The History of Hendricks County (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914)--pages 707-708:
A half century ago, more than two hundred thousand of Indiana's young men, strong and active in body, exulting in their young manhood, offered themselves for their country's service, and of these many thousands who went from Indiana there are today but few left and these few are old men who have long ago passed their meridian and are now looking eagerly forward to the time when they will answer the last roll call. The soldiers who fought so bravely in the Civil War soon will all have passed to another world, but so long as this nation shall endure, their memory will be revered high above other men.
Hendricks County sent many brave young men to the front, but no man fought more valiantly than James M. Leak, who, through four long years of hard service, participated in some of the bloodiest battles of the war. Although he was twice wounded before his four years' enlistment was up, yet such was his courage and patriotism that he re-enlisted in February, 1865, as a substitute and served until his final discharge at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865.
James Malrey Leak, a distinguished veteran of the Civil War and one of Hendricks County's best loved citizens, was born October 20, 1841, in Bracken County, Kentucky. His parents were Louis and Elizabeth Leak, who were both natives of Kentucky. Louis Leak was born in Kentucky in 1808, grew to manhood and was married there before coming to this county. Early in the history of this county he and his family entered eighty acres in Union Township, north of Lizton, where he farmed until his death. He was a public-spirited citizen and was township trustee for several terms. He and his wife were both members of the Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Leak were the parents of nine children: Mrs. Susan Jane Runnels, who died in 1859; David V., who married Julia Ann Waters and died September 4, 1912; Belle, deceased, the wife of Allen Hayden; John Robert, deceased; James Malrey, whose career is herein set forth; Francis Marion, born January 15, 1843, and died in April, 1903; William M., of Missouri, died in 1911; Nancy Ann, of Danville, the wife of Allen Bell, and Minerva, who was the wife of Woodson Bell, died in 1867.
James Malrey Leak grew to manhood on the old home farm and when twenty years of age enlisted for service under his country's flag. He was mustered into Company H, Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for three years, in August, 1861, and was first assigned to the Army of the West, but later transferred to the East and his regiment was made a part of the Army of the Potomac. While serving in Virginia he was twice wounded in battle, first at Fairfax Gap and later at Spotsylvania Court House. At Louisville, Kentucky, at the end of his three years' enlistment, he re-enlisted in February, 1865, as a substitute for a man who was drafted in this county. While acting as a substitute, he received five hundred dollars in money and a deed for forty acres of land in Union Township. He was finally mustered out August 27, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky, after having seen four years of service in the midst of the bloodiest civil war which has ever happened in the history of the world.
Immediately after his discharge, Mr. Leak returned to this county and commenced farming in Union Township. He was married August 6, 1865, to Mary Dickey, who died November 9, 1872, leaving one daughter, Vada. Vada married John A. Leak, whose history is delineated elsewhere in this volume. James M. Leak was married a second time to Margaret (Davidson) Winters, who died February 15, 1899. There were two children born to this second marriage, Eva, who died December 24, 1887, and Omer, a farmer of this township, who married Bessie Walter, having one daughter, Lurene. After the death of his second wife, Mr. Leak was married to Mrs. Frances (Gott) Hedge.
Mr. Leak continued in active service on the farm until December, 1905, when he retired from the farm and moved to Lizton. Politically, Mr. Leak is a Republican of the progressive type, and has been voting the Republican ticket ever since the days of Abraham Lincoln. While he has always taken an intelligent interest in politics, he has never been a seeker after political preferments. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Lizton. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church and he is a deacon in that denomination. He is a man who is always willing to help those in distress and has lived a life of a quiet, unostentatious farmer ever since the day he returned from the battlefield of the sixties. He is an ideal citizen in every respect and is highly honored and respected by every one in the community.
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A half century ago, more than two hundred thousand of Indiana's young men, strong and active in body, exulting in their young manhood, offered themselves for their country's service, and of these many thousands who went from Indiana there are today but few left and these few are old men who have long ago passed their meridian and are now looking eagerly forward to the time when they will answer the last roll call. The soldiers who fought so bravely in the Civil War soon will all have passed to another world, but so long as this nation shall endure, their memory will be revered high above other men.
Hendricks County sent many brave young men to the front, but no man fought more valiantly than James M. Leak, who, through four long years of hard service, participated in some of the bloodiest battles of the war. Although he was twice wounded before his four years' enlistment was up, yet such was his courage and patriotism that he re-enlisted in February, 1865, as a substitute and served until his final discharge at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865.
