The Josiah Leabo Page
Josiah Leabo and Mary Jane (Crail) Leabo
Josiah Leabo, Jr. was born on May 12, 1831 in Indiana. He married Mary Jane Crail on Feb. 12, 1860. He died on Jan. 8, 1895, and was buried at Hartford, Kansas. Mary Jane Crail was born on Nov. 30, 1839 in Vermont, Fulton County, Illinois. She died on Feb. 19, 1913, and was buried at Hartford, Kansas. Josiah's parents were Josiah Leabo, Sr. and Sarah (VanBuskirk) Leabo. Mary Jane's parents were Joseph Crail and Jane (Andrews) Crail. Both Josiah and Mary Jane went to Kansas in 1855, when he was about 24 years old, and she about 16.
Josiah Lebo Sr. resided in McLean County, Illinois during the 1840 US Federal Census.
The book, Kansas Place Names, by John Rydjord states that the town of Lebo, Kansas was named after Lebo Creek where Joe Lebo lived. He was a freighter and had been a captain in the Tenth Kansas Cavalry. It has always been told to us by the older relatives that this Joe was our Josiah.
What kind of people were Josiah and Mary Jane? The obituaries tell a little about them. If the present Leabo cousins are any indication, here are some of our better characteristics they might have shared: light hearted, sense of humor, big hearted, stubborn one second and completely flexible the next, like to talk, musically talented, hard-working, patient.
Obituaries of Josiah and Mary Jane Leabo
Picture of son, Thomas Jefferson Leabo
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