This file last updated:  13 Nov 2003

JAMES T. LEECH is the grandson of JOHN LEECH and ELEANOR McHENRY .
JAMES T. LEECH is the grandson of  JOSEPH LEECH and CELIA TURPIN

Generation No. 5

32. JAMES T. LEECH (JOSEPH4, JOHN3, JOHN2, DAVID1, UNKNOWN0) was born June 1828 in Hart Co. KY.  He married (Barren County, KY, 31 Oct 1850) LOUISA J. REYNOLDS, b. 1833/4, daughter of GREENBERRY REYNOLDS and MALINDA BAILEY.  He most likely died in 1903, in Lime Creek Township, Washington County, Iowa; and did not die any later than 1903.  He has a tombstone in Sheppard Cemetery (Section 1, a/4/4), but LOUISA apparently does not.  LOUISA died after the 1885 Census (Nebraska State), but prior to the 1900 Census.  LOUISA LEECH does not appear in the transcription of Sheppard Cemetery.

Military Service, Civil War:  Private, Co F 32nd IA Infantry.  Part of XVI Corps.  Service Record:
 

Date(s)	What and Where	Notes
15 Aug 1862	Enlisted, Union Township, Hardin Co., IA.
to 30 Jun 1863	on Rolls or Present	Operations near Cape Girardeau
to 31 Aug 1863	Absent on Furlough
to 31 Dec 1863	Present	Steele's Expedition to Little Rock, AR
29 Feb 1864	Absent, Detached Service	Sherman's Meridian Campaign (February and March 1864)
30 Apr 1864 to  30 Apr 1865	Present	Red River Expedition,  Louisiana, including Battle of Pleasant Hill (March to May 1864) A. J. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, MS (July 1864) A. J. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, MS (August 1864) Pursuit of Price, Missouri (September to November 1864) Battle of Nashville, TN (December 1864) and pursuit of Hood Operations Against Mobile, Alabama (March-May 1865)
29 May 1865	Furloughed for 30 days
3 July 1865	Mustered Out, Clinton, IA
1870	Census, Iowa, Hardin County, Union Township	Federal Census
1880	Census, Nebraska, Harlan County, Antelope Township	Federal Census
1885	Census, Nebraska, Harlan County, Antelope Township	State Census
24 Feb 1887	Filed for Invalid Pension:  Freewater, Antelope Township, Harlan Co., NE
1893	Roster of Nebraska Veterans, Wilcox (Kearney Co.) NE.	Leech, James         Private        Co. F, 32nd Iowa Infantry
1900	Census, Iowa, Washington County, Lime Creek Township	Federal Census
4 Apr 1903	Last Paid Pension at $12 from Des Moines, IA Pension Office.

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See the Civil War Archive for where his regiment served.

Physical Description (from pension application):

height 6 feet, complexion dark, hair black, eyes black.

Disabilities (from pension application):

"in the service and in the line of duty at Red River expedition in the state of Louisiana on or about the (left blank) day of April 1864 he contracted an injury to eyesight caused by forced marching and exposure.

Also while on a forced march from Memphis Tenn to LaGrange Miss (or Tenn), he incurred a rupture on the               side.

(This would have been in late June or early July, 1864, on A. J. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo.  LaGrange is in Tennessee, not Mississippi.)

Children of JAMES T. LEECH and LOUISA J. REYNOLDS LEECH are:

123 i.  JOSEPH GREEN BERRY LEECH , b. October 10, 1853, Hart Co, KY; d. March 09, 1896, Hardin Co. Sheppard Cem
124. ii.  LILLY ANN LEECH , b. Jan 10, 1856, Hart Co., KY.  (Lydia Leach in 1870 Census?).
125 iii.  JOHN H. LEECH , b. Apr 1860, IOWA.
iv.  MARTIN LEECH d. April 1862, Hardin Co, Iowa, buried Sheppard Cemetery . (a/3/11)
126. v.  MARY SUSAN LEECH, b. June 1865, IOWA.  
127. vi.  NATHAN T. LEECH , b. Apr 1869, IOWA; d. 3 August 1920, Norway, Benton Co., IA;

Sources:
(1)  Compilation from Charlotte Mazurik;
(2)  Gorin, Hart Co., KY Births.
(3)  1850 Census, Hart County, KY .  (page 216, household 547, Joseph Leech)
(4)  1860 Census, Iowa, Hardin County, Union Township.   Recorded as Joseph T. Leach.
(5)  1870 Census, Iowa, Hardin County, Union Township, p. 510, household 121/120 (J. T. Leach).
 

