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auto;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear C. </span></font><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thought
you might appreciate these files. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Have
many binders full, a few years ago found that Bradley married <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>a
Leeper from Gurnsey Co. Ohio and sent me on a quest<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>of
research, many Leeper family's and documentation <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>because
I knew none. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>It
lead me in contact who had studied many years on the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Leeper
line he was from Pa, then Iowa. Any way our <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>information
conflicted so he flew out to Oregon because <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>he
thought it must be in error, well joint research turned<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>out
to be benifical to us all. Turns out that Hugh Leeper <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>of my
Leeper were Cousins and lines are connected.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Small
world...................sending some info that you might <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>like
that I have on a few Hugh Leepers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="mailto:pmml@navicom.com">pmml@navicom.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="mailto:bradleyluthy@aol.com">bradleyluthy@aol.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Individual </span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Summary <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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13.0pt'>for N. Y. Leeper-?3 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Last Chanqed: </span></font></u><u><font
size=1><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>1 Dec 2001 <o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>MRIN <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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9.0pt'>6 <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Hugh </span></b>Leeper-5 <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>55 </span></b>73 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Parents <o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>Relationship <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Sealed Date/Place <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Rev. </span></font><font
face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>N.Y. </span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Leeper, son of Hugh Leeper, of Beaver
county, Pa., was born May13, 1838. At the age of twenty he left home and
attended Westminster College, in Lawrence county, Pa., about 6 month. In August
1859, he went to Jefferson College, where he remained four years and graduated
in 1863. He attended the Theological Seminary at Xenia, Ohio, four terms and
was ordained at Sycamore, Ohio in 1868, and installed pastor of the United
Presbyterian congregation at that place. In January, 1870 Mr. Leeper accepted a
call from the Yellow Creek U.P. Congregation and removed to Mooretown,
Jefferson county, Ohio. He was married Mar 28, 1867 to Mary Rosborough,
daughter of William Rosborough of Sparta III. Their union has been blessed with
three children William A., Hugh M. and Earl B. Mr L. is still the incumbent of
the U.P. Church of Yellow Creek. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>History of Noble County,
Ohio, with portraits and biographical sketches of <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.7pt;line-height:9.35pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>some
of it Pioneers and prominent men illustrated Chicago </span></font><font
size=1 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>L.H.
</span></font><font size=1><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Wakins and Co. 1887
page 557 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>History of Belmont and
Jefferson Counties <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0 width=802 height=102 id="_x0000_i1030"
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:8.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>tw~[J1:"i"g~e
1l\glt1V@~ at !j. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>~lm~: </span></i>l\lr.
lieor!J;8 dii!~. A!4$l1st li,t, 1868, having served one tf)rm In thf)
LJi;1f!:is[ature, In 1817, and twenty-one years as assoeiatejudge of Jeffer~on
county, Ohio. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:8.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ROBERT GEORGE, eldest son
of Thomas GE;orge, was born in Ross township, March 27, 1806. Subject to all
the vicissit1!des of frontier life, our subject early became inured to labor,
and ac- quired habits of industry and ecomomy, which served him a purpose in
after life. August 21, 1832, he married Martha l\icJ.Jaughlin, and to them were
born three children-Thomas, born J an uary 6, 1835; James, born Dec~m ber 19,
1836; and John, born November 6, 18:39. Tho,..8-s enlisted in company
"K," 2d O. V.I, under Qaptain Mitchell, October 1st, 1861, and was
killed in the battle of Perrysville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862.. John died of
consumption at, the age of twenty-four, and James remained at home. Robert
George, like his father, was an abolitionist, and permitted his name to be used
as a candi- date for the state senate tor a number of years, when an elec- tion
was an impossibility. A true friend of the soldiers, he erected at a cost of
$700.00, a monument to the fallen heroes of RORS township. Mr. George still
lives, enjoying the respect and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.1in;line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=7 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:42.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>~</span></font><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>confidence
of his neighbors. </span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>'* </span></font><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>REV.
H. Y. LEEPER, son of Hu h Lee er, of Beaver county, Pa., was orn May, . t e age
0 twenty be left home and attended Westminister, College, in Lawrence county,
Pa., about f'ix months. In August, 1859, he went to Jefferson Col- lege, where
he remail)ed four years and graduated in 1863. He attended the Theological
Seminary at Xenia, Ohio, four terms aDd was ordained at Sycamor~,Ohio, in 1868,
atJd installed pas- tor of the United PresbyteriaQ congregation at that pluce.
