Isaac Thomas Leeper

Brief Life History of Isaac Thomas

When Isaac Thomas Leeper was born on 13 June 1869, in Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, United States, his father, William Amos Leeper, was 43 and his mother, Emily Susannah Bunt, was 36. He married Jenney Eva Bartles on 2 May 1892, in Bingham, Page, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States in 1915 and Riverside, Washington, Iowa, United States in 1925. He died on 21 November 1952, in Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Thurman Cemetery, Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Thomas Leeper
1869–1952
Jenney Eva Bartles
1870–1949
Marriage: 2 May 1892
Rose Ella Leeper
1891–1945
Edward Thomas Leeper
1892–1975
Ivan Thomas Leeper
1893–1894
Goldie Bell Leeper
1896–1970
Mary Louise Leeper
1898–1979
Icie Lena Leeper
1903–1965
Chauncey Thomas Leeper
1906–1973
Sylvina Leeper
1912–1985

Sources (30)

  • I T Leeper, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Isaac Thomas Leeper, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Isaac Thomas Leeper, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1872

Historical Boundaries: 1872: Washington, Iowa, United States

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish:

from Middle English le(a)pere, anoccupational name for a basket maker (from Old English lēap‘basket’).

occupational name or nickname for a dancer, runner, orcourier (Old English hlēapere).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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