Lazear, Jesse – Leavenworth, Elias Warner
Lazear, Jesse
congressman, was born Dec. 12, 1804, in Greene county, Pa.
In 1860 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-seventh congress; and in 1862 was re-elected to the thirty-eighth congress.
Lazelle, Henry Martyn
soldier, author, was born Sept. 8, 1852, in Enfield, Mass. He is a United States army officer, since 1887 in charge of the bureau of war records, and the author of One Law in Nature; and Improvements in the Art of War.
Lazenby, William Rane
horticulturist, educator, was born Dec. 5, 1852, in Benton, N. Y. In 1881 he was called to the chair of botany and horticulture in the Ohio state university, and in 1883 he received the additional appointment of director of the Ohio experiment station.
Lea, Henry Charles
journalist, publisher, author, was born Sept. 19, 1825, in Philadelphia. He is a prominent writer and publisher of Philadelphia, and the author of Superstition and Force; An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church; Chapters from the Religious History of Spain; Studies in Church History: Translations and Other Rhymes; and History of the Inquisition.
Lea, Isaac
journalist, naturalist, author, was born March 4, 1792, in Wilmington, Del. He was a publisher and naturalist of Philadelphia, and the author of Contributions to Geology; Observations on the Genus Unio, in thirteen volumes; and Fossil Footmarks in the Rea Sandstones of Pottsvme. He died Dec. 8, 1886, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Lea, John M
lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born Dec. 25, 1818, in Knoxville, Tenn. He was appointed United States district attorney in 1842; and in 1850 elected mayor of Nashville. He accepted the appointment of judge of the circuit court of Tennessee. In 1875 he was elected to the Tennessee state senate, where he opposed every suggestion for repudiation of the public debt. He is president of the Tennessee historical society.
Lea, Luke
soldier, congressman, was born Jan. 26, 1782, in Surry county, N. C.
He served gallantly in Florida and in the Creek county under General Jackson in the Indian wars. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1833 to 1837. For thirty years he discharged the duties of cashier of the state bank, and register of the state land office of Tennessee. He died June 17, 1851, near Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Lea, Matthew Carey
chemist, author, was born Aug. 18, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a chemist of Philadelphia whose Manual of Photography is a standard work.
Lea, Pryor
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1794, in Knox county, Tenn. He served in the Creek war in 1813. He was United States district attorney in 1824; and was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1827 to 1831. In 1837 he moved to Jackson, Miss.; and in 1847 to Goliad, Texas. He projected the work called the Central Transit, for building a railroad from Arkansas Bay to Mazatlan; and was president of the company.
Lea, Sumter
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 16, 1835, in Marion, Ala. He attended the university of Alabama; and has attained success as one of the leading lawyers of his native state.
He was a member of the constitutional convention; served with distinction as a member of the Alabama state legislature; and during the war was a staff officer in the confederate army.
Leach, Antoinette Dakin
educator, lawyer, was born April 3, 1859, in Indianapolis, Ind.
During 1875-79 she was a teacher in the public schools of her native state; and during 1887-93 was a court reporter and teacher of stenography. By decision of the supreme court of Indiana she was granted permission to practice law in 1893; and she has since attained success in her chosen profession in Sullivan, Ind. In 1896 she was a delegate to the democratic state convention; and was the first woman delegate who ever attended a democratic state convention in Indiana; as she also was the first woman ever admitted to the bar in her state. She is the wife of George W. Leach, a successful farmer and stock breeder.
Leach, De Witt C
state librarian, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 23, 1822, in Clarence, N. Y. He was chosen a member of the Michigan legislature in 1849; and was state librarian in 1855 and 1856. He was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress from Michigan; and was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress.
Leach, Frank Willing
lawyer, author, was born Aug. 26, 1855, in Cape May, N. J. He is a successful lawyer of Philadelphia, Pa., and the author of The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Their Ancestors and Descendants.
Leach, James Madison
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1824 in Landsdowne, N. C. He served ten years in the legislature of North Carolina; and in 1856 was a presidential elector. In 1850 he was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-sixth congress. He served in the confederate army; and was in the confederate congress. He was elected to the state senate after the rebellion, and was elected to the forty-second and fortythird congresses as a conservative.
Leadbetter, D. P
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He moved to Ohio; and was elected a representative in congress from 1837 to 1841.
Leake, Shelton F
lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 30, 1812, in Albemarle county, Va. In 1842 he was elected to the Virginia house of delegates; and was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1845 to 1847. He was a presidential elector in 1849; in 1851 was elected lieutenant-governor of Virginia; and was a candidate for governor in 1854, but was defeated. In 1859 he was elected to the federal house of representatives for the thirty-sixth congress. He took part in the rebellion.
Leake, Walter
soldier, governor, United States senator, was born about 1780, in Virginia. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war. He served as senator of the United States from 1817 to 1820; and in 1821 was elected governor of Mississippi. He died Nov. 17, 1825, in Mount Salus, Miss.
Leaming, Jeremiah
clergyman, author, was born in 1717, in Middletown, Conn. He was an episcopal clergyman of Connecticut, and the author of Defense of Episcopal Government; Evidences of the Truth of Christianity; and Dissertations.
He died in September, 1804, in New haven, Conn.
Leaming, Thomas
soldier, patriot, was born Aug. 20, 1748. He possessed a large landed estate in New Jersey; and was a member of the convention of 1776 to frame a constitution for that state and declare its independence. He died in 1797, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Learned, Amasa
congressman, was born Nov. 15, 1750, in Killingly, Conn.
He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1801 to 1805; and in 1818 was a member of the state constitutional convention. :
Learned, Walter
author, poet, was born June 22, 1847, in New London, Conn. He is a poet of New London who has published Between Times, a collection of poems; and translated Ten Tales from Coppee.
He has also contributed extensively on various subjects to the leading newspapers and magazines of the United States; and his poems have been given a place in a number of standard collections.
Learned, William Law
lawyer, jurist, was born July 24, 1821, in New London, Conn. He entered into the active practice of law in Albany, N. Y., and has been presiding justice of the supreme court of New York state.
Leary, Cornelius L
business man, congressman, was born Oct. 22, 1813, in Baltimore, Md. In 1856 he was a presidential elector; and in 1861 was elected a representative from Maryland to the thirty-seventh congress.
Leary, James Daniel
was born Sept. 25, 1837, in New Yanda, Canada.
The total number of vessels built by Mr.
Leary is about three hundred and ninety.
A large plant has come into existence for the performance of this work, the ship and lumber yards combined having a water front of one thousand one hundred feet, and covering an area of four city blocks. He also devoted himself to the construction of improvements and public works. He has built water batteries, piers and dikes and dredged harbors for the United States government. Since 1882 he has been largely occupied with contract work along the Harlem river.
Leary, Ross
journalist, was born in 1861, in Chowan county, N. C. He has been president of the Farmers' Alliance of his county; and is the editor and owner of the Blackwater Courier of Franklin, Va., where he is prominently identified with the public affairs of his county and state.
Leavenworth, Elias Warner
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 20, 1803, in Canaan, N. Y. He was a member of the state legislature in 1835 from Syracuse, N. Y.; and in 1836 was appointed brigadier-general of the state artillery. He was mayor of Syracuse from 1849 to 1859; a member of the legislature from 1850 to 1857; and secretary of state in 1854 and 1855. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fourth congress. He died Nov. 25, 1887, in Syracuse, N. Y.