Bainbridge Leavens

LEAVENS, WHEELER

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 3/23/2002 at 22:55:05

Bainbridge Leavens located on the southwest quarter of section 25, Butler township, on the 7th day of June, 1857, and still resides on the same. He has made farming a business, and has met with marked success, accumulating 500 acres of land, 480 lying in one body, and all under cultivation. Mr. Leavens is a native of Ohio, and was born July 1, 1834. In 1836 the family removed to DuPage county, Illinois, and there followed farming. In 1862 Mr. Leavens married Miss Adaline E. Wheeler. They have three children – Eugene L., Miles W. and Martin B. Mrs. Leavens died December 9, 1882.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 518