Eleanor Leek
1806 - 1856 (50 years)-
Name Eleanor Leek Birth 23 Jan 1806 Morris Co., New Jersey, USA Gender Female Death 17 Apr 1856 Howard, Steuben Co., New York, USA Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Howard, Steuben Co., New York, USA Eleanor Leek Russell - Howard Rural Cemetery
Drew T. Burdett next to his 4-greats grandmothers monument.
Plot: RussellNotes - Steuben County history names Eleanor as Eleanor Dow, born Tompkins Co.,NY. Newspaper marriage notice of Eleanor Dow and Joel Russell at Tompkins Co. Clerks office shows Eleanor "of Hector". The only Dow from that area for decades was one Hon. John Dow. John Dow stated in a autobiography that he married twice and had two children, both from his first wife. The children were Polly who married John Dunham and Lucy who married Greeley Davis. The mother of these two daughters would have been to old to be the mother of Eleanor. County histories state Roswell Shephard of Reading Center, married one of John Dow's daughters and resided in Reading Center. The daughter couldn't have been John's natural daughter, but an adopted daughter from his second wife Temperance Leek, who is shown as living in Hector in the 1820 census. In the 1865 census she is living with her son-in-law Roswell Shephard and daughter Anna Maria. The census indicates she had a total of 5(five) children. In Anna Maria Shephard's death cert., her parents are listed as Daniel Leek and Temperance Corwith. Back to Eleanor, as her name is given as Eleanor Dow, much like her sister, Anna Maria Dow, Eleanor Dow is in fact Eleanor Leek, daughter of Daniel and Temperance Leek. One additional note, in the 1855 Census, Eleanor is shown as being born in New Jersey, versus Tompkins Co.,NY as stated by the history. I would have to believe the Census record more because she was most likely present when the census taker came around. The history was written almost thirty years after her death and was given to the author by Joel Russell, who would believe she was born in Tompkins Co., because that is where she was from when he met her.
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Father Daniel Jessup Leek, b. Abt 1775, Chester, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA d. Bef 1820, Hector, Schuyler Co., New York, USA (Age ~ 44 years) Mother Temperance Corwithe, b. 6 Nov 1778, Southhampton, Suffolk Co., New York, USA d. 30 Sep 1866, Reading, Schuyler Co., New York, USA (Age 87 years) Marriage 19 Mar 1800 Chester, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA - Lemuel Fordham, Minister in Chester
Marriage Record of Jessup Leek and Temperance Corwithy, 1800 Family ID F178 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Joel Russel, b. 29 Jan 1811, Dutchess Co., New York, USA d. 25 Jan 1885, Howard, Steuben Co., New York, USA (Age 73 years) Marriage 02 Nov 1834 Schuyler Co., New York, USA Children + 1. Lewis P. Russell, b. 21 Aug 1835, Hector, Schuyler Co., New York, USA d. 2 Dec 1909, Howard, Steuben Co., New York, USA (Age 74 years) + 2. Harrison Russell, b. 4 Feb 1839, Howard, Steuben Co., New York, USA d. 22 Apr 1908, Fremont, Steuben Co., New York, USA (Age 69 years) 3. Horace D. Russel, b. 15 Jan 1841, Howard, Steuben Co., New York, USA d. 28 Oct 1862, Beltsville, Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA (Age 21 years) 4. Abram V. Russel, b. 3 May 1843, Howard, Steuben Co., New York, USA d. 18 Jun 1865, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, USA (Age 22 years) 5. Sarah Jane Russel, b. 28 Jul 1848, Howard, Steuben Co., New York, USA d. 28 Feb 1850, Howard, Steuben Co., New York, USA (Age 1 year) Family ID F43 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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