Leslie L. Renshaw, M.D., is a
prominent practitioner of Monona, Clayton County,
where he has been located for the past five years.
During this time he has succeeded in building up a
fine practice both in this village and the
surrounding territory. He received an excellent
education both in a literary and medical sense and
has always been a student, belonging to the various
medical organizations, taking the leading medical
journals and in every way endeavoring to extend his
knowledge. He was born in Farmersburg Township, March
4, 1856, being a son of David L. Renshaw, whose birth
occurred in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. Coming to
Iowa he located in Delaware County, and two years
later, about 1857, became a resident of Clayton
County, where he located on a farm in Farmersburg
Township, and remained there engaged in general
agricultural pursuits about thirty years. In 1884 he
retired from active life to make his home in Rock
Valley, Iowa, where he still resides. His father,
George S., was born in Virginia, and he in turn was
the son of Aaron Renshaw. The Doctor's mother, whose
maiden name was Persis Angier, is still living and is
a daughter of Elijah Angier, whose birth occurred in
the Empire State. Mrs. Renshaw was born in Westport,
N.Y., and there recieved her education, growing to
womanhood.
Dr. Leslie L. Renshaw is one of eleven children, nine
of whom grew to maturity, and all but one of these
still survive. The Doctor, who is the eldest of the
family, attended the district schools in the
neighborhood of his father's farm, and his early
years were passed in the arduous duties pertaining to
farm life. For a time he taught school in his home
district and then began his medical studies with Dr.
C.H. Hamilton. With him he continued for about four
years and subsequently entered the Medical Department
of the State University, from which he was graduated
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in the Class of
'80. His first location was in Farmersburg, where he
successfully engaged in practice for ten years, after
which he removed to Monona and has since made this
his field of work.
In November, 1883, Dr. Renshaw was married to Amanda
Kinsley, a native of this county and a daughter of
Guy Kinsley, who is well known in this locality. Four
children were born to the Doctor and his estimable
wife, David L., Kinsley, Carlton, and Guy, who has
been called from this life.
The Doctor is a member of the Northeastern Iowa
Medical Society and the State Medical Society, and
fraternally belongs to the orders of Modern Woodman
and United Workmen. A stanch Republican, he is a
worker in the ranks of his party, is a member of the
County Central Committee and is Chairman of the
Township Republican Committee. During the
administration of President Harrison the Doctor was a
member of the Board of Pension Examiners. He is
Vice-President and Director in the Monona State Bank
and in other worthy enterprises has borne his part.