General Information

Birth
14 JUL 1822
Jackson County, Alabama
Death
8 JUL 1894
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Bethesda Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas

Notes

Rev. Thomas Leach was born in Jackson County, Ala., July 14, 1820, and is

a son of Thomas and Ruth (Renshaw) Leach, both of whom were natives of the

"Old North State." They first moved to Tennessee, and spent five years irt.

Rutherford County, after which they moved to Alabama, and at the end of ten

years came to Washington County, Ark., locating on a tract of unimproved

land, but a few years later moved to Benton County, Ark., and there the father

died in 1880, in his ninetieth year. He served under Gen. Jackson in the War of

1812, and was a faithful and trustworthy soldier. Rev. Thomas Leach grew to·

manhood in Washington County, and was educated at Bethesda Academy, remaining

with his father for several years after attaining his majority. In 1847

he went to North Carolina on business, and while there was married to Cathe-.

rine Turner, a daughter 0f Samuel Turner, of that State, and soon after returnecf

to· Arkansas, settling on the farm on which he now lives in October, 1848.

His first purchase was 120 acres, but he has since added to that until he now

owns 225 acres, with ninety acres under cultivation, and fourteen acres in orchard.

His wife died in October, 1865, having borJle seven children, all of whom are·

livin__g- and the heads of families, with the exception of one, and in August, 1869,

Mr. Leach was married to Mrs. Louisa Woods, a native of Virginia, and a daughter

of Robert Crockett. She was the mother of four children by her first marriage.

In 1850 Mr. Leach was ordained a minister of the Protestant Methodist

Church, and has acted as a local minister of that church since his ordination.

He is a Royal Arch Mason, and as a true gentleman and honest citizen has the

respect and esteem of all his fellow men.

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

Spouses

Catherine Turner
- Wife
1827 - 1865
Birth
25 DEC 1827
North Carolina
Married
1847
North Carolina
Death
30 OCT 1865
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansdas
Burial
Bethesda Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas
Louise Crocket Woods
- Wife
1827 - 1916
Birth
3 JUN 1827
Virginia
Death
24 JUN 1916
Delaware

Children

Samuel Turner Leach
- Son
1850 - 1850
Birth
1850
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
ABT 1850
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Bethesda Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas
Mary Clemetine Leach
- Daughter
1849 - 1926
Birth
27 AUG 1849
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
28 MAY 1926
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Bethesda Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas
E. Pauline Leach
- Daughter
1852 - 1855
Birth
1852
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
5 FEB 1855
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Bethesda Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas
Leonara R. Leach
- Daughter
Birth
1855
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Lovenia Christina Leach
- Daughter
1856 - 1856
Birth
1856
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
1856
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Bethesda Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas
Margaret Florence Leach
- Daughter
1857 - 1891
Birth
1857
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
17 APR 1891
Norris Thomas Leach
- Son
Birth
1859
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Albert E. Leach
- Son
1861 - 1922
Birth
27 JUN 1861
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
7 NOV 1922
Placentia, Orange County, California