Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Leeson, Silas O. August 15, 1832 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Glapha Cox rcoxfam@earthlink.net January 20, 2006, 9:12 am Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884) Jackson Township p. 578 Silas O. Leeson was born near Jacksonburg, Wayne Co., Ind., Aug. 15, 1832, a son of Richard Leeson, a native of Greenbrier County, Va., who came to Preble County, Ohio, in 1811, residing there till 1814, and was the first Recorder of that county. He then removed to Jacksonburg, Ind., and carried on a tannery until about 1834, after which he engaged in farming and stock-raising until his death in 1854. He was married in Preble County, Ohio, to Jane Dooley, a native of Lexington, Ky., who died in 1863. They reared eleven children, of whom one daughter is deceased. Our subject was educated at the district school, and was reared on the home farm till he was twenty-one years old, when he was married to Juletta, daughter of James Austin, after which he moved to Dublin, and was in the employ of the Wayne Agricultural Works for twenty years. In 1867 Mrs. Leeson died, and Mr. Leeson married Samira, daughter of Thomas and Eunice Beeson. She died Sept. 27, 1883, having had poor health for several years. Mr. Leeson had one child by his first wife. Mr. Leeson is turning his attention to his farm, and for the past four or five years has been engaged in raising sheep. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1859, and he is a prominent member or the Christian church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/wayne/bios/leeson172gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb