This morning I received a notification from FamilySearch that today was the birthday of my 2nd great-grandmother, Susan Evaline West Leffel, born June 3, 1817 in Mason, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Michael West and Susannah McKee. Susan married David Miller Leffel on May 3rd, 1817 in Springfield, Ohio. They were the parents of eight (8) children.
Over the years, I have spent a large amount of time and money trying to find out more about Susan's life. I have traveled to both Texas and Ohio so that I could conduct research for Susan in county courts, local libraries, and state archives. I can vividly remember sitting in the Texas State Archives when the archivist brought out a file containing a letter Susan had written in 1869. As I carefully held and read the letter, time and space seemed to disappear. I felt as if Susan was sitting in the archives beside me reading her letter.
To read about Susan's life and her 1869 letter to the Governor of Texas, click here.
To read about Susan's husband, David M Leffel, click here.
To read about Susan's parents and siblings, click here.
Other Family Events that occurred on this day June 3rd
1595 - Marriage: Ulrich Traub and Elisabetha Leyrer, Heiningen, Wurttemberg, Germany
1673 - Birth: Hannah Gray, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1681 - Death: Edward Gray, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1686 - Death: Thomas Hewitt
1704 - Death: Anna Cole, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1746 - Birth: Sarah Hawkins, Frederick, Virginia
1773 - Birth: Lydia Coddington, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
1799 - Birth: Valentine Fuhr, Wurttemberg, Germany
1817 - Birth: Susan Evaline West, Mason, Kentucky
1827 - Birth: Jabez Haning, Meigs, Ohio
1833 - Birth: Eliza Ann Martin, Alabama
1835 - Birth: Hannah Amanda Hatfield, Parke County, Indiana
1849 - Birth: Margaret Elizabeth Butler
1862 - Birth: Merton Joy Keys, Linn County, Iowa
1885 - Death: Jesse Gresham McNeil
1890 - Death: Mary Cock
1894 - Birth: Charles Harvey Miller, Itasca, Hill, Texas
1908 - Burial: Agnes Cinderella Buckles, Evergreen Cemetery, Champaign, Ohio
1909 - Birth: Wilton A. Stine, San Joaquin, California
1910 - Death: Samuel Preston Stewart
1915 - Birth: Clifford Kernahan, Nunda, Livingston, New York
1917 - Death: Elizabeth Sparrow
1919 - Death: William Walter Junkins, Baldwin City, Douglas, Kansas
1922 - Birth: Wanda Maxine Rees, Garfield, Oklahoma
1924 - Birth: Esther June Kaser, Dove Creek, Dolores, Colorado
1933 - Burial: Andrew George Rose, Admiral Cemetery, Callahan, Texas
1940 - Burial: Oliver Jacob Davis Kaser, Longview Memorial Park, Cowlitz, Washington
1941 - Death: Laura Etta McAdams
1955 - Death: Richard Wilson Boyles
1961 - Burial: Roscoe Baldwin, Eliasville Cemetery, Young, Texas
1965 - Death: James Adolphus Marrs, Saliad, Chaffee, Colorado
1967 - Death: John Charles Kane, Mountain Park, Kiowa, Oklahoma
1974 - Death: Minnie Myrtle Hatfield, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington
1995 - Death: John Venton Wilson, Mexican Hat, San Juan, Utah
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