Leslie Joseph Sutton (1905–1958) • FamilySearch

Leslie Joseph Sutton

1905–1958 (Age 53)
Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States

The Life of Leslie Joseph

When Leslie Joseph Sutton was born on 31 January 1905, in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, his father, Joseph Grundon Sutton, was 33 and his mother, Ida Belle Harrison, was 38. He lived in Palmyra Township, Douglas, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died on 12 March 1958, in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States.

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Spouse & Children

Parents & Siblings

Joseph Grundon Sutton

1871–

Ida Belle Harrison

1867–

Leslie Joseph Sutton

1905–1958

Ethel B Sutton

1908–

Parents & Siblings

Joseph Grundon Sutton
Male1871–Male
Ida Belle Harrison
Female1867–Female

siblings

(2)

Leslie Joseph Sutton

Male1905–1958Male

Ethel B Sutton

Female1908–Female

World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

Age 1

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam

Age 8

The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.

1920

Age 15

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

Sutton

Leslie

Joseph

English: habitational name from any of the extremely numerous places called Sutton, from Old English sūð ‘south’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

Sources (3)

Leslie Sutton in household of Joseph Sutton, "United States Census, 1910"
Leslie Joseph Sutton, "Find A Grave Index"
Leslie Joseph Sutton, "Iowa, Births and Christenings, 1830-1950"

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