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The Leonard Rousey family was in Jefferson county IN before some of them moved into
Jennings county (or the county line changed around them, as the case might have been).
Preston W Lett married Laura Belle Rousey 19 Jan 1873 in Jefferson co IN. She was a dau of
Leonard Rousey, who later is found in Jennings county. According to Preston's
obituary, his father-in-law was born in KY and fouhgt in the Civil War.
The 1880 census has Leonard Rousey in Montgomery township Jennings county age 62 born
Kentucky (had consumption)
wife: Mary A Rousey 55 born KY
dau ALice 20 born IN
son Samuel J 15 b IN
son Charles S 10 born IN
next door is
John Rousey 21 farmer born KY
wife: Emma 23 born Ohio
neighbors are
the Jasper N Calicott family (parents of IN and OH)
the Harrison Robbins family of IN with Matilda Robbin 74 b KY
the Hannah J Armstrong family of IN
the George Smith family of Ky and TN and IN
Preston and Laura died in Jeffersonvillem Clark co, IN.