LEARY, James George 1858-1937

LEARY, BELL, WEBB

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 4/3/2012 at 14:57:02

James George Leary – January 1858 – April 19, 1937

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JAMES LEARY, 72, SUCCUMBS
RICEVILLE BUSINESSMAN IS SURVIVED BY THREE DAUGHTERS

Riceville – James Leary, 72, who was engaged in the grain business in Riceville for the past 35 years, died Monday night at a sanitarium at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

Surviving are three daughters, one a teacher in Chicago and another a teacher in Minneapolis, and the third, Mrs. Lela Webb of Webster City.

His wife was fatally injured 15 years ago in a fall downstairs. The body was brought Tuesday to Riceville for burial.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday , April 20, 1937

(note*.. he would have been 75 at the time of his death and not 72)
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1900 US Census: Stapleton, Chickasaw, Iowa
J. G. Leary born January 1858 Wisconsin
Josephine Leary (dates unreadable) born Indiana
Iva Leary 14 born December 1884 Iowa
Lelia Leary born December 1887 Iowa
Bernice Leary born August 1890 Iowa

note* a birth record for Lelia May Leary born December 19, 1887 in Ionia, Chickasaw, Iowa has her parents’ names listed as James Geo. Leary and Josephine Bell.
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Iowa Cemetery Records: Ancestry – Riverside, Riceville, Iowa

James Leary 1858-1937
Josephine Leary 1852-1923