from The History of Hendricks County (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914)--pages 526-528:
Few farmers in the locality of which this history treats seem to understand better the way in which to manage Indiana soil in order to get the largest returns from it than John A. Leak, of Union Township, a man who has succeeded because he has given his exclusive attention to his individual affairs, studied carefully the relation of soil to crops, climate and all the phases relating to improved farming.
John A. Leak was born January 28, 1858, in the township where he has lived his whole life. He is the son of Landrum and Sarah (Leach) Leak, both his father and his mother being natives of Kentucky. Landrum Leak was born in 1818 and came to this county with his parents, James and Elizabeth Leak, in 1835, when he was seventeen years of age. He grew to manhood under pioneer conditions and became a successful farmer in the township. He was twice married, his first marriage being to Evaline Martin, and the second marriage to Sarah Leach. There was one son born to the first marriage, James M., who died in 1888. To the second marriage were born four children: Mrs. Evaline Jeger, of New Mexico; William L., of Anderson, Indiana; John A., whose history is herein delineated, and George B., a twin brother of John A., who died about 1902. Landrum Leak died in 1890 on a farm in Union Township.
John A. Leak received such education as was afforded by his home school in Union Township and the two years before his marriage in 1885 he spent in Tennessee. Upon his marriage, Mr. Leak moved to Johnson County near Greenwood, where he farmed for six years; he then went to Kokomo and entered the grocery business and followed this for the next four years, after which he moved back to Hendricks County and settled on the old homestead farm which he rented for two years. He then bought twenty-seven acres one mile south of his present farm, and lived on it three years, when he bought sixty acres where he now lives and later added another forty acres, a total acreage now of one hundred acres. Mr. Leak has been sufficiently progressive to keep abreast of the latest developments in agricultural methods and has won a full measure of prosperity in his present location. He has not only been an important factor in the agricultural life of his community, but he has also been interested in the Citizens Bank at Lizton, in which he is a stockholder and director at the present time.
Mr. Leak was married February 25, 1885, to Nevada Leak, the daughter of James M. and Mary (Dickey) Leak. The biography of James M. Leak, given elsewhere in this volume, gives the ancestry of that branch of the Leak family to which Mrs. John A. Leak belongs. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Leak have two very promising sons living; one son, Warren, died in infancy, the other two sons being Roy and Glenn. Both of the boys graduated from the Lizton high school and later spent two terms in the Central Normal College of Danville. After they began to teach, they spent one year in the State Normal School at Terre Haute in order to qualify themselves for better work in the school room. Roy is now teaching at Stilesville, this county, and Glenn teaches in Marion County, near University Heights.
In his fraternal relations, Mr. Leak is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Lizton, while politically he has long been identified with the Democratic Party, but has never been a candidate for any public office, preferring to devote his attention to his agricultural interests. He has a fine residence, which he has recently remodeled and improved in many ways, a large barn, good outbuildings and various other improvements which render his farm a very attractive place. Mr. Leak is a self-made man in every respect and has been a hard worker all of his life. He is a pleasant man to meet, congenial in all of his relations with his fellow men and has always made it a point to identify himself with all worthy public measures.
from the Republican for Jan. 17, 1918:
Death of John A. Leak - John A. Leak, trustee of Union township, died Thursday of erysipelas. The funeral was to have been held, Saturday, but on account of the storm, was not held until Monday afternoon. Appropriate remarks were made by Charles F. Martin, of Jamestown, at the home followed by interment in the K. of P. cemetery at Lizton. Mr. Leak was in his 60th year. He was one of the substantial citizens of Union township, most highly esteemed. He is survived by Mrs. Leak and two sons, Roy and Glen. Mr. Leak's fatal illness was contracted while waiting on his son, Roy, who has just recovered from an attack of erysiplelas.
Note: The date (1918) of the above obituary conflicts with the year of death (1917) on his stone.
Few farmers in the locality of which this history treats seem to understand better the way in which to manage Indiana soil in order to get the largest returns from it than John A. Leak, of Union Township, a man who has succeeded because he has given his exclusive attention to his individual affairs, studied carefully the relation of soil to crops, climate and all the phases relating to improved farming.
John A. Leak was born January 28, 1858, in the township where he has lived his whole life. He is the son of Landrum and Sarah (Leach) Leak, both his father and his mother being natives of Kentucky. Landrum Leak was born in 1818 and came to this county with his parents, James and Elizabeth Leak, in 1835, when he was seventeen years of age. He grew to manhood under pioneer conditions and became a successful farmer in the township. He was twice married, his first marriage being to Evaline Martin, and the second marriage to Sarah Leach. There was one son born to the first marriage, James M., who died in 1888. To the second marriage were born four children: Mrs. Evaline Jeger, of New Mexico; William L., of Anderson, Indiana; John A., whose history is herein delineated, and George B., a twin brother of John A., who died about 1902. Landrum Leak died in 1890 on a farm in Union Township.
