Richard Franklin Leap

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Greenfield Twp., Warren County, IA
• Census: 1880, Washington Twp., Pottawatamie County, IA
• Residence: 1886, Bancroft, Cuming County, NE

Notes:

He and Charlotte were living with their Children in Washington Twp. Pottawattamie Co., Iowa at the time of the 1880 census. They apparently left Iowa soon after as they are not found in any later Iowa census records. They moved to Bancroft, Cuming Co., Neb. by 1886 and later settled in Whitewater, Kansas where they were living at the time of Charlotte's death. His father is unknown as he was born to Elizabeth Hunt prior to her marriage to Thomas Leap, which was her first marriage.

Richard married Charlotte J. Howery on 5 Feb 1870 in Warren County, IA. Charlotte (daughter of David King Howery and Sarah L. Ashworth) was born in 1853 in Warren County, IA; died in Oct 1909 in Whitewater, Butler County, KS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elmer Leap was born about 1870 in Iowa.
2. David Leap was born about 1874 in Iowa.
3. George Leap was born about 1877 in Iowa.
4. Walter Leap was born about 1879 in Iowa.