Christian Peter Leatherman
Christian Peter Leatherman, Manufacturer, Mason, son of John Leatherman, was born July 10, 1814, in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. When he was four years old his parents moved to Indiana. He was married in 1836, to Miss Elizabeth Krutsinger, daughter of Jacob Krutsinger, of Orange County, Ind. He served an apprenticeship at blacksmithing, under a brother, David L., and pursued that business in Orange County till 1853; he than moved to Clay County, Ill., and in 1869 to Mason, Effingham Co., Ill., following his trade in the two last places. He is a plow-maker also, and turns out quite a number each year, for which he finds ready sale. Thousands of pounds of iron has he wrought into implements of utility, year after year he has toil, over the furnace and forge. It is the many hard and repeated blows over the anvil that sends the blood rushing through the veins, and makes life long and healthful.
Labor and honesty go hand in hand, and Mr. Leatherman is honest and one of the first citizens of our county. Subject has a family as follows: Miss Sarah Cornwell, William Leatherman, a resident of Vandalia; Jacob Leatherman, Miss Mollie Hale, James Leatherman, George Leatherman, Mrs. Alice Goodnight, Harvey Leatherman.
Submitted by Larry Leach