Leo Egan, son of Dan and Lizzie Egan, was born at Hyannis, Nebraska, 12 April 1906. He was a graduate of Hyannis High School in 1925, and continued on to attend Creighton College and the University of Nebraska.

In 1927, Leo married Carrie Nielsen of Rolfe, Iowa. Leo took his bride to a ranch in southwest Cherry County, north of Ashby, Nebraska. Their first home was a sod house, and it was not until a few years later that they built a more modern home.

Leo, like his father, became a master cattleman and went on to present show cattle winning Grand Championships at Alliance, Omaha, Denver, and the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City, Kansas. The Egan cattle set the world's record in 1951 at Denver, Colorado for heifer calves at $71.50; then upped that ante when they set the world's record price of $92.25 for steer calves.

Leo's wife, Carrie, was an excellent horsewoman and raised and traded American Saddle Horses.

Leo and Carrie had two sons:

Daniel H. Egan b. 1927 d. 1980
Roger Egan b. private