Mrs. Lydia A. Legg - 1879

LEGG, DENTON, ALLEN

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Date: 5/14/2009 at 21:32:52

MRS. LYDIA A. LEGG, widow of the late O.H. Legg; Mrs. Legg was born in Steuben Co., N.Y., in 1827; her parents, Eli and Lucretia Denton, removed to Pennsylvania when she was about a year old; thence to Canada, and to Michigan about 1837; they came to Jackson Co. and located near the present site of Miles in 1850; they now reside at St. Charles, Minn., at the advanced ages of 91 and 95 years, her mother being the elder. Mrs. Lydia A. Denton Legg was married to Mr. O.H. Legg in Michigan; they came to Jackson Co. at the time Mrs. Legg's parents came; Mr. L. entered a farm, which includes the site of the present residence of Mrs. L.; the farm is now owned by her son, Justice O. Mr. Legg was born in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1822; his parents removed to Michigan about 1836; he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner when a young man; engaged, also, in teaching for several years, but, after coming to Iowa, devoted himself entirely to the cultivation and improvement of his farm; he died Nov. 8, 1878. Mrs. L. possessed a natural love for the study of medicine, and, early in life, having free access to the library of her brother, Dr. T.E. Denton, made rapid advancement and attained a high degree of proficiency in the science of medicine; when she came to Iowa, the country being new and physicians being scarce, she was induced to put her knowledge into practice; the result was a more thorough preparation and an extensive practice-in fact, from the time she came to Iowa, in 1850, till 1877, when failing health compelled her to discontinue her work, she may be said to have made the practice of medicine a profession. Mrs. Legg has four children - Marian D. (now Mrs. Eugene A. Allen), Edgar B., Justus and Lydia. - 1879 History of Jackson Co., IA, pg 707.