William Frank Leath

Brief Life History of William Frank

When William Frank Leath was born on 14 April 1858, in Knox, Kentucky, United States, his father, Abraham Ebenezer Leath, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Catherine Baker, was 32. He married Sarah Smith on 24 February 1879, in Knox, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Flat Lick, Knox, Kentucky, United States in 1930 and Magisterial District 4, Knox, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 1 January 1944, in Walker, Knox, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Flat Lick, Knox, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Frank Leath
1858–1944
Sarah Smith
1860–1939
Marriage: 24 February 1879
John Leath
1880–1962
Thomas Jefferson Leath
1882–1974
Catherine Leath
1884–1971
Bertha Leath
1890–1941
James Elliott Leath
1893–1976
Axie Leath
1894–1920
Joseph Leath
1896–1984
McKinley Leath
1900–1971

Sources (28)

  • William M, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Wm Leath, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • William Leath, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"

World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived by or worked at a barn, Middle English lathe, from Old Norse hlatha, or possibly for someone who lived near a track, from Middle English, leith, laith (Old Norse leith).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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