"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN
PAGE 256
JACOB T. LEACH, stock-raiser and farmer, was born September 10, 1850,in
Johnson County, Ind., and is the seventh of the eleven children of John A.
and Abigail (Miller) Leach, both natives of Kentucky, and of Scotch and
German extraction respectively. In 1853, these parents moved to this county
and located in Green Township. Jacob T. Leach has made his home in this
locality since the coming of his father, for whom he labored, except during
school periods, for several years. When seventeen years old, he began the
experiment of life for himself, and, being industrious and economical, saved
the money to found his success. September 22, 1872, he married Miss Sarah
I. Adams, a native of this township. Five children have crowned this
union--John H., Joseph B., William R, Nancy B. and Robert T. (deceased).
Mr. Leach is a practical farmer, an energetic worker, a liberal and
respected citizen, and an active Democrat. He has made his own way with but
little aid, although his wife received $2,000 from her parents as a reward
of her fidelity to them.
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