James M. Leach

1850 - 1933  (83 years)

• Name	James M. Leach
  Birth	5 Mar 1850	Alabama, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Sep 1933	Florien, Sabine, Louisiana, USA
  Burial	Prospect Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana
  Person ID	I47892	Clan Montgomery
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2005

  
  

  Father	William James Leach,   b. 8 Feb 1824, South Carolina, USA d. 27 Nov 1894, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Sarah T. Doss,   b. Abt 1824, Alabama, USA d. 21 Oct 1862, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	11 Jul 1845	Bibb, Alabama, USA
  Family ID	F17039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Francis,   b. 1 Jan 1854   d. 26 Nov 1903, Florien, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1871
  Children	> 1. Della Leach,   b. 18 Jul 1872   d. 27 Jan 1956 (Age 83 years) > 2. Ella Leach,   b. 1 Oct 1875   d. 5 Sep 1949 (Age 73 years) > 3. William G. Leach,   b. 1876   d. 1948 (Age 72 years) > 4. Cade Emmett Leach,   b. 4 May 1881, Florien, Sabine, Louisiana, USA d. 29 May 1950 (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F17038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004. James M. Leach, Sabine Parish, Sabine Index, Many, LA, Sep 22, 1933 22 Sep 1933 - Prominent Sabine Pioneer Expired at Age of 83 YearsFollowing Useful Life. Florien and Sabine parish was saddened last Friday when James M. Leach,age 83, died at the home of his daughter Mrs. L. F. McLanahan in Florien. Until his recent illness, Mr. Leach made his home with a daughter, Mrs.H. Rookstool of Florien; after the illness from which he never recovered,he moved with an elder daughter Mrs. McLanahan. Funeral services were at prospect church, where the remains were interredbeside his spouse who passed away in 1903. Pallbearers were sixgrandsons, Amos McLanahan, Milford, R. T., C. D., Fred, and Selby Leach.Great nieces aided with the floral offerings. Mr. Leach was born in Alabama in 1850, was married to Miss Nancy Francisin 1871. They made their home in and near Florien until the death ofMrs. Leach. To the union were born seven children, five of whom survive;Mrs. L. F. McLanahan, Mrs. H. Rookstool, of Florien; W. G. Leach, Dess,E.C. Leach, Ft. Jesup, and J. E. Leach of Natchitoches. A brother, N. F.Leach, and sister, Mrs. Clabe Stroud, both of Florien survive as does twohalf sisters, Mrs. William Gandy, Mrs. Rosie Woodle, and a half-brother,J. Lonnie Leach, all of Mt. Carmel. Deceased joined the Baptist church some 70 years ago, was a charter emberof Antioch and Florien churches, a member of the Masonic order some 60years, and a member of the Order of Eastern Star. For more than 40 yearshe was engaged in the mercantile business, and during the greater part ofthat time was a prosperous farmer for a number of years, alwaysprogressive and active in public affairs.