In J an uary, 1870, Mr. Leeper tlccepted a call from the Yellow Creek U. P.
eongregation and removed to Mooretown,Jefi'erson county, Ohio. He was married
May 28, 1867, to Mary Rosborough; daughter of William Rosborough, of Sparta,
Ill. Their uniQQ has been blessed with hree </span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. . -.. m
A., flu h M. and </span></font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>E4lrl B. Mr._L. is still
t e incumuent of the. C urc 0 <u>Yellow UreeK: <o:p></o:p></u></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.1in;line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.35pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>MORDECAI MOORE, son of
Mordec~i Moore, Sr., was born in Ross township, Jefferson (:ountYi Obio, May 7,
1821. His early life. was spent in and around the Batt works of his father. Oc-
tober 15, 1843, he married Elizabeth Kirk and by her had ten children, seven of
whom are living and named respectively John, LewiH, Mordecai, Stanton, M3ry,
Ella and Olive. Mr. M. is an active business man, is engaged in farming, stoek
and ,vool raiRing. He and biB sons have about 1,900 acreH of land and annually.
clip about 5,000 pounds of wool. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.35pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>JAMES E. LOWRY was born
in Ross township, J~fferBon county, Ohio, July 6, 1838. He farmed, taught
8(jhool and ,vent to .school at Mt. Union Academy until married, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>May </span></i>25, 1870, to Adeline McClellan,
daughter of \Villiam McClellan, of Knox township, Jefferson county. To them
were born four children- Charles B., born May 9, 1871; Dora V., born February
2, 1873; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>at l;ine- tIme {-frQQfi
tJ;:lWiJ5hlPt I).fitl f!\1bHCqU<lfit!y Uhnton. 'J:be <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>townRhip i~ bounded on
the north by Columbia county, south by Harrison county, en,t by Salem, l{'oss
and Brush creek town- ships, Jefferson county, and on the west by Carroll
county. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.8pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The southern p::trt of
the township is drained by Wo]f run, Lick run ::tnd Elk Fork of Ye]low creek,
tributaries to Hi{!, Yel- low creek, while the middle and northern parts are
drained by Midd]e fork and North fork of Yellow creek. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.8pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:7.9pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>DRAINAGE. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:7.9pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>TOPOGRAPIIY </span></font><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>AND
SOIL <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The soil inthe southern
part of the township is rich and pro- ductive, and under a high state of
cultivation-it being quite level compared with the northern part-it being cut
up consid- erably by Yellow creek and other smaller streams, but there are some
fine farms on the banks of Yellow creek. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>PIONEERS. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.1in;line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>In mentioning the names
of the first settlers of Springfield, we wish to say that our information is
from the memory of the oldest living settlers. Solomon Miller" from
Fayette count)', Pa., settled in 1800, and was one of the first prominent
settlers within the present limits of this township. He settled on 8ec- tion
10, but being too poor to buy the section, and nothing less at that time could
be entered, after having lived two years on it, and made considerable
improvements, the section was entered by Henry Miser in 1802, and Mr. Miller
was disposAessed, and had to commence anew on section 11. In 1801 Stewart
McClave settled on section six, and from 1801 to 1806 came John Stutz, Joseph
Gorden, Jacob Springer, Thoma8 Peterson, .Tames All- man, Henry Isinogle,
George Albaugh, James Rutledge, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Wells, Rebert Young, Adley
Calhoon and son, William S. Jenkins. James Campbell, S. Dorrance, Philip Bur-
f!.ett and several others, whose names we are unable to obtain, but all of
these old settlers have passed away and almost for- gotten, but the noble deeds
of these old'fathers Ahould be perpet- uated, and their hardships recorded,
that they may live in the remembrance ofpoAterity. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.35pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The mineral resources of
Springfield are great. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Coal.-Uoal can be found
in most any part of the township, in fact the township-is underlaid with coal
of a first-class quality, and the only thing that is needed is the capital and
energy to develop it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><i><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic'>Limestone.-The
</span></font></i><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>township is also bountifully supplied with
lime, sandstone, freestone, &c. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><i><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic'>Sa
It.-It </span></font></i><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>is claimed upon good
authority that the first salt that was ever manufactured on Yellow creek was
manufartured in this township by Phillip Burgett and John Lucker. They were out
hunting one day and found. a spring of salt water. They procured a kettle at
on(:e and boIled enough to make about three bushels of salt, which they packed
home to the great delight of their families and neighbors. Previous to that