John A. Leak received such education as was afforded by his home school in Union Township and the two years before his marriage in 1885 he spent in Tennessee. Upon his marriage, Mr. Leak moved to Johnson County near Greenwood, where he farmed for six years; he then went to Kokomo and entered the grocery business and followed this for the next four years, after which he moved back to Hendricks County and settled on the old homestead farm which he rented for two years. He then bought twenty-seven acres one mile south of his present farm, and lived on it three years, when he bought sixty acres where he now lives and later added another forty acres, a total acreage now of one hundred acres. Mr. Leak has been sufficiently progressive to keep abreast of the latest developments in agricultural methods and has won a full measure of prosperity in his present location. He has not only been an important factor in the agricultural life of his community, but he has also been interested in the Citizens Bank at Lizton, in which he is a stockholder and director at the present time.
Mr. Leak was married February 25, 1885, to Nevada Leak, the daughter of James M. and Mary (Dickey) Leak. The biography of James M. Leak, given elsewhere in this volume, gives the ancestry of that branch of the Leak family to which Mrs. John A. Leak belongs. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Leak have two very promising sons living; one son, Warren, died in infancy, the other two sons being Roy and Glenn. Both of the boys graduated from the Lizton high school and later spent two terms in the Central Normal College of Danville. After they began to teach, they spent one year in the State Normal School at Terre Haute in order to qualify themselves for better work in the school room. Roy is now teaching at Stilesville, this county, and Glenn teaches in Marion County, near University Heights.
In his fraternal relations, Mr. Leak is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Lizton, while politically he has long been identified with the Democratic Party, but has never been a candidate for any public office, preferring to devote his attention to his agricultural interests. He has a fine residence, which he has recently remodeled and improved in many ways, a large barn, good outbuildings and various other improvements which render his farm a very attractive place. Mr. Leak is a self-made man in every respect and has been a hard worker all of his life. He is a pleasant man to meet, congenial in all of his relations with his fellow men and has always made it a point to identify himself with all worthy public measures.
from the Republican for Jan. 17, 1918:
Death of John A. Leak - John A. Leak, trustee of Union township, died Thursday of erysipelas. The funeral was to have been held, Saturday, but on account of the storm, was not held until Monday afternoon. Appropriate remarks were made by Charles F. Martin, of Jamestown, at the home followed by interment in the K. of P. cemetery at Lizton. Mr. Leak was in his 60th year. He was one of the substantial citizens of Union township, most highly esteemed. He is survived by Mrs. Leak and two sons, Roy and Glen. Mr. Leak's fatal illness was contracted while waiting on his son, Roy, who has just recovered from an attack of erysiplelas.
Note: The date (1918) of the above obituary conflicts with the year of death (1917) on his stone.
from The History of Hendricks County (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914)--pages 526-528:
Few farmers in the locality of which this history treats seem to understand better the way in which to manage Indiana soil in order to get the largest returns from it than John A. Leak, of Union Township, a man who has succeeded because he has given his exclusive attention to his individual affairs, studied carefully the relation of soil to crops, climate and all the phases relating to improved farming.
John A. Leak was born January 28, 1858, in the township where he has lived his whole life. He is the son of Landrum and Sarah (Leach) Leak, both his father and his mother being natives of Kentucky. Landrum Leak was born in 1818 and came to this county with his parents, James and Elizabeth Leak, in 1835, when he was seventeen years of age. He grew to manhood under pioneer conditions and became a successful farmer in the township. He was twice married, his first marriage being to Evaline Martin, and the second marriage to Sarah Leach. There was one son born to the first marriage, James M., who died in 1888. To the second marriage were born four children: Mrs. Evaline Jeger, of New Mexico; William L., of Anderson, Indiana; John A., whose history is herein delineated, and George B., a twin brother of John A., who died about 1902. Landrum Leak died in 1890 on a farm in Union Township.
John A. Leak received such education as was afforded by his home school in Union Township and the two years before his marriage in 1885 he spent in Tennessee. Upon his marriage, Mr. Leak moved to Johnson County near Greenwood, where he farmed for six years; he then went to Kokomo and entered the grocery business and followed this for the next four years, after which he moved back to Hendricks County and settled on the old homestead farm which he rented for two years. He then bought twenty-seven acres one mile south of his present farm, and lived on it three years, when he bought sixty acres where he now lives and later added another forty acres, a total acreage now of one hundred acres. Mr. Leak has been sufficiently progressive to keep abreast of the latest developments in agricultural methods and has won a full measure of prosperity in his present location. He has not only been an important factor in the agricultural life of his community, but he has also been interested in the Citizens Bank at Lizton, in which he is a stockholder and director at the present time.
Mr. Leak was married February 25, 1885, to Nevada Leak, the daughter of James M. and Mary (Dickey) Leak. The biography of James M. Leak, given elsewhere in this volume, gives the ancestry of that branch of the Leak family to which Mrs. John A. Leak belongs. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Leak have two very promising sons living; one son, Warren, died in infancy, the other two sons being Roy and Glenn. Both of the boys graduated from the Lizton high school and later spent two terms in the Central Normal College of Danville. After they began to teach, they spent one year in the State Normal School at Terre Haute in order to qualify themselves for better work in the school room. Roy is now teaching at Stilesville, this county, and Glenn teaches in Marion County, near University Heights.
