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Meredith Paul Leadingham
201 East 8TH Street
Frederick, MD. 21701
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I am Meredith Paul Leadingham born and raised in Eastern, Kentucky. My Leadingham and allied ancestors were born, lived and raised their families in Pike, Floyd, Boyd, Lawrence, Carter and Greenup Counties of Eastern, Kentucky.
All the Leadingham surnames I have found, so for, can be traced back to my Great-Great-Grand parents, Peter and Sarah "Sally" Hamilton Leadenham/Leadingham, and their nine children. Peter and Sarah lived on Leadingham Branch, Little Fork Creek, Carter County,Kentucky.
I have found Ledenham, Leadenham, Ledingham, and Lednum surnames in Maryland as early as 1650, and South Carolina as early as 1764.
In this Web Page you will find my Leadingham, Adkins, Wells, Stewart, Willimas, Parsons, Debord and other allied families listed.
I would like to share my family information with other allied families of Eastern Kentucky, that are connected.
You will find a "URL" for the Carter County, Kentucky Web page and the Peter and Sarah Hamilton Leadingham Cemetery listed below.
All information contained in the Family Genealogy is protected by Copyright laws, and will not be copied and used for profit.
Information may be used to further your personal genealogy research.
The information contained on these pages was gathered by a number of genealogists working on their respective family lines. The information is reproduced in my histories and family information pages pretty much as I obtained it. While I believe that the information is correct, portions of it may, in fact, be incorrect. For this reason, you should excercise caution when using this information. Please use this information as a "guide only" to be proven to your own satisfaction. If you find an error, please let me know about it so that I can correct it.

Family Photos

  • Rev. M.F. & Belva Adkins Leadingham's Family (22 KB)
    Rev. M.F. and Belva Adkins Leadingham,and their children: Left to right,standing:Joe,Paul,Jesse,Lawrence, Donald, and David. Left to right front row: Pat, Joyce, Belva "Mom", Rev. M.F. "Dad", Bea, and Jean. Picture taken at their home in Wurtland, Greenup CO., KY., in 1990..
  • Picture of Jesse C. Leadingham, & sons about 1940. (17 KB)
    Picture of Jesse C. Leadingham with his sons, Clyde, M.F., and their wifes. Left to right: Clyde and his wife Jessie Elam, Meredith Franklin and wife Belva Adkins, Jesse C. and his third wife Bertha S. Stamper.
  • Sons of Rev. M.F. & Belva Adkins Leadingham, 1985 (25 KB)
    Rev. M.F. and Belva Adkins Leadingham's sons, and their grand son, Mark Paul, son of Paul.Picture was taken in Erlanger, Kentucky in 1985, after the wedding of Joseph Earl Leadingham, Jr., to Betty Jo Turner on May 11, 1985. Left to right: Joseph Earl, Sr., Mark Paul, Meredith Paul, Jesse Franklin, Lawrence Everett, Donald Ray, and Charles David.
  • Paul & Betty 1954 (4 KB)
    Picture of Paul and Betty Fannin Leadingham on 14 Oct 1954, after their wedding.
  • Adkins Home Place on Shanty Branch, Carter CO., KY (14 KB)
    The Adkins home place, located on Shanty Branch, Williams Creek, Carter County, Kentucky. The house was built by Wiser Adkins in 1897, out of one popular tree that grew in pickle hallow. The tree was seven feet in diameter at the base, and over two hundred feet tall. The only material that was purchased were the windows, nails and two doors. Belva Adkins Leadingham was born in this house in 1907. The house was torn down in 1997.
  • Paul, Betty, Debbie, Paula & Jane in 1965 (6 KB)
    This picture was taken in front of the George and Dora Ellen Lowe Fannin Home on E. K. Road Greenup in 1965. In the picature is Paul, Betty, Debbie, Paula and Jane leadingham.
  • A back view of the Adkins Home Place, on Shanty Br (20 KB)
    This is a picture of the back of the Adkins Home place on Shanty Branch, Carter CO., KY., that was built by Wiser Adkins in 1897. The Gravel road on the right is Shanty Branch Road. This is the last know photo of the House before it was torn down in 1997. Wiser and Margerat Jane Williams Adkins are the Great grand parents of the Children of Rev. M.F. and Belva Adkins Leadingham.
  • Paul & Mark 1970 (5 KB)
    Paul and Mark Paul Leadingham, in 1970. Paul was 38, and Mark was four months.
