F. Clyde Leslie, D. D. S.

LESLIE, SMITH, SHEELY, BRYAN

Posted By: Peter Gausmann (email)
Date: 2/2/2010 at 05:48:20

F. CLYDE LESLIE, D. D. S.

Dr. F. Clyde Leslie, of Lake Mills, has gained more than ordinary success in his chosen profession and his unexpected demise at the early age of forty-one years was very untimely. He was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, on the llth of April, 1871, and was a son of James C. and Mandilla (Smith) Leslie, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of Pennsylvania. The father located in the Keystone state on his emigration to the United States and engaged in the general merchandise business at Millers Station, Pennsylvania, but is now living retired at the age of seventy years at Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. The mother died in 1882.

F. Clyde Leslie grew to manhood in his native state and after graduating from the Cambridge (Pa.) high school completed a course in the State Normal School at Edinboro. He then removed to Iowa City and in 1896 was graduated in dentistry from the State University of Iowa. He at once located for practice at Lake Mills and remained here until his death. He kept in touch with the rapid advancement made in the science of dentistry, had a fully equipped office and dentist. He had a large and lucrative practice and was in excellent financial possessed to a high degree that manual skill so necessary to the successful circumstances.

On the 19th of October, 1898, Dr. Leslie was married to Miss Adeline M. Sheely, of Sioux City, a daughter of John L. and Mary E. (Bryan) Sheely, who were born respectively in New York and in Wisconsin. Her father is a locomotive engineer and is now on a fast passenger train running between Sioux City and Minneapolis. The mother is also still living. Mrs. Leslie graduated from Morningside College at Sioux City, Iowa, with the class of 1896 and came to Lake Mills as a teacher in that year and was so engaged for two years, or until her marriage. She has three children, all of whom are attending school: Jeane, who was born September 3, 1899; Marjorie Kathleen, born June 23, 1905; and Donald Clyde, born October 8, 1908.

Dr. Leslie gave his stanch support to the republican party and although not a seeker for political office served as a member of the school board, as he took a lively interest in everything affecting the welfare of the schools. He belonged to the Masonic order, the Yeomen and the Modern Woodmen of America and exemplified in his life the spirit of fraternity upon which those organizations are based. He recognized the important place that religion plays in life, held membership in the Methodist church, of which denomination the family are all members, was superintendent of the Sunday school and a member of the board of stewards. He made his life a force for good and it was generally felt that when he passed away death had called one whom the community could ill afford to lose. His demise occurred on the 22d of April, 1912, when he was but forty-one years and eleven days old.

Source: History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. II. Pioneer Publishing Company (Chicago), 1917. pp. 213-214.