 1769 - 1845 (75 years)
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| Name |
Joseph Leedom [1] |
| Suffix |
M. D. |
| Birth |
13 Aug 1769 |
Northampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1810 |
Plymouth, Montgomery, Pennsylvania |
| PA |
- Dr. Joseph Leedom:
1 M <10, 1 M 10-15, 1 M 26-44, 1 F <10, 1 F 26-44, 1 other free person
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| Occupation |
Doctor |
| Death |
Jan 1845 |
Plymouth, Montgomery, Pennsylvania [1, 2] |
| Notes |
- Dr. Joseph Leedom was born in Northampton, Bucks Co., August 1769. He was the son of Richard and Sarah Leedom, members of the Society of Friends. He received a classical education at Rhode Island College (now Brown University). After leaving the university be entered as a law-student with Mr. Ingersoll, at that time a prominent lawyer of Philadelphia. The profession of law not being to his taste, he abandoned it for that of medicine. At first he studied with Dr. Fenton, of Bucks County, and subsequently with Dr. Benjamin Rush, attending lectures at the University of Pennsylvania. He commenced the practice of medicine in Sussex County, N.J., but on account of the country being wild and sparsely settled, he moved to Pennsylvania, settling at Plymouth Meeting in 1803. While a resident of New Jersey he married Eleanor Conover, an estimable and accomplished lady. After settling at Plymouth he continued the practice of his profession until his death, a period of forty years.
He was considered a skillful physician, and had an extensive practice throughout the county. At that time Conshohocken was a village of about half a dozen houses. As many of his patients lived on the other side of the river throughout Lower Merion, he found it necessary to ford the river at all times and seasons. His skill in the treatment of fevers, so prevalent at that time, was well known and highly appreciated. - From Bean's History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
From Sara Eachus in The Leedom Family: Resided in and practiced medicine in New Jersey where he married. Joseph and Eleanor moved to Plymouth Meeting PA in 1803.
Sara lists eight children for Joseph and Eleanor, three of whom died in infancy, Emma, Twining, and Joseph Leedom.
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| Person ID |
I845 |
Ives-Leedom |
| Last Modified |
23 Jun 2023 |
| Father |
Richard Leedom, b. 9 Nov 1739, prob Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. 5 Jul 1825, Northampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 85 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Twining, b. 26 Aug 1737, prob Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania d. 16 Jul 1816, Northampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
12 May 1762 |
Southampton Baptist Church, Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania |
| Family ID |
F455 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Eleanor Covenhoven, b. 26 Nov 1776, prob Monmouth Co, New Jersey d. 1 Mar 1852, prob Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage |
29 May 1804 [2, 3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Edwin Conover Leedom, M. D., b. 20 Dec 1805, Plymouth Twp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania d. 18 Mar 1890, Plymouth Twp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania (Age 84 years) |
| | 2. Elizabeth Leedom, b. Abt 1810, Plymouth, Montgomery, Pennsylvania d. Aft 1870, prob Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 61 years) |
| | 3. Julia L. Leedom, b. 1812, Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania d. 22 May 1880, Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania (Age 68 years) |
| | 4. Rachel Leedom, b. Abt 1812, Plymouth, Montgomery, Pennsylvania d. Aft 1870, prob Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 59 years) |
| | 5. Sarah Ann Leedom, b. 19 Dec 1816, Pennsylvania d. 4 Feb 1846, prob Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania (Age 29 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1095 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Nov 2022 |
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| Sources |
- [S125] Sara A.L. Eachus, Leedom Family, (Dorrance & Co. 1982), p. 62, CS71 .L4815 1982.
- [S579] Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 7, ((Philadelphia, 1920)), p. 267.
- [S125] Sara A.L. Eachus, Leedom Family, (Dorrance & Co. 1982), p. 63, CS71 .L4815 1982.
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