Daniel Leasure b 1758 York Co PA d 9 Dec 1830
Mt Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co PA s/o
Abraham Leasure and
Margaret Unknown. Daniel Leasure m. about 1783 to Elizabeth Ryan b 1768 d 5
Sept 1840 Beaver Co PA. Children of Daniel Leasure and Elizabeth Ryan;
I. Margaret Leasure
II. Mary Leasure b 1 Feb 1784 d 27 Dec 1874
Beaver Co PA m. 1800 to James Martin b 9 Jan 1779 Westmoreland Co PA d 7 Jan
1862 Beaver Co PA. Children of Mary Leasure and James Martin;
i. Daniel Martin b 14
Nov 1802 d 8 May 1879 m. Emily Rose
ii. Hugh Martin b 23
Feb 1805 d 10 Mar 1880 m. Rebecca Dilworth
iii. John Martin b 13
Jul 1807 d 13 Feb 1890
iv. Elizabeth Martin
b 1809 d 1818
v. Jesse Martin b 6
Jun 1814 d 23 Jun 1888
vi. Milo Martin b
1816
vii. George Leasure
Martin b 11 Dec 1818 d 11 Sept 1893 Williams Co OH
viii. Eliza Jane
Martin b 2 Feb 1821 d 6 Nov 1879
ix. Maria Ann Martin
b 18 May 1826 d 28 Oct 1872
x. James Powers
Martin b 1828 m. Mary Unknown b 1827. Children of James Powers Martin and Mary
Unknown; 1. James R Martin b 1851 2. Nancy K Martin b 1853 3. John P Martin b
1855 4. Hugh W Martin b 1858 5. Unknown Martin b 1860.
xi. Robert Martin b
1828 d 1855 m. Mary Morris
III. Abraham Leasure b 19 Jun 1786 d 9 Dec 1839
Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co PA m. Barbara Lonbengier b 1783 d 8 Apr 1863.
Children of Abraham Leasure and Barbara Lonbengier;
i. Catherine Leasure
b 1812 m. John M Daugherty b about 1807 d 2 Sept 1889. Children; 1. Minnie
Jane Daugherty 2. Rachel B Daugherty m. Thomas Glew 3. William Leasure
Daugherty b 1831 d 1917
ii. George Leasure b
about 1815 d 14 Apr 1851 Westmoreland Co PA m. 1840 to Anna Maria Margarita
Gosser b 17 Jul 1823 Westmoreland Co PA. Children of George Leasure and Anna
Maria Margarita Gosser; 1. Elizabeth Leasure b about 1841 2. Susan Leasure b
about 1843 3. John Leasure b about 1845 4. Catherine Leasure b about 1847
5. Adam G Leasure b about 1849 6. Caroline Leasure b about 1851.
iii. Daniel Leasure b
1817 d 1852 Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co PA m. 1836 to Catherine Smith b 5
Oct 1818 d 14 Dec 1904 Madison, Westmoreland Co PA. Children of Daniel Leasure
and Catherine Smith; 1. Abraham Leasure b 15 Aug 1837 2. John D Leasure b 4
May 1839 3. William S Leasure b 4 Feb 1841 4. Joseph S Leasure b 26 May
1843 5. Daniel Teah Leasure b 3 Nov 1847 6. Sarah Elizabeth Leasure b 3 Dec
1848 7. Maria Jane Leasure b 24 Apr 1850
iv. Lobingier Leasure
b 1821 Westmoreland Co PA d 10 Nov 1852 Dekalb Co IN m. Eleanor Hayes (aka
Hays) b Apr 1817 OH d 12 Mar 1904 Dekalb Co IN. Children of Lobingier Leasure
and Eleanor Hayes; 1. Benjamin Franklin Leasure b 1842 2. Loren E Leasure b
1844 3. John H Leasure b Jul 1848 4. Thomas Hays Leasure b Dec 1850
v. William Leasure b
1823 d 16 May 1833
vi. Elizabeth Leasure
b 1824 m. John Welsh
vii. John G Leasure b
1827 m. 1848 to Elizabeth Oliver b 1828 d 15 Feb 1887. Children of John G
Leasure and Elizabeth Oliver; 1. Franklin Oliver Leasure b Aug 1849
Westmoreland Co PA m. Mary Elizabeth Andrews b Sept 1854 d 9 May 1926.
Children of Franklin Oliver Leasure and Mary Elizabeth Andrews; i. Mary H
Leasure b 2 Aug 1880 d 18 May 1975 Greensburg, Westmoreland Co PA ii.
Elizabeth Leasure b Aug 1883 d 1973
viii. Rev Loren
Bigelow Leasure b 26 Oct 1827 d 9 Nov 1881 m. 20 Nov 1855 to Anna Tintsman b
29 Dec 1838 d 1941. Children of Rev Loren Bigelow Leasure and Anna Tintsman;
1. Maria Leasure b 1857 2. Israel Leasure b 1859 3. Grant Painter Leasure b
1860 4. Ida Leasure b 1862 5. Minnie Leasure b 1863 6. Anna M Leasure b
1866 7. Loran Leasure b 1871 8. Edna Leasure b 1874 9. John Leasure b 1878
IV. George Leasure b 25 Nov 1789 Unity Twp,
Westmoreland Co PA d 23 Aug 1857 Wayne Co IN m. 11 May 1821 to Mary Wilson b
1794 d 1885 Wayne Co OH.
