I am interested in any primary source material concerning Jacob Leatherman and his wife,
Elizabeth (Hostetler) Leatherman. Currently the Internet is full of confusing information
about them - people have gotten at least two different Jacobs all confused and combined
into one and have one of Elizabeth's sister-in-law's dates as her's!
I have located them in the 1810 Federal Census of Shelby County, Kentucky, the 1820
Federal Census of Lawrence County, Indiana, and the 1830 Federal Census of Vermillion
County, Indiana - but cannot find them after that. Several of the websites and on-lines
family trees give them living until the 1850's and 1860's, but I can't find
them for whatever reason. I thought perhaps they were living with some of their children,
but can't find them there either.
I think he was born somewhere around 1785 in Pennsylvania and she was born about 1792 in
Pennsylvania. I have fairly accurate and complete records on their children and further
descendants.
Any help, additions, corrections, and/or sources appreciated.
Respectfully,
David Kent Coy (a Hostetler descendant)
davidkentcoy(a)peoplepc.com