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George Clark Leslie

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George Clark Leslie

Birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Death
9 Jan 1932 (aged 76)
Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 5, Lot 26
Memorial ID
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George was the son of George & Elizabeth (McManus) Leslie. His parents were married in 1852 in Hamilton county, OH. His mother remarried to Laru H. Abbey in 1858. They lived in Delaware county, Iowa before moving to Sidney, IA in the 1870's.
George worked as a farmhand in Sidney in 1880 and married Rosa May Stiles around 1884. They lived in the Sidney & Percival, IA areas until moving to Huron, SD in the early 1900's. George was a carpenter by trade. After the death of Rose, George and daughter, Myrtle, continued to live in Huron. In the 1920's, George moved to Wolsey, SD and worked as a manager of a creamery.
George & Rose had children: Mary Elizabeth "Bessie", Amos Laru, Perry, Clark, Helen and Myrtle.


Hamburg Reporter; Hamburg, IA; 14 Jan 1932; p6
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McElroy left Tuesday for Huron. S. Dak., being called there by the illness of her father, George Leslie. Mr. Leslie passed away Saturday, which his many friends here are grieved to learn. This was Mr. Leslie's home for years and his obituary will appear in a later Issue.

(Note: did not find obituary in later issue?)
George was the son of George & Elizabeth (McManus) Leslie. His parents were married in 1852 in Hamilton county, OH. His mother remarried to Laru H. Abbey in 1858. They lived in Delaware county, Iowa before moving to Sidney, IA in the 1870's.
George worked as a farmhand in Sidney in 1880 and married Rosa May Stiles around 1884. They lived in the Sidney & Percival, IA areas until moving to Huron, SD in the early 1900's. George was a carpenter by trade. After the death of Rose, George and daughter, Myrtle, continued to live in Huron. In the 1920's, George moved to Wolsey, SD and worked as a manager of a creamery.
George & Rose had children: Mary Elizabeth "Bessie", Amos Laru, Perry, Clark, Helen and Myrtle.


Hamburg Reporter; Hamburg, IA; 14 Jan 1932; p6
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McElroy left Tuesday for Huron. S. Dak., being called there by the illness of her father, George Leslie. Mr. Leslie passed away Saturday, which his many friends here are grieved to learn. This was Mr. Leslie's home for years and his obituary will appear in a later Issue.

(Note: did not find obituary in later issue?)


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