time the salt <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=5 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>57) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=5 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>~ </span></font></p>
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mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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10.0pt'>~ </span></font></p>
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10.0pt'>~ </span></font></p>
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mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>~ </span></font></p>
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mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.95pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>" <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.95pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.05pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>JII8TORY OF BELMONT AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.05pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.95pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>573 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.95pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.35pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>of Brimstone run;.on
Yellow creek. Be tbis us it may, it has never been doubted by tbe settlers on
the creol{ that the precious olenginous fluid existed in paying quantities, \nd
only awaited development. Consequently, after the !tstounding rcvelat.ion~ of
Pennnsylvanil~ oildom had set tho whole country 1)n the <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>qui vive, </span></i>a company of enterprising
gcntlemen asso(:iated themselves togetber under the title of thc
"Springfield nnd Yello\v Crecl{ Oil Compnny," for the purpose of
tcstingthe territory. In 1866, they put down a four-inch well at the mouth of
Brimstone run, and at Ii depth of 500 feet "strucl{ oil," which flowed
rapid I)' for a few bours, running into the creel{ ~l\1d waisting several bar-
rels of ol~aginous wealth. A pump ..v~.. ,.r,on put in and about 200 barrel!!
of oil 'laved when tbe supply be.::ome exhausted. Failing to secure any other
favors from the ficlcle goddess of fortune, tbuy turne(1 tbeir attention to the
manufacture of suit, which was continued until 187], \vhen the business was
aban- doned. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>In </span></b>1870, a
Pennsylvania COmp!\DY sunk a well to tho depth of 1,000 feet; got plenty of
salt water, but 110 oil. No ~'ells have been sunk since. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.35pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>EARLY IMPROVEMENTS. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:8.6pt;line-height:9.6pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Stephen
Coe built the first grist mill in the township in 1808. It ,vIle a water mill
and was situatod near where the present steltm mill <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>now </span></i>stands, at Moorotown. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.7pt;line-height:9.35pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>1'he
first school house was built aoout' 1814, and was situated about one-half mile
southeast of Stephen Coe's mill. The first teacher was James E\ving, who tnught
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>n </span></i>three months' term. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.2pt;line-height:7.9pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Thc
first store was kept by Robert George, at Mooretown, in 1828. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.65pt;line-height:9.35pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The
first meeting house of any considerable Rizc was built by the Presbyterians in
18:l0. It was ~ brick building 30x50 and etood at tho ecntre of section 25,
township 11, range </span></font><font size=1 face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>3. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.65pt;line-height:9.35pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The township elections
were held at the house of Henry Cralet! until 185O, when they werl3 moved to
school house No.3. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.7pt;line-height:8.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The first justice of the
peace was William Sc..tt, who resided on section 32. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.7pt;line-height:8.6pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Are as follows: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.6pt;line-height:8.15pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Justices
of the Peace-Samuel McClain, Joseph Shane, W. K. Smyth. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.6pt;line-height:8.15pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Constable-William'fwaddle.
Clerk-J. E. Lo\vry. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.9pt;line-height:8.15pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Treasurer-E.
F. Silane. .Asse~sor-V. B. Mylar.. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;line-height:8.15pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Trustees-William
Montgon1ery, Martin Saltsmttn, J. A. El- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;line-height:8.15pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ELECTIONS. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>TOWNSHIP OlcFICERS <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.35pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>then came C)1rus Riggs,
who ,vas pastor at the time the "old bricl{ " (:hurcll w:tS
ubandoncd. Mr. l~iggs was succeeded by Lafferty Greer, ,vho officiated !3c;ven
years and was in turn sue- ccedcd by Rev. John S. Marquis, ,vllo resigned on
account of <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>ill </span></b>health in 1865.