In his fraternal relations, Mr. Leak is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Lizton, while politically he has long been identified with the Democratic Party, but has never been a candidate for any public office, preferring to devote his attention to his agricultural interests. He has a fine residence, which he has recently remodeled and improved in many ways, a large barn, good outbuildings and various other improvements which render his farm a very attractive place. Mr. Leak is a self-made man in every respect and has been a hard worker all of his life. He is a pleasant man to meet, congenial in all of his relations with his fellow men and has always made it a point to identify himself with all worthy public measures.
from the Republican for Jan. 17, 1918:
Death of John A. Leak - John A. Leak, trustee of Union township, died Thursday of erysipelas. The funeral was to have been held, Saturday, but on account of the storm, was not held until Monday afternoon. Appropriate remarks were made by Charles F. Martin, of Jamestown, at the home followed by interment in the K. of P. cemetery at Lizton. Mr. Leak was in his 60th year. He was one of the substantial citizens of Union township, most highly esteemed. He is survived by Mrs. Leak and two sons, Roy and Glen. Mr. Leak's fatal illness was contracted while waiting on his son, Roy, who has just recovered from an attack of erysiplelas.
Note: The date (1918) of the above obituary conflicts with the year of death (1917) on his stone.
Few farmers in the locality of which this history treats seem to understand better the way in which to manage Indiana soil in order to get the largest returns from it than John A. Leak, of Union Township, a man who has succeeded because he has given his exclusive attention to his individual affairs, studied carefully the relation of soil to crops, climate and all the phases relating to improved farming.
John A. Leak was born January 28, 1858, in the township where he has lived his whole life. He is the son of Landrum and Sarah (Leach) Leak, both his father and his mother being natives of Kentucky. Landrum Leak was born in 1818 and came to this county with his parents, James and Elizabeth Leak, in 1835, when he was seventeen years of age. He grew to manhood under pioneer conditions and became a successful farmer in the township. He was twice married, his first marriage being to Evaline Martin, and the second marriage to Sarah Leach. There was one son born to the first marriage, James M., who died in 1888. To the second marriage were born four children: Mrs. Evaline Jeger, of New Mexico; William L., of Anderson, Indiana; John A., whose history is herein delineated, and George B., a twin brother of John A., who died about 1902. Landrum Leak died in 1890 on a farm in Union Township.
John A. Leak received such education as was afforded by his home school in Union Township and the two years before his marriage in 1885 he spent in Tennessee. Upon his marriage, Mr. Leak moved to Johnson County near Greenwood, where he farmed for six years; he then went to Kokomo and entered the grocery business and followed this for the next four years, after which he moved back to Hendricks County and settled on the old homestead farm which he rented for two years. He then bought twenty-seven acres one mile south of his present farm, and lived on it three years, when he bought sixty acres where he now lives and later added another forty acres, a total acreage now of one hundred acres. Mr. Leak has been sufficiently progressive to keep abreast of the latest developments in agricultural methods and has won a full measure of prosperity in his present location. He has not only been an important factor in the agricultural life of his community, but he has also been interested in the Citizens Bank at Lizton, in which he is a stockholder and director at the present time.
Mr. Leak was married February 25, 1885, to Nevada Leak, the daughter of James M. and Mary (Dickey) Leak. The biography of James M. Leak, given elsewhere in this volume, gives the ancestry of that branch of the Leak family to which Mrs. John A. Leak belongs. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Leak have two very promising sons living; one son, Warren, died in infancy, the other two sons being Roy and Glenn. Both of the boys graduated from the Lizton high school and later spent two terms in the Central Normal College of Danville. After they began to teach, they spent one year in the State Normal School at Terre Haute in order to qualify themselves for better work in the school room. Roy is now teaching at Stilesville, this county, and Glenn teaches in Marion County, near University Heights.
In his fraternal relations, Mr. Leak is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Lizton, while politically he has long been identified with the Democratic Party, but has never been a candidate for any public office, preferring to devote his attention to his agricultural interests. He has a fine residence, which he has recently remodeled and improved in many ways, a large barn, good outbuildings and various other improvements which render his farm a very attractive place. Mr. Leak is a self-made man in every respect and has been a hard worker all of his life. He is a pleasant man to meet, congenial in all of his relations with his fellow men and has always made it a point to identify himself with all worthy public measures.
from the Republican for Jan. 17, 1918:
Death of John A. Leak - John A. Leak, trustee of Union township, died Thursday of erysipelas. The funeral was to have been held, Saturday, but on account of the storm, was not held until Monday afternoon. Appropriate remarks were made by Charles F. Martin, of Jamestown, at the home followed by interment in the K. of P. cemetery at Lizton. Mr. Leak was in his 60th year. He was one of the substantial citizens of Union township, most highly esteemed. He is survived by Mrs. Leak and two sons, Roy and Glen. Mr. Leak's fatal illness was contracted while waiting on his son, Roy, who has just recovered from an attack of erysiplelas.
Note: The date (1918) of the above obituary conflicts with the year of death (1917) on his stone.
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