"A colony of pioneers left Botetourt Co., Va., in 1806, bound for the then territory of Ohio, better known as the North-west Territory. They located about 75 miles from Cincinnati, in what afterwards became Clarke Co., O. Among these early pioneers were Daniel Leffel and parents and Miss Elizabeth Clapsaddle and her parents. These two young people were married in December, the same year of their emigration, and they made the new settlement their permanent home. Daniel Leffel followed farming in Clarke county and waggoning to Cincinnati. They reared a family of 10 children..."
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Burial: Honey Creek Cemetery, New Carlisle, Clark Co., Ohio, USA
Footnotes
↑ History of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri: Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Their Townships, Towns and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri, a Reliable and Detailed History of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Their Pioneer Record, Resources, Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens, General and Local Statistics of Great Value, Incidents and Reminiscences, Volume 2 (Google eBook), page 1005, Brookhaven Press, 1884, https://books.google.com/books?id=nNIyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1005&lpg=PA1005
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