James Grant Leas 1
- Born: Sep 1863, Iowa, USA
- Marriage (1): Rose Maynard about 1854
- Died: 27 Sep 1933, Napa County, California, USA at age 70 2
 General Notes:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shastaca/1885trinity.html
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 6
• Residence: US Census, 1880, Lewiston, Trinity, California. Age 16
• Residence: U.S. Census, 1920, French Gulch, Shasta, California. Age 56
James married Rose Maynard about 1854. (Rose Maynard was born between 1868 and 1869 in California, USA and died on 6 Nov 1937 in Shasta Co, CA.)
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