Asa was an only child of Archibald Thomas and Margaret (Newton) Lea. When Asa was age three, the family left Macomb, Illinois to move to Kansas City, Missouri, but by June 1870 they were back in Macomb. In September of that year they moved to Columbus, Kansas, where his father was involved in the newspaper business, starting up several local papers. Asa learned how to help with type set at an early age. The family lived for a time in Baxter Springs, Kansas, from 1872-1877, then spent two years living in Galena, Kansas. It is interesting to note that the home they built in Baxter Springs is still there. It is now called the Lea Manor and is a Bed & Breakfast as well as an event center.
The family returned to Columbus, Kansas in 1879. By 1884 Asa was working as editor for his father's newspaper, the Columbus Advocate. In 1887 Asa joined the fraternal order called the Knights of Pythias, and was a member all his life. In 1889 Asa's father made him a half-owner in the Columbus Advocate, and sold the other half to someone else. Asa continued with this until 1896 when he sold his half share.
Asa married Georgia Fisher on October 15, 1889 in Columbus, Kansas. They had one child, son Sherry in 1891. The family moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1903, where Asa was employed as the manager for another fraternal organization he belonged to, the Ancient Order of Pyramids. By 1910 he was once again working in the newspaper industry as a printer. About 1915 Asa and Georgia divorced.
Sometime between 1915 to 1919 Asa moved to Joplin, Missouri. Asa went on to marry the woman who owned the boarding house he was living in, Ellen (Nellie) Mefford Wells, on January 19, 1920 in Joplin. They had one child, son John T. Lea.
Asa continued working as a printer for the Joplin Globe until he had a stroke in 1936 which crippled his right leg. He did a short stint as a Justice of the Peace in 1937, then went into retirement. He died from heart failure due to an aortic aneurysm.
if you are taking the time to read all of this, I thank you. Asa was my great-grandmother's first cousin. I also wanted to say how sad I think it is that neither one of Asa's sons saw fit to give him a grave marker, even a simple one. This is just wrong - Michelle Shreve
**the above is NOT an obit, it is my own personal research!
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Joplin Globe, Tuesday Aug 19, 1947, page 5
Asa Lea Observes 82nd Birthday Today
Former Joplin Globe Proof Reader Plans Quiet Day Visiting Old Friends
Asa Lea is looking forward to a quiet day today - his eighty-second birthday - with probably a visit from his son and a routine visit to the offices of his longtime friend, Les Travis. Of course, you can't tell what he day will bring when living in one community for many years and making as many acquaintances as Asa has.
Asa, some of his friends now call him "Judge", for one time he did a stint as Justice of the Peace in Joplin, was born August 19, 1865 in Macomb, Illinois, the son of a printer, who moved westward when Asa was a boy, 5 years old. One of his treasure's is an old newspaper, a copy of the Chicago Tribune, printed on the day of his birth. it as a day when General Grant, victorious Civil War military leader, was making a triumphant entry into Chicago after a tour of the nation. The nation was looking forward to a recovery after the first great war since the American Revolution.
Asa's father, A. T. Lea, stopped his westward journey at Columbus, Kan., where he immediately established a small newspaper. By the time Asa was 6 years old, he was standing on a chair and helping his father put together the hand-set type the shop used.
The family later moved to Baxter Springs, back to Columbus, then to Galena, then back again to Columbus. Asa helped his father establish the 'Columbus Advocate" and the "Galena Miner". Later Asa took time out to work on the old "Galena Independent" and the "Daily Times." In 1903 he went to Kansas City where he worked for 12 years as a proof reader on the old "Kansas City Journal" and in 1919 went to work for the Joplin Globe as a proof reader.
His activities have been curtailed in the last 11 years due to a stroke that left him with a crippled right leg. However, in 1908 he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Robert Mitchell who had been elected Municipal Judge.
His principle interest these days is his lodge work. For the past 60 years he has been a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is a former secretary of Joplin Lodge #40, and has been a member of the Missouri Grand Lodge on three separate occasions."I have always been a joiner," he says. "I have belonged to 11 lodges during my lifetime. I have forgotten the names of some of them."
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Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri) 4 Dec 1947
Asa Lea, 120 1/2 Main Street, a patient since Nov 26th, was dismissed yesterday.
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Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri) Sunday 29 Feb 1948 page 2A
Asa Lea, a Retired Printer, Dies At 82
One Time Printer in Galena and Columbus, and Joplin Globe Employee Succumbs In Hospital
Asa Lea, 82 years old, 120 1/2 Main Street, a retired printer and newspaper publisher, died at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Joplin General Hospital.
Mr. Lea, born August 19, 1865 in Macomb, Illinois, had been a Joplin resident for many years. For 50 years he was either a printer or a publisher of district newspapers.
He was an active member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and a member of the First Baptist Church.
With his father, he founded the 'Columbus Daily Advocate" and the Galena, Kansas "Republican". At one time he worked as a proofreader on the "Joplin Globe" and for the "Kansas City Star" and old Kansas City "Journal-Post."
After coming to Joplin, he worked for a short time in the feed and seed business as manager of a store at Fourteenth and Main Streets. Later he came to the Globe as proofreader, working until 1921.
In 1937 he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Robert Mitchell. Following that term he retired from active business.
In later years Mr. Lea devoted most of his time to lodge work. He was a member of the Missouri Grand Lodge for several years and a member of the Knights of Khorassan.
