Henry J. Le Fevre
Henry J. Le Fevre was born in Warren County, Ohio, in the year 1813. He was a brother of Elias Le Fevre, Esq. He married Eleanor Morgan in 1837. The following year they came to Salem Township, and located on a piece of wild land, erected a cabin, and commenced the improvement of his land. After a few years of hard toil, just as he was beginning to get a start in life, and everything looked prosperous and bright, he was called away by the "grim monster death," leaving a wife and four small children. The names and dates of birth of the children are as follows: Mary J., born 1838; Morgan A., born 1841; Jacob M., born 1843; and Henry J., born 1846.
After the death of her husband Mrs. L. rented the farm until the year 1851, when she married Thomas D. Steward, who took charge of the farm until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he entered the army, where be contracted disease, came home, and died in 1862, leaving three children: John M., born 1851; Millard F., born 1856; and Ansel M., born 1858.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883