Otho H. Leapley
Otho H. Leapley, son of Jacob and Louisa Leapley, was born in Franklin Township, Shelby County, Ohio, August 28, 1841. He received a common school education. His minority days were spent on the farm with his parents. August 23, 1860, he married Miss Mary, daughter of Samuel J. and Nancy Stone. Miss Stone was born in Auglaize County, Ohio, August 17, 1838, and came to Shelby County with her parents in 1841, who located in Clinton Township. Mr. and Mrs. Leapley settled on his father’s home farm in Franklin Township, remained five years, or until 1865, when they moved to Iowa, and remained until the spring of 1867, when they returned to Shelby County, and have since been residents of the county. They now reside in Turtle Creek Township, on a farm in the south half of section 9. They have five children, three sons and two daughters. He makes farming his avocation.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883