William Wycoff ,vas installcd in June, 1866, ~tnd officiated until October 19,
1873. He in turn 'Vlts succeeded by Rev. W. M. Eaton, 'v hose connection with
the congre~ation wns dissolved in October, 1868, since wlJich time the church
has been ,vitbout :J. regul:J.rly installed minister, but has depended upon
supplies furnished by tbe presb.ytery, Rev. T. Priee noting us stuted sup ply
fit the present ti me (J u no, 187!)). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.35pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><img src="cid:image009.png@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30"
v:src="cid:image009.png@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0
height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
id="_x0000_i1031" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:315pt;height:380.25pt'>
<v:imagedata src="cid:image009.png@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=420 height=507
src="cid:image010.jpg@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_i1031"><![endif]></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>PINE GROVE METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.6pt;line-height:8.85pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>About
the year 1838, Rev. Samuel Whorton preached in an old log scho~l house where
the church now stands, and in the course of tho next year Rev. Thomas Thompson
formed a class con- sisting <i><span style='font-style:italic'>of </span></i>fourteen
perljons. Amongst them Andrew Saltsman <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.8pt;line-height:9.35pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>and
wifo, Cathorine; Solomon Hart.man and ,vifo; J ano Slllts- man, Mrs.
l"{.ebecca. Schwinebart and her daughter, Julia.Ann ; Matthew H. Roach and
his wife, Elizabeth; 1'.obort Mills and bis wife, Elizabeth. In 1841, under the
auspices <i><span style='font-style:italic'>of </span></i>Revs. ',John <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.45pt;line-height:8.15pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>~111""u"nrl(:;.",,~~,,~.rr.f'!'",,"";...
</span></font><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>nnl"'~~""-nnl",;I' </span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>-':' ,... <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.45pt;line-height:8.15pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>~ </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>~ </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.9pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Subject: 1942 Letter
from J.B. Leeper <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.9pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Sep
199809:19:13 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: LEEPER-L@rootsweb.com <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.9pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998
12: 18:05, -0500 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.35pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>From: PTWH98A@prodigy.com
(MRS CATHERINE L LEEPER) To: LEEPER-L@rootsweb.com <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.35pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>From: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Catherine Leeper * EMC.Ver
#2.5 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.8pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>[From] John H. Leeper
Abstract of Title Adair County Stilwell, Oklahoma <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.8pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><b><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>July </span></font></b><font
size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>2,
1942 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.05pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>[To]Mr. Leo R. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.2pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Attorney at Law Waterloo,
Iowa <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.2pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Leeper*** <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Dear <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Sir <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Received your letter of June
22nd, relative to the Leeper family. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>As far back as I know
anything about the Leepers <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>don't know where I got all
this information but he was supposed to have been a Revolutionary Pennsylvania
Patriot and after the Revolutionary War we know the government had no funds to
pay the soldiers and they <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.4pt;line-height:10.3pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>took
their pay in land. The U.S. at that time came as far west as the Mississippi
River and Hugh Leeper was supposed to have taken his land grant at or near
Lexington, Ky. He raised a large family of boys and played quite an important
part in early Kentucky history. He was~y, - - -- One characteristic of the
Leeper family was drinking whiskey (I never did). Hugh Leeper was supposed to
have made a wreck of himself and family in Kentucky and moved to middle Tenn.
One of <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.95pt;line-height:9.35pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- -
- -- </span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>and that happens to be my <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.35pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>,-- - -- </span></font><font
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>1823 in middle Tenn.
I <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.35pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:1.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><img src="cid:image011.png@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30"
v:src="cid:image011.png@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0
height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
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src="cid:image012.jpg@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_i1032"><![endif]></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:1.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><img src="cid:image013.png@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30"
v:src="cid:image013.png@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0
height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
id="_x0000_i1033" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:255pt;height:14.25pt'>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=340 height=19
src="cid:image014.jpg@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_i1033"><![endif]></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
8.0pt'>name </span></font><font face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:
"Courier New"'>- John Hugh. </span></font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>lV1Y </span></font><font
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Latner was born in
the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>don't know whether my
grandfather was named <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>but I never knew a family of
Leepers that was any relation to me but <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.55pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>what had a Hugh in the
family. My father moved to Wayne County, Missouri , in the year 1856 and
remained there until he died in the year 1912. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.55pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:1.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0 width=131 height=18 id="_x0000_i1034"
src="cid:image015.gif@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><img src="cid:image016.png@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30"
v:src="cid:image016.png@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0
height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
id="_x0000_i1035" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:165.75pt;height:19.5pt'>
<v:imagedata src="cid:image016.png@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=221 height=26
src="cid:image017.jpg@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_i1035"><![endif]></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.95pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.95pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.05pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Most of the Leepers I ever
knew were in the lumber business and usually [underlined] messing in politics.
