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 1878 - 1943 (64 years)
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| Name |
William Perry Leeth |
| Born |
1 Aug 1878 |
Pebble Township, Pike County, Ohio, United States  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1880 |
Rushcreek Township, Logan County, Ohio, United States [2] |
| as Wm. Perry Leeth, son, in the household of James Leeth |
| Newspaper |
10 Oct 1936 [3] |
| Mansfield News-Journal (Mansfield, Ohio), 10 October 1936, p1 |
Denies Cruelty
Father Jailed for Sending Son to School in Chains.
—A step-father held for padlocking a 10-1/2 foot log chain around the frail body of 10-year ol Robert Feucht insisted today "I have always tried to be good to the boy."
—William Leeth was held in jail whithout charge while county authorities sought a new home for his stepson, who trudged to school yesterday dragging the chain.
—Leeth admitted to Probate Judge Paul Capell that he chained Robert to a kitchen stove because "he ran away."
—Robert told the judge Leeth locked the chain around his neck because he went into the kitchen to get a piece of pumpkin pie denied him at meal time.
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| Newspaper |
16 Oct 1936 [4] |
| Mansfield News-Journal (Mansfield, Ohio), 16 October 1936, p1 |
Judge Scores Parent; Homes Offered Son
Ohioan Sentenced to Serve 90 Days After Youth Drags Log Chain to School.
—Probate court officials investigated offers of homes for ten-year-old Bobby Feucht from all over the country today while the boy's stepfather, William P. Leeth, 55, began a 90-day jail sentence for padlocking him to the kitchen stove and forcing him to the kitchen stove and forcing him to drag a 15-foot log chain to school.
—Probate Judge Paul R. Capell, scoring Leeth in a lengthy decision, passed the sentence last night and disclosed receipt of numerous additional offers of homes.
Charged With Torture
—Leeth declared when first held last week that he chained the boy because "he ran away." Probate officers placed in charge of "torture and cruel punishment" against Leeth.
—Judge Capell said that investigation had shown the boy to be "incorrigible" and deserving of some punishment, but "not to the extent of placing him in chains, which constitutes cruelty and torture and for which you owe a debt to society in the form of punishment."
—"If you were a person of average intelligence," he told Leeth, "penalty in the maximum would be made, but the report of psychiatrists who have examined you and found you to be subnormal warrants consideration."
Don't Condemn Child
—He asserted parents' insufficiencies frequently were more responsible for children going wrong than the children's own delinquencies and added, "when parents permit conditions to grow and exist and if the child happens to step out of our ideas of right action, we can not condemn the child."
—It was charged that the boy was chained after he went into the kitchen to get a piece of pumpkin pie denied him at dinner.
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| Name |
Shorty Leeth |
| Died |
3 Jun 1943 |
Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, United States [5] |
| Person ID |
I855 |
TangledRoots |
| Last Modified |
3 Jun 2021 |
| Father |
James Perry Leeth, b. 1 Dec 1847, Waverly, Pike County, Ohio, United States , d. 30 Dec 1925, Mortimer, Hancock County, Ohio, United States (Age 78 years) |
| Mother |
Phoebe Wren, b. 7 Sep 1849, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States , d. 1 Dec 1893, Payne, Paulding County, Ohio, United States (Age 44 years) |
| Married |
3 May 1873 |
Logan County, Ohio, United States |
| Family ID |
F479 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 1 Aug 1878 - Pebble Township, Pike County, Ohio, United States |
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 | Census - as Wm. Perry Leeth, son, in the household of James Leeth - 1880 - Rushcreek Township, Logan County, Ohio, United States |
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 | Died - 3 Jun 1943 - Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, United States |
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| Sources |
- [S500] Ohio: Pike County, Probate Court, Birth records, v. 1-4 1867-1908, v1, p216, #258 - William Perry Leeth.
State of Ohio, Pike County
William Perry Leeth, 78 Aug 1, Ohio, Pike Co., Pebble Twp., male, white, father James Leeth, mother Pheba Ren, residence Pebble Tp., Pike Co., O.
State of Ohio, Pike County
1 August 1878
- [S129] 1880 Federal Census: Ohio, Logan County, Rushcreek Township, p6.
DW 54-57
...line 23 - John Lawson, white, male, age 63, married, P. Methodist Min, born Ohio, father born Va., mother born Va.
...line 24 - Harriet Lawson, white, female, age 61, wife, married, keeping house, born Ohio, father born Va., mother born Va.
...line 25 - David Lawson, white, male, age 30, son, single, blacksmith, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
DW 57-60
...line 33 - James Leeth, white, male, age 31, married, farmer, born Ohio, father born Virginia, morther born Ohio
...line 34 - Phebe Leeth, white, female, age 31, wife, married, keeping house, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio
...line 35 - Cora Leeth, white, female, age 6, daughter, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 36 - Monie Leeth, white, female, age 5, daughter, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 37 - Amanda Leeth, whie, female, age 3, daughter, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 38 - Wm. Perry Leeth, white, male, age 1, son, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 39 - Curtis (not sure of name - like more like Thomas) Leeth, white, male, age 1/12, son, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
Rushcreek Township, Logan County, Ohio p6
- [S1575] Newspaper: Mansfield News-Journal (Mansfield, Ohio), 10 October 1936, p1.
10 October 1936 Findlay, Ohio
Denies Cruelty
Father Jailed for Sending Son to School in Chains
A step-father held for padlocking a 10-1/2 foot log chain around the frail body of 10-year ol Robert Feucht. William Leeth was held in jail whithout charge while county authorities sought a new home for his stepson.
Denies Cruelty
10 October 1936
- [S1575] Newspaper: Mansfield News-Journal (Mansfield, Ohio), 16 October 1936, p1.
Ohioan Sentenced to Serve 90 Days After Youth Drags Log Chain to School.
William P. Leeth, 55, began a 90-day jail sentence for padlocking Bobby Feucht (step-son) to the kitchen stove and forcing him to drag a 15-foot log chain to school. Charged With Torture.
Father Who Chained Boy to Stove Given Jail Term
16 October 1936
- [S488] Ohio: Department of Health, Death Certificate 1908-1953, #38204 William Perry Leeth,.
William Perry Leeth
Place of Death: Hancock County, Findlay
Male, White, Married
Wife: Luretta Humby
Date of Birth: Aug 1, 1878
Age: 84y 10m 29d
Birthplace: Pike County, Oho
Father: James Leeth, born Ohio
Mother: Phoebe Ren (blurry)
Date of Death: June 30, 1943
Cause of Death: (blurry)
State of Ohio, Hancock County
30 June 1945
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