Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Robert N. LEITH
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties,
Missouri; 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 669
Polk County Biographies Section

    Robert N. Leith, farmer, residing one-half mile northeast from
Sharon Station, was born January 13, 1846, in Cooper County, Mo.,
and is the son of John and Mary (Walker) Leith, natives of 
Maryland, born July 5, 1807, and Rutherford County, Tenn., in 
1814, respectively.  The father followed farming in his native 
State, and in 1828 emigrated to Cooper County, where he was married
in 1829.  In 1858 he and family emigrated to Polk County, Mo., and
settled about four miles from Bolivar, where he now resides.  His
wife moved with her parents to Cooper County, Mo., in 1828, and
by her marriage became the mother of nine children, four now 
living, and Robert N. being the youngest.   He came to Polk County
with his parents in 1858, passed his boyhood days in that county,
and had the advantages of a good ordinary school education.  
January 13, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, Eighth Missouri State
Militia Cavalry, as a private, and served in the ranks only for
about one year, when he was detailed as clerk in the colonel's
office at Springfield, and served until the close of the war.  
He was six months in the quartermaster's office, and was mustered
out at Springfield, March 27, 1865.  After the war he returned
to Polk County, and entered Bolivar Academy, where he remained
one year, and then worked in the probate judge's office about one
year after leaving school.  He served in the various offices of
the county in 1869 to 1875, viz.: county clerk's office, circuit
clerk's office and recorder's office, and is one of the 
representative men of the county.  November 23, 1875, he married
Pattie D. Graveley, a native of Cedar County, Mo., born in 1855,
and who grew to womanhood there.  Her early school advantages
were good, having attended the Bolivar Academy three years, and
also attended school at Stockton.  Five children were born to
this union: Nannie L., Robert N., Jr., Mary Alice, Joseph F. 
and Mattie E.  Mrs. Leith is a member of the Cumberland 
Presbyterian Church and an excellent woman.  In 1876 Mr. Leith
moved to Orleans Postoffice, and engaged in merchandising for
two years, and then in 1878 he moved on a farm, where he has
remained ever since.  He has taken an active part in school matters,
and in fact has manifested a decided interest in all matters 
relating to the good of the county.  He is a worthy member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, a bright, enterprising citizen and
universally esteemed.
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