Benjamin Leas
(1759-1828)
Susannah Bower
(1766-1814)
Andrew Stewart
(1790-Abt 1824)
Isabella Craighead
Hon. William Bower Leas
(1812-1882)
Mary Geddes Stewart
(1818-1891)

David Porter Leas
(1843-1916)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Alice H. Humphry

2. Doris Elliot Thompson

David Porter Leas 1 2 3

  • Born: 11 Sep 1843, Shirleysburg, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Marriage (1): Alice H. Humphry in Jan 1867
  • Marriage (2): Doris Elliot Thompson about 1918 in New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
  • Died: 9 Feb 1916, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA at age 72
  • Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

  General Notes:


"The home of David Porter Leas, of Leas & McVitty, representative leather manufacturer, is an excellent specimen of the Colonial city homes, with amply grounds, coach house, etc. Recently enlarged and modernized, it is classed among the finest west of the Schuylkill river." SW corner of S 40TH ST and PINE ST Philadelphia, PA


Information provided by William Johnson in a e-mail:
David Porter Leas was Treasurer of Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA Which is the same place from which he graduated about 1863 See ''New Castle News'' (New Castle, PA), 23 May 1913 "...32nd anniversary of his services as treasurer..."


From Find A Grave:

1916-02-10; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"LEAS - On February 9, 1916, DAVID P. LEAS,aged 73 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral services, Saturday, at 3 P. M., at his late residence, 400 S. 40th st. Interment private at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Please omit flowers."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: US Census, 1910, Philadelphia Ward 27, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


David married Alice H. Humphry, daughter of Myron Humphry and Sarah Fisk, in Jan 1867. (Alice H. Humphry was born on 16 Mar 1847 in Horse Head, New York, USA,4 died on 6 Jan 1916 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA 4 and was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA.)


David next married Doris Elliot Thompson about 1918 in New Haven County, Connecticut, USA. (Doris Elliot Thompson was born in 1892, died in 1965 and was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA.)


Sources


1 Notes from David A. Leas and/or the 1950 Leas Family Genealogy.

2 Gene Waite.

3 Calvin Greene bio (http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/mifflin/bios/runk-1897/greene-calvin.txt).

4 Family Search.


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