  • Leadingham Clan in 2001 (18 KB)
    Picture of the Paul and Betty Leadingham's family in 2001.
  • Paul & Betty 1991 (6 KB)
    Picture of Paul and Betty Fannin Leadingham at the Cozy Restruarnt, Thurmonth, MD. on the night Paul Retired from the Federal Government, Oct 3, 1991.
  • Western Hill Elementry School in (8 KB)
    Western Hill Elementry school where Bea,her brothers and sister attended in 1941 and 1942. The school is about 10 miles west of Salem Ridge, Bracken CO., Ky., locate on state route 10.
  • Jena 4 Jun 08, (45 KB)
    Jena Filler age 17, graduated from Walkersville, MD., High school on June 4, 2008.
  • Paul & Betty 1994 (4 KB)
    Paul Leadingham and his Wife Betty Doris Fannin Leadingham at the Cozy restaurant, Thurmont, MD., in 1994.
  • Ed & Bea 1946 (13 KB)
    This is Hermia Beatrice leadingham Rouse's wedding picture of her and her husband Edward Rouse on Sep 29, 1946.
  • Jena, Paul & Jane (39 KB)
    Picture of Paul leadingham, age 75, with his daughter, Jane Leadingham Filler,age 44, and his grand daughtr Jena Filler age 17, on 24 Dec 07.
  • Home 2003 (25 KB)
    Picture of 201 East 8th Street, Frederick, MD. Home of Paul and Betty Fannin Leadingham since 1974.
  • Carrie's Wedding 16 Jan 05 (10 KB)
    Left to right: Edward Rouse, Hermia Beatrice "Bea" Leadingham Rouse, Carrie Earnhardt VanDereck, and her husband Joshua VanDereck on January 16, 2005, in NC.
  • Paul, MF & Belva 1982 (15 KB)
    left to right: Belva Adkins Leadingham, Paul Leadinhgam son of Belva and Meredith Franklin on his right. Picture taken in Waynesville, Ohio in 1981, during a family reunion.
  • Filler's on 4 Jun 08. (35 KB)
    Picture of Neil and Jane leadingham Filler, with their son Ken age 15 and daughter Jena on her gruadation day June 4, 2008.
  • Leadingham's Jul 2005 (24 KB)
    Picture of M.F. and Belva Adkins Leadingham's children: Left to right, Paul, Jesse, Lawrence, Dave. front row: Bea, Jean, Joyce, and Pat. Joe died 1994, and Don in 1998, to make ten.
  • Carl & Jean 1949 (7 KB)
    Carl and Jean Leadingham Elliott on their honey Moon on Nov 26, 1949, beside Carl's 1939 Chev.
  • M.F. & Belva in 1949 (20 KB)
    Picture of Rev., Meredith Franklin and Belva Adkins Leadingham in front of the Greenup Pilgrim Holiness Church, Greenup, Greenup CO., Ky., in 1949.
  • Neil & Jane Leadingham Filler Family in Florida 28 (11 KB)
    Filler, family in Florid over Christmas of 2008.
  • Ed & Bea Rouse Sep 20, 1946 (13 KB)
    This is Hermia Beatrice leadingham Rouse's wedding picture of her and her husband Edward Rouse on Sep 20, 1946..
  • Carl Elliott 1970 (4 KB)
    Carl Elliott in 1970. He is the husband of Jean Leadingham and the father of Kathy, Donna and Doug Elliott. Carl was born in 1923, on Culp Creek, Greenup CO., KY.
  • Paul, Jesse & M.F. 1956 (2 KB)
    Picture of M.F. Paul and Jesse Leadingham in Washington, DC. in 1956. the only trip M.F made to Washington.
  • Adkins home 1995 (7 KB)
    Adkins home place in 1995, that Wiser Adkins built in 1897.
  • Betty, Debbie, Paula, Jane & Mark, Aug 1971. (23 KB)
    Left to right: Paula, age 9, Jane age 7, Debbie age 16, Mark age 22 months, and Betty age 39. Picture taken in the back yard at 5202 Boulder Road, Frederick, MD, in Aug of 1971.
  • Joe & Lois 1953 (5 KB)
    Joseph Earl and His wife Lois Elam Leadingham on their wedding day in 1953.
  • Rev, M.F. and Belva Adkins Leadingham in 1944 (24 KB)
    Picture of Rev. Meredith Franklin andBelva Adkins Leadingham, in 1944, while he was the pastor of the Falmouth Pilgrim Holiness Church.
