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Leander Sams Gash

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Leander Sams Gash

Birth
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Death
20 Jul 1872 (aged 58)
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Horse Shoe, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
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He served in the N.C. State Senate from 1866 to 1868 during “Presidential Reconstruction.”
He was one of three landowners who donated land for the town of Brevard, where he had a store.
In his early years, he was a teacher in a log one-room school near Blythe Street in Hendersonville and was also a dry goods merchant.
He owned extensive acreage in what is today Transylvania and Henderson counties.
He also served as a postmaster in Claytonville (Etowah).
[Thanks to Jennie Jones Giles for all of the above information.]
He served in the N.C. State Senate from 1866 to 1868 during “Presidential Reconstruction.”
He was one of three landowners who donated land for the town of Brevard, where he had a store.
In his early years, he was a teacher in a log one-room school near Blythe Street in Hendersonville and was also a dry goods merchant.
He owned extensive acreage in what is today Transylvania and Henderson counties.
He also served as a postmaster in Claytonville (Etowah).
[Thanks to Jennie Jones Giles for all of the above information.]

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  • Created by: Steve Harrison
  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73744204/leander_sams-gash: accessed ), memorial page for Leander Sams Gash (26 Jul 1813–20 Jul 1872), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73744204, citing Shaws Creek Methodist Campground Cemetery, Horse Shoe, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Steve Harrison (contributor 46893586).