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Descendants of Peter Leadenham

      6. Jesse L.⁴ Leadingham (Peter³ Leadenham, Stafford "unconfirmed"², William¹) was born 09 May 1824 in Pike CO., KY., and died 26 Jun 1901 in Elliott CO., KY.. He married (1) Eliza Waggoner 02 Mar 1848 in Morgan CO., KY., daughter of Adam Waggoner and Hannah Carter. She was born 1828 in VA., and died 01 Oct 1868 in Carter CO., KY.. He married (2) Martha Hazel Timpton Abt. 1870 in Elliott CO., KY.. She was born 1849 in Bath CO., Ky., and died 1901 in Elliott Co., Ky.

Notes for Jesse L. Leadingham:

JESSE L. LEADINGHAM WAS BORN ON MAY 9, 1824, IN PIKE COUNTY,
KENTUCKY. HIS PARENTS ARE PETER LEADINGHAM, AND SARAH (SALLY) HAMILTON.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH INFORMATION PUBLISHED IN THE 1990 HISTORY OF
OF ELLIOTT COUNTY, KENTUCKY, SARAH (SALLY) HAMILTON'S PARENTS WERE
BORN IN ENGLAND?
ALSO ACCORDING TO THE ELLIOTT COUNTY HISTORY, HER MOTHER WAS A VERY YOUNG GIRL IN THE COMPANY OF A GIRL FRIEND, WHO STOLE THEIR WAY ON BOARD A SHIP, THAT WAS SAILING FROM ENGLAND TO AMERICA. THEY WERE NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL THEY WERE A DAY'S JOURNEY OUT TO SEA. HER FATHER, MR. HAMILTON, WAS ON THIS SHIP, AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED IN AMERICA, HE AND ONE OF THE GIRLS WERE MARRIED. SARAH HAMILTON'S MOTHER WAS FOUND TO BE ELIZABETH HARPER, AND HER FATHER, SAMUEL HAMILTON.
THE CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY CENSUS OF 1850, (PAGE 152) SHOWS THAT
SARAH WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA IN 1785, AND WAS MARRIED AROUND 1812 TO
PETER LEADINGHAM, BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1785, AND DIED ON MARCH 2,
1856, ON HIS FARM ON LEADINGHAM BRANCH, AND LITTLE FORK CREEK, IN
CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
JESSE L. LEADINGHAM, WAS THE FIFTH OF NINE CHILDREN. THE RECORD
STATES THAT HIS FATHER AND MOTHER LIVED AT LICKING STATION, NEAR
SALYERSVILLE, KENTUCKY. (SALYERSVILLE IN THOSE DAYS WAS IN PIKE
COUNTY, BUT TO DAY SALYERSVILLE IS IN MAGOFFIN COUNTY).
HIS FATHER, PETER WAS BORN IN 1785,IN SOUTH CAROLINA, PROBABLY IN
CRAVEN COUNTY, (NOW RICHLAND COUNTY). RICHLAND COUNTY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.
JESSE L. MARRIED TWO TIMES, FIRST TO ELIZA WAGGONER, ON MARCH
2, 1848, IN MORGAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY. ELIZA WAGGONER WAS BORN IN 1828,
IN MORGAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, AND DIED ON OCTOBER 1, 1868, OF CHILD
BIRTH COMPLICATION. JESSE L. MARRIED A SECOND TIME TO MARTHA
HAZEL TIPTON AROUND 1872, AND THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN WE KNOW
OF AND ONE WAS JESSE L. LEADINGHAM, JR. BORN 1875, DIED 1952 AND
MARRIED LUCY BELLE JONES, AND THEY HAD CYNTHIA ANN LEADINGHAM, JOHN
