Representative John Windsor LeLacheur View All Years
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John Windsor LeLacheur
Delaware County
Born January 26, 1795 in St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, and died July 03, 1875 in Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa. He was one of five children who came to Prince Edward's Island with their parents in 1806, worked with his father and family to clear lands in Murray Harbour South and later in Guernsey Cove. He was for 26 years a member of the Prince Edward's Island Legislature and fought with Whalen and Coles for free land and free schools. During one of his political campaigns, John Windsor, uttered some statements for which he was called to task by his colleagues at the first session of the House. For this he was suspended for a few days. He showed his contempt for their proceedings by entering the House with his cap pulled down over his ears. They then committed him to jail for contempt of the House (proceedings of the House of Assembly, April 14 1837, but he apologized and was pardoned. He was married to Elizabeth Sencebaugh, this family had eight children. He and his family moved to Iowa in 1851, and he became a member of the Iowa State Legislature in 1860 and '61.
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