Peter Leonhart (b. 1818)

LEONHART, LOHAR

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 9/21/2002 at 20:39:21

Leonhart, Peter, farmer, Section 12 (Fairfield township); PO Brush Creek; owns sixty acres of land, valued at $2,500; born in Baden, Germany, March 15, 1818. Married Elizabeth Lohar, Dec. 26, 1843; she was born June 24, 1820, and died Dec. 16, 1861; in 1854, they immigrated to America, settling in Freeport, Illinois, and in Oct. 1855, they came to this county, and in 1859 settled on his present farm; have six children --- Martin, Charles, William, Frederick, Reka and Kittie. Is a Democrat; Catholic.

Page 610, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"