CECIL LEADINGHAM, SARAH ELLEN LEADINGHAM, WILLIAM FLEMING LEADINGHAM, ADDIE MOORE LEADINGHAM, AND HAZEL LEADINGHAM, BORN 1915 DIED 1995, THAT MARRIED ARTHUR GORDON LEE ROBINSON WHO WAS BORN IN 1906 AND DIED IN 1980.
ARTHUR GORDON LEE ROBINSON AND HAZEL LEADINGHAM HAD THE
FOLLOWING CHILDREN: DOUGLAS GORDON, BORN 1936, DELORES JEAN ROBINSON, BORN 1938, MAEBELLE MARIE "COOKIE" ROBINSON, BORN 1940.
JESSE L. LEADINGHAM AND ELIZA WAGGONER HAD THE FOLLOWING
CHILDREN:
1. WALTER L. LEADINGHAM, BORN 10 JAN 1849, IN MORGAN CO. KY. DIED
DECEMBER 17, 1880, IN ELLIOTT CO. KY. HE MARRIED SARAH ANN (MANNIN) OR
MANNING ON FEBRUARY 13, 1874. WALTER AND SARAH HAD TWO CHILDREN,
ADELLA AND THOMAS.
2. TERMAN SMITH LEADINGHAM, BORN IN 1850, IN CARTER CO. KY. DIED
NOVEMBER 18, 1924, IN CARTER CO. KY. HE MARRIED MARY ANN HAMILTON,
AROUND 1870. MARY ANN HAMILTON WAS BORN 17 JUNE 1850, AND DIED 11 MAR
1938 IN CARTER CO. KY. TERMAN AND MARY HAD THE FOLLOWING 10 CHILDREN:
WILLIAM PRESTON, TERMAN RICHARD, OLLIE ELLEN, JESSE SANFORD, WALTER
DEE, DANIEL LEE, HANNAH ANNA, CARRIE MATILDA, AND MARY ELIZABETH.
3. REESE D. LEADINGHAM, BORN 11 APR 1855, IN CARTER CO. KY. AND
MARRIED MARY LEWIS. THE 1880 ELLIOT CO. KY. CENSUS SHOWS THAT REESE D.
WAS 24 YEARS OLD, AND A FARMER, MARY LEWIS BEING 27 YEARS OLD WITH ONE DAUGHTER, JUDA 4 YEARS OLD, AND ARMINTA 11 MONTHS OLD, BEING BORN IN APRIL OF 1880. THE 1880 CENSUS ALSO SHOWS THAT WILLIAM 22, A BROTHER,
HANNAH 15, SISTER, AND ELIZA 13, SISTER LIVING WITH THEM, PROBABLY DUE
TO THE DEATH OF THEIR MOTHER ELIZA WAGGONER LEADINGHAM IN OCTOBER OF 1868, BUT THE DATE OF THEIR MOTHER COULD BE THREE DIFFERENT DATES, IF YOU SUBTRACT WILLIAM AGE 22 IN 1880, YOU GET 1858, HANNAH AGE 15, SHE
WOULD HAVE DIED IN 1865, AND ELIZA 13 YEARS OLD FROM 1880, WOULD MAKE
HER DEATH 1867. IT APPEARS THAT THEIR MOTHER, ELIZA WAGGONER DIED
BETWEEN 1858 AND 1867, IN CARTER CO. KY.
IN THE GREENUP COUNTY LIBRARY, THERE IS A COPY OF THE HISTORY OF
ELLIOTT COUNTY, KENTUCKY, AND ON PAGE 17, THEIR IS A LIST OF POST
OFFICES, THAT STATES THAT ONE WAS NAMED LEADINGHAM, AND ESTABLISHED
ON NOVEMBER 2, 1881, AND THAT REECE D. LEADINGHAM WAS THE FIRST
POSTMASTER. IF THIS INFORMATION IS CORRECT, REESE D. LEADINGHAM WAS A
POSTMASTER AT THE AGE OF 25, OF THE LEADINGHAM POST OFFICE AND A
FARMER.
4. PETER MELVIA LEADINGHAM, BORN 11 JAN 1856, IN CARTER CO., KY.. DIED
AUGUST 22, 1908, IN ELLIOTT CO. KY. MARRIED MALISSA LEWIS ON MARCH 8,
1879, IN ELLIOTT CO. KY. MALISSA LEWIS WAS BORN CA. 1860, DIED 28 OCT
1920 IN ELLIOTT CO. PETER M. AND MALISSA LEWIS LEADINGHAM HAD THE
FOLLOWING CHILDREN: ANDREW, SARAH JANE, WALTER, LEVI CLEVELAND, PETER MELVIN, RICHARD, POLLY, ROBERT, AND JUDA.
5. WILLIAM CASE LEADINGHAM, BORN 6 APR 1858, IN CARTER CO. KY. AND
PROBABLY MARRIED LOURENA DEBORD?
6. RICHARD P. LEADINGHAM, BORN CA 1860, IN CARTER CO. KY. DIED 26 DEC
