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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 467-468]

    HENRY LEEDS, a prosperous young farmer of Pilot Township, came to
    Cherokee County in 1876.  He was born in Mercer County, Illinois,
    April 6, 1856, and is a son of JOB LEEDS, a resident of Pilot
    Township, who was born in Clermont County, Ohio, April 19, 1829;
    he was a son of PHELIX and MARY ANN (DOUGHTY) LEEDS, and when he
    was six years old his parents removed to Ripley County, Indiana,
    remaining there five years.  They then went to Rock Island County,
    Illinois.  JOB LEEDS was married at the age of twenty-three years
    to Mrs. EMILINE BAXTER, and by this union, three children were born.
    A son, WILLIE, died when fifteen years of age, in Illinois; MARY
    McLOUGHLIN, of Ottawa, Kansas; and HENRY LEEDS, the subject of this
    notice.  The mother died when HENRY was five years of age, so at an
    early age he was deprived of his best friend.  He grew to manhood
    in his native county, and was trained to agricultural pursuits. He
    was twenty years of age when he came to Cherokee County with his
    father; he bought wild land on which he now resides, and undertook
    the task of claiming it from its natural State.  One less courageous
    might well have been disheartened, as the first crop was destroyed
    by the grasshoppers.  Nothing daunted, Mr. LEEDS put out a larger
    crop the next season, and was permitted to reap the harvest himself.
    He was married June 25, 1882, to Miss MARY ISABELLA CRONK, a daughter
    of E. W. and SARAH (JENISON) CRONK, natives of the State of New York,
    now residing in Kane County, Illinois.  Mrs. LEEDS was born in
    Whiteside County, Illinois, and was reared near Sycamore, De Kalb
    County, Illinois.  After his marriage Mr. LEEDS spent one year in
    business in Rockford, Illinois, and then returned to his farm; he
    owns 160 acres, 110 acres being under cultivation; the balance is
    in pasture and meadow; there is a good cottage on the farm, a barn
    and buildings for stock and grain, and a fine orchard of two acres.
    The place is well watered by springs forty-six rods from the dwell-
    ing; the water is forced through pipes to the house, and to the
    stables and feed lots.  Mr. and Mrs. LEEDS have one child, ETHEL
    SARAH JOSEPHINE, who was born July 6, 1885.  Politically Mr. LEEDS
    is a Democrat.  He is honorable and upright in business, and although
    a young man, he has gained an enviable position in the community.

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