Horace F. Leedom

1856 - 1927  (70 years)

• Name	Horace F. Leedom  [1]
  Birth	3 May 1856	Upper Makefield, Bucks, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Upper Makefield, Bucks, Pennsylvania
  	PA
  	Enumerated 16 Jun, visit 168, family 177: Joseph H. Leedom - age 65, farmer, b. PA, parents b. PA Amanda - age 65, wife, keeping house, b. PA, parents b. PA Anna E. - age 30, daughter, disabled, b. PA, parents b. PA Clara B. - age 25, daughter, b. PA, parents b. PA Horace S. - age 22, son, works on farm, b. PA, parents b. PA Laura Raylman - age 14, servant, servant, b. PA, parents b. PA Walter - age 17, hired man, works on farm, b. PA, parents b. PA Role: Household Member
  Death	17 Feb 1927	Upper Makefield, Bucks, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Burial	21 Feb 1927	Newtown Cemetery, Newtown Twp, Bucks, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Notes	Camden NJ City Directories list a Horace Leedom, salesman, living at 597 Carman, Camden, years 1887-1891. Trenton Evening Times 29 Jan 1907: Miss Jennie Knights of 382 Brunswick Avenue, and Horace E. Leedom, of Titusville, Pa., were married at the parsonage of Trinity M. E. Church Saturday evening by the pastor, the Rev. Charles H. Elder. Miss Laura Perdunn was bridesmaid and Joseph Perdunn best man. Mr. and Mrs. Leedom will live at Brandboro, Pa. Bucks Co Intelligencer: Horace F. Leedom, husband of the late Jennie Leedom, died Thursday, Feb. 17, at his home near Washington Crossing, in the 71st year of his age. Death notice in the Trenton Evening Times on 18 Feb 1927 Leedom - At Washington Crossing, Pa., on the 17th inst., Horace F., husband of the late Jennie Hoagland Leedom and son of the late Joseph F. and Amanda Johnson Leedom, in the 71st year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, near Washington Crossing, Pa., on Monday morning, February 21, at 11 o'clock, services at Newtown Cemetery Chapel at 2 o'clock. Interment at Newtown, Pa., Cemetery. He was survived by three daughters, Mrs. Wetzel, Mrs. Leuss, and Mrs. Moore, their married names only provided in a second obituary.
  Person ID	I8569	Ives-Leedom
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Joseph H. Leedom,   b. 2 Mar 1815, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. 29 Mar 1885, Upper Makefield, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Amanda B. Johnson,   b. Abt 1815, Pennsylvania d. 29 Aug 1888, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 73 years)
  Family ID	F3513	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jennie L. Hogeland,   b. 15 Oct 1864, Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania d. 21 Jul 1925, Upper Makefield, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	27 Apr 1883	Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey
  	Marriage record transcription
  Family ID	F2917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2018

  
  

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• Sources

  [S125] Sara A.L. Eachus, Leedom Family, (Dorrance & Co. 1982), p. 115, CS71 .L4815 1982. [S17] Vital Records, Death certificate, 1891.