Can you tell me who/what the J.B. stood for? And who was he married to? My mother`s family was from Siloam Springs. ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <ILADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [ILADAMS] LEAPLEY, John M. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: mustang37778 > Surnames: Leapley Dieterle Johnson > Classification: biography > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.adams/2418.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > While researching my lineage, I read the above article, and recognized > some names. The purpose of this posting is to correct the information > about John M. Leapley's children, and from which marriage each of them > were born. > > With that, allow me to introduce myself. I am one of Maud Leapley's MANY > Great grandchildren. Faye L. (Leapley) Dieterle was one of Maud's > children from her (Maud's) marriage to John Michael Leapley. Faye is my > grandmother. > > Maud was in fact an orphaned child. She was born Maud Russell Coleman > (Russell was her middle name) in Kentucky on September 10, 1880. She was > adopted by the J.B. House family and accompanied them when they moved to > Siloam Springs, IL. J.B. House became the owner/operator of the Forest > Hotel, in Siloam Springs. She met and married George Leroy Johnson who > worked there in her father's hotel/restaurant. They were married May 6, > 1897 in Baylis, IL. > > Between them they had 4 children, all 4 were born in Siloam Springs, IL: > 1- Esther May Johnson who married Harvey Glenn Bullard > 2- Russell Johnson who married Hazel Kestner > 3- George Johnson who married Esther McPhail > 4- Herbert Leroy Johnson who married Alice Alexander > > George LeRoy Johnson died Sep 5, 1905 due to gangrene from a leg injury > from a horse cart accident. > > She married John Michael Leapley on December 29, 1908. > John Michael Leapley had 3 children from his previous 11-year marriage to > Lizzie Dennis. These 3 children are: > 1- Leta Leapley who married Delbert Deege > 2- Jesse Leapley who married Frank Liery > 3- Henry Leapley > > The day Maud and John Michael Leapley were married, they started their > family with the 7 aforementioned children. They then had these 5 > children: > 1- Faye L. Leapley who married John F.Dieterle > 2- William K. Leapley who married Alice DeWitt > 3- Clara Leapley who married Edward Parker > 4- Helen Leapley, who married Donald Stevens. > 5- Frances Leapley who married Delbert Leeper > > Maud Russell Coleman-House-Johnson-Leapley was 89 years old when she died > on December 11, 1969. She was preceded in death by 1 son, Russell > Johnson; and she was survived by 5 daughters, 3 sons, 3 step-children, 37 > grandchildren, & 73 great-grandchildren. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILADAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message