2. | LEYTHAM, John was born on 18 Aug 1849 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England (son of LEYTHAM, Richard and TAYLOR, Elizabeth); died on 13 Dec 1926 in Swedeborg, Pulaski Co., Missouri. Notes:
From Ancestry.com family tree of Christina Lowry
John was five years old when he came to America, and seven when he moved to Florence. When he was sixteen, he moved with his family to their farm in Iowa. After he married Hannah, they settled in Portsmouth, where he operated a brickyard for ten years. In 1882, he bought 100 acres in Boomer township, where he farmed until 1887.
After his daughter started at Neola High School, he moved into Neolo and started another brickyard. All the bricks used in the new Catholic Church were made by John, which he made from clay from Mosquito Creek. In 1893, he moved back to the farm in Boomer Township. In 1901, he bought Grandma Mackland's place, and the family lived there until 1909. He then moved to Nebraska and encouraged all his children to move with him. After John fell in love with pictures of orange trees in Alabama, Glen, Joe, and Ralph accompanied him to Theodore, but Alice and Tom stayed in Nebraska. He later moved to the Ozarks, which was a middle point between all of his children. He was a Priest in the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints. He was buried in Independence, Missouri, but he was reburied in the Grange Cem., in Boomer, IA, after Hannah's death in 1932.
(Research):1900 United States Federal Census > Iowa > Pottawattomie > Boomer > District 121
Leytham, John Head M W b Aug 1849 Married 27 yrs England England England Farmer
Leytham, Anna wife W F -- -- married 27 yrs 7 ch 7 living, Iowa, England, Iowa
Leytham, Joseph son M W b March 1877 23 single Iowa
Leytham, Thomas son M W b. March/May 1882 18 single Iowa
Leytham, Jesse son M W Sept 1884 15 single Iowa
Leytham, Glen son M W June 1890 9 Iowa
Leytham, Ralph son W M Apr 1893 7 single Iowa
John married MACKLAND, Hannah "Anna" on 24 Apr 1872. Hannah (daughter of MACKLAND, John and BARDSLEY, Elizabeth) was born on 9 Mar 1853 in Boomer Twsp., Pottawattamie Co., Iowa; died on 9 Apr 1932 in Riverdale, Buffalo Co., Nebraska; was buried in Apr 1932 in Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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