Edgar Johnson Leach

Edgar Johnson Leach was born 8 Sep 1873 in Ohio County (probably in the Beda community) and died 14 Dec 1914 in Ohio County at age 40.  He was an attorney and was known as E. J. Leach.  He married Annie Brooks 27 Dec 1903 and they had five children: Irene, Hubert Clarence, Ernest Miller, Helen R., and Henry Gordon.  E. J.'s parents were Stephen L. Leach and Rebecca M. Park; he was the first born of three children.  His younger brother, Author E., died at age 17 of typhoid fever.  His sister, Nancy Carrie, married Ernest Woodward, also an attorney, and Nancy died at age 24 without having any children.

Ohio County Cemeteries, Vol 1, page 83, says date of birth was 7 Nov 1874. 

Hartford Herald, 16 Dec 1914