Civil War Service:
Enlisted as a Private on 22 July 1861 in Company H, 20th Infantry Regiment
Indiana at Marion Co, Indiana. Discharged for wounds Company H, 20th Infantry
Regiment Indiana.
Bender Funeral Home Records lists CW service dates from July 22,1861 - Apr. 22, 1863.
Biography:
GEORGE LEFFEL, for many years a resident of Wabash county and now living in North Manchester, is of German extraction and Indiana nativity. He was born October 27, 1840, on a farm in the Southern part of Kosciusko county, a son of William and Juliana (Tridle) Leffel, who were among the pioneer settlers of that locality.
His boyhood days were spent in helping his father on the home place and attending, whenever was possible, short terms at the district schools. When war was declared between the north and south Mr. Leffel, with many of his young friends, enlisted for the defense of his country in Company H, Twentieth Indiana Volunteers, and was mustered into the service on July 10, 1861, at Indianapolis. For a time their command under Col. William L. Brown, was stationed near Baltimore doing guard duty, and then was ordered to Fortress Monroe, then to Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark in North Carolina.
Their first active service was seen on Chicamaconogo Island. Mr. Leffel served in various campaigns and engagements throughout that memorable struggle, until on December 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, he was wounded and subsequently granted an honorable discharge by the war department.
Returning home at once, Mr. Leffel and several of his companions began to attend school at Warsaw, and later he was granted a diploma, and taught school one year. He then took up the study of engineering, but was obliged to give up the work because of his father's failing health, which necessitated his return to the farm in Kosciusko county.
There he stayed until he was twenty-seven years old, when he married Miss Ximena Arnold, a daughter of Ralph and Louisa Arnold, and settled on eighty acres of unimproved land in the same county. From 1867 until 1872 Mr. Leffel remained there, then sold the place and in 1875 he acquired a farm of two hundred and twenty-five acres in Pleasant township, Wabash county. This, too, he sold in 1902, and moved into North Manchester, where he erected his present home on Main street.
While engaged in farming activities, aside from general stock raising and farming, Mr. Leffel conducted a butter tub hoop factory for a time, and he also sold farm implements and erected hay carriers. In May, 1877, Mrs. Leffel passed away, leaving her husband and two children, Alvin and Jessie. In April, 1881, Mr. Leffel was married to Miss Eveline Oldfather, a daughter of Adam and Caroline (Burger) Oldfather.
Mrs. Leffel's people were among the pioneers of Wabash county, settling in Pleasant township in 1842, whence they came from Montgomery county, Ohio. Both are now gone from this life, the father passing away in 1893 and the mother surviving until 1909. To this latter union were born the following children: Blanche, who married Chester Leedy, of the state of Washington; Ralph, who married Mabel Ashbaugh; Walter, married to Blanche Lautzenhizer; and Lena, the wife of Charles Snorf.
Mr. Leffel is now retired from the cares of business life and can look back over the years with the consciousness that he reached a state of independence and prosperity as a result of his own unaided efforts, and that the world has been in some measure benefited from his life. He has seen the county grow from a primitive state to one of cultivation, progressiveness and wealth, derived in part from the utilization of her natural resources, and in this metamorphosis he has in his own way played an important part. He is a member of John A. Logan Post No. 99, G. A. R., and with his wife has membership in the Christian Science church.
History of Wabash County, Indiana
Clarkson W. Weesner
published in 1914
Enlisted as a Private on 22 July 1861 in Company H, 20th Infantry Regiment
Indiana at Marion Co, Indiana. Discharged for wounds Company H, 20th Infantry
Regiment Indiana.
Bender Funeral Home Records lists CW service dates from July 22,1861 - Apr. 22, 1863.
Biography:
GEORGE LEFFEL, for many years a resident of Wabash county and now living in North Manchester, is of German extraction and Indiana nativity. He was born October 27, 1840, on a farm in the Southern part of Kosciusko county, a son of William and Juliana (Tridle) Leffel, who were among the pioneer settlers of that locality.
His boyhood days were spent in helping his father on the home place and attending, whenever was possible, short terms at the district schools. When war was declared between the north and south Mr. Leffel, with many of his young friends, enlisted for the defense of his country in Company H, Twentieth Indiana Volunteers, and was mustered into the service on July 10, 1861, at Indianapolis. For a time their command under Col. William L. Brown, was stationed near Baltimore doing guard duty, and then was ordered to Fortress Monroe, then to Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark in North Carolina.