120/119	Leach	Joseph	72	M	W	Farmer	1200/100	Kentucky
		Celia	62	F	W	keeping house		Kentucky
121/120	Leach	J T	38	M	W	Farmer		Kentucky
		Louisa	30	F	W	Keeping House		Kentucky
		J P	17	M	W			Kentucky
		Lydia	14	F	W			Kentucky
		J H	11	M	W			Iowa
		Susan	4	F	W			Iowa
		N T	1	M	W			Iowa

(6)  Pension File of James T. Leach, Company F, 32nd Iowa Infantry.
(7)  1875 Atlas of Hardin County, Iowa shows J. Leach owned 10 acres in the southeast quadrant of Section 9, Union Township, Hardin Co.
(8) 1880 Census, Nebraska, Harlan County, Antelope Township (E D 32), sheet 5, lines 25-29.
 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
25	59	59	Leech James	51	W	M				1			Farmer	v										Kentucky	N. Carolina	Kentucky
26			------ Loueasy	46	W	F		Wife		1			Housekeeper											Kentucky	Virginia	Virginia
27			------ John H.	21	W	M		Son					Farmer	v										Iowa	Kentucky	Kentucky
28			------ Mary S.	14	W	F		Daughter					Attending school											Iowa	Kentucky	Kentucky
29			------ Nathan	11	W	M		Son					Attending school											Iowa	Kentucky	Kentucky

(9) 1885 Nebraska Census, Harlan County, Antelope Township, ED 383, page 9B, Midway Borough.  Enumerated in June 1885 by John Hawksby.

(10) 1893 Roster of Nebraska Civil War Veterans, Iowa Enlistees.
(11) Barren Co. Marriage Book 2, p.52, file 11 (JAMES T. LEECH and LOUISA REYNOLDS)
(12) Franklin County, Nebraska Marriage Book.  Thanks to Patti Simpson for the lookup.
(13) 1900 Census, Iowa, Washington County, Lime Creek Township (ED 117), sheet 16A, lines 26-28 (Nathan T. Leech)
 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
	348	353	Leech Nathan T	Head	W	M	Apr 1870	30	M	0			Iowa	Kentucky	Kentucky				Grain dealer	0		yes	yes	yes	R		H
			-------   Sara	Wife	W	F	May 1881	19	M	0	0	0	Iowa	North Carolina	North Carolina							yes	yes	yes
			-------- James	Father	W	M	June 1828	71	Wd				Kentucky	North Carolina	Kentucky							yes	yes	yes

(14)  1850 Census, Kentucky, Barren County, the First Division, page 324 (649)  line 42 and page 325 (650) lines 1-5.  Enumerated on the 1st day of August, 1850 by H. Eubanks, Ass't Marshall.
 

 (15) Descendants of Julius C. and Lucinda Anderson Bailey

123.  JOSEPH GREENBERRY LEACH (JAMES T.5, JOSEPH4, JOHN3, JOHN2, DAVID1, UNKNOWN0) b. 10 Oct 1853, Hart County, KY, d. 9 Mar 1896, Union, Hardin County, Iowa.  Buried Shepard Cemetery, NW Union TWP, Hardin County, Iowa.   m. (1877/8) LYDIA; b. Mar 1856, Pennsylvanai, d. 1940.   Children of JOSEPH GREENBERRY LEECH and LYDIA DARLING include:

i. LOUISA M LEECH, b. Jun 1882.  She married ERNEST WARDLE, son of GEORGE W. WARDLE and EMMA McGINNIS.  LOUISA is the mother of MARGARET M. WARDLE (1917-1921), daughter of Earnest and Louisa, buried Sheppard Cemetery (a/4/1), in the Joseph B. LEECH plot. Found in 1920.
ii. through x.  Children who died prior to the 1900 census.

Sources:
(1)  Original compilation by Charlotte Mazurik. 

1870 Census, Iowa, Hardin County, Union Township, page 32, rows 34-36.  Post Office: ElDora Iowa.  Enumerated on the 13th day of June, 1870 by J. P. Wallace, Ass't Marshal.

1880 Census, Nebraska, Franklin Co., Lincoln Township (E D 47), sheet 2, lines 25 and 26 .  Enumerated on the 9th day of June, 1880 by A. W. deClercq.  Joseph B Leach is disabled.
 

1880 Census, Kansas, Ellsworth County, Empire Township.  GEORGE and EMMA WARDLE.  Previous household is ROBERT and SUSAN MC GINNIS.

1900 Census, Iowa, Hardin County, Union Township (ED #156), sheet 8A (Union Town), household 150/150.  Enumerated on the 19th day of June, 1900 by J. E. Lockard.
 

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Leech Lydia

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Mar 1856

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Pennsylvania

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Leech Louisa M

daughter

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Jun 1882

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Iowa

Kentucky

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milliner

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McCollough William

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Mar 1840

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Store ...son

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Wife

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Sept 1841

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Indiana

Tennesee

Ohio

yes

yes

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Daughter

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F

Jan 1876

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Iowa

Pennsylvania

Indiana

yes

yes

yes

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-----  John W

G-Son

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M

Feb 1900

4/12

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Iowa

Iowa

Iowa

yes

It looks like the head of the next household (William McCollough, places of birth PA/PA/PA) might be related to Lydia.  She is not in the household of HIRAM DARLING in 1870.

1900 Census, Iowa, Black Hawk County, East Waterloo Tonwship, Waterloo, Fourth Ward, ED 13, sheet 23A, rows 5-12.  145 Barclay St.
Enumerated on the 18th day of June, 1900 by M T. Brvvvv.

It looks like the head of the next household (William McCollough, places of birth PA/PA/PA) might be related to Lydia.  She is not in the household of HIRAM DARLING in 1870.

