Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Leath, William E. 1844 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   William E. Leath, farmer, Newtown, born in Warren county, Indiana, June 5,
1844, was the son of Silas and Mary Ann (Barbry) Leath, who emigrated from
Virginia in an early day. His father was a carpenter by trade, and helped erect
the old buildings now standing in Attica. He died in that place about the time
of William's birth, and the mother a year later. At the age of four our subject
was bound out as an orphan. In February, 1862, he enlisted in Co. C, 2d batt. U.
S. Inf. He fought at Cedar Mountain in August 1862, and being captured at that
place, was confined in Libby Prison and at Belle Isle six weeks, and then
paroled. He returned to the army just in time to be reviewed by Gen. McClellan
before he was finally relieved of the command of the army of the Potomac. He
fought afterward at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run,
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Laurel Hill, Cold Harbor, Tolopatomoy Creek, North
Anna, Bethesda Church, Petersburg, and the Weldon Railroad, at which latter
place he was taken prisoner. He was held six weeks at Belle Isle, revisiting his
old quarters as a prisoner of war. He was then removed to Salisbury, and on
March 7, 1865, was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, and delivered at
Wilmington; thence was taken to Annapolis, and from there to Fort Hamilton, New
York, where he received his discharge from a faithful and honorable service of
three years and three months. Returning home, he went to farming. March 18,
1871, he was married to Sallie A. Neal, daughter of Nathan Neal. Their six
children were born in the following order: Mary Winnie, April 28, 1872; Joseph
Silas, May 2, 1873; Augusta May, May 1, 1876; Anna Frances, December 12, 1877;
William Thomas, November 17, 1878, and James E., June 17, 1880. Mr. Leath has
lived in Fountain county since 1868. He and his wife belong to the New Light
denomination of christians, and he is a republican.

Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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