John C. Leedom, M.D.
John C. Leedom, M.D.; P. O. Tawawa, Ohio.
Mr. Leedom was born in Bucks County, Pa., November 13, 1817. He was educated in the Philadelphia schools. ln 1837 he began the study of medicine in his native county. He attended the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, and in 1839 he moved to Ohio, and located in Champaign County, where he commenced the practice of medicine under the direction of and with Dr. A. K. Roots, of St. Paris, with whom he remained about two years, or until 1841, when he associated himself with his brother, Dr. S. K. Leedom, of Quincy, Logan County, Ohio, for one year. Then in 1842 he came to Shelby County, and located near New Palestine, where he has since been engaged in the profession of medicine, and is known for many miles around as a successful practitioner. On the 4th day of February, 1839, he married Miss Mary Johnson, of Bucks County, Pa., born April 23, 1819, daughter of John and Eliza Johnson. By this union he has five children, viz., Caroline E., John J., Mary J., Samuel K., and Elwood G. Mr. Leedom owns a good farm in Green Township near New Palestine, on which he is residing and conducting the business of farming in connection with his profession, and is considered as among Green Township’s most enterprising and leading business men, always in favor of any improvement that is beneficial to the community at large in which he lives.
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From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883
