Born in Greene County, Pennsylvania in 1844, at age 9 Leroy migrated with his parents to Iowa where the family is documented in the 1854 Iowa State Census in Davenport, Scott County. By 1860 the family resided in Jasper County where, at age 18 in 1862, Leroy enlisted in the Civil War, joining the 22nd Regiment, Company C.
On this page we are privileged to have Leroy's image as a Civil War soldier from an 1860s tin-type shared by Find A Grave contributor "GenieBug." His likeness is the only identified image in an album that originated in Iowa County, Iowa. Likely taken in 1862, the year he enlisted in the war, it has become public 147 years later (2009) and demonstrates yet again the power of the Internet combined with a willingness on the part of another to share.
Leroy was a son of Thomas and Matilda Allum. While yet a resident of Jasper County, he became publisher of newspapers known as SOUTH SIDE TRANSCRIPT and MONROE MIRROR. A Californian by 1882, he published a daily and weekly Republican paper called VIDETTE, a venture he continued for nine years.
Leroy preceded his wife, Alice Gertrude Israel, in death by ten years. As noted here, they are buried in Olivewood Cemetery in Riverside, California.
Of interest: Leroy's father Thomas also served in the 22nd Iowa Regiment, Company C.
--DeeAnna
On this page we are privileged to have Leroy's image as a Civil War soldier from an 1860s tin-type shared by Find A Grave contributor "GenieBug." His likeness is the only identified image in an album that originated in Iowa County, Iowa. Likely taken in 1862, the year he enlisted in the war, it has become public 147 years later (2009) and demonstrates yet again the power of the Internet combined with a willingness on the part of another to share.
Leroy was a son of Thomas and Matilda Allum. While yet a resident of Jasper County, he became publisher of newspapers known as SOUTH SIDE TRANSCRIPT and MONROE MIRROR. A Californian by 1882, he published a daily and weekly Republican paper called VIDETTE, a venture he continued for nine years.
Leroy preceded his wife, Alice Gertrude Israel, in death by ten years. As noted here, they are buried in Olivewood Cemetery in Riverside, California.
Of interest: Leroy's father Thomas also served in the 22nd Iowa Regiment, Company C.
--DeeAnna
Born in Greene County, Pennsylvania in 1844, at age 9 Leroy migrated with his parents to Iowa where the family is documented in the 1854 Iowa State Census in Davenport, Scott County. By 1860 the family resided in Jasper County where, at age 18 in 1862, Leroy enlisted in the Civil War, joining the 22nd Regiment, Company C.
On this page we are privileged to have Leroy's image as a Civil War soldier from an 1860s tin-type shared by Find A Grave contributor "GenieBug." His likeness is the only identified image in an album that originated in Iowa County, Iowa. Likely taken in 1862, the year he enlisted in the war, it has become public 147 years later (2009) and demonstrates yet again the power of the Internet combined with a willingness on the part of another to share.
Leroy was a son of Thomas and Matilda Allum. While yet a resident of Jasper County, he became publisher of newspapers known as SOUTH SIDE TRANSCRIPT and MONROE MIRROR. A Californian by 1882, he published a daily and weekly Republican paper called VIDETTE, a venture he continued for nine years.
Leroy preceded his wife, Alice Gertrude Israel, in death by ten years. As noted here, they are buried in Olivewood Cemetery in Riverside, California.
Of interest: Leroy's father Thomas also served in the 22nd Iowa Regiment, Company C.
--DeeAnna
On this page we are privileged to have Leroy's image as a Civil War soldier from an 1860s tin-type shared by Find A Grave contributor "GenieBug." His likeness is the only identified image in an album that originated in Iowa County, Iowa. Likely taken in 1862, the year he enlisted in the war, it has become public 147 years later (2009) and demonstrates yet again the power of the Internet combined with a willingness on the part of another to share.
Leroy was a son of Thomas and Matilda Allum. While yet a resident of Jasper County, he became publisher of newspapers known as SOUTH SIDE TRANSCRIPT and MONROE MIRROR. A Californian by 1882, he published a daily and weekly Republican paper called VIDETTE, a venture he continued for nine years.
Leroy preceded his wife, Alice Gertrude Israel, in death by ten years. As noted here, they are buried in Olivewood Cemetery in Riverside, California.
Of interest: Leroy's father Thomas also served in the 22nd Iowa Regiment, Company C.
--DeeAnna
