Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Lesh, Frank 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

FRANK LESH.

   Among the well-known residents of Mora is Frank Lesh, a native of Carroll
county, Indiana, and the son of the late Christian and Nancy (Flora) Lesh. The
maternal grandfather. John Flora, assisted in the organization of the town of
Flora, and it was for him that the town was named.

   The late Christian Lesh was a native of Preble county, Ohio, and the son of
John Lesh, who was born in Virginia, and who, after coming to the Buckeye state
from Virginia, settled in Preble county. Later in life he sold his farm in
Preble county, Ohio, and removed to Miami county, Indiana, where he purchased a
farm and where he lived the remainder of his life. Reared on a farm in Preble
county, Ohio, at the age of twenty-one years, Christian Lesh came to Indiana and
located in Howard county, where he was married, February 5, 1852, to Nancy
Flora. She was born in Carroll county, Indiana, on November 29, 1833, and is the
daughter of John and Sarah (Harter) Flora. John Flora was born in Virginia and
came to Ohio after reaching maturity. There he was married to Sarah Harter, a
native of the Buckeye state. With his young bride, John Flora emigrated to
Carroll county, entering a quarter section of land, which he cleared and built
his cabin in the woods opposite the present site of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Personally, he was a most liberal man, and it was he who donated the
land upon which the town, Flora, was established. He died in his seventy-third
year, after rearing a family of nine children. Only two of them are now living,
namely: Jonas is a resident of Flora; Nancy is the widow of Christian Lesh. John
Flora was a member of the Church of the Brethren and a deacon in the church at
the time of his death. His daughter, Nancy (Flora) Lesh, was reared on the
homestead farm and educated in the log school house. After living in the
original log cabin for many years, it was replaced by a more substantial
building. Christian Lesh died on July 29, 1883. By his wife, Nancy Flora, there
were eight children born, namely: John is a farmer in Idaho; Sarah is the wife
of Will Myer, of Carroll county; Lydia is the wife of Uriah W. Blue, of Flora;
Rebecca was the wife of Riley Montgomery, but is now deceased; Mary married
Frank Landers; Frank is unmarried and lives at home, being a farmer by
occupation; Amanda married Albert Niccum; Joseph H., who is unmarried, is a
resident of Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Christian Lesh, the mother of these
children, is a member of the Church of the Brethren.

   Inasmuch as the coming of the Lesh family and the Flora family dates back to
pioneer times, the present generation of the family is well known in Carroll
county. Without exception, the various members of the family have been
industrious and God-fearing men and women, who have well performed their every
duty in life.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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