Hartson B. Leach (1824 - 1892)

Born 17 Jun 1824 in Canton, Oxford, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Jul 1892 at age 68 in Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Birth

Hartson B. Leach was born in Canton, Maine, the son of Jacob and Sally Leach. No single source has been found identifying his parents, but the family register of Jacob and Sally Leach in Canton lists Hartson B. Leach born on 17 Jun 1824.^[1] Hartson B. Leach of Livermore can be linked to this Hartson through the will of his sister, Mary F. Child, which lists Hartson as her brother, his three children as her nephews and niece, and lists several other siblings which are also in the family register of Jacob and Sally Leach.^[2][1] The 1860 Census shows him as 36 years old, born in Maine.^[3]

Marriage

Hartson B. Leach married Nancy J. Robbins.^[4]

Children

Hartson and Nancy (Robbins) Leach were the parents of the following children, born at Livermore, Maine:^[4]

1. Calvin R. Leach, born in 1852
2. Ida C. Leach, born in 1856
3. Frank A. Leach, born in 1857

Will

Hartson B. Leach of Livermore, Maine, made his will on 4 Jan 1889. He names his wife, Nancy; his sons, Frank A. Leach and Calvin R. Leach; and his daughter, Ida C. Monroe. Calvin was named as the esecutor.^[5]

Death

The 1928 history of Livermore, Maine, written by Hartson Leach's son-in-law Ira Thompson Monroe, says that Hartson B. Leach died in 1892.^[4] A petition in his probate file says that he died on 27 Jul 1892.^[6] A 2003 transcription of tmhe inscription on his gravestone says that he died in 1897 (probably a misreading of the date) and is buried at the Waters Hill Cemetery in Livermore,^[7]

Probate

Administration on the will of Hartson B. Leach was granted to Calvin R. Leach on 2 Dec 1892.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Gregory S. Childs, Vital Records of Canton, Maine (Waterville, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 2018), p. 4.
2. ↑ Androscoggin, Maine, Probate Files, Mary F. Child, no. 2983, will, 23 January 1884; "Maine, Androscoggin County, Probate Estate Files, 1854-1918," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99W8-WGSK?cc=2037995&wc=M6BN-CZ9%3A346202701 : accessed 5 June 2022), Case no 2957-3017 1888-1889 > image 550 of 1273; Androscoggin County Courthouse, Auburn.
3. ↑ Hartson B. Leach household, family #296, in United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > Livermore > image 36 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 162
5. ↑ Will of Hartson B. Leach, in Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999, Androscoggin > Probate Records, Case no. 3179-3239, 1892 > images 727-729; [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015 (subscription required). Original data:Maine County, District and Probate Courts.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Petition for and grant of administration on the estate of Hartson B. Leach, in Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999, Androscoggin > Probate Records, Case no. 3179-3239, 1892 > image 725; [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015 (subscription required). Original data:Maine County, District and Probate Courts.
7. ↑ Transcription made in 2003 of the inscriptions on the gravestone(s) of Hartson, Nancy, and Calvin Leach, in Maine cemeteries index by surname, FamilySearch > Lawler, Leese - Lebel, J. Anthony, 1620-2014 > image 191 of 501