James Malrey Leak, a distinguished veteran of the Civil War and one of Hendricks County's best loved citizens, was born October 20, 1841, in Bracken County, Kentucky. His parents were Louis and Elizabeth Leak, who were both natives of Kentucky. Louis Leak was born in Kentucky in 1808, grew to manhood and was married there before coming to this county. Early in the history of this county he and his family entered eighty acres in Union Township, north of Lizton, where he farmed until his death. He was a public-spirited citizen and was township trustee for several terms. He and his wife were both members of the Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Leak were the parents of nine children: Mrs. Susan Jane Runnels, who died in 1859; David V., who married Julia Ann Waters and died September 4, 1912; Belle, deceased, the wife of Allen Hayden; John Robert, deceased; James Malrey, whose career is herein set forth; Francis Marion, born January 15, 1843, and died in April, 1903; William M., of Missouri, died in 1911; Nancy Ann, of Danville, the wife of Allen Bell, and Minerva, who was the wife of Woodson Bell, died in 1867.
James Malrey Leak grew to manhood on the old home farm and when twenty years of age enlisted for service under his country's flag. He was mustered into Company H, Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for three years, in August, 1861, and was first assigned to the Army of the West, but later transferred to the East and his regiment was made a part of the Army of the Potomac. While serving in Virginia he was twice wounded in battle, first at Fairfax Gap and later at Spotsylvania Court House. At Louisville, Kentucky, at the end of his three years' enlistment, he re-enlisted in February, 1865, as a substitute for a man who was drafted in this county. While acting as a substitute, he received five hundred dollars in money and a deed for forty acres of land in Union Township. He was finally mustered out August 27, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky, after having seen four years of service in the midst of the bloodiest civil war which has ever happened in the history of the world.
Immediately after his discharge, Mr. Leak returned to this county and commenced farming in Union Township. He was married August 6, 1865, to Mary Dickey, who died November 9, 1872, leaving one daughter, Vada. Vada married John A. Leak, whose history is delineated elsewhere in this volume. James M. Leak was married a second time to Margaret (Davidson) Winters, who died February 15, 1899. There were two children born to this second marriage, Eva, who died December 24, 1887, and Omer, a farmer of this township, who married Bessie Walter, having one daughter, Lurene. After the death of his second wife, Mr. Leak was married to Mrs. Frances (Gott) Hedge.
Mr. Leak continued in active service on the farm until December, 1905, when he retired from the farm and moved to Lizton. Politically, Mr. Leak is a Republican of the progressive type, and has been voting the Republican ticket ever since the days of Abraham Lincoln. While he has always taken an intelligent interest in politics, he has never been a seeker after political preferments. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Lizton. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church and he is a deacon in that denomination. He is a man who is always willing to help those in distress and has lived a life of a quiet, unostentatious farmer ever since the day he returned from the battlefield of the sixties. He is an ideal citizen in every respect and is highly honored and respected by every one in the community.
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The History of Hendricks County (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914)--pages 707-708:
A half century ago, more than two hundred thousand of Indiana's young men, strong and active in body, exulting in their young manhood, offered themselves for their country's service, and of these many thousands who went from Indiana there are today but few left and these few are old men who have long ago passed their meridian and are now looking eagerly forward to the time when they will answer the last roll call. The soldiers who fought so bravely in the Civil War soon will all have passed to another world, but so long as this nation shall endure, their memory will be revered high above other men.
Hendricks County sent many brave young men to the front, but no man fought more valiantly than James M. Leak, who, through four long years of hard service, participated in some of the bloodiest battles of the war. Although he was twice wounded before his four years' enlistment was up, yet such was his courage and patriotism that he re-enlisted in February, 1865, as a substitute and served until his final discharge at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865.
James Malrey Leak, a distinguished veteran of the Civil War and one of Hendricks County's best loved citizens, was born October 20, 1841, in Bracken County, Kentucky. His parents were Louis and Elizabeth Leak, who were both natives of Kentucky. Louis Leak was born in Kentucky in 1808, grew to manhood and was married there before coming to this county. Early in the history of this county he and his family entered eighty acres in Union Township, north of Lizton, where he farmed until his death. He was a public-spirited citizen and was township trustee for several terms. He and his wife were both members of the Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Leak were the parents of nine children: Mrs. Susan Jane Runnels, who died in 1859; David V., who married Julia Ann Waters and died September 4, 1912; Belle, deceased, the wife of Allen Hayden; John Robert, deceased; James Malrey, whose career is herein set forth; Francis Marion, born January 15, 1843, and died in April, 1903; William M., of Missouri, died in 1911; Nancy Ann, of Danville, the wife of Allen Bell, and Minerva, who was the wife of Woodson Bell, died in 1867.
James Malrey Leak grew to manhood on the old home farm and when twenty years of age enlisted for service under his country's flag. He was mustered into Company H, Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for three years, in August, 1861, and was first assigned to the Army of the West, but later transferred to the East and his regiment was made a part of the Army of the Potomac. While serving in Virginia he was twice wounded in battle, first at Fairfax Gap and later at Spotsylvania Court House. At Louisville, Kentucky, at the end of his three years' enlistment, he re-enlisted in February, 1865, as a substitute for a man who was drafted in this county. While acting as a substitute, he received five hundred dollars in money and a deed for forty acres of land in Union Township. He was finally mustered out August 27, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky, after having seen four years of service in the midst of the bloodiest civil war which has ever happened in the history of the world.
