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Ella Wilson <I>Arehart</I> Leech

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Ella Wilson Arehart Leech

Birth
Fairfield, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Death
9 Nov 1994 (aged 93)
Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Campbell & Glover 7, 7
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Ella W. Arehart was the daughter of Charles Howard Arehart and Carlena Mitchell. She married Howard Samuel Leech on unknown date. Widowed, she married Malcolm Swink Clemmer on 5 Jan 1942 in Rockbridge Co., Virginia. Carlena was called Lena.

On the 1910 South River, Rockbridge Co., Virginia census, I found farm laborer Charles H Arehart, 39, married 10 years to wife Lena Arehart, 31; dau/son: ELLA W Arehart, 8; Annie M Arehart, 7; Thomas L Arehart, 6; Roy C Arehart, 4 and William M Arehart, 3, all Virginia born.

"Mr. Charles H. Arehart of Fairfield announces the marriage of his daughter, Ella Wilson, to Howard S. Leech of Lexington, on Saturday, Nov. 17, 1923, at Bristol, Tenn." Published in the Rockbridge County News (Virginia), Vol 40, #3, dated 22 Nov 1923.

On the 1930 Lexington, Virginia census, I found owner and manager of Electricity office, Howard S Leech, 29, married 6 years to wife ELLA W Leech, 28; daughter Virginia A Leech, 5; son Gilmore H Leech, [3 8/12] and mother Lula B Leech, 64, all Virginia born, residing on Edmondson Street.

On the 1940 Lexington, Virginia census, I found widow MRS Howard S. Leech, 37; daughter Virginia A., 15 and Gelman H., 13, all Virginia born.

On 5 Jan 1942, widow Ella "Wilson" Arehart Leech, age 35, born inn Lexington, Virginia, the daughter of Charles H Arehart and Lena Mitchell married merchant Malcolm Swink Clemmer, 32, born in Lexington, Virginia, the son of Charles B Clemmer and Maggie Swink, in Buena Vista, Virginia. Jas F Coleman a Presbyterian Minister officiated. Per Roanoke, Virginia Certificate of Marriage #1090, on Familysearch.

She divorced Malcolm 10 years later on 7 Apr 1952 in Rockbridge (Abstract).

Ella W. Arehart Leech, 93, of Mount Joy, Pa., formerly of Lexington, Va. died Wednesday, November 10, 1994, at the Leader Nursing Center, where she had lived since March. Born Oct. 1, 1901, in Fairfield, she was the daughter of the late Charles Howard and Carlena Mitchell Arehart. Mrs. Leech was a Member of Lexington Presby. Church, and was the widow of Samuel (Monk) Leech who died in 1936. She is survived by a daughter and six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Anna Mary and Carrie, both of Lexington. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, November 12, 1994, at 2 p.m. from the Harrison Funeral Chapel with Dr. Richard M. Webster officiating. Burial will follow in Stonewall Jackson Cemetery. Please omit flowers. Memorial contributions may be made to the Building Fund of Lexington Presby. Church. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Harrison Funeral Home Lexington. Roanoke Times, November 11, 1994. Edited for FaGrave.

Note: Her grave marker says she died the 9th and obit says the Wednesday, the 10th. Wednesday was the 9th.

Bio by LSP
Ella W. Arehart was the daughter of Charles Howard Arehart and Carlena Mitchell. She married Howard Samuel Leech on unknown date. Widowed, she married Malcolm Swink Clemmer on 5 Jan 1942 in Rockbridge Co., Virginia. Carlena was called Lena.

On the 1910 South River, Rockbridge Co., Virginia census, I found farm laborer Charles H Arehart, 39, married 10 years to wife Lena Arehart, 31; dau/son: ELLA W Arehart, 8; Annie M Arehart, 7; Thomas L Arehart, 6; Roy C Arehart, 4 and William M Arehart, 3, all Virginia born.

"Mr. Charles H. Arehart of Fairfield announces the marriage of his daughter, Ella Wilson, to Howard S. Leech of Lexington, on Saturday, Nov. 17, 1923, at Bristol, Tenn." Published in the Rockbridge County News (Virginia), Vol 40, #3, dated 22 Nov 1923.

On the 1930 Lexington, Virginia census, I found owner and manager of Electricity office, Howard S Leech, 29, married 6 years to wife ELLA W Leech, 28; daughter Virginia A Leech, 5; son Gilmore H Leech, [3 8/12] and mother Lula B Leech, 64, all Virginia born, residing on Edmondson Street.

On the 1940 Lexington, Virginia census, I found widow MRS Howard S. Leech, 37; daughter Virginia A., 15 and Gelman H., 13, all Virginia born.

On 5 Jan 1942, widow Ella "Wilson" Arehart Leech, age 35, born inn Lexington, Virginia, the daughter of Charles H Arehart and Lena Mitchell married merchant Malcolm Swink Clemmer, 32, born in Lexington, Virginia, the son of Charles B Clemmer and Maggie Swink, in Buena Vista, Virginia. Jas F Coleman a Presbyterian Minister officiated. Per Roanoke, Virginia Certificate of Marriage #1090, on Familysearch.

She divorced Malcolm 10 years later on 7 Apr 1952 in Rockbridge (Abstract).

Ella W. Arehart Leech, 93, of Mount Joy, Pa., formerly of Lexington, Va. died Wednesday, November 10, 1994, at the Leader Nursing Center, where she had lived since March. Born Oct. 1, 1901, in Fairfield, she was the daughter of the late Charles Howard and Carlena Mitchell Arehart. Mrs. Leech was a Member of Lexington Presby. Church, and was the widow of Samuel (Monk) Leech who died in 1936. She is survived by a daughter and six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Anna Mary and Carrie, both of Lexington. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, November 12, 1994, at 2 p.m. from the Harrison Funeral Chapel with Dr. Richard M. Webster officiating. Burial will follow in Stonewall Jackson Cemetery. Please omit flowers. Memorial contributions may be made to the Building Fund of Lexington Presby. Church. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Harrison Funeral Home Lexington. Roanoke Times, November 11, 1994. Edited for FaGrave.

Note: Her grave marker says she died the 9th and obit says the Wednesday, the 10th. Wednesday was the 9th.

Bio by LSP

Inscription

ELLA AREHART
WIFE OF
HOWARD S. LEECH
OCT. 1, 1901
NOV. 9, 1994



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  • Maintained by: Senachie
  • Originally Created by: LSP
  • Added: May 11, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146334359/ella_wilson-leech: accessed ), memorial page for Ella Wilson Arehart Leech (1 Oct 1901–9 Nov 1994), Find a Grave Memorial ID 146334359, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Senachie (contributor 47006991).