  • Paul, Jane & Jena at 3 months. (16 KB)
    Picture of Paul Leadingham, Daughter Jane leadingham Filler holding Jena Elizabeth Filler about three months old in 1990.
  • Betty Fannin 1950 (13 KB)
    Betty Doris Fannin Leadingham in 1950. This is her High School Gruadation picture.
  • Hermin & Belva abt 1913 (19 KB)
    Picture left to right: Hermin Adkins about 1913 and her sister Belva Adkins, about age 6 in 1913, as she was born in 1907. Sherman Adkins, about two. in 1913.
  • Plum Grove School 1938 (20 KB)
    Picture of the one room school house that Betty Doris Fannin Leadingham, and her brothers and sisters attended from about 1938 till 1946, when Betty went on to the 9th grade at Wurtland, Ky.
  • Paul, MF & Belva 1982 (15 KB)
    left to right: Belva Adkins Leadingham, Paul Leadinhgam son of Belva and Meredith Franklin on his right. Picture taken in Waynesville, Ohio in 1981, during a family reunion.
  • Anna Stewart Adkins, 1909 (25 KB)
    The monument of Anna Mary Stewart Adkins, wife of Frank Newbertry Adkins in 1902, mother of Margaret, Hermia and Belva.Leadingham. She died in 1909..
  • Picture of Wiser Adkins born 1840, died 1915 (68 KB)
    This picture of Wiser Adkins who was B:1840, and D:1915, so i believe this picture was taken around 1910. He built the Adkins Home place on Shanty Branch, Carter CO., Ky.,in 1897, out of one very large popular tree.
  • Betty & Jane June 2002 (10 KB)
    Picture of Betty Fannin Leadingham and her daughter Jane Leadingham Filler on June 8, 2002.
  • Rev. Meredith Franklin & Belva Adkiins Leadingham (26 KB)
    Picture of Rev. Meredith Franklin "M.F." and his Wife Belva "Bell" Adkins Leadingham, taken in 1945/1946 when he was the pastor of the Falmouth Pilgrim Holiness Church, located in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky.
  • Betty & Helen 2002 (8 KB)
    Picture of Betty Doris Fannin Leadingham and her grand daughter Helen Cecelian Leadingham on July 3, 2002.
  • Ann, Bet, Big, Kolene 1945 (8 KB)
    Picture of Anna Lee, Betty Doris, Kathleen "Big" and Her twin sister Kolene in front of their Log home on E.K. Road Greenup CO., Ky. in 1945.
  • Belva & M.F. 1985 (11 KB)
    Picture of Rev. M.F. and Belva Adkins Leadingham at their 60th Wedding Aniversary in 1985, at 620 Fulton Ave. Wurtland, Greenup Co., KY.
  • Betty Fannin, age 16 (3 KB)
    Betty Fannin Leadingham in 1948. Picture taken in her front yard on E.K. Road Route 1, Greenup CO., KY.
  • M.F. & Belva Leadingham in 1982 (18 KB)
    This is a group picture of the M.F. Leadingham Family reunion, in 1982, on the banks of the Little Sandy River, Greenup County, Kentucky, at a fishing camp owned by Paul Leadingham & Clarence Griffih
  • M.F. & Belva's 10 Children 1985 (31 KB)
    Ten children of Rev. M,F. & Belva: left to right back, Joe, Paul, Jesse, Lawrence, Don, David. Girls: Bea, Jean, Joyce, & Pat. Taken at Joe's son wedding in 1985 in Erlanger, KY.
  • Paul 1951 (22 KB)
    This is Paul Leadingham's Greenup High School graduation picture of 1951.
  • Paul age 2.3 Months 1932 (17 KB)
    Picture of Meredith Franklin Leadingham age 27, Belva age 24 holding Paul 2.3 Months, Bea, 6 1/2 years, Jean 4 1/2 years, Joe 2 1/2 years and Paul 2.3 months in Sep of 1932.
  • Sundstrom's in 2006. (11 KB)
    Left to right: Bud & Debbie Leadingham Sundstrom family, Rebecca, Ashley and Roy Sundstrom, on 25 Dec 2006.
  • Paul & Family 1978. (18 KB)
    Right to Left: Paul, Betty, Debbie, Paula, Jane, and Mark leadingham at the Leadingham family reunion in Ohio at Jean and Carl Elliott's home near Waynesville, Ohio, I believe in 1978?.
