Leander Rudolph Weinberg (1821 - 1899)

Born 18 Mar 1821 in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Dec 1899 at age 78 in Marcellus, Cass, Michigan, United States

Biography

Leander was born in 1821. He passed away in 1899.

Here Mr. Hopkins is carrying on general farming and stock-raising with most satisfactory pecuniary results. Mr. Hopkins married, September 22, 1886, Sarah Weinberg, who was born in Flowerfield, St. Joseph county. Her father, Leander Weinberg, was born in Pennsylvania, of German ancestry. Coming to St. Joseph county at an early day, he bought a tract of timbered land in Flowerfield township, from which not a tree had been felled. With an energetic spirit and a pioneer's axe, he began clearing the land, and from the forest hewed a good farm. He lived to see this part of the country develop from a wilderness to a well-settled, prosperous agricultural region, dying on the home farm, at the advanced age of seventy-eight years. He married Catherine Councilman, who was born in Pennsylvania, and died in Flowerfield township at the age of sixty-two years. To them nine children were born, as follows: William; Polly; Joseph; Catherine; Sarah, now Mrs. Hopkins; Lyman; Charles; Pharos; and Egbert. William served in the Civil war, and was killed in battle. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins are the parents of two children, namely: Neal S., who married Bertha Avery; and Dennis L. Mr. Hopkins is an adherent of the Methodist church, and he was reared in that faith, and Mrs. Hopkins is a consistent and valued member of the United Brethren church.

Sources

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8L-GNX : 29 October 2019), Leander Weinburg, Flowerfield, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States; citing family 6, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDY-SVC : 14 December 2017), Leander Weinberg, 1860. Flowerfield Twp., St. Joseph, Michigan

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCF-D43 : 14 June 2019), Charles Wineberg in entry for Leander Wineberg, 1870. Flowerfield Twp., St. Joseph, Michigan

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW38-C2P : 11 August 2016), Phares R Weinberg in household of Leander R Weinberg, Flowerfield, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 194, sheet 328C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,603.

"Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHDD-GJT : 10 February 2018), Leander R Weinberg, 14 Dec 1899; citing Marcellus, Cass Co., Mi, reference v A p 282; FHL microfilm 1,021,048.

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 November 2019), memorial page for Leander Rudolph Weinberg (18 Mar 1821–19 Dec 1899), Find A Grave Memorial no. 108601475, citing Lower Flatbush Cemetery, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Bev Edwards (contributor 46985502) .

Title: History of St. Joseph County, Michigan; [Vol. 2] Author: Cutler, H. G. ed. (Harry Gardner), b. 1856.(1911): pp 571-572