He retired from office before the end of the decade, although he had support to run again. Later, he served in the American Civil War as a captain. Settling in Millersburg, the county seat of Holmes County, Ohio, he and his brother, Moses Leadbetter, eventually came to own almost half the town. Their family remained prominent there for decades.
He was also a relation through marriage of a prominent Millersburg citizen, Robert Justice.
Leadbetter was commissioned captain of the Second Company, Third Regiment, Sixth Division, Ohio Militia, in 1821. He moved to Millersburg, Holmes County, in 1828 and continued the practice of law. He was commissioned quartermaster of the Fourth Division of the Ohio Militia in 1831, and was county recorder 1831–1836.
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He was elected as a Democrat to the 25th and 26th Congresses, (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841); was not a candidate for renomination in 1840. He resumed the practice of his profession; also engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising. He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1851 and served as a captain in the United States Civil War in 1862. He died in Millersburg, Ohio, on February 26, 1870; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.[1]
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Birth and Death Records for Holmes County 1869-1877 in Probate Court in Millersburg
Marguerite Dickinson, Obituaries Abstracted From Holmes County, Ohio Office Papers in Farmer HUB Office Holmes County Historical Society and Western Reserve Historical Society.
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