-school education and lived at home under 
the care and authority of his parents until he reached his majority. He then 
began teaching and pursued that business five years in Whiteside County. At 
the end of that time he entered upon the prosecution of a plan he had 
previously formed and engaged in farming. He bought 80 acres of land in Jordan 
Township, which he managed five years. He sold his property at the expiration 
of that period of time and bought his present estate in Hopkins Township. At 
the date of purchase it included no acres, and it now embraces 213 acres, 
which is practically all under cultivation. Mr. Kauffman is a Republican in 
political preference and relations, and has held several school and local 
township offices. He was united in marriage Nov. 9, 1871, in Lee Co., Ill., 
with Rebecca, daughter of John and Sarah (Robinson) Spivey. The parents were 
born in England, and the mother died there in 1850. In 1853 the father 
emigrated with his family to the United States, settling in Ogle Co., Ill. The 
father died there April 6, 1863. Mrs. Kauffman had two sisters, Hannah and 
Sarah, both older than herself. She was born April 20, 1849, in England. She 
has been the mother of four children,—Carrie M., Fred W., Hattie F. and Grace 
L. Mr. and Mrs. Kauffman are members of the Christian Church. He belongs to 
the A. O. U. W.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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