Maud (Doan) Leffel (1885 - abt. 1919)

Born 1885 in Indiana

Ancestors

Wife of Harry G. Leffel — married 19 Aug 1896 in St Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan, USA

Descendants

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Biography

"Logansport Pharos-Tribune"

"Elopement

Of Harry Leffel and Maud Dove, a Well Known Young Couple

Of Adams Township -- The Girl is But 12 Years of Age.

"Harry Leffel, son of Samuel Leffel, of Adams township and Maud Dove, the 12-year-old daughter of George Dove, of the same neighborhood eloped last evening.

"Robert Cline followed the couple to this city, then lost track of them.

"Leffel had his own conveyance, a horse and buggy, and there is no doubt but what the couple were bound for some point remote from Logansport, when they hope to obtain a marriage license and have the ceremony performed.

"Miss Dove's parents formerly resided at Dunkirk, west of the city."^[1]

"The Daily Democrat" & "The Hutchinson News"

"Young Girl Elopes

"Logansport, Ind., July 30. -- Harry Leffel and Maud Doan eloped in a buggy from their homes near this city. The couple was followed to Logansport, but all trace was lost after they entered the city. The parents of both are prominent residents of Adams township. The girl is 12 years old."^[2][3]

Property Tax Notice

"Harry and Maude Leffel, Georgetown, inlot 47 and o.p. .... $1.82

"Harry and Maude Leffel, Georgetown, inlot 43 and o.p. .... $1.82

"Harry and Maude Leffel, Georgetown, inlot 44 and o.p. .... $1.82

"Harry and Maude Leffel, pt, Cic. Res, between Georgetown and river, 15 a., .... $6.55 ^[4]

Maud is listed on Harry's 1918 WWI draft card, but he is widowed by the 1920 census. Does anyone have the exact date and place of Maud's death?

Sources

Census

Honey Creek, White Co., Indiana, USA, "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKRD-LGF : accessed 26 Oct 2013), Maud Laffel in household of Harry G Laffel, Honey Creek, White, Indiana, United States; citing sheet , family 51, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374402.

Marriage

St Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan, USA, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQ38-MVS : accessed 26 Oct 2013), Harry G. Leffel and Maud Doan, 19 Aug 1896.

Footnotes

1. ↑ "Logansport Pharos-Tribune", Logansport, Indiana, USA, July 28, 1896, page 21, http://www.newspapers.com/clip/2681168//
2. ↑ "The Daily Democrat", Huntington, Indiana, USA, July 30, 1896, page 2, http://www.newspapers.com/clip/2681159//
3. ↑ "The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, Kansas, USA, July 30, 1896, page 1, http://www.newspapers.com/image/8761122
4. ↑ "Logansport Pharos-Tribune", Logansport, Indiana, January 23, 1916, page 8, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7386429/logansport_pharostribune/

Acknowledgments

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