David Leppo
(1838-1910)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sarah A. Jacobs

David Leppo 1 2

  • Born: 6 Nov 1838, , York, PA 2
  • Marriage (1): Sarah A. Jacobs about 1860 in , York, PA
  • Died: 8 Nov 1910, York, York, PA at age 72 2
  • Buried: 9 Nov 1910, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 2

   FamilySearch ID: GZ5B-YY8.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of 1900 census records a different birth date/place than his death certificate and other census records., Aug 1834 and La Plata, Charles, MD, United States. 3

2. Census in 1880 in Berwick Twp., Adams, PA. 4 The 1880 census recorded David Leppo, laborer, 39, living with wife Sarah, 54. They are living with A. J. Baker, retired farmer, 57, so David may be farming for A. J. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1900 in Hanover, York, PA. 3 The 1900 census recorded renting at 419 Hokes Alley in Hanover: David Leppo, day laborer, 65, born Aug 1834 in Maryland where his parents were born, living with wife Sarah A., 71, Dec 1828, born with parents in Pennsylvania. They were married 40 years and Sarah had birthed no children by 1900. On the same page and street is listed the household of John R. Leppo, 42, Jun 1857, married for 18 years to wife Martha, with their children. Also listed are two Jacobi households that may have relation to Sarah's maiden name, Jacobs?.

4. Cause of Death: David Leppo died at the York County Almshouse of apoplexy due to Bright's Disease, 8 Nov 1910, York, York, PA. 2

5. Occupation: wood sawyer on 8 Nov 1910 in York, York, PA. 2


David married Sarah A. Jacobs, daughter of John Jacobs and Sarah A., about 1860 in , York, PA. (Sarah A. Jacobs was born in Dec 1828 in , York, PA,5 6 7 died on 9 Dec 1912 in York, York, PA 5 6 7 and was buried in Spring Grove: Trinity Roths United Church of Christ Cemetery, York, PA 6 7.)


Sources


1 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 12 Sep 1910, page 2. Obituary of Israel Jacobs.

2 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 114859 David Leppo, parents unknown. Informant J. Johnson at York Co. Almshouse.

3 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3H7-BPS :David Leppo, Penn Township Hanover borough Ward 2 & 4, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 151, sheet 19B, family 461.

4 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6H-MCH Sarah Leppo in household of David Leppo, Berwick, Adams, Pennsylvania.

5 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 11 Dec 1912, page 12. Obituary of Mrs. Sarah Leppo.

6 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, Pennsylvania Death Certificate (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA 16101 (724) 656-3100 http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=168&Q=229939), Certificate 117821, Sarah Leppo, father John Jacobs, mother Sarah Jacobs, informant Geo H Lan (or Lair) Spring Grove PA undertaker.

7 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229180343.



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