Joseph P. Leech

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Husband Joseph P. Leech ¹

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           Born: 21 Oct 1826 - Smith Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Father: James Leech (1775-1852) 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Wishart (1782-1867) 3 4 5

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph P. Leech

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He was born in Smith township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and received a limited education in the subscription schools. He followed farming some time, then entered mercantile life, conducting a store near Mt. Vernon church (as it was then called) for seven years. He then became a drover, dealing extensively in wool, and this business called him to different parts of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, where he developed an extensive acquaintance; he also made frequent trips to New York, Philadelphia, Boston and many other eastern cities, with which he became very familiar. He owned an immense tract of prime land which was cultivated under his supervision. He was one of the largest stockholders in the Burgettstown National Bank, of which he was one of the organizers. Politically he was originally a Whig, later a Republican, and he was present at the convention when John C. Fremont was nominated for President. He was not a politician as far as office-holding is concerned. In 1877 he met with a serious accident, which resulted in the loss of his left eye, which was struck by the horn of an ox. Mr. Leech was a well-built, healthy man, standing five feet ten and one-half inches, and weighing 160 pounds.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 897.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1441.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 897, 1440.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 910.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 915.