Leiphamo  
 

Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington",  published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.


     OSCAR LEIPHAM resides on a well-improved farm of four hundred and eighty acres three miles east and four miles south of Davenport.  He is a native of Wyoming county, Pennsylvania, born October 31, l864, the son of Peter Leipham, whose biography is sketched elsewhere in this volume and Phoebe Leipham, both of whom are now living in Davenport.
     In February, 1879, our subject with his mother and family came to Port Townsend, Washington, via San Francisco, the father having previously located there.  In the spring of 1882 they all came to the vicinity of Medical Lake, and to Lincoln county one year later.  Our subject, when sixteen years of age, began working in the construction of the Northern Pacific railroad and he also worked more or less in various sawmills.  He was the eldest of  a family of five children, and continued to work for wages for several years, though he made his home with his parents.
     During the month of May, 1900, Oscar Leipham took for his wife Miss Nannie Jayne, born in the same place as was he, and daughter of Edward Jayne, who makes his home with his son-in-law.
     Mr. Leipham came to his homestead with limited means indeed.  He was in partnership with his father for a number of years, and together they have passed through many trying experiences and hardships.
     The farm of our subject is improved and cultivated according to the most modern and up-to-date methods, and he makes a success of his business, that of grain raising.  Oman station on the Seattle & Lake Shore railroad is situated on his farm, and here our subject and his father conduct a warehouse for grain.
     Mr. Leipham is a member of the Knights of Pythia and the Woodmen of the World fraternities.
     Two children have blessed the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Leipham, Alice H. and another child who is now an infant in arms.
 


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