Annie was born after 1870, so she was less than ten years old.
The Webster County Historical Society Journal published in April of 1978 contains an article, "The Marshfield Cyclone" written by Martha McGrath. It contains several eyewitness accounts of the tornado that destroyed Marshfield, Missouri on April 18, 1880. On page 3 the Morris Leeds family is mentioned: "In another two-story home next to the jail, 14-year-old Morris Leed's father, who was a lawyer, sent his wife, son and daughters, May and Annie, into their house while he paused by the gate to watch the storm's approach. Mrs. Leeds gathered her children around her and knelt by a bed in prayer. As the windows blew in she and May and Annie crawled under a bed and Morris got under another bed in the same room.". On page 4 the article reports that, "J. Morris Leeds, Esq., his wife and two daughters were found dead under the timbers of the jail. Their son, Morris was uninjured."
In the 1880 Federal Census, there is a Morris Leeds, age 15, listed. The census was taken in June of 1880.
Nearly 100 people died from the tornado, and one hundred and fifty were wounded. Seventy-five percent of the buildings in Marshfield were ruined.
Annie was born after 1870, so she was less than ten years old.
The Webster County Historical Society Journal published in April of 1978 contains an article, "The Marshfield Cyclone" written by Martha McGrath. It contains several eyewitness accounts of the tornado that destroyed Marshfield, Missouri on April 18, 1880. On page 3 the Morris Leeds family is mentioned: "In another two-story home next to the jail, 14-year-old Morris Leed's father, who was a lawyer, sent his wife, son and daughters, May and Annie, into their house while he paused by the gate to watch the storm's approach. Mrs. Leeds gathered her children around her and knelt by a bed in prayer. As the windows blew in she and May and Annie crawled under a bed and Morris got under another bed in the same room.". On page 4 the article reports that, "J. Morris Leeds, Esq., his wife and two daughters were found dead under the timbers of the jail. Their son, Morris was uninjured."
In the 1880 Federal Census, there is a Morris Leeds, age 15, listed. The census was taken in June of 1880.
Nearly 100 people died from the tornado, and one hundred and fifty were wounded. Seventy-five percent of the buildings in Marshfield were ruined.
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