John B. Lease 1
- Born: 21 Jun 1872, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died: 24 Jun 1908, Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA at age 36
- Buried: Friedens Church Cemetery, Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
 General Notes:
Quoted Text: Berks Co., Oley Twp (Western Section) E.D.#40. Page 5. Enum. date 6 June 1900. Shows John Lease, enum. with Jacob Levengood working as a farm laborer. Aged 27 and single.
Quoted Text: Letters for estate issued July 16, 1908. Heirs were his sisters, Priscilla A. Lease of Ston Creek Mill and Aquila B. Eitzel of Reading, PA.
Quoted Text: Buried at Friends Church Cemetery, Oley, Berks County, PA. Tombstone says: John B. Lease 21 June 1872-28 June 1908. 36 years.
Estate Papers in Berks County, Pa: Died 24 June, 1908 at 1:00 am. Estate letters issued 16 Jul 1908. Request from Jacob S. Livengood (Administrator of Estate). Inventory of possessions: silver watch and chain $4.00; revolver $1.75; cash $2.20; suitcase and clothes $1.50; money in lst Nat'l Bank of Oley $250. Total $259.45. Admin papers signed by Jacob S. Livengood in presence of Priscilla A. Lease of Stony Creek Mill and Aquila B. Eitzel of Reading. $25.40 in estate after expenses.
John died intestate, unmarried, without issue. Two sister inherited $12.70 each.
Noted events in his life were:
• Resided: U.S. Census, 1880, Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Living in the household of his grandparents, John and Catherine Leas
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