Survivors are two sons, John Lea, 1605 Sargeant Avenue, and Sherry Lea, Barnsdall, Okla.
Funeral services will be conducted 2:30 Tuesday afternoon at the Hurlbut-Glover Chapel. Graveside rites will be conducted by his lodge at the Knights of Pythias plot in Fairview Cemetery.
The family returned to Columbus, Kansas in 1879. By 1884 Asa was working as editor for his father's newspaper, the Columbus Advocate. In 1887 Asa joined the fraternal order called the Knights of Pythias, and was a member all his life. In 1889 Asa's father made him a half-owner in the Columbus Advocate, and sold the other half to someone else. Asa continued with this until 1896 when he sold his half share.
Asa married Georgia Fisher on October 15, 1889 in Columbus, Kansas. They had one child, son Sherry in 1891. The family moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1903, where Asa was employed as the manager for another fraternal organization he belonged to, the Ancient Order of Pyramids. By 1910 he was once again working in the newspaper industry as a printer. About 1915 Asa and Georgia divorced.
Sometime between 1915 to 1919 Asa moved to Joplin, Missouri. Asa went on to marry the woman who owned the boarding house he was living in, Ellen (Nellie) Mefford Wells, on January 19, 1920 in Joplin. They had one child, son John T. Lea.
Asa continued working as a printer for the Joplin Globe until he had a stroke in 1936 which crippled his right leg. He did a short stint as a Justice of the Peace in 1937, then went into retirement. He died from heart failure due to an aortic aneurysm.
if you are taking the time to read all of this, I thank you. Asa was my great-grandmother's first cousin. I also wanted to say how sad I think it is that neither one of Asa's sons saw fit to give him a grave marker, even a simple one. This is just wrong - Michelle Shreve
**the above is NOT an obit, it is my own personal research!
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Joplin Globe, Tuesday Aug 19, 1947, page 5
Asa Lea Observes 82nd Birthday Today
Former Joplin Globe Proof Reader Plans Quiet Day Visiting Old Friends
Asa Lea is looking forward to a quiet day today - his eighty-second birthday - with probably a visit from his son and a routine visit to the offices of his longtime friend, Les Travis. Of course, you can't tell what he day will bring when living in one community for many years and making as many acquaintances as Asa has.
Asa, some of his friends now call him "Judge", for one time he did a stint as Justice of the Peace in Joplin, was born August 19, 1865 in Macomb, Illinois, the son of a printer, who moved westward when Asa was a boy, 5 years old. One of his treasure's is an old newspaper, a copy of the Chicago Tribune, printed on the day of his birth. it as a day when General Grant, victorious Civil War military leader, was making a triumphant entry into Chicago after a tour of the nation. The nation was looking forward to a recovery after the first great war since the American Revolution.
Asa's father, A. T. Lea, stopped his westward journey at Columbus, Kan., where he immediately established a small newspaper. By the time Asa was 6 years old, he was standing on a chair and helping his father put together the hand-set type the shop used.
The family later moved to Baxter Springs, back to Columbus, then to Galena, then back again to Columbus. Asa helped his father establish the 'Columbus Advocate" and the "Galena Miner". Later Asa took time out to work on the old "Galena Independent" and the "Daily Times." In 1903 he went to Kansas City where he worked for 12 years as a proof reader on the old "Kansas City Journal" and in 1919 went to work for the Joplin Globe as a proof reader.
His activities have been curtailed in the last 11 years due to a stroke that left him with a crippled right leg. However, in 1908 he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Robert Mitchell who had been elected Municipal Judge.
His principle interest these days is his lodge work. For the past 60 years he has been a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is a former secretary of Joplin Lodge #40, and has been a member of the Missouri Grand Lodge on three separate occasions."I have always been a joiner," he says. "I have belonged to 11 lodges during my lifetime. I have forgotten the names of some of them."
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Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri) 4 Dec 1947
Asa Lea, 120 1/2 Main Street, a patient since Nov 26th, was dismissed yesterday.
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Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri) Sunday 29 Feb 1948 page 2A
Asa Lea, a Retired Printer, Dies At 82
One Time Printer in Galena and Columbus, and Joplin Globe Employee Succumbs In Hospital
Asa Lea, 82 years old, 120 1/2 Main Street, a retired printer and newspaper publisher, died at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Joplin General Hospital.
Mr. Lea, born August 19, 1865 in Macomb, Illinois, had been a Joplin resident for many years. For 50 years he was either a printer or a publisher of district newspapers.
He was an active member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and a member of the First Baptist Church.
With his father, he founded the 'Columbus Daily Advocate" and the Galena, Kansas "Republican". At one time he worked as a proofreader on the "Joplin Globe" and for the "Kansas City Star" and old Kansas City "Journal-Post."
After coming to Joplin, he worked for a short time in the feed and seed business as manager of a store at Fourteenth and Main Streets. Later he came to the Globe as proofreader, working until 1921.
In 1937 he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Robert Mitchell. Following that term he retired from active business.
In later years Mr. Lea devoted most of his time to lodge work. He was a member of the Missouri Grand Lodge for several years and a member of the Knights of Khorassan.
Survivors are two sons, John Lea, 1605 Sargeant Avenue, and Sherry Lea, Barnsdall, Okla.
Funeral services will be conducted 2:30 Tuesday afternoon at the Hurlbut-Glover Chapel. Graveside rites will be conducted by his lodge at the Knights of Pythias plot in Fairview Cemetery.
Asa was an only child of Archibald