LESLIE, JAMES

LESLIE, MCGREGOR

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Date: 10/4/2001 at 09:03:33

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

JAMES LESLIE, of the firm of Leslie, Dunham & Co.. dealers in groceries and provisions, Fifth avenue; is a native of Scotland; was born in 1845; when 6 years of age, his parents came to America; they lived in New York until 1855, then came to Iowa, and located here before the town was laid out; when Mr. Leslie was only 13 years of age, he entered the store of J. C. Bucher, one of the earliest merchants of Clinton ; in 1866, Mr. Leslie engaged in the mercantile business, the firm being W. W. Leslie & Co., afterward James Leslie & Co. ; he is now senior member of the firm of Leslie, Dunham & Co. He has been connected with the mercantile trade here as long as any merchant now in Clinton. He is prominently connected with several Lodges here. In the fall of 1869, Mr. Leslie married Miss Martha McGregor, a native of Massachusetts; they have three children-Gertrude Evelyn, James McGregor and Robert Jay.