Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Dellona:

Charles Leigh, farmer, Sec. 23 (he has 240 acres); P.O. Delton. He was born in Cheshire, England, Jan. 3, 1815, an came to America in 1832; he located in Erie, N.Y., and came to Wisconsin in 1858, then to Iowa, and lived there about four years, when he moved to Sauk Co. in the fall of 1875. He was married, in 1843, to Miss Sarah N. Pease; she was born in the State of New York; they have four children – Frank H., John D., Mary E and Eugene A. Both Mr. and Mrs. Leigh are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics, he is a Republican.

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