Holmes County OhArchives History .....Thomas Lechey Family History 1921 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Beatty klbeatty@npgcable.com February 12, 2007, 6:42 am Thomas Leckey died in Ohio. He died on his farm in Holmes Co, Ohio when Anna K. Johnston was a young woman, almost grown. He had a stroke or two of paralysis. Don't think her grandfather ever lived in Wayne Co, O. He married Anna Kendall. She died on the farm before her husband when Anna K. Johnston was a child. [children] 1. Elizabeth Leckey, Thinks she was oldest. Called her Aunt "Betsey" m. Harvey Grove. 2. Jeremiah Leckey. He lived & died on the farm he got fr his father which she thinks was in Holmes Co. O. m. Mary Hanna. She was a neighbor of his. She died before her husband. 2.1. Jimmy Leckey. He married a neighbor after Anna K.J. moved west in 1872 & his home was either Homes or Wayne Co. 2.1.1. Vienna Leckey 2.1.2. Dwight Leckey 2.1.3. Mabel Leckey 2.1.4. Cloyse Leckey 2.1.5. Louisa Leckey 2.1.6. Walter Leckey 2.1.7. Izura Leckey 2.1.8. Judd Leckey 2.1.9. Will Leckey, lives Norton, Kansas 2.2. Louisa Leckey, m. Gillam a Pres preacher. Both dead 2.3. Arthur Leckey 2.4. Sarah Leckey, unmarried, Dead 2.5. Mary Leckey, Living unmarried, living on the old Home farm in Holmes Co. 2.6. Harvey Leckey, living, unmarried, living on the old Home farm in Holmes Co. 2.7. Ora Leckey, youngest, married. 3. Rhoda Leckey. Thinks she was born in 1812 & often told her she was married when 18 yrs old, but she don't know the date she was married. Married she thinks at her home in Holmes Co, O. to James Johnston (always called him "Jimmy"). She says he was from Penna & came to Ohio about the same time the Leckeys did. He had a dry goods store in Millersburg, Ohio. Says her mother died in Lenox, Iowa in 1887 aged 71. Father died in Ohio a long time ago, but can't tell the year, but thinks it was in 1869 on a farm one mile west of Millersburg, O. aged she thinks 75. 3.1. Thomas Leckey Johnston, B Feby 1832? m. in Idaho. Only saw her once. Both dead in Boise, Idaho. He was a miner. No issue 3.2. Andrew McMonigal Johnston, B Nov 1834? Was always a farmer & died right here in this house. He died in July 30, 1920. Thinks he was 82 or 83 was unmarried. He was in fact abt 86. 3.3. Anna Kendall Johnston B Mch 5, 1837 My informant. unmarried 3.4. Rhoda Elizabeth Johnston, B Aug 17?, 1842? ob Feby 22, 1917 unmarried 3.5. James William Johnston, B Aug 20, 1849? Called "Willie" M. Maria McClintock born Southern Virginia. He is a U.P. minister, but has retired. Both living at Eleanor, Ills [or Ids?] 3.5.1. Neil Ewart Johnston aged abt 23. Is in College here. 4. Mary Leckey, She married Andrew McClelland at the Holmes Co home & it was on a cold day. He was a farmer but she don't know where he came from. Their marriage was after her mother's. He died first, a good while ago, can't tell when either of them died, but can find that out in Ohio. They lived on a farm in Holmes Co, O & died there. 4.1. Thomas Leckey? Died at Cleveland on his way home from the Civil War was unmarried 4.2. Jane Leckey, died in Holmes Co abt 6 miles west of Millersburg O, abt 2 yrs ago. Was unmarried 4.3. Annie Louisa Leckey. She is still living in Holmes Co, abt 6 miles west of Millersburg, O. Is unmarried. Is delicate, but thinks she would be able to give record. 4.4. Albert Leckey, youngest. He is married & is living, but don't know anything about him. He moves around 5. Thomas Leckey, the youngest. He married Margaret Bigham, but don't know where or when. He died on the same farm in Homes Co, but in a different house in a new house he had put up. His wife died several years before he did. 5.1. Anna Maria Leckey 5.2. Rhoda Leckey 5.3. Theodore Leckey 5.4. William Leckey, Lives in Holmes Co, O & can give full information. He is retired & does nothing. Has an automobile & can take me around. Additional Comments: Extracted from the Josiah V. Thompson Journals, Vol. 5 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/holmes/history/other/thomasle36gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb