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Adelia “Delia” <I>Blair</I> Leap

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Adelia “Delia” Blair Leap

Birth
Dixon, Lee County, Illinois, USA
Death
Sep 1909 (aged 62)
Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Amboy, Lee County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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TWO FUNERALS WERE CONDUCTED IN AMBOY BODY OF MRS. DELIA LEAP WAS FROM FROM MISSOURl FOR BURIAL.
Amboy, Ill., Sept. 7—Mrs. Delia Leap died at her home in Mexico, Mo., and was brought to Amboy for burial Thursday morning.

Mrs. Leap in her younger days was a resident of this locality being a daughter of the late Winthrop Blair, who still lives in Amboy.

She was married first to Frank Keefer, a son of the late Gasper Keefer. One son by this marriage, James Keefer, of this city, survives her.

She is also survived by her husband and one son of a second marriage.

The funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Methodist church, Rev, D. T. Kah! officiating. Interment was in Prairie Repose cemetery, where the body of her first husband rests.
SOURCE: newspapers.com; Dixon Evening Telegraph
Dixon, Illinois, 07 Sep 1909, Tue • Page 1

FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Name: Delia A Leaf
Birth Date: Mar 1847
Birth Place: Dixon, Lee, Illinois
Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book C
Notes: Delia A. Leaf was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on 5 May 1878 by Morris T. Short.

2. (family of origin)
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Delia Blair
Age: 14
Birth Year: abt 1846
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Place: Illinois
Home in 1860: Amboy, Lee, Illinois
Post Office: Amboy
Dwelling Number: 1299
Family Number: 1181
Attended School: Y
Household Members Age
Winthrop H Blair
Deborah Blair, 33
Delia Blair 14
James Blair, 8
Anna Blair, 6
Henry Blair, 5
Almira Blair, 2
TWO FUNERALS WERE CONDUCTED IN AMBOY BODY OF MRS. DELIA LEAP WAS FROM FROM MISSOURl FOR BURIAL.
Amboy, Ill., Sept. 7—Mrs. Delia Leap died at her home in Mexico, Mo., and was brought to Amboy for burial Thursday morning.

Mrs. Leap in her younger days was a resident of this locality being a daughter of the late Winthrop Blair, who still lives in Amboy.

She was married first to Frank Keefer, a son of the late Gasper Keefer. One son by this marriage, James Keefer, of this city, survives her.

She is also survived by her husband and one son of a second marriage.

The funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Methodist church, Rev, D. T. Kah! officiating. Interment was in Prairie Repose cemetery, where the body of her first husband rests.
SOURCE: newspapers.com; Dixon Evening Telegraph
Dixon, Illinois, 07 Sep 1909, Tue • Page 1

FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Name: Delia A Leaf
Birth Date: Mar 1847
Birth Place: Dixon, Lee, Illinois
Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book C
Notes: Delia A. Leaf was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on 5 May 1878 by Morris T. Short.

2. (family of origin)
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Delia Blair
Age: 14
Birth Year: abt 1846
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Place: Illinois
Home in 1860: Amboy, Lee, Illinois
Post Office: Amboy
Dwelling Number: 1299
Family Number: 1181
Attended School: Y
Household Members Age
Winthrop H Blair
Deborah Blair, 33
Delia Blair 14
James Blair, 8
Anna Blair, 6
Henry Blair, 5
Almira Blair, 2


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  • Created by: Observer4wing
  • Added: Sep 6, 2022
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243320202/adelia-leap: accessed ), memorial page for Adelia “Delia” Blair Leap (Mar 1847–Sep 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 243320202, citing Prairie Repose Cemetery, Amboy, Lee County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Observer4wing (contributor 47373768).