My Great, Great, Great Grandfather.....Leech, Jacob W. ( 1831 - 1897 ) Gotta love me some genealogy!! Whats even more amazing is that after ALL these generations later, here I am raising our family in this same town as he! ....... Tho I love to roam....theres no place like home! :) He served in the HOUSE, 37th and 38th General Assemblies, 1871 - 75; representing Dickson County; HOUSE, 40th General Assembly, 1877 - 79; representing Dickson, Cheatham, and Houston counties; SENATE, 45th General Assembly, 1887 - 89; representing counties of Dickson, Hickman, Houston, and Humphreys; Democrat. (hmmm some things change! ha!) Born in Charlotte, Dickson County, September 25, 1831; (Autumn AND my sister, Katies bday!! COOL) son of Daniel and Martha Norwood ( Rook ) Leech. Attended common schools ; studied for ministry at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Wilson County, before Civil War; returned to same university after war to graduate from law school. Married first to Sarah Louise Lane of Arkadelpha, Arkansas; children -- Edward, Leonard, Daniel, Susan Virginia, Lenora Alice, Ransom Lane, Maggie May, Lizzie Blanch, Thomas Mulligan, and one child whose name has not been determined; (10 kids, wow!) following death of first wife. November 3, 1892, married a Mrs. Hall of White Bluff, Dickson County; no children. Practiced law at Charlotte and was known as a most spectacular and colorful criminal lawyer, Elected mayor of Charlotte, 1886; delegate to state Democratic convention, 1880. Enlisted as private in Co. B. , 49th Tennessee Infantry, November 29, 1861, at Dickson; captured at Fort Donelson February 16, 1862; sent as prisoner of war to Camp Douglas, Ill.; exchanged; elected 1st. Lt. , September 17, 1862; in letter from camp near Enterprise, Miss. , dated August 22, 1863, submitted and said immediate and unconditional resignation as 1st Lt. , Co. B. , 49th Tennessee Infantry and requested a transfer as private to Captain Minors company, Coxs Regiment, Forrests Brigade; reasons given for request were: the misfortunes of war have reduced our Regt. to a mere-skeleton and the company to which I belong has 4 commissioned officers and only 25 private. I prefer being a private in the company above named where I have relatives and acquaintances than an officer without a command ... ; the request was approved by superior officers; further service records missing from file. Member Presbyterian Church. Died at White Bluff December 23, 1897; buried in a family plot in a Charlotte Cemetery. Father of Ransom L. Leech; grandfather of Jay Hardin Leech and Wilson Blake Leech, sometime members of Tennessee General Assembly.
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