Samuel Keith Leedy and Margaret Whitnah


Samuel Keith Leedy Margaret Whitnah
Birth: 7 Dec 1816 Richland County, Ohio Birth: 12 Oct 1821 Livingston County, New York
Marriage: 15 Oct 1840 Richland County, Ohio
Death: 8 Mar 1853 Richland County, Ohio Death: 25 Feb 1903 Richland County, Ohio
Father: John Leedy Father: Joseph Henry Whitnah, Sr.
Mother: Elizabeth Keith Mother: Ruth Southwood Burns

Samuel Keith Leedy and Margaret Whitnah were married 15 Oct 1840 in Richland County, Ohio. Here they raised their family. Their children eventually moved to Colorado, Kansas, and Canada. One son, John Whitnah Leedy, served as governor of Kansas from 1897 to 1899. Margaret Whitnah Leedy is buried in the Bellville Cemetary, Richland County, Ohio.


Samuel Keith Leedy and Margaret Whitnah are the parents of the following children:
  1. Ruth Leedy
  2. Elizabeth Leedy
  3. Virginia Leedy
  4. Robert Burns Leedy
  5. John Whitnah Leedy. John was the governor of Kansas from 1897 to 1899. See The Political Graveyard for additional details.
  6. Henry Clay Leedy
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