General Information

Birth
1829
Arkansas
Death
23 DEC 1864
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma

Notes

Killed in the Civil War.

LEACH, John R. John R. Leach was born in Arkansas in 1829, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leach. He was educated in the common schools of his day and attended the Cane Hill Academy. In religion he was a Methodist Episcopal, he was a Mason and politically a Democrat. He married Louisa Scott in 1856 in Washington County, Arkansas and four children resulted in their union, three still living. They were Louis M, who died as a youth, George N. of Prairie Grove, Mrs. Fannie King of Lincoln, Arkansas and Sam R. Leach of Prairie Grove. Mr. Leach’s death occurred December 23, 1864. [1911 Arkansas Confederate Census]

Parents

Thomas Leach
- Father
1789 - 1881
Birth
10 SEP 1789
North Carolina
Death
7 AUG 1881
Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Bethesda Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas
Ruth Renshaw
- Mother
1795 - 1849
Birth
22 FEB 1795
Rowan, Bladen County, North Carolina
Death
31 AUG 1849
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Bethesda Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas

Spouse

Louisa "Lize" Scott
- Wife
1828 - 1900
Birth
1828
Crawford County, Arkansas
Married
20 SEP 1856
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Death
1900
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Cane Hill Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Children

Frances "Fannie" Leach
- Daughter
1861 - 1960
Birth
MAR 1861
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
1960
Washington County, Arkansas
George Nimrod Leach
- Son
1858 - 1934
Birth
18 JAN 1858
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
11 MAY 1934
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansdas
Burial
Scott Cemetery, Washington County, Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Louis M. Leach
- Daughter
1857 - 1872
Birth
1857
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
2 APR 1872
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Cane Hill Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas