Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Leedom, Jesse
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Newtown Township


   JESSE LEEDOM retired, P.O. Newtown, was born in Newtown 
township September 13, 1822, and is a son of Charles and 
Lydia (McCarty) Leedom, the former a farmer by occupation, 
who lived and died in Newtown.  He had six children who grew 
to maturity:  Jesse, David, Edward, Elizabeth (Mrs. Gardner 
Kelly), Thomas and Mary (Mrs. Edward Taylor).  His paternal 
grandfather, Jesse, was a farmer of Newtown township, where 
he lived and died.  His wife was Mary Twining, by whom he 
had five children who grew to maturity:   Edward, David, 
Charles, Eliza and Rachel.  His paternal great-grandfather 
was Richard Leedom, who was a son of one of three brothers 
who emigrated to this country from England about the time of 
Penn's second visit, in the early part of the last century.  
He settled in Northampton, was a farmer and merchant, 
accumulated a large fortune and died there.  His children 
were: Jesse, Joseph, Benjamin, William, Lizzie, Rachel and 
Sarah.  The mother of our subject was a native of Muncie, 
this state, and was one of a family of eighteen children and 
of Irish descent.  Jesse Leedom was reared in Newtown and 
was engaged in farming for forty years.  In 1870 he retired 
and removed to Newtown, where he has since resided.  He has 
been twice married.  His first wife was Achsah, daughter of 
Thomas and Sarah Staples, of Newtown, whom he married in 
1847, and his second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of William 
and Sarah P. Mitchell, of Newtown.  The maternal 
grandparents of Mr. Leedom were Thomas and Elizabeth 
McCarty.