1910 Census:  Not found.  The GEORGE WARDLES moved to Los Angeles, CA.

EARNEST WARDLE, 1920 Census, Iowa, Black Hawk County, Waterloo, ED 27, sheet 4B, lines 71-75.  817 Dawson Street.

(4) SSDI

California Death Index

124.  LILLY ANN LEECH (JAMES T.5, JOSEPH4, JOHN3, JOHN2, DAVID1, UNKNOWN0) b. 10 Jan 1856, Hart County, KY.  I believe she married CLARENCE C. ROWLEY, 4 Jun 1879, Franklin County, Nebraska.  CLARENCE C. ROWLEY was born Dec 1856 in Guilford, Winnebago County, Illinois, the son of WALTER E. and LORINA (or LORENE) ROWLEY. I haven't found where these people are buried. Last Found in 1910. Children of LILLY ANN LEECH and CLARENCE C. ROWLEY include:

i.  JAMES ROWLEY was born 1880/1 in Nebraska, and died prior to the 1900 Census.
ii.  MARY LOUISE ROWLEY was born July 1883 in Nebraska.  Died 1966,  She married (~1903) HENRY G. CORDLE, son of WILLIAM R. and LIGHT CORDLE, b. 1872, Iowa, d. 1955.  Both buried Shephard Cemetery, Sheppard Cemetery, Union Township, Hardin County, Iowa (d/8/1).   Found in 1920.
iii. CLARK H. ROWLEY was born 22 June 1887 in Nebraska and died 15 July 1968, Union, Hardin Co., Iowa..  He is buried in Miller Cemetery , Union Township, Hardin Co., IA (3/8).  It appears that he married CARRIE M. HAMMER (1888-1921), daughter of ADAM HAMMER. Last Found in 1930.
iv. LUCY J. ROWLEY was born Nov 1889 in Nebraska. Last Found in 1900, but apparently still alive in 1910.
v. JOSEPH H. ROWLEY was born Sept 1891, Nebraska.  He married VELMA UNKNOWN.  Last Found in 1930.

Sources:

1860 Census, Illinois, Winnebago County, the Town of Guilford, page 518.
Post Office: Rockford.  Enumerated on the 24th day of August, 1860 by Thomas Boyd.

1870 Census, Illinois, Winnebago County, Town of Guilford, page 23, rows 32-36.  Enumerated on the 11th day of June, 1870 by J. H. Kirk, Ass't Marshal.

1880 Census, Nebraska, Franklin County, E D 47, sheet 7, lines 12 through 14. Enumerated on the (left blank) day of June, 1880 by A. W. deClercq.
 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
12	83	85	Rowley Clarence C	W	M	23		Husband				1	Farmer	/										Illinois	New York	New York
13			Libbie A	W	F	24		Wife				1												Kentucky	Kentucky	Kentucky
14	84	86	Rowley Walter E	W	M	59					1			/										New York	New York	New York

The 1 to the left of the occupation column says that Clarence and Libbie were "Married during Census year".

1885 State Census, Nebraska, Franklin County, Lincoln Township, dwelling 70:

1900 Census, Iowa, Hardin County, Union Township (ED 156), sheet 10A, lines 45-50
 

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Rowley Clarence C

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Dec 1856

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Illinois

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Michigan

Day Laborer

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yes

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Wife

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Jan 1856

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--------  Clark H

Son

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June 1887

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Nebraska

Illinois

Kentucky

Student

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yes

yes

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--------  Lucy J

Daughter

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Nov 1889

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Nebraska

Illinois

Kentucky

Student

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yes

yes

yes

--------  Joseph H

Son

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Sept 1891

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Nebraska

Illinois

Kentucky

Student

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yes

yes

yes

1910 Census, Iowa, Hardin County, Union Township (ED 184), Union Town, sheet 19B, rows 73-77.  Enumerated the 7 day of May, 1910 by Edward A. Hurd.
 

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73	156	139	Rowley Clarence	Head	M	W	53	M'	31			Illinois	New York	New York			English	laborer	common	W	yes	25	yes	yes		O	F	H	18	-5	-0	-8
74			---    Ann	Wife	F	W	54	M'	31	5	4	Kentucky	Kentucky	Kentucky			English	none					no	no
75			---   Clark H.	son	M	W	22	S				Nebraska	Illinois	Kentucky			English	labrer	Section RR	W	no	12	yes	yes					2	-9	-X	-5
76			----  Joseph H.	son	M	W	18	S				Nebraska	Illinois	Kentucky			English	labrer	com...	W	no	8	yes	yes					15	-5	-9	-8
77			Cordle Wanda N.	Grand daughter	F	W	5	S				Iowa	Iowa	Nebraska				non..							no	/

1920 Census of Iowa, Hardin County, ED 197 (Union Township), sheet 17A, rows 19-24.  Enumerated on the 10 day of February, 1920, Amos Hauser, Enumerator.

1920 Census of Iowa, Hardin County, Union Township, ED 197, Union Town, sheets 5A and 5B, rows 49-55.  5th Street.  Enumerated on the 10th day of February, 1920, Amos Hauser, Enumerator.