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==Leitch family==
George Murray Leitch lived at 1003 E. Front St. and was a '''founder''' of the Bloomington Meeting Room by 1894. He was employed in 1910 as a shipping clerk for a local foundry. His parents were from Ohio, but lived in Bloomington by 1879.
* George W. Leitch (b. 1841 Mason, Warren, OH - d. 1917 Milwaukee, [[Wisconsin|WI]]) enlisted in Hamilton, OH in the Civil War 1861-1862 with the 35th Ohio Infantry, and relocated in 1902 to Milwaukee to reside at a home for disabled veterans. Son of William Leitch (b. 1805 [[Pennsylvania|PA]] - d. Mason, OH) & Hannah Althea Holcombe Gaylord-Leitch (b. 1801 [[Vermont|VT]] - d. 1896 Hamilton, Butler, OH). In 1850, William was a retail merchant in 1850 in Deerfield, Mason, OH. Hannah's parents were Jonathan Holcomb (b. 1762 [[Massachusetts|MA]] - d. 1847 Warren Co., OH) & Hannah Everest Holcomb (b. 1777 [[Connecticut|CT]]). * Adeline Ada Crawford Vanderveer Leitch '''+1919''' ? (b. 1845 Butler Co., OH; m. 1865 Butler Co., OH; d. 1919 Bloomington, IL), daughter of Dr. Peter Vanderveer (b. 1798 Somerset, [[New Jersey|N.J.]] - d. 1861 Middletown, Butler, OH) & Mary Ann Hubbell Vanderveer (b. 1804 Fairfield Co., [[Connecticut|CT]] - d. 1849 Middletown, OH). ** Ferdinand Vanderveer Leith (b. 1865 Hamilton, OH - d. 1928 Bloomington, IL). traveling salesman in 1909 for J.F. Humphreys & Co.** George Murray Leitch '''+1894-1946 ''' (b. 1867 [[Ohio|OH]] - d. 1946 Bloomington, IL]])** Mary A. Leitch (b. 1875 OH)** Roy Clifford Leitch (b. 1879 Bloomington, IL - d. 1944 Topeka, [[Kansas|KS]]). Wife (1906 @ First Cong. Church, Newton, KS): Bessie Belle Casell Carhartt-Leitch (b. 1880 PA - d. 1946 San Diego, [[California|CA]]), daughter of George G. Caswell (b. 1849 PA) & M.L. Caswell (b. 1853 PA). Railroad brakeman in 1900. Conductor on the Alton RR several years, then by the Santa Fe RR as a passenger conductor. 1910 @ Center, Hodgeman, KS. +1920-1944+ @ Kansas City, Jackson, [[Missouri|MO]]. Bessie's 1st husband was Dr. Edgar L. Carhartt (b. 1860 Delaware Co., OH - d. 1910 Jefferson Co., KS), son of Lewis Carhartt (b. 1817 Otsego, [[New York|N.Y.]] - d. 1889 Thompsonville, Jefferson, KS) & Nancy W. Pearson Carhartt (b. 1820 Frost, Athens, OH - d. 1895 Wilson, Ellsworth, KS). ** Emily Vanderveer Leitch (1881-1958 Bloomington, IL). Memorial officated by Dr. Harold R. Martin of Second Presbyterian of Bloomington, where Emily was a member. ** Edwin C. Leitch (b. 1883 - d. 1957 Normal, McLean, IL). Contract carpenter in 1909. ** William Leitch - Wife: Clara Leitch. traveling salesman in 1909.** George Leitch - Wife: Della Leitch. worked in 1909 for Am. F & F Co.