Worley Leas (1822 - 1899)

Born 17 Oct 1822 in Preble, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Townsend) Leas — married 23 Feb 1843 in Darke County, OH

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1899 at age 76 in Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United States

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Biography

last name may also have been Lease Proprietor of the "Little Windsor" hotel, Kokomo. Owner of Howard Mills, Kokomo.

Proprietor of the "Little Windsor" hotel in Kokomo, IN. Owned a 200 acre farm and a general mercantile store at Bunker Hill. Moved to Kokomo in 1852 and bought the mill just east of the Lake Erie depot. Drew pictures with pen and ink. Member of the Grace Methodist Episcopal church.^[1]

"The first steam flouring mill at Kokomo was the Leas mill, built nearly fifty years ago across the railroad and opposite the Lake Erie Elevator. Worley Leas was, for many years, the proprietor. In later years it was known as the Howard Flouring Mills. The last proprietors were Darnall & Dawson. Lately it has been discontinued."^[2]

1850 Census - Washington, Darke, Ohio, United States^[3]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Worley Lease M 27 Ohio

Elizabeth Lease F 24 Ohio

Noah Lease M 7 Ohio

Henry A Lease M 3 Ohio

1860 Census - Kokomo Township, Howard, Indiana, United States^[4]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Worley Lease M 37 Ohio

Elizabeth Lease F 33 Ohio

Noah Lease M 16 Ohio

Harvey Lease M 12 Ohio

Eliza Lease F 9 Ohio

W J Lane M 18 Ohio

1870 Census - Indiana, United States^[5]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Worley Leas M 45 Ohio

Elizabeth Leas F 44 Ohio

Harvey Leas M 22 Ohio

Eliza Leas F 19 Ohio, United States

William Townsend M 22 Indiana, United States

1880 Census - Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United States^[6]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Worley Leas Self M 56 Ohio, United States - Retired miller, Mother and Father born Pennsylvania

Elisabeth Leas Wife F 53 Ohio, United States

Sources

1. ↑ Notes from David A. Leas and/or the 1950 Leas Family Genealogy
2. ↑ History Of Howard County Indiana Howard County IN Archives History - Books .....Industrial History 1909
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3T-J8C : 12 April 2016), Worley Lease, Washington, Darke, Ohio, United States; citing family 160, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N9-86F : 13 December 2017), Worley Lease, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXY-DC7 : 12 April 2016), Worley Leas, Indiana, United States; citing p. 28, family 254, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,823.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH9H-C1C : 24 August 2017), Worley Leas, Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 54, sheet 448C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0285; FHL microfilm 1,254,285.

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Leas&GSiman=1&GScid=84788&GRid=45510974&
• Notes from David A. Leas and/or the 1950 Leas Family Genealogy in possession of Whitney Rapp.
• "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ7F-6X9 : 3 December 2014), Worley Lease, 01 Sep 1899, Kokomo, Indiana; from "Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing "The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration." City Health Office, Kokomo.