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J. O. LeBarron
J.
O. LEBARRON, the genial host of the Central House, Washta, Cherokee
County, Iowa, was born in Cattaraugus County, New York, January 10,
1840, and is a son of Joseph and Charlotte (Dunn) LeBarron, natives of
the States of New York and Vermont respectively. He lived in
his
native State until thirteen years of age, when his mother took her
family and removed to Illinois, the father having died when J. O. was
five years of age. In 1866 they removed from
Illinois to
Iowa, and settled in Page County, where they made their home for
sixteen years. In 1882 Mr. LeBarron came to Ida County, and
in
1889 he came to Washta, and built the Central House, which he has since
conducted. He also owns a dray line which he runs in
connection
with the hotel business. In the beginning of the Civil War he
offered his services to the nation, enlisting August 13, 1861, in
Company G, One Hundredth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and serving until
the declaration of peace. He participated in many battles,
among
the most noted being Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Stone River,
Atlanta, Nashville, Knoxville, Pigeon Roost, Rocky Knob, Walnut Grove
and Peach Tree Creek; he was also in a number of skirmishes.
In
political thought and action he is Republican. Mr. Le Barron
was
u nited in marriage October 20, 1866, to Hulda R. Davis, who was born
in Massachusetts, August 27, 1835. They are the parents of
two
children, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Le Barron had one
child
by a former marriage; his name is Benjamin F. Davis, and he resides in
Ida County, Iowa. Mr. Le Barron is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and is one of the worthy residents of the county.Biographical History of Cherokee
County, IA, W. W. Dunbar & Co Publishers, 1889
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