Leonidas R. Renshaw

ALGER, RENSHAW

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/12/2004 at 18:54:24

L. Renshaw, Jefferson twp., farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. DeSoto; born in Virginia; he was raised a farmer, and came to this State in 1852, and settled in Clayton county; he lived there until 1867, when he came to this county; he owns a farm of 320 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation and finely improved; he has held various township offices; he married Miss Angeline Alger in 1866; she was a native of Massachusetts; their family consist of seven children: Byron, Effie, Oscar, Martha, Eathel, Merten and Lillie.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 655