V. John B Leasure b 1 May 1793 Unity Twp,
Westmoreland Co PA d 11 Dec 1891 Lee Co IA m. Margaret Brinker b 17 May 1791
Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co PA. Children of John B Leasure and Margaret Brinker;
i. . Catherine
Leasure b 22 Feb 1821 d 28 Jan 1903 Wapello Co IA m. 27 Jan 1842 to Lewis F
Reiter b 16 Dec 1812 MD. Children of Catherine Leasure and Lewis F Reiter;
i.1. Sarah Margaret
Reiter b 11 Nov 1843
i.2. Susannah Reiter
b 1847
i.3. Amelia Reiter b
1849
i.4. William Lewis
Reiter b 1854
i.5. Edward D Reiter
b May 1857
i.6. Mary E Reiter b
1859.
ii. Daniel Leasure b
9 Jan 1824 PA d 23 Mar 1884 Verdigris Twp, Wilson Co KS m. 6 Nov 1846 to
Rebecca Jamison b 14 Dec 1823 Westmoreland Co PA. Children of Daniel Leasure
and Rebecca Jamison;
ii.1. John William
Leasure b 16 Oct 1847
ii.2. Mary E Leasure
b 16 Jul 1850
ii.3. Margery P
Leasure b 8 Dec 1854
ii.4. Ezra Daniel
Leasure b 3 Jan 1856
ii.5. Elmira
Josephine Leasure b 7 Jul 1859
ii.6. Cyrus William
Leasure b 26 Jan 1861 IA m. about 1889 to Luella H Unknown b Jun 1867 OH.
Children of Cyrus William Leasure an dLuella H Unknown; 1. Mabel D Leasure b
Feb 1890 2. Grace A Leasure b Sept 1891 3. Forest F Leasure b May 1893 4.
Isaac Leasure b Jan 1899.
ii.7. Oliver Summer
Leasure b 31 May 1866
iii. Margaret Leasure
b 1827 Westmoreland Co PA m. 1 Jan 1845 to William Fisher. Child;
iii.1. Alexander
Fisher b 1840.
Margaret Leasure m.
10 Sept 1848 to Jasper O'Neil. Children;
iii.1. Elizabeth
O'Neill b 1849
iii.2. Susanna O'Neil
b 1854
iii.3. Vera Austin
O'Neil b 1857
iii.4. Ida Mary
O'Neil b 1861
iii.5. Laura O'Neil b
1865
iv. Sarah Jane
Leasure b 8 Apr 1831 d 15 Aug 1900 Lee Co IA m. 25 Sept 1848 to William G
Johnson b 1825 OH. Children of Sarah Jane Leasure and William G Johnson;
iv.1. Eliza Jane
Johnson b Aug 1849
iv.2. Wesley M
Johnson b Aug 1851
iv.3. Albert B
Johnson b 5 Oct 1853
iv.4. William H
Johnson b Mar 1856
iv.5. John Leasure
Johnson b Mar 1859
iv.6. Eddie Johnson b
3 Dec 1862
iv.7. George E
Johnson b 15 Dec 1863
iv.8. Clarence E
Johnson b Mar 1866
iv.9. Mary Effie
Johnson b 11 Apr 1868
iv.10. Frank Burton
Johnson b 1870
iv.11. Infant Johnson
b 31 Aug 1871
VI. William Leasure b 16 Nov 1796 in a log
cabin near Madison, Westmoreland Co PA d 15 May 1893 Westmoreland Co PA m.
Margaret Hack b 17 Jan 1796 d 8 Feb 1873 . Children of William Leasure and
Margaret Hack;
i. George Leasure b
1824 d 2 Jul 1880 Bradford PA m. Priscilla Fry b 1827 Pleasant Unity,
Westmoreland Co PA d 1907 Sisterville, WV. Children of George Leasure and
Priscilla Fry;
i.1. Etta Kate
Leasure
i.2. Jacob Fray
Leasure
i.3. Frances Marion
Leasure b 1847
i.4. William
Jefferson Leasure b 1849
i.5. Margaret A
Leasure b Dec 1851 Greensburg PA m. 4 Jun 1874 to James S Hockenberry b Jun
1850 PA. Children of Margaret A Leasure and James S Hockenberry; 1. May Ervin
Hockenberry b May 1880 2. Frank Hockenberry b Feb 1882 3. Etta Hockenberry b
Mar 1889 4. Helen Hockenberry b Mar 1893.
i.6. John Thorley
Leasure b 1853
i.7. Eugene Leasure b
1855
i.8. Charles G
Leasure b 1857
i.9. Hiram T Leasure
b 1859
i.10. James W Leasure
b 18 Feb 1864 Salem, OH m. Anna Moore b Nov 1860
i.11. Allen Bates
Leasure b Aug 1871
ii. Matilda Leasure b
1824
iii. Margaret Leasure
b 1831
iv. William Leasure b
1833
v. Sarah Anne Leasure
b 27 Nov 1835 d 3 Apr 1898 m. 23 Jan 1862 to David Markle b 1816 d 1898.