There is a big family of Leepers in Texas in the Lumber business and Lingo-Leeper
Lumber Company have lumber yards allover Texas. I lived 5 years near Vernon
Texas and they put up a lumber yard there and ~ young man named Harry L~eper
managed, </span></font><i><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";font-style:italic'>i:J' </span></font></i><font
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.55pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>he resembled and acted l~ke
an older brother of ~ne as much so'"br more than twin brothers. I lived on
a small ranch out 10 or 12 miles and one day I drove by to see him and he
seemed as anxious to find out if there was any relation between us as I was.
One day there was a young man came in my office here in Stilwell and said ["]my
wife is out here in the car <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.45pt;line-height:10.05pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>and
wants to speak to you. </span></font><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>["] </span></font><font
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>She said <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>["] </span></b>we drove by and s topped to <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.45pt;line-height:10.55pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>mail
a letter. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>["] </span></b>She told me her
maiden name was Leeper ..and she saw my sign and stopped to see if we were any
relation. I told her she <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.55pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>resembled my sister and acted
like her and also my daughter and I said about the only way I know to tell
whether we are any relation or not is to know if there is a Hugh in your family
and she said "Yes, I have an Uncle Hugh, in fact a great-uncle and a dozen
or more cousins named Hugh , and I figured we must be some relation by so many
of them being named <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.55pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><img src="cid:image018.png@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30"
v:src="cid:image018.png@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0
height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:180.75pt;height:19.5pt'>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=241 height=26
src="cid:image019.jpg@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_i1036"><![endif]></span></font></p>
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<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always;
mso-break-type:section-break'>
</span></font>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:9.8pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Hugh. My father told me when
I was a child that one of his uncles killed a man in Tenn. when he was a child
and all all they ever heard of him was that he went to the Republic of Texas
and so far as I know he was never heard of any more and I figure that the
Leepers in Texas are his <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.75pt;line-height:9.8pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>off-spring.
[If] <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.75pt;line-height:9.8pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Graves Leeper and Cy Leeper
made a big success in the lumber business and in politics both prior and since
statehood in Oklahoma at sulphur. They were the Texas branch of Leepers. Cy was
Secretary of State of Oklahoma for one or two terms. He was quite an orator. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.55pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>My brother S.L. Leeper lives
on the farm that my father bought when he went to Missouri in 1856. He address
is Mill Spring, Missouri, Wayne County. I am 67 years old and one of the
youngest of a large family, a large family being another characteristic of the
Leeper family. Hope this will be of some interest to you and ~ot bore you in
reading it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.55pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I remain, yours very truly, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><b><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>Isl John </span></font></b><font
size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>H
Leeper <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:8.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>*** Leo Roy Leeper (b. IA
1888-1976) was son of John Leeper (b. IL 1856~ 1928) and Margaret Adelia
Tilford (b. IA 1864-1951), and unrelated to </span></font><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>the
Leeper family sketched in this letter. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:8.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><img src="cid:image020.wmz@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30"
v:src="cid:image020.wmz@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0
height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
id="_x0000_i1037" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:294pt;height:51.75pt'>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=392 height=69
src="cid:image021.gif@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_i1037"><![endif]></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><img src="cid:image022.wmz@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30"
v:src="cid:image022.wmz@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0
height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
id="_x0000_i1038" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:290.25pt;height:50.25pt'>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=387 height=67
src="cid:image023.gif@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_i1038"><![endif]></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><img src="cid:image024.wmz@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30"
v:src="cid:image024.wmz@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0
height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
id="_x0000_i1039" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:294pt;height:62.25pt'>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=392 height=83
src="cid:image025.gif@01C3DDDD.D9E91D30" v:shapes="_x0000_i1039"><![endif]></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>trul <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>y, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.05pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>~ <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.05pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(b. </span></font><font
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>IA Lff$8-1976) was
son of John Leeper (b. IL 1 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Adelia Tilford (b. IA
1864-1$:51), and unrelated t iketched in this letter. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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