Joshua F. Leggett

1854 - 1927  (73 years)

• Name	Joshua F. Leggett
  Birth	17 Oct 1854	Union Twp., Tuscarawas Co., OH
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Dec 1927	NewPhiladelphia,TuscarawasCo.,OH;burial:EastAve.Cem.,NewPhiladelphia,Tusc.Co.,OH
  Person ID	I6484	forneyclark
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Luella J. "Ella" Skeeles,   b. 31 Mar 1860, Tuscarawas Co., OH d. 7 Nov 1938, NewPhiladelphia,TuscarawasCo.,OH;burial:EastAve.Cem.,NewPhiladelphia,Tusc.Co.,OH (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	30 Mar 1879	Tuscarawas Co., OH
  Family ID	F2594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Source: SEE ANNE LEGGETT MCDONALD'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=annefamily&id=I1861 Ancestors of Anne Leggett: ID: I1861 Name: Joshua F. Leggett 1 Sex: M Birth: 17 OCT 1854 in Union Township, Tuscarawas County, OH 2 Death: 15 DEC 1927 in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, OH 3 4 Burial: East Avenue Cemetery, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, OH 5 Event: Change Date 3 JAN 2006 Father: Elijah Leggett b: 2 AUG 1820 in Union Township, Tuscarawas County, OH Mother: Eliza Jane Lemasters b: 23 DEC 1825 in Union Township, Tuscarawas County, OH Marriage 1 Luella J. Skeeles b: 31 MAR 1860 in Tuscarawas County, OH Married: 30 MAR 1879 in Tuscarawas County, OH 6 Anne Leggett McDonald's sources: Title: Kay Wellington Title: The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio Author: ------ Publication: Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 Title: Kay Wellington Text: location Title: Ohio Death Certificate Index Author: The Ohio Historical Society Publication: Searchable Database Text: date Title: Tuscarawas County, Ohio Cemeteries Author: ------ Publication: Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society Title: Tuscarawas County, Ohio Marriages Author: Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society, Inc.; reprint Publication: PO Box 141, New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 Source: John Page: The following information which may be found at: The Tuscarawas County Ohio USGenWeb page (A part of the USGenWeb Project) http://web.tusco.net/tuscgen/ http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Tuscarawas/TuscarawasIndex.htm http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Tuscarawas/TuscarawasBUnion.htm Administrator: Peggy Ann Tissot Brown: THE HISTORY OF TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, OH (CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1884), p.957. THOMAS B. SKEELES, farmer, P. O. Sherodsville, Carroll County, Ohio, was born in Carroll County December 27, 1823, and is a son of Isaac and Harriet (Belknap) Skeeles, the former a native of Maryland, the latter from near Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio. His father was a farmer and came to Ohio in an early clay, dying at the age of eighty years. Our subject obtained his education at the common and the high schools of Carroll County, and was a teacher for several years. In 1846, he was united in marriage with Miss Ann Rebecca Smith; she was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, April 21, 1825. Her father. H. W. Smith, was a native of Maryland and a pioneer of this county; his occupation was farming and merchandising. To Mr. and Mrs. Skeeles have been born eight children, of whom five have survived-C. M., born May 25, 1848, married to Ann, daughter of Dr. Willingman, of New Cumberland, Tuscarawas County; Thomas William, married to Maggie, daughter of James Cotter. of Carroll County: Luella J., wife of J. F. Leggett: Oreta S., married to S. A. Lamasters; and E. M., at home. Our subject has resided in this county for about fifty years. He was raised in a family of eight children: his brother David, now a resident of Idaho, was a Captain and subsequently a Major during the late war. Mr. Skeeles has served his township as Trustee, and was Enrolling Officer of Warren Township. In politics, he is a Republican, and, with his wife, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, where he has been a class-leader and steward for years. He owns 124 acres of well-improved land in Union Township. which he has brought under a high state of cultivation.