Their first active service was seen on Chicamaconogo Island. Mr. Leffel served in various campaigns and engagements throughout that memorable struggle, until on December 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, he was wounded and subsequently granted an honorable discharge by the war department.
Returning home at once, Mr. Leffel and several of his companions began to attend school at Warsaw, and later he was granted a diploma, and taught school one year. He then took up the study of engineering, but was obliged to give up the work because of his father's failing health, which necessitated his return to the farm in Kosciusko county.
There he stayed until he was twenty-seven years old, when he married Miss Ximena Arnold, a daughter of Ralph and Louisa Arnold, and settled on eighty acres of unimproved land in the same county. From 1867 until 1872 Mr. Leffel remained there, then sold the place and in 1875 he acquired a farm of two hundred and twenty-five acres in Pleasant township, Wabash county. This, too, he sold in 1902, and moved into North Manchester, where he erected his present home on Main street.
While engaged in farming activities, aside from general stock raising and farming, Mr. Leffel conducted a butter tub hoop factory for a time, and he also sold farm implements and erected hay carriers. In May, 1877, Mrs. Leffel passed away, leaving her husband and two children, Alvin and Jessie. In April, 1881, Mr. Leffel was married to Miss Eveline Oldfather, a daughter of Adam and Caroline (Burger) Oldfather.
Mrs. Leffel's people were among the pioneers of Wabash county, settling in Pleasant township in 1842, whence they came from Montgomery county, Ohio. Both are now gone from this life, the father passing away in 1893 and the mother surviving until 1909. To this latter union were born the following children: Blanche, who married Chester Leedy, of the state of Washington; Ralph, who married Mabel Ashbaugh; Walter, married to Blanche Lautzenhizer; and Lena, the wife of Charles Snorf.
Mr. Leffel is now retired from the cares of business life and can look back over the years with the consciousness that he reached a state of independence and prosperity as a result of his own unaided efforts, and that the world has been in some measure benefited from his life. He has seen the county grow from a primitive state to one of cultivation, progressiveness and wealth, derived in part from the utilization of her natural resources, and in this metamorphosis he has in his own way played an important part. He is a member of John A. Logan Post No. 99, G. A. R., and with his wife has membership in the Christian Science church.
History of Wabash County, Indiana
Clarkson W. Weesner
published in 1914
Civil War Service:
Enlisted as a Private on 22 July 1861 in Company H, 20th Infantry Regiment
Indiana at Marion Co, Indiana. Discharged for wounds Company H, 20th Infantry
Regiment Indiana.
Bender Funeral Home Records lists CW service dates from July 22,1861 - Apr. 22, 1863.
Biography:
GEORGE LEFFEL, for many years a resident of Wabash county and now living in North Manchester, is of German extraction and Indiana nativity. He was born October 27, 1840, on a farm in the Southern part of Kosciusko county, a son of William and Juliana (Tridle) Leffel, who were among the pioneer settlers of that locality.
His boyhood days were spent in helping his father on the home place and attending, whenever was possible, short terms at the district schools. When war was declared between the north and south Mr. Leffel, with many of his young friends, enlisted for the defense of his country in Company H, Twentieth Indiana Volunteers, and was mustered into the service on July 10, 1861, at Indianapolis. For a time their command under Col. William L. Brown, was stationed near Baltimore doing guard duty, and then was ordered to Fortress Monroe, then to Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark in North Carolina.
Their first active service was seen on Chicamaconogo Island. Mr. Leffel served in various campaigns and engagements throughout that memorable struggle, until on December 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, he was wounded and subsequently granted an honorable discharge by the war department.
Returning home at once, Mr. Leffel and several of his companions began to attend school at Warsaw, and later he was granted a diploma, and taught school one year. He then took up the study of engineering, but was obliged to give up the work because of his father's failing health, which necessitated his return to the farm in Kosciusko county.
There he stayed until he was twenty-seven years old, when he married Miss Ximena Arnold, a daughter of Ralph and Louisa Arnold, and settled on eighty acres of unimproved land in the same county. From 1867 until 1872 Mr. Leffel remained there, then sold the place and in 1875 he acquired a farm of two hundred and twenty-five acres in Pleasant township, Wabash county. This, too, he sold in 1902, and moved into North Manchester, where he erected his present home on Main street.
While engaged in farming activities, aside from general stock raising and farming, Mr. Leffel conducted a butter tub hoop factory for a time, and he also sold farm implements and erected hay carriers. In May, 1877, Mrs. Leffel passed away, leaving her husband and two children, Alvin and Jessie. In April, 1881, Mr. Leffel was married to Miss Eveline Oldfather, a daughter of Adam and Caroline (Burger) Oldfather.
