Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: Maria Carr LEEDLE

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Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, <rmontgomery@cishome.com> June 2005

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Miss Maria Carr was born March 29, 1826 in Kelfield, England.

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Marie Leedle, who died on Tuesday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. B. Atkinson were held yesterday
afternoon at the Atkinson home on N. Prairie St., Rev. Smith of Evansville
officatied and burial took place in the cemetery at Cooksville. As pall
bearers officiated B. W. Morgan and W. B. Osborn of Racine; H. W. Leedle of
Jefferson, Claire Atkins and H. Croft both of Madison and Dr. E. Denison of
Evansville.

She was married to William Leedle of Stillingfleet, England, December 3,
1848. In the spring of 1849, they set out for America their destination
being Cooksville, Wis. They were seven weeks in crossing the Atlantic. From
New York they came by way of the Great Lakes to Milwaukee and from there in
wagon hauled by oxen, reaching Cooksville the last week in June. Here Wm.
Leedle went into the milling business. The Cooksville mill is still known
as the "Leedles Mill." Here in Cooksville for fifty years they walked
life's pathway together--sharing its joys and sharing its hardships.

Three children were born to them; William, now residing in Canada; Joseph,
who passed out of this life fifteen years ago and Mary Atkinson with whom
Mrs. Leedle has made her home the greater part of the time since the death
of her husband twenty-two years ago.

Mrs. Leedle passed out of this life Tuesday morning at eight-fifteen, the
fifth of October at the age of 94 years, 6 months and 5 days.

Those present at the funeral from out of town were Miss Lila Luddington,
Mrs. Boyd, Miss Nora Andrews, Mrs. L. D. Bagley, Mrs. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs.
Leedle Dennison, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dennison, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Porter, Mrs.
W. B. Porter; Miss Mae Phillips all of Evansville; Mr. and Mrs. L. D.
Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Claire J. Atkinson, Miss Ella Morgan, Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Croft of Madison; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Green of Janesville; Mr. and Mrs.
T. Houfe, Mrs Henry Houfe of Edgerton; Frank Newman of Chetek; Mr. and Mrs.
S. Champney of Cooksville; Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Morgan and Mr. and Mrs. Will
Osborne and son of Racine; Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Leedle of Jefferson, Dr. and
Mrs. Dennison.

Mrs. Leedle had a strong beautiful personality. There were lessons in her
life for each of us who knew her -- lessons of industry, cheerfulness,
patience and faith in our dear Heavenly Father.

October 14, 1920, Evansville Review, p. 5, col. 3, Evansville, Wisconsin