  • Picture of Frank Newberry & Anna Stewart Adkins. (16 KB)
    A Wedding picture of Frank Newberry and Anna Mary Stewart Adkins, taken Dec 24, 1902 on their wedding day. Frank was born Apr 15, 1884, Died on Jan 22, 1948, and married Anna Stewart on Dec 24, 1902. She was born Feb 22, 1882, and died Jan 5, 1909.
  • Belva & Pat Leadingham Freeman in 1966 (5 KB)
    Picture of Belva Adkins Ledingham, age 66, with her daughter Pattie Sue Leadingham Freeman holding Kimberly, age about one month.
  • Adkins Home 1992 (12 KB)
    Picture of the rear of the Wiser Adkins home place, that he built in 1897, is on Shanty Branch, Carter CO., Ky. The rear shows the kitchen and dinning room wing of the two story house, and smoke house.
  • Jesse, Betty Boys abt 1965 (8 KB)
    Picture of Jesse, Betty, Steve and Toney Leadingham about 1965.
  • Five Generations of Leadingham and Elliott's. (31 KB)
    Picture of Five Generation of the Belva Adkins Leadingham descendants. Belva Adkins Age 94, Benjamin Curry, Jennifer Winters Currey, Jean Leadingham Elliot, Kathy Elliott Winters.
  • Carl & Jean Elliott Family 1970 (29 KB)
    Picture 1970 of Carl and Jean Leadingham Elliott and their three children, Kathy, Donna and Doug who is about 4 years old.
  • Paul & Children 8 Jul 07. (38 KB)
    Picture of Paul and His children. Left to right: Paula age 46, debbie ae 52, Jane age 44, and Mark age 38. Taken on Paul's 75 birthday at jane's home in Walkersville, MD.
  • Joyce 1955 (12 KB)
    This is Joyce Ann Leadingham's high school graduation picture in 1955.
  • Home on Lick Creek, Carter CO., KY. (8 KB)
    The home on Lick Creek, Music Carter Co., Ky. Where Jean, Joe, Paul and Jesse were born. Paul Was born 1932, Joe 1930, Jean 1928, and Jesse 1934. Lick Creek is in front of the house.
  • Paul age 74 16 Jun 07 (49 KB)
    Picture of Meredith Paul Leadingham in Kentucky on 16 Jun 07.
  • Joyce age 6, in 1942 (1 KB)
    Joyce Ann Leadingham Thompson, age 6 in 1942. Picture taken on Salem Ridge, Bracken CO., KY.
  • Belva Holding Paul 1932 (18 KB)
    Belva Adkins Leadingham age 24, holding Paul leadingham, age 2.3 months in Sep 1932.
  • Kathryn & Jim abt 1982 (17 KB)
    Picture of Kathryn Adkins and her husband James Crum taken about 1982.
  • Thompson family 1989 (31 KB)
    A picture of Leon Emerson and Joyce Leadingham Thompson, their sons Todd and Jeff. Photo taken in 1989.
  • Leadingham Boys in 1938 (8 KB)
    Left to right is Joe, age 8, Paul age 6, a friend of ours and Jessie Leadingham age 4. Taken at MacAndrews, Pike County, Kentucky where dad was the pastor of the Pilgrim Church from 1938 to 1940.
  • Paul, age 73, 21 May 06 (18 KB)
    Picture taken on the balcony of the Greenbo State park lOdge, Greenup CO., Ky. during a visit over Memorial day 2006 with Mark my son and his family.
  • Joyce & Belva 2000 (7 KB)
    Picture of Joyce Leadingham Thompson and her mother Belva Adkins Leadingham in Joyce's home in Thomasville, NC.
  • Josh 15 Dec 07 (19 KB)
    Picture of Josh Agnew age 16, blowing snow on their driveway in Lewis Center, OH. on 15 Dec 07.
  • Lawrence, Belva & Paul in 1956 (2 KB)
    Picture left to right is: Lawrence Leadingham, Belva Adkins Leadingham, and her son Paul Leadingham in 1956 in Washington, DC.
  • Josh age 16, 13 Jan 08 (21 KB)
    Picture of Josh Agnew, holding a three pound stripped Bass he caught on 13 Jan 08, near his home in Ohio.
  • Paul Leadingham age 75. (31 KB)
    Picture of Paul Leadingham
 

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