LESLIE, JAMES

LESLIE, BOYD, STUBELFIELD

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Date: 1/18/2005 at 12:54:14

Biography reproduced from page 444 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

James Leslie was born Feb. 16, 1819, in Allegheny Co., Penn. Here he grew to manhood, and was engaged in running a coal boat on the Allegheny canal. He also made several trips to New Orleans by way of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. When twenty-three years of age he was married to Maria Boyd, of Taunton, Penn. He lived in the home of his birth until thirty-one years old, when he removed to Scott Co., Iowa, locating on a farm. His wife soon afterward died, leaving one child—Mary Jane. On Nov. 28, 1854, Mr. Leslie was married to Mary A. Stubelfield, of Princeton, Iowa. This union was blessed with six children, four of whom are living—William B.C.F.C., Emeline, Jessie B. and James McBride. In 1859 Mr. Leslie went to Pike’s Peak, remaining there one year, during which time he was foreman in a quartz mill. After returning from the west he purchased a hotel which he run for five years; also dealt in stock during this time. In 1872 he went to Tama Co., Iowa, where he was engaged in farming for six years, near La Porte City. He then moved to Black Hawk county, and followed farming for three years, thence to Kossuth county in 1881. He bought the southwest quarter of section 32, township 98, range 29, of which he has seventy-five acres broken. He has an artificial grove of four acres, and fruit of all kinds.

(Transcriber’s note: James Leslie lived in Burt township.)