Leffingwell, Jerome died 1895
LEFFINGWELL, COLBY
Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 8/5/2021 at 20:31:23
Mr. Leffingwell, living west of town, died Thursday, Sept. 5th. He had been several years a sufferer with the dreaded disease, consumption. He leaves a wife and several children, who will mourn his loss. The funeral was under the auspices of the Woodmen, on Saturday. Rev. Hestwood preached the sermon.
~The Register, Elkader, Clayton co. Iowa, Friday morning, September 13, 1895
Note: The Clayton County Death Register gives his name as Jerome Leffingwell. The Death Register, Book I pg 104, indicates DOD as 9/18/1895, which is either a transcription error in the online record or an error in the original record. He is buried in the Reed cemetery with his wife Ellen (Colby) Leffingwell.
Clayton Obituaries maintained by Sharyl Ferrall.
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