Hancock-Delaware County OhArchives Biographies.....McLeod, J. R. 1826 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   J. R. McLEOD, M. D., Benton Ridge, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, July
27, 1833, son of John and Elizabeth (Cole) McLeod, the former a native of
Philadelphia, of Scotch and English extraction, and the latter a native of Ohio;
they reared a family of eleven children, J. R. being the eldest. Our subject
came to this county in 1834 with his father, and they settled in Amanda
Township, where the Doctor's maternal grandfather, Mr. Cole, entered land. Our
subject was reared on the farm, acquired his education in this county and at
Delaware College in this State; he then began the study of medicine in the
office of Dr. Williamson and commenced the practice of medicine in Clinton, EL,
in 1857; in 1861 he turned his attention to the study of law and in 1863
graduated in the law school of the Cincinnati College, and was admitted to the
bar. He practiced law until 1876, when his health failed and his physicians gave
him up, telling him that his disease would prove fatal in less than twelve
months. Our subject now resumed the study of medicine, making his own case a
specialty; he regained his health and graduated in medicine in Keokuk, Iowa, in
1877. In 1880 the Doctor came to Benton Ridge, and has been engaged in the
practice of medicine since. He was united in marriage, in 1862, with Mary E.
Howard, daughter of Capt. Samuel Howard, who was several times treasurer of this
county, served in the war of the Rebellion and held a commission as captain of
volunteers; he is a resident of Findlay. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. McLeod are
parents of the following named children: Charles D., Samuel H. and Bessie Belle.
Mrs. McLeod and daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The
Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the I. O. O. F. and of the
Northwestern Ohio Medical Association, also of the Hancock Medical Association.
The Doctor resided in Shelby County, Mo., for several years after the war, and
in 1870 was elected president of the county court of that county, serving for
six years. During the war of the Rebellion he was a non-commissioned officer in
the One Hundred and Sixty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.




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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Blanchard Township




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