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THE LEAKE FAMILY
Continued From Page Three
distinguished lawyer and debater.
He was a member of the Virginia
Legislature in 1842, a member of
Congress for the session of 1845
47, Lieutenant Governor of Vir
ginia, 1851, and was a candidate
for Governor in 1854, but after a
very close vote was defeated by
Hon. Henry A. Wise. In 1859-61
he was again a member of Con-
carried the humour of his boy
hood even to old age.
5. EMsha (3) Leake, fifth son
of Walter (2) Leake, married in
1791 Fannyurd; he was a mem
ber of the Goochland Committee
of Safety 1775. He had two sons,
Samuel (4) and Richard (4) who
emigrated to Memphis, Teim.
6. Josfah Leake inherited the
old Goochland homestead from
his father. He married three
times; first to Anna Fentor, sec
ond, to Anne Minter; third, to
Anne Foster; and had the follow-
iir . T i
. Ahi MiAn inmar i n inci'jn
After the war, he withdrew Jr., (4), John M. (4), Samuel (4),
from politics and practiced his and Christian (4), Walter mar
profession. He died in 1884. I ried, 1790, Susanna Jones; moved
An amusing incident can bejto Maysville, Ky.; and at one
told of Shelton F. Leake during j time was a member of the Ken
his early school days. The oldjtucky Legislature. Josiah, Jr.,
trick of placing a bucket of water ! married Elizabeth Porter Hatch-
over the door, which when open
ed would douse the boy who en
tered, was frequently resorted to.
But when it was tried on young
Leake, it was neatly turned upon 1 and Walter D.
. 1.1 Y . . -
er; inherited tne oia Leaite Man
sion in Goochland; was a member
of the Virginia Legislature, 1810
1811; had two sons, Samuel D.
the player. One day two mis-
Samuel D. (4) married Fanny
chievous boys laid a trap of this) Minor Kean, and was the father
kind to douse young Leake, but I of Judge William Josiah Leake,
by chance he overheard the plot of Richmond, lately president of
and determined to beat them at the Virginia State Bar and now
their own game. As they climb- practices law in that city,
ed out of the window, he stole Walter D. Leake, son of Josiah
around the house and hid on the ! Leake, Jr., married Jane Mar
other side. They looked for him j garet Kean; was a distinguished
for some time in order to send lawyer and citizen of Goochland
him in the room on some pre- j county; was a member of the
text, but not finding him, they j Virginia Legislature. 1846, and
engaged in a game of marbles, also for several consecutive
While they were absorbed in the f years canvassed the Virginia
T.pakp ran to the window Congressional District as candi-
and shouted, "boys run in here j date of the Democratic party,
auick. there's a snake in the ! but the Whigs were in power
house!" Forgetting all about the j and elected John Minor Botts; he
trap they had laid, they rushed j was a member of the Reform
into the room and were well Convention 1845, and was also a
drenched. This so incensed his! member of the Secession Con
companions that they seized vention, having defeated Hon.
young Leake and would have ' James A. Seddon for the position,
given him a beating but for the who afterwards become Secre
interference of the teacher, who j tary of War in the Confederate
was much amueed at the trick. Cabinet; was captain of the
At another time, while a young
preacher was holding forth in an
Goochland
Civil War.
Artillery during the
He died 1873, leaving
old country meeting house and! three children surviving him,
while in the midst of the sermon j being Charles L. Leake, Martha
young Leake suddenly spran g up E. and Judge A. K. Leake.
with cap in hand and shouted,
"boys, there's a bat in the house,"
and away he went followed by
his companions, tramping upon
the toes of the people, until the
"Winged worshiper" was brought
down, when Leake quietly took
his seat, and the minister pro
ceeded. This was the celebrated
Shelton F. Leake who in after
years was known as the "Demos
thenes of the Hustings," and who
John H. Leake, son of Josiah,
Sr., moved to Alabama and there
died in early manhood, while a
member of the Alabama Legis
lature. Samuel Leake, son of Josiah,
Sr., was a physician and died
young.
Nor must we omit to mention
among the North Carolina branch
(descendants of William (3) Leake
and Judith Mosely), Colonel John
Wall Leake, of the Confederate
amy, and Robert Leake Steele,
both of whom were pioneers in
thecottdn manufacturing inter
ests of that state, which has be
come so prosperous, and both of
blessed memory. Also Colonel
Walter Leake Steele, another de
scendent, was a leading citizen.
He was a member of Congress
for the forty-fifth and forty-sixth
sessions, and then declined a re
nomination; he was generally
esteemed as one of the most
gifted sons of the "Old North
State." Then there was William
Leake Terry, of this branch; he
was born in Anson County, N. C,
1850; moved to Little Rock, Ark.,
in 1877; was elected to state sen
ate in 1878, and became its presi
dent in 1879; then was elected
from the fifty-second to fifty
fifth sessions of Congress as a
Democrat from Arkansas.
Dr. William J. Leake (brother
of Hon. Shelton F. Leake,) who
went to Yazoo City, Miss.; he
married a Martha Hughes, of
Frankfort, Ky., and his son, Dr
Henrv K. Leake, ot Dallas, is
now one of the leading physi
cians in Texas.
Tudge David H. Leake, of
Goochland county, is also in di
rect descent; and so is Mr. Wal
ter Leake, of Richmond, Va.,
who is a grandson of the Hon.
Walter D. Leake (5), of Gooch
land, (in descent from Josiah, Jr.,
4), Josiah, Sr.. (3), Walter. (2),
William (1), and is the son of
Judge A. K. Leake, of Goochland,
who married Violet Harris,
daughter of General D. B. Harris.
To Walter Leake we are in
debted for the above authenticat
ed pedigree, as taken from the
family Bible and other sources.
We give the coat of arms for
the Leake family, as taken most
closely from the House of War
wick. Sir Francis Brooke, eighth
baron, with the title of Earl of
Warwick in 1746; the title of
Earl of Warwick and Warwick
Castle becoming extinct by the
death of Sir Edward Rich, Earl
of Warwick and of Hol'and, 1759.
Nicholas Leake, son of Sir Fran
cis Leake. Earl of Scarsdale, hav
ing married lady Frances Rich,
daughter of Sir Edward Rich as
sumed the arms through her of
the House of Warwick, and drop
ping those of Scarsdale.
the arms tor Warwick, as
given in the British Peerage,
are:
"On a shield are, a saltier engrailed,
,sa, nine annulets, ov.
Crest- Out ot a ducal crown, rising a
swan, with wings extended.
"Motto -Vix ea nostra voco."
"I scarce call these things our own.
(Alluding to the honors of ancestry.
Taken from Ovid Metam Uth, p.
140.
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