Jacob Leinard

LEINARD, RUBY

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/8/2004 at 22:12:37

“The History of Madison County, Iowa”
Union Historical Company, Des Moines, 1879
page 619

Jacob Leinard, a Lincoln township farmer, living on Section 2, P.O. Winterset, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1810. He came to this county in October, 1852. He owns 200 acres of land. He has held various township offices. He married Miss Esther Ruby in 1838 and they have four children: Elizabeth, Anna C., John W. and Melville C.
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“History of Madison County Iowa and Its People”
Herman A. Mueller, Supervising Editor
Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1915

Jacob Leinard, was born January 15, 1810, In Harrison county, Ohio, and was married on the 18th of May 1838 to Miss Hester Ruby, a native of Cumberland, Maryland, who was born December 12 1813. In 1852 they came to Madison county, Iowa, crossing the Mississippi river by steam ferry at Burlington on October 10th. Most of the journey was made by horse and wagon.

The first winter the family lived in a double log house in Winterset, but the following spring they located on a farm in Lincoln township, Jacob becoming the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of land. Only twelve acres thereof was broken when the land came into his possession and the only building was a small log house. The first few years were years of struggle and hardship, but when the land was once under cultivation the excellent crops produced yielded a good income and at the time of his death Mr. Leinard was a well-to-do man. He passed away May 12, 1893, in this county, having survived his wife since the 14th of April, 1888. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church and took a lively interest in the growth and influence of the church. Mr. Leinard was a Republican and for twenty-five years promoted the cause of education as secretary of the school board. For a considerable time he was also secretary of the Grange.

To him and his wife were born six children: Elizabeth, deceased, whose birth occurred on the 5th of July, 1839, and who became the wife of George T. Darnell, of Madison county; Anna C., born November 20, 1840, the deceased wife of Lewis Thornburg, who resides in Winterset; Martha Matilda, who was born April 25, 1843, and died August 10, 1844; John W.; Samantha, who was born March 3, 1849, and died in infancy; and Melville C., who was born on the 28th of February, 1852, and resides in Winterset.
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Transcriber's note: The 1915 version of Jacob's biography was extracted from a biography of his son, John W. Leinard. It has been edited to enhance its readability.

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