Leggett, John L.

LEGGETT

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 14:51:26

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.669

LEGGETT, JOHN L., merchant, Jefferson Township, P. O. Lothrop; was born in Belmont county, Ohio, August 30, 1839, went from there with hs parents to Indiana, and only remained about one year, and then to Marshall county, Illinois, and lived there until about seventeen years of age; then came to Warren county, in 1857, and made his home with his half brother, Wm. N. James, except a part of the time, when he was visiting his parents in Illinois; at the outbreak of the war, he enlisted in Co. K, Ninth Illinois Cavalry, March 6, 1862, and was mustered out at East Port, Mississippi, March 6, 1865; was in the battles of Franklin, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee, and Tupello, Tennessee; after the war he came back to this county, and married Miss Emaline E. Johnson, October 5, 1865, a native of this State; have a family of two sons and one daughter: Annie B., Bertie L., and Ikie W., postmaster at Lothrop, was appointed September 30, 1874; owns a farm of 120 acres in Adair county, this State.