"William Leffel, an old and respected pioneer of Lake Township, Kosciusko County, is a native of Botetourt County, Virginia, born in 1812. His parents, Jacob and Catharine Leffel, removed to Clark County, Ohio in 1814, settling near Springfield. They were the parents of fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters, and of this number six are living. All grew to maturity, and with the exception of one son and two daughters, married and reared families. William, our subject, was reared in Clark County, Ohio, and was married in that state March 30, 1837, to Miss Julia A. Tritel. Of the twelve children born to this union seven are living -- Lucinda, George, Ezra, Catherine, Anna, Henry and Joshua, the two eldest being natives of Ohio, and the rest of the family born in Kosciusko County, Indiana.
William Leffel came with his brother Samuel to Indiana in 1839, Samuel settling in Wabash County, and William located his family in Lake Township. Here they lived in a rude pole shanty until their hewed-log house was completed in the fall of the same year. William purchased a half section of land, paying $2.50 per acre, and most of this he cleared with his own hands. Settlers were few in the county at that time, Indians and wild animals being the principal inhabitants. This was a favorite hunting ground for the Indians and they would frequently stop at the early settler's cabin to ask for food. No roads had been made in the county at that early day, and the now thriving town of Warsaw was but a hamlet containing a few log cabins. Mr. Leffel witnessed many wonderful changes that took place, changing the wilderness into fruitful farms and prosperous towns and villages, the school houses and churches to be seen everywhere. All his children are married and settled in life, and his grandchildren number twenty-three, and his great-grandchildren, seven. His youngest son, Joshua, managed the homestead, and resided in a cottage near the home of his parents on the old home farm. March 30, 1887, the parents will celebrate their fiftieth marriage anniversary. They are now enjoying that rest which they have so well earned by years of toil and persevering energy, and are numbered among the most respected citizens of Kosciusko County. Jospeh Oren, the first missionary that come to Kosciusko County, held meetings in William's log cabin. Meetings were held there until a log school house was built, and they then held meetings there, the people came from five to twelve miles to church."
Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana, Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing, 1887, page 398.
William Leffel came with his brother Samuel to Indiana in 1839, Samuel settling in Wabash County, and William located his family in Lake Township. Here they lived in a rude pole shanty until their hewed-log house was completed in the fall of the same year. William purchased a half section of land, paying $2.50 per acre, and most of this he cleared with his own hands. Settlers were few in the county at that time, Indians and wild animals being the principal inhabitants. This was a favorite hunting ground for the Indians and they would frequently stop at the early settler's cabin to ask for food. No roads had been made in the county at that early day, and the now thriving town of Warsaw was but a hamlet containing a few log cabins. Mr. Leffel witnessed many wonderful changes that took place, changing the wilderness into fruitful farms and prosperous towns and villages, the school houses and churches to be seen everywhere. All his children are married and settled in life, and his grandchildren number twenty-three, and his great-grandchildren, seven. His youngest son, Joshua, managed the homestead, and resided in a cottage near the home of his parents on the old home farm. March 30, 1887, the parents will celebrate their fiftieth marriage anniversary. They are now enjoying that rest which they have so well earned by years of toil and persevering energy, and are numbered among the most respected citizens of Kosciusko County. Jospeh Oren, the first missionary that come to Kosciusko County, held meetings in William's log cabin. Meetings were held there until a log school house was built, and they then held meetings there, the people came from five to twelve miles to church."
Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana, Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing, 1887, page 398.
"William Leffel, an old and respected pioneer of Lake Township, Kosciusko County, is a native of Botetourt County, Virginia, born in 1812. His parents, Jacob and Catharine Leffel, removed to Clark County, Ohio in 1814, settling near Springfield. They were the parents of fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters, and of this number six are living. All grew to maturity, and with the exception of one son and two daughters, married and reared families. William, our subject, was reared in Clark County, Ohio, and was married in that state March 30, 1837, to Miss Julia A. Tritel. Of the twelve children born to this union seven are living -- Lucinda, George, Ezra, Catherine, Anna, Henry and Joshua, the two eldest being natives of Ohio, and the rest of the family born in Kosciusko County, Indiana.
William Leffel came with his brother Samuel to Indiana in 1839, Samuel settling in Wabash County, and William located his family in Lake Township. Here they lived in a rude pole shanty until their hewed-log house was completed in the fall of the same year. William purchased a half section of land, paying $2.50 per acre, and most of this he cleared with his own hands. Settlers were few in the county at that time, Indians and wild animals being the principal inhabitants. This was a favorite hunting ground for the Indians and they would frequently stop at the early settler's cabin to ask for food. No roads had been made in the county at that early day, and the now thriving town of Warsaw was but a hamlet containing a few log cabins. Mr. Leffel witnessed many wonderful changes that took place, changing the wilderness into fruitful farms and prosperous towns and villages, the school houses and churches to be seen everywhere. All his children are married and settled in life, and his grandchildren number twenty-three, and his great-grandchildren, seven. His youngest son, Joshua, managed the homestead, and resided in a cottage near the home of his parents on the old home farm. March 30, 1887, the parents will celebrate their fiftieth marriage anniversary. They are now enjoying that rest which they have so well earned by years of toil and persevering energy, and are numbered among the most respected citizens of Kosciusko County. Jospeh Oren, the first missionary that come to Kosciusko County, held meetings in William's log cabin. Meetings were held there until a log school house was built, and they then held meetings there, the people came from five to twelve miles to church."
Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana, Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing, 1887, page 398.
William Leffel came with his brother Samuel to Indiana in 1839, Samuel settling in Wabash County, and William located his family in Lake Township. Here they lived in a rude pole shanty until their hewed-log house was completed in the fall of the same year. William purchased a half section of land, paying $2.50 per acre, and most of this he cleared with his own hands. Settlers were few in the county at that time, Indians and wild animals being the principal inhabitants. This was a favorite hunting ground for the Indians and they would frequently stop at the early settler's cabin to ask for food. No roads had been made in the county at that early day, and the now thriving town of Warsaw was but a hamlet containing a few log cabins. Mr. Leffel witnessed many wonderful changes that took place, changing the wilderness into fruitful farms and prosperous towns and villages, the school houses and churches to be seen everywhere. All his children are married and settled in life, and his grandchildren number twenty-three, and his great-grandchildren, seven. His youngest son, Joshua, managed the homestead, and resided in a cottage near the home of his parents on the old home farm. March 30, 1887, the parents will celebrate their fiftieth marriage anniversary. They are now enjoying that rest which they have so well earned by years of toil and persevering energy, and are numbered among the most respected citizens of Kosciusko County. Jospeh Oren, the first missionary that come to Kosciusko County, held meetings in William's log cabin. Meetings were held there until a log school house was built, and they then held meetings there, the people came from five to twelve miles to church."
Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana, Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing, 1887, page 398.
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