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David Harris Leake

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David Harris Leake

Birth
Goochland County, Virginia, USA
Death
8 May 1955 (aged 79)
Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.5356729, Longitude: -77.4553837
Plot
Midvale Plot 5 South
Memorial ID
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Member of the Virginia House of Delegates,1901-1904.
Onetime Judge of Goochland county and general attorney for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
Attended the county schools of Goochland,Charlotte Hall Military Academy in Maryland and Washington and Lee University and the University of Virginia.

Son of Andrew K.and Juliana Harris Leake.
In 1908 he married Sue Conway Spilman.
He was the great-grandson of Frederick Harris of Fredericks Hall in Louisa County,the first president of the C&O.He joined the railroad's legal department in 1899 and was appointed general attorney in 1938.He held that post until he retired on June 30,1947,to become a member of the Advisory Council of the Virginia Railway Assn.
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates,1901-1904.
Onetime Judge of Goochland county and general attorney for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
Attended the county schools of Goochland,Charlotte Hall Military Academy in Maryland and Washington and Lee University and the University of Virginia.

Son of Andrew K.and Juliana Harris Leake.
In 1908 he married Sue Conway Spilman.
He was the great-grandson of Frederick Harris of Fredericks Hall in Louisa County,the first president of the C&O.He joined the railroad's legal department in 1899 and was appointed general attorney in 1938.He held that post until he retired on June 30,1947,to become a member of the Advisory Council of the Virginia Railway Assn.


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  • Maintained by: kbk
  • Originally Created by: PL
  • Added: Oct 2, 2005
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11866292/david_harris-leake: accessed ), memorial page for David Harris Leake (13 Jul 1875–8 May 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11866292, citing Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by kbk (contributor 49909918).