Immediately after his discharge, Mr. Leak returned to this county and commenced farming in Union Township. He was married August 6, 1865, to Mary Dickey, who died November 9, 1872, leaving one daughter, Vada. Vada married John A. Leak, whose history is delineated elsewhere in this volume. James M. Leak was married a second time to Margaret (Davidson) Winters, who died February 15, 1899. There were two children born to this second marriage, Eva, who died December 24, 1887, and Omer, a farmer of this township, who married Bessie Walter, having one daughter, Lurene. After the death of his second wife, Mr. Leak was married to Mrs. Frances (Gott) Hedge.
Mr. Leak continued in active service on the farm until December, 1905, when he retired from the farm and moved to Lizton. Politically, Mr. Leak is a Republican of the progressive type, and has been voting the Republican ticket ever since the days of Abraham Lincoln. While he has always taken an intelligent interest in politics, he has never been a seeker after political preferments. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Lizton. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church and he is a deacon in that denomination. He is a man who is always willing to help those in distress and has lived a life of a quiet, unostentatious farmer ever since the day he returned from the battlefield of the sixties. He is an ideal citizen in every respect and is highly honored and respected by every one in the community.
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A half century ago, more than two hundred thousand of Indiana's young men, strong and active in body, exulting in their young manhood, offered themselves for their country's service, and of these many thousands who went from Indiana there are today but few left and these few are old men who have long ago passed their meridian and are now looking eagerly forward to the time when they will answer the last roll call. The soldiers who fought so bravely in the Civil War soon will all have passed to another world, but so long as this nation shall endure, their memory will be revered high above other men.
Hendricks County sent many brave young men to the front, but no man fought more valiantly than James M. Leak, who, through four long years of hard service, participated in some of the bloodiest battles of the war. Although he was twice wounded before his four years' enlistment was up, yet such was his courage and patriotism that he re-enlisted in February, 1865, as a substitute and served until his final discharge at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865.
James Malrey Leak, a distinguished veteran of the Civil War and one of Hendricks County's best loved citizens, was born October 20, 1841, in Bracken County, Kentucky. His parents were Louis and Elizabeth Leak, who were both natives of Kentucky. Louis Leak was born in Kentucky in 1808, grew to manhood and was married there before coming to this county. Early in the history of this county he and his family entered eighty acres in Union Township, north of Lizton, where he farmed until his death. He was a public-spirited citizen and was township trustee for several terms. He and his wife were both members of the Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Leak were the parents of nine children: Mrs. Susan Jane Runnels, who died in 1859; David V., who married Julia Ann Waters and died September 4, 1912; Belle, deceased, the wife of Allen Hayden; John Robert, deceased; James Malrey, whose career is herein set forth; Francis Marion, born January 15, 1843, and died in April, 1903; William M., of Missouri, died in 1911; Nancy Ann, of Danville, the wife of Allen Bell, and Minerva, who was the wife of Woodson Bell, died in 1867.
James Malrey Leak grew to manhood on the old home farm and when twenty years of age enlisted for service under his country's flag. He was mustered into Company H, Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for three years, in August, 1861, and was first assigned to the Army of the West, but later transferred to the East and his regiment was made a part of the Army of the Potomac. While serving in Virginia he was twice wounded in battle, first at Fairfax Gap and later at Spotsylvania Court House. At Louisville, Kentucky, at the end of his three years' enlistment, he re-enlisted in February, 1865, as a substitute for a man who was drafted in this county. While acting as a substitute, he received five hundred dollars in money and a deed for forty acres of land in Union Township. He was finally mustered out August 27, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky, after having seen four years of service in the midst of the bloodiest civil war which has ever happened in the history of the world.
Immediately after his discharge, Mr. Leak returned to this county and commenced farming in Union Township. He was married August 6, 1865, to Mary Dickey, who died November 9, 1872, leaving one daughter, Vada. Vada married John A. Leak, whose history is delineated elsewhere in this volume. James M. Leak was married a second time to Margaret (Davidson) Winters, who died February 15, 1899. There were two children born to this second marriage, Eva, who died December 24, 1887, and Omer, a farmer of this township, who married Bessie Walter, having one daughter, Lurene. After the death of his second wife, Mr. Leak was married to Mrs. Frances (Gott) Hedge.
Mr. Leak continued in active service on the farm until December, 1905, when he retired from the farm and moved to Lizton. Politically, Mr. Leak is a Republican of the progressive type, and has been voting the Republican ticket ever since the days of Abraham Lincoln. While he has always taken an intelligent interest in politics, he has never been a seeker after political preferments. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Lizton. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church and he is a deacon in that denomination. He is a man who is always willing to help those in distress and has lived a life of a quiet, unostentatious farmer ever since the day he returned from the battlefield of the sixties. He is an ideal citizen in every respect and is highly honored and respected by every one in the community.
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