Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Calvin Leasure and Lucy C. Graham




Husband John Calvin Leasure 1 2

           Born: 16 Jul 1850 - Green Twp, Indiana Co, PA 3
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         Father: Peter Leasure (1824-1905) 4 5
         Mother: Margaret Ann Miller (1824-      ) 4 5


       Marriage: 1875 3



Wife Lucy C. Graham 1 2

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         Father: James Graham (      -Bef 1913) 2
         Mother: Orma Lyda (      -      ) 6




Children

General Notes: Husband - John Calvin Leasure


He began his education in the public schools of the home locality in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He also attended several terms of summer school, and for four terms was a student at Cookport, Indiana County. He was engaged in teaching for thirteen terms, and after giving up the profession engaged in farming and lumbering for several years in Green township. Meantime he took an active part in public affairs, serving eleven years as auditor of Green township and for ten years as member of its board of school directors. He made an excellent record as a public servant, so much so that when nominated for the office of county treasurer, in 1908, he was elected by a large majority, receiving 6,016 votes as against 1,586 cast for his opponent. He held the office for three years. Mr. Leasure also served as mercantile appraiser of Indiana County. He was a director and vice president of the First National Bank of Cherrytree.
He was a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, which he served several years as Sunday school teacher. He was a Republican in political connection.

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Sources


1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 499.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 702, 1523.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 702.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 499, 511.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 702, 748.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 671.


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