BIO:  J. B. LEAS, Straban Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 510

J. B. LEAS, farmer and stock-grower, P. O. Gettysburg, was born in Menallen 
Township, September 2, 1823, son of Joseph and Margaret (Bender) Leas, natives 
of this county.  The father was a brick-layer in early life, and later a farmer.  
His family consisted of three sons and three daughters, J. B., being the second 
child.  The early life of our subject was spent with his parents on the farm, 
and his education was acquired at the district school, and from his youth to the 
present has followed agricultural pursuits.  By his energy and industry he has 
succeeded and is now the owner of 187 acres in Straban Township, on which he 
resides.  In 1850, he married Mary A. Walter, a daughter of Adam Walter, of 
Gettysburg.  Her parents are of German origin, while Mr. Leas is of French and 
German.  To them have been born six children:  Louisa S., Ellen Mary, Maggie 
Sophia, Anna K., J. Walter and John H., a farmer.  Mr. and Mrs. Leas are members 
of the Lutheran Church in which he has been deacon; he is also a member of the 
I. O. O. F.  He possesses the respect and confidence of the community in which 
he resides.  In politics he is a Republican.