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CHARLES RUTHERFORD LEATHERBERY, who is in the livestock business and a general farmer in Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, resides on a well improved property known as the old Mathias Householder farm, which contains 127 acres. He belongs to an old and respected family of this county and was born in Knox Township, September 30, 1877. His parents were Henry and Martha (McClelland) Leatherbery. Henry Leatherbery was born in Saline Township, Jefferson County, and is a son of Thoams and Jane (Cooper) Leatherbery, and a grandson of one of the early pioneers. Henry Leatherbery has resided on his farm of 100 acres, in Saline Township, for fifty years. The residence was built by a pioneer, Joseph Marshall, the bricks for its construction having been made in the field having been made in the field in the rear of the house. Henry Leatherbery had four sisters and two brothers: Sarah, who married Benjamin Evans, of Chester, W. Va.; Elizabeth, who married Joseph Gaskill, of Marietta, Ohio; Loretta, who married Alexander Hale, who is foreman of the Pennsylvania Railroad shops at Cleveland, Ohio; Hannah, deceased, who was the wife of Jack Bevington, also now deceased, (one of their sons survive); Alexander, who married Elizabeth Carson, and resides at Glasgow, Ohio; and John, deceased, who is survived by his widow, formerly Christina Swickard. Henry Leatherbery married Martha McClelland , who was born on the old McClelland homestead in Knox Township, Jefferson County, and is a daughter of Rutherford and Sarah P. (Hamilton) McClelland, the latter of whom was born on the farm on which she now lives. Two children were born to the above marriage: Edward and Charles Rutherford. Edward Leatherbery resides near Knoxville in Jefferson County. He married Lula Cooper, a daughter of Wooster Cooper and they have two children: Wilbur and Martha. Charles R. Leatherbery was reared on the home farm and obtained his education in the township schools. Farming and dealing in livestock have been his occupations ever since and as he was thoroughly trained in agricultural pursuits, he has been correspondingly successful. Mr. Leatherbery was married October 2, 1900, to Miss Myrtle B. Warren, a daughter of George and Margaret (Fitzpatrick) Warren, of Knox Township. They have two children, Thomas, who has reached the age of six years, and Ruth, who is but two. Mr. and Mrs. Leatherbery, as well as their parents, are members of the United Presbyterian Church at Knoxville. In politics he is a Democrat.  Return to Family Tales
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