George Washington Leas , Jr. ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

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Trinity County, CA
1885 Directory

LEWISTON
A post office and mining town of considerable importance, in the eastern part of the county. It is located on the Trinity River, eleven miles above Douglas, and is the point where the stage line from Weaverville to Shasta crosses, the river being spanned here by a substantial bridge. The stages make daily trips each way. There are a few good farms in the neighborhood, and is also the possessor of some very rich quartz mines, and mills have been erected. The town has the usual business facilities and does a fair business. The population is fully four hundred.

Leas, George W. - farmer, hotelkeeper 40 acres
Leas, James G. - miner

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: US Census, 1870, Canaan, Henry County, Iowa. Age 10 months

• Residence: US Census, 1880, Lewiston, Trinity, California. Age 11

George married Babette Goetz, daughter of Phillip Goetz and Elizabeth Wolpold, on 22 Jun 1906 in Weaverville, Trinity, California. (Babette Goetz was born on 1 Dec 1874 in Waiblingen, Württemberg,³ died on 31 Jan 1953 in Weaverville, Trinity County, California ³ and was buried in Weaverville Cemetery, Weaverville, Trinity County, California.)