Children of Sarah Ann Leasure and David Markle;
v.1. Lizzie Markle b
1863
v.2. William S Markle
b 1865
v.3. Tillie B Markle
b 1867
v.4. John A Markle b
1873
vi. Jesse Leasure b
1837 m. Mary Shearer b about 1834. Children of Jesse Leasure and Mary Shearer;
vi.1. Elmer Leasure b
1861
vi. 2. Franklin L
Leasure b 1864
vii. Margaret
Elizabeth Leasure b 1870 m. 26 Aug 1891 to John Milton Silvis b 9 Oct 1862.
Children of Margaret Elizabeth Leasure and John Milton Silvis; 1. Marrietta
Silvis b 15 Aug 1893 2. Anna Mary Silvis b 8 Aug 1898 3. Margaret Silvis b
14 Aug 1901 4. Female Silvis 5. Female Silvis 6. Female Silvis
William Leasure m. 1818 to Rachel Cannon d Apr
1819. Children of William Leasure and Rachel Cannon;
i. Dr Daniel Leasure
b 18 Mar 1819 Westmoreland Co PA d Oct 1884 MN m. Sept 1842 to Isabel W
Hamilton b about 1821 d Mar 1866. Children of Dr Daniel Leasure and Isabel W
Hamilton;
i.1. Samuel G Leasure
b 1843 d 30 Jul 1864 Civil War, Battle of Mine Explosion, PA:
Civil War: PA State Archives index
cards show that he enrolled at Newcastle at 18 years of age and mustered in as
Pvt at Harrisburg for a 3 month tour on April 25, 1861. Co H of the 12th Reg.
The Co mustered out Aug 5, 1861. The next record shows he mustered in Aug 31,
1861 for 3 years as 2nd Leut in Co K of 100th Reg. Promoted to Adjutant on
July 12, 1862. The next card only gives Co. F & S of the 100th Reg Infantry.
Samuel was killed in action at the Battle of the Crater (also known as the
Battle of the Mine Explosion) near Petersburg, VA, on July 30, 1864. (His
uncle, Major Thomas J. Hamilton of the 100th PA Volunteers was also killed in
the same battle.) Samuel G. Leisure is listed as serving in Co.K of the !00th
PA Vol. Infantry, "The Roundheads" buried in Greenwood Cemetery, New Castle,
PA - from "History of Lawrence County" by SW &PA Durant, 1871
i.2. James C Leasure b 1845
i.3. Arabella Rachel Leasure b 1847
m. G W Raymond (referred to as Captain, and was President of the Bismark
National Bank.)
i.4. Mary Edith Leasure b 1850
i.5. Will Leasure b 1853 d about
1864 Died of Cerebrospinal Meningitis in New Castle at about the same time
that his father was confined in the hospital in Philadelphia from injuries
received at the battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse, Va, May 12, 1864
i.6. John Leasure b 1855 1885 Is
reported to be in business in Bismark, Dakota.
Dr Daniel Leasure m. Feb 1870 to
Nancy Unknown b about 1835.
VII. Elizabeth Leasure b 21 Jan 1802 d Jan 1840 Westmoreland
Co PA m. 2 Oct 1821 to William Chambers b about 1800 d 1851 Westmoreland Co
PA. Children of Elizabeth Leasure and William Chambers;
i. John L Chambers b 1824 m. Eliza
Glessner. Children of John L Chambers and Eliza Glessner;
i.1. Emma Chambers b 1848
i.2. Albert Chambers b 1850
ii. Daniel Leasure Chambers b 1825
m. Mary Smith. Children of Daniel Leasure Chambers and Mary Smith;
ii.1. William Chambers b 1850
iii. Jesse Chambers b 1827 m. Kezzia
Geiger
iv. Eli Chambers b 1834 m. Lydia
Harvey
v. Eliza Jane Chambers b 1837 m. 20
Jun 1855 to John Beatty
VIII. Jesse Leasure b 17 May 1805 Westmoreland Co PA d 8 Apr
1879 Johnston IA m. 1 Jun 1826 to Margaret Hunter b 13 Mar 1806 PA. Children
of Jesse Leasure and Margaret Hunter;
i. Eli Leasure b 11 Oct 1830
Richland Co OH m. Margaret Bard b 26 Oct 1839. Children of Eli Leasure and
Margaret Bard;
i.1. John Hunter Leasure b 31 Dec
1869 Gallion OH d 23 Oct 1942 Moline IL m. Charlotte Belle Bromley b 29 Oct
1879 Rock Island, IL
i.2. Mary L Leasure b 1874
i.3. Ada A Leasure b 1876
i.4. Libbie Leasure b 1879
ii. Mary A Leasure b 1832
iii. Arrosina Leasure b 1836
iv. Jessie Leasure b 1838
v. Sarah Leasure b 1840
vi. David Loren Leasure b 1848
