Carroll-White-Jasper County IN Archives Biographies.....Leatherman, Oscar 1885 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

OSCAR LEATHERMAN.

   Oscar Leatherman, a prosperous young farmer of Deer Creek township, is a
native of White county, having been born near Walcott, July 6, 1885.

   Mr. Leatherman is the son of Simon P. and Lavina (Pettit) Leather-man, the
former of whom was born in Virginia and who moved to White county, Indiana, with
his parents when one year old. They settled on a farm in White county. Simon
Leatherman was the son of James and Anna (Hollenback) Leatherman, who were
natives of Virginia. The family moved from White county to Jasper county,
Indiana, and later to Rensselaer, where they both died at advanced ages. James
and Anna (Hollenback) Leatherman were the parents of the following children:
Isaac, John, Margaret, Mary, David, James and A. J., all of whom are living
except A. J., who died in 1891.

   Mr. Leatherman's mother, who before her marriage was Lavina Pettit, was born
in White county, the daughter of Reuben R. and Anna (Pettit) Pettit They spent a
great portion of their lives in White county. To them were born five children,
Anna, Catherine, David, Ella and Lavina, all of whom are living.

   To Simon P. and Lavina (Pettit) Leatherman were born seven children, two of
whom died in infancy. The five living children are, Edith, the wife of Guy
Clary, of White county; Nellie, the wife of Moss Clark, of Mulberry, Missouri;
Herman, who lives in Barton county, Missouri; Oscar, the subject of this sketch;
Blanche, the wife of Joseph Baugh, of Barton county, Missouri. Mr. Leatherman's
father moved to Barton county, Missouri, in 1902, and purchased land and farmed
for a time. His mother, who was a member of the Christian, church, died in
August, 1894. Simon P. Leatherman was a member of the Masonic lodge at Walcott.

   Oscar Leatherman received a good common-school education in the district
schools of White county. He attended high school at Walcott and worked on the
farm until his marriage on October 20, 1909, to Beryl Trawin, a daughter of John
Henry and Catherine (Schnepp) Trawin, the former of whom was born in Deer Creek
township, Carroll county, March 3, 1849, and who was married to Catherine
Schnepp on March 2, 1887. She is the daughter of David and Susan (Hughes)
Schnepp, who were natives of Ohio, but lived in Tippecanoe county at the time of
their deaths.

   Mrs. Leatherman's father was the son of Samuel Henry and Cassandra (Lewis)
Trawin, the former of whom was born in 1824 in Calcutta. India, the son of Henry
and Mary (Weber) Trawin, who were sent as missionaries to India by the English
government. Henry Trawin died in young manhood in India and, after his death,
his widow and two children came to the United States and located in Virginia,
where they lived for a short time. Mrs. Henry Trawin conducted a seminary for
girls in the Old Dominion state. Samuel Trawin was about four years old when he
was brought by his mother from India to the United States. Subsequently, the
family moved from Virginia to a farm south of Delphi, where she died. Cassandra
(Lewis) Trawin was a native of Ohio, born in 1830. She came, when a child, with
her parents to Deer Creek township. They were married in Carroll county in 1848
and were the parents of nine children, six of whom are living, John H.; Robert;
Jane, the widow of Philip Steinbaugh, of Deer Creek township; Clarinda,
deceased; George, who lives in Deer Creek township; William, deceased; Charles,
who lives in Idaho; and Grace, the wife of Morton Hefrner, who lives east of
Delphi in Deer Creek township.

   After his marriage, John Henry Trawin settled on his mother's farm in Deer
Creek township. His mother is still living on the old homestead at the advanced
age of eighty-five years. She is a member of the Baptist church, as was also her
husband. Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Trawin had one daughter, Beryl, the wife of Mr.
Leatherman. Mr. Trawin owns one hundred and twenty acres of land, which is well
improved. He is a Democrat in politics and his wife is a member of the Lutheran
church.

   Mr. Leatherman is identified with the Republican party and is prominent in
its councils in this township. He is a successful young farmer and one who
enjoys the confidence of all of his neighbors.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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