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Leitzman, John Wesley

Personal Information
Last Name Leitzman
First Name John
Middle Name Wesley
Maiden Name
Death Date 3/9/1894
Birth Date 2/1/1859
Obituary Source Mooresville Guide, March 16, 1894
Source Information Cemetery index
Cemetery Stilesville
Family Information
Spouse 1) Elizabeth C. Donaldson; 2) Julia Ann Henderson
Survived By Wife; 4 children: Ethel, Della, Luna, and Loren; parents.
Other Age 35. "Sad Accident: Wesley Leitzman, living 7 miles west of here on the Greencastle Road, was killed last Friday by dynamite cartridges...His brother [Elza] was killed in the same field, 2 years ago, by lightning." He had been carrying dynamite to the field to blast some stumps. Son of Charles and Sarah Jane Quinn Leitzman. Married Elizabeth Catherine Donaldson on Aug. 31, 1880; they had a daughter, Ethel. Married Julia Ann Henderson next; they had three children, with a fourth, Westin, born 5 months after his father died.
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