Mrs. Leffel's people were among the pioneers of Wabash county, settling in Pleasant township in 1842, whence they came from Montgomery county, Ohio. Both are now gone from this life, the father passing away in 1893 and the mother surviving until 1909. To this latter union were born the following children: Blanche, who married Chester Leedy, of the state of Washington; Ralph, who married Mabel Ashbaugh; Walter, married to Blanche Lautzenhizer; and Lena, the wife of Charles Snorf.
Mr. Leffel is now retired from the cares of business life and can look back over the years with the consciousness that he reached a state of independence and prosperity as a result of his own unaided efforts, and that the world has been in some measure benefited from his life. He has seen the county grow from a primitive state to one of cultivation, progressiveness and wealth, derived in part from the utilization of her natural resources, and in this metamorphosis he has in his own way played an important part. He is a member of John A. Logan Post No. 99, G. A. R., and with his wife has membership in the Christian Science church.
History of Wabash County, Indiana
Clarkson W. Weesner
published in 1914
Enlisted as a Private on 22 July 1861 in Company H, 20th Infantry Regiment
Indiana at Marion Co, Indiana. Discharged for wounds Company H, 20th Infantry
Regiment Indiana.
Bender Funeral Home Records lists CW service dates from July 22,1861 - Apr. 22, 1863.
Biography:
GEORGE LEFFEL, for many years a resident of Wabash county and now living in North Manchester, is of German extraction and Indiana nativity. He was born October 27, 1840, on a farm in the Southern part of Kosciusko county, a son of William and Juliana (Tridle) Leffel, who were among the pioneer settlers of that locality.
His boyhood days were spent in helping his father on the home place and attending, whenever was possible, short terms at the district schools. When war was declared between the north and south Mr. Leffel, with many of his young friends, enlisted for the defense of his country in Company H, Twentieth Indiana Volunteers, and was mustered into the service on July 10, 1861, at Indianapolis. For a time their command under Col. William L. Brown, was stationed near Baltimore doing guard duty, and then was ordered to Fortress Monroe, then to Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark in North Carolina.
Their first active service was seen on Chicamaconogo Island. Mr. Leffel served in various campaigns and engagements throughout that memorable struggle, until on December 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, he was wounded and subsequently granted an honorable discharge by the war department.
Returning home at once, Mr. Leffel and several of his companions began to attend school at Warsaw, and later he was granted a diploma, and taught school one year. He then took up the study of engineering, but was obliged to give up the work because of his father's failing health, which necessitated his return to the farm in Kosciusko county.
There he stayed until he was twenty-seven years old, when he married Miss Ximena Arnold, a daughter of Ralph and Louisa Arnold, and settled on eighty acres of unimproved land in the same county. From 1867 until 1872 Mr. Leffel remained there, then sold the place and in 1875 he acquired a farm of two hundred and twenty-five acres in Pleasant township, Wabash county. This, too, he sold in 1902, and moved into North Manchester, where he erected his present home on Main street.
While engaged in farming activities, aside from general stock raising and farming, Mr. Leffel conducted a butter tub hoop factory for a time, and he also sold farm implements and erected hay carriers. In May, 1877, Mrs. Leffel passed away, leaving her husband and two children, Alvin and Jessie. In April, 1881, Mr. Leffel was married to Miss Eveline Oldfather, a daughter of Adam and Caroline (Burger) Oldfather.
Mrs. Leffel's people were among the pioneers of Wabash county, settling in Pleasant township in 1842, whence they came from Montgomery county, Ohio. Both are now gone from this life, the father passing away in 1893 and the mother surviving until 1909. To this latter union were born the following children: Blanche, who married Chester Leedy, of the state of Washington; Ralph, who married Mabel Ashbaugh; Walter, married to Blanche Lautzenhizer; and Lena, the wife of Charles Snorf.
Mr. Leffel is now retired from the cares of business life and can look back over the years with the consciousness that he reached a state of independence and prosperity as a result of his own unaided efforts, and that the world has been in some measure benefited from his life. He has seen the county grow from a primitive state to one of cultivation, progressiveness and wealth, derived in part from the utilization of her natural resources, and in this metamorphosis he has in his own way played an important part. He is a member of John A. Logan Post No. 99, G. A. R., and with his wife has membership in the Christian Science church.
History of Wabash County, Indiana
Clarkson W. Weesner
published in 1914
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