George Wesley LEITNER

1835 - 1886  (51 years)

• Name	George Wesley LEITNER
  Birth	18 Oct 1835	Fairfield/Richmond Dist., SC
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Dec 1886
  Burial	Shiloh Methodist Church, Marion County, FL
  Person ID	I272	Genealogy of Ronald D. Hackett
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Jacob LEITNER,   b. 5 Nov 1807   d. 20 Jul 1884 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Charlotte SOUTER,   b. 10 Feb 1820   d. 18 Oct 1909 (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1834	South Carolina
  Family ID	F105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline Levina GEIGER,   b. 17 Oct 1846   d. 4 Feb 1926 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	31 May 1866
  Children	1. Mary Caroline LEITNER,   b. 19 Aug 1867   d. 5 Jan 1883 (Age 15 years)   2. Lawrence LEITNER,   b. Between 1868 and 1971   d. Bef 1880 (Age 11 years)   3. Dora LEITNER,   b. 11 Feb 1872   d. 10 Nov 1959 (Age 87 years)   4. Martha Elizabeth LEITNER,   b. 20 Jun 1874   d. 1 Nov 1966 (Age 92 years)   5. Bessie LEITNER,   b. 12 Oct 1876   d. 23 Nov 1946 (Age 70 years)   6. Jacob Jefferson LEITNER,   b. 10 Oct 1878   d. 11 May 1950 (Age 71 years)   7. Benjamin Franklin LEITNER,   b. 10 Apr 1880   d. 7 Sep 1976 (Age 96 years)   8. George Wesley LEITNER,   b. 10 Jun 1882   d. 12 Mar 1966 (Age 83 years)   9. Annie LEITNER,   b. 1 May 1885   d. 4 Nov 1886 (Age 1 year)
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George was 20 years old when he moved with his parents to Marion County, FL. LEITNER, GEORGE WESLEY (2nd Lt.) enlisted 21 Apr.1862-Perry'a (formerly Marion) Light Artillery under Capt: John M. Martin at Camp Langford, Fla. On-last roll 11 May 186 5 Meridian, Miss. (surrendered 4 May 1865, Citronella, Ala.) (same as brother, John Daniel Leitner FPK) Leitner Legend has it that at one time George Wesley Leitner was with Lee's army and participated in the Battle of Gettysburg. He was selected by Lee as a top-soldier. (Told by great-grandson, David Ernest Leitner.) (Researched by Fannie Belle Priest Kipp from papers obtained from the Florida and South Carolina Archives and from stories told by relatives.)