Worley Leas ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

Proprietor of the "Little Windsor" hotel in Kokomo, IN. Owned a 200 acre farm and a general mercantile store at Bunker Hill. Moved to Kokomo in 1852 and bought the mill just east of the Lake Erie depot. Drew pictures with pen and ink. Member of the Grace Methodist Episcopal church.





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Book Title: History Of Howard County Indiana

"The first steam flouring mill at Kokomo was the Leas mill, built nearly fifty
years ago across the railroad and opposite the Lake Erie Elevator. Worley Leas
was, for many years, the proprietor. In later years it was known as the Howard
Flouring Mills. The last proprietors were Darnall & Dawson. Lately it has been
discontinued."

  Noted events in his life were:

• United States Census: Residence, 1850, Washington, Darke, Ohio, United States.

• United States Census: Residence, 1860, Town Of Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United States.

• Residence: U.S. Census, 1870, Kokomo, Centre Township, Howard County, Indiana, USA.

• United States Census: Residence, 1880, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA.

Worley married Elizabeth Townsend on 23 Feb 1843 in Darke County, Ohio, USA.¹ (Elizabeth Townsend was born in Jun 1822 in Ohio, USA, died on 10 Mar 1914 in Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA ⁴ and was buried on 12 Mar 1914 in Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA.)