Leonidas Renshaw (1920)

ALGER, ANGIER, COTTINGHAM, DABNEY, EVERALL, FOX, FRON, HAYDEN, ORPHAN, OSBORNE, RENSHAW, SHERMAN

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Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
December 15, 1920, page 11

LEONIDAS RENSHAW

Leonidas Renshaw died at his home in Portland, Ore., Nov. 1, at the age of 81 years. He was a native of Pennsylvania and emigrated to Iowa with his father's family when 15 years of age. There were four brothers and five sisters, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood with the sterling qualities that make good citizens. Five of this family celebrated their golden weddings.

In 1860, in Clayton county, Iowa, Mr. Renshaw married Miss Marietta Alger, who died in 1866. He married Miss Angeline Alger in 1867, removing soon after to Madison county, Retiring from farming in 1894, he lived in Indianola until he went to Portland in 1905 to visit a daughter, Mrs. Martha Dabney. Since that he purchased himself a home and remained there until his death.

He will be remembered in Madison county as an industrious farmer, an active worker for the uplifting of the community in which he lived. A just man and true to his convictions. The Renshaw farm in Jefferson township was mostly raw prairie when he moved on it, consisting of a half section of the best land on Quaker divide, and when Mr. Renshaw left it to remove to Indianola to educate his children it was the most desirable farm in Madison county. It is now owned by Mr. Cutshall.

He was the father of ten children, and is survived by his widow, Mrs. Angeline Renshaw, and five children, as follows: Mrs. Martha Dabney, Mrs. Linnie Cottingham and Mrs. Gladys Osborne of Portland, Ore., Mrs. Ethel Fox of Indianola and Milton Renshaw of Seattle, Wash. Those who passed away before their father were Byron, Oscar, Orville and Mrs. Effie Hayden, and a son who died in infancy. All these will be remembered by those who were their neighbors in Jefferson township.

Mr. Renshaw was confined to his home for nearly a year with arteriosclerosis. He was buried in the beautiful cemetery at Portland, Ore., beside a loved son and daughter who preceded him.
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Portland, Oregon
Morning Oregonian
November 03, 1920
Page 17

FUNERAL NOTICES

RENSHAW - At the residence, 126 East 29th st., Leonidas Renshaw, aged 81 years, beloved father of Mrs. Martha A. Dabney, Mrs. Linnie G. Cottingham, Mrs. Gladys L. Orphan of Portland, and Mrs. Ethel Fron of Indianola, Ia., and Merton B. Renshaw of Seattle, Wash.; brother of James Sybrant Renshaw of Minneapolis, Minn., Sylvester Renshaw of Earlham, Ia., Mrs. Valonia Everall of Manona, Ia., and Mrs. Anna Angier of Des Moines, Ia., and Mrs. Malzenia Sherman of Los Angeles, Cal. Funeral notice later. Remains will lie in state at the parlors of Miller & Tracey until Thursday, November 4, 8:00 A.M., when they willl be taken to the residence, 126 East 29th st., from which place services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Interment Riverview cemetery.
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Portland, Oregon
Morning Oregonian
November 14, 1920
Section 1, Page 4

Obituary

Leonidas Renshaw, 81, who died at his home in Portland, November 1, was born at McClellantown, Pa., February 2, 1839. When 15 years old he moved with his parents to Colesburg, Ia., where he spent most of his early manhood. On Christmas day, 1860, he married Mariette Alger, who died in 1866. A year later he married Angeline Alger and moved with his family to a farm in Madison county, Iowa, where he lived until his retirement in 1894. Mr. Renshaw came to Portland to visit a daughter, Mrs. R. T. Dabney, in 1905 and remained here until his death.

Mr. Renshaw is survived by his widow and six children of a family of ten, 21 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.