Leon, Iowa
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Leon is a city in and the county seat of Decatur County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,822 at the time of the 2020 census.
Decatur County Courthouse in Leon
David Camden de Leon
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David Camden de Leon or DeLeon, known as "the fighting doctor", was born in Camden, South Carolina, of Sephardic Jewish parents, Mordecai Hendricks de Leon, a physician and three-term mayor of Columbi
Leon, Iowa
…Independence before the state legislator and veteran W.H. Cheevers successfully argued for renaming it Leon in honor of the Jewish "Fighting Doctor" David Camden de Leon in 1855. It was formally incorporated as a city in 1858, which politically separated the community from Center Township. It was a shipping point on the…
David Camden de Leon, the "fighting doctor," 1816–1872. Painting by Solomon Nunes Carvalho