1918, IN ASHLAND, BOYD CO. KY., AND MARRIED DELLA (UNKNOWN) LEADINGHAM
FIRST IN 1880, AND SECOND TO ALLEY SUSAN FIELDS, AROUND 1903, AND BOTH
MARRIAGES WERE PROBABLY IN CARTER CO. KY.?
7. HANNAH ETTA LEADINGHAM, BORN 15 FEB 1861, IN ELLIOTT CO. KY., AND
DIED 29 SEP 1940. SHE MARRIED NELSON SPARKS IN 1884, AND THEY HAD NINE
CHILDREN, WHOM THEY RAISED ON MAUK RIDGE IN ELLIOTT CO. KY.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE ELLIOTT COUNTY,
KENTUCKY HISTORY OF 1990, TITLED "LEADINGHAM FAMILY", IT STATES THAT
AFTER THE DEATH OF JESSE L. LEADINGHAM'S FIRST WIFE, ELIZA OF CHILD
BIRTH COMPLICATIONS, JESSE'S THREE UNMARRIED CHILDREN, HANNAH, WILLIAM AND ELIZA, LIVED WITH THEIR OLDER BROTHER, REESE D. LEADINGHAM AND HIS WIFE MARY, AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN. THE ARTICLE ALSO STATED THAT THE LEADINGHAM'S BECAME KNOWN FOR THEIR MAKING OF WHISKEY. THAT REESE SOLD WHISKEY TO THE GOVERNMENT UNDER LEGAL LICENSE. HIS SISTER HANNAH TOLD THAT, WHILE SHE LIVED WITH REESE D. UNTIL SHE MARRIED, SHE NEVER OWNED A PAIR OF SHOES. HER FIRST PAIR OF SHOES WAS A PAIR OF BROGAN WORK SHOES THAT SHE WAS MARRIED IN. HANNAH LEADINGHAM MARRIED NELSON SPARKS IN 1884. THE ARTICLE WENT ON TO SAY THEY HAD NINE CHILDREN, WHOM THEY RAISED ON MAUK RIDGE IN ELLIOTT CO. KY., AND THAT HANNAH AND NELSON FARMED AND RAISED SHEEP AND GEESE, AND THAT HANNAH ALSO RAISED SEVERAL KINDS OF CHICKENS, AND SHE WAS ALWAYS SEEN IN A LARGE APRON IN WHICH SHE GATHERED EGGS, THAT WERE SCATTERED ABOUT THE FARM, AND THAT SHE SOLD HER EGGS TO HELP BUY THE HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. THE ARTICLE WENT ON TO SAY, THAT HANNAH WAS A HARD WORKING WOMAN WHO TAUGHT HER DAUGHTERS HOW TO KEEP HOUSE AND RAISE A FAMILY, AND HANNAH, HAVING BEEN RAISED AROUND SPIRITS, (WHISKEY), DID ENJOY A SIP FROM TIME TO TIME. SHE ALSO, IN HER OLDER YEARS, ENJOYED SMOKING A PIPE, AND THAT SHE BOUGHT STRAWS FOR HER STONE PIPE, WHICH SHE ALWAYS CARRIED AROUND IN HER BIG APRON POCKETS. HER HUSBAND, NELSON SPARKS DIED ON MARCH 31, 1932, AT THE AGE OF 69, AND HANNAH DIED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1940, AT THE AGE OF 79, AND BOTH ARE BURIED ON MAUK RIDGE, IN ELLIOTT COUNTY, KENTUCKY. ONE OF THEIR DAUGHTERS, ELIZA MAUDE, MARRIED A ROBERT EPHRIAM SKAGGS OF ELLIOTT CO. KY. (ABOVE WRITTEN AND SUBMITTED TO THE ELLIOTT CO. HISTORY BOOK OF 1990, BY A LEONA KING KNIGHT).
8. SARAH LEADINGHAM, BORN CA. 1862, IN CARTER CO., KY. MARRIED ELISHA
LEWIS, ABT 1880, AND DIED ON 10-18-1880.
9. MAUDE ELIZA LEADINGHAM, BORN JUNE 1, 1866 IN CARTER CO., KY.
DIED OCTOBER 6, 1926, AND MARRIED HENRY MABRY AROUND 1886.
JESSE L. LEADINGHAM MARRIED A SECOND TIME TO MARTHA TIPTON, WHO
WAS BORN CA. 1847, AND THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN: JESSE, BORN CA. 1875,
MARGARET, BORN CA. 1878. (PROBABLY AROUND 1872).

INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM:
1. DONNA SUE PENNINGTON BRYANT ON 30 MAY 1992.
2. HISTORY OF ELLIOTT COUNTY, KENTUCKY, PUBLISHED IN 1990.
3. CARTER COUNTY CENSUS OF 1870 (PAGE 18 OF LIST IN GREENUP CO.
LIBRARY)
4. ELLIOTT COUNTY, KENTUCKY CENSUS OF 1870 AND 1880.
5. COMPILED AND COMPUTERIZED BY MEREDITH PAUL LEADINGHAM OF FREDERICK, MD., IN 1992.
6. CARTER CO, KENTUCKY WAS FOUNDED 9 FEB 1838 OUT OF GREENUP AND
LAWRENCE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY.
7. BOYD COUNTY FOUNDED IN 1860 AND ELLIOTT COUNTY 1869.
8. UPDATED BY MEREDITH PAUL LEADINGHAM IN JANUARY OF 1994.

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More About Jesse L. Leadingham:
Date: Owned a farm in Elliott Co., KY.

Notes for Eliza Waggoner:
SHE IS BURIED IN THE BEARTOWN CEMETERY, STARK ROAD IN ELLIOTT CO., KY.
IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE DATES OF HER CHILDREN, SHE DIED OF CHILD BIRTH WITH HER LAST CHILD WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN BORN IN 1868, BUT SHE DIED.
AS HER HUSBAND, JESSE L. LEADINGHAM MARRIED A SECOND TIME TO MARTH TIPTON IN 1868.

More About Eliza Waggoner:
Burial: 1868, R.E. Skaggs-Caudill Cemetery, Elliott CO., KY.

More About Martha Hazel Timpton:
Burial: 1901, Buried in the Bear Town Cemetery in Elliott CO., KY.

Children of Jesse Leadingham and Eliza Waggoner are:

+	35	i.	Walter L.⁵ Leadingham, born 23 Nov 1848 in Morgan CO., KY.; died 17 Dec 1882 in Elliott CO., KY..
+	36	ii.	Turman Smith Leadingham, born 10 Jan 1849 in Morgan CO., KY.; died 17 Nov 1924 in Carter CO., Ky..
+	37	iii.	Reese D. Leadingham, born 11 Apr 1854 in Carter CO., KY.; died 08 Dec 1904 in Elliott CO., KY.
+	38	iv.	Peter Melvin Leadingham, SR., born 11 Jan 1856 in Carter CO., KY.; died 22 Aug 1908 in Elliott CO., KY..
+	39	v.	William Case Leadingham, born 06 Apr 1858 in Carter CO., Ky.; died 26 Feb 1935 in Carter CO., Ky..
+	40	vi.	Richard P. Leadingham, born Abt. 1860 in Carter CO., Ky.; died 26 Dec 1918 in Ashland, Boyd CO/. KY..
+	41	vii.	Hannah Etta Leadingham, born 15 Feb 1861 in Carter CO., KY.; died 29 Sep 1940 in Mauk Ridge, Elliott CO., KY..
	42	viii.	Sarah Leadingham, born Abt. 1862 in CARTER CO. KY.; died 18 Oct 1880 in Elliott CO., KY..
+	43	ix.	Maude Eliza Leadingham, born 01 Jun 1866 in Carter CO., KY.; died 06 Oct 1926 in Elliott CO., KY.

Children of Jesse Leadingham and Martha Timpton are:

	44	i.	Molly⁵ Leadingham, born 1872 in Elliott Co., Ky; died 05 Jul 1874 in Elliott Co., Ky.
+	45	ii.	Jesse L. Leadingham, born 20 Nov 1874 in Elliott Co., Ky; died 19 Aug 1952 in Polar, langade, WI..
+	46	iii.	Margaret Leadingham, born 25 Nov 1877 in Enterprise, Elliott CO., KY.; died 26 Jan 1948 in Wilmington, OH..
+	47	iv.	Dudley Leadingham, born 09 Jan 1881 in Elliott CO., Ky.; died 1964 in WI..
	48	v.	May Leadingham, born Abt. 1882 in ELLIOTT CO. KY.. She married Ray Schermeshorn; born Abt. 1885.
+	49	vi.	James C. Leadingham, born 1882 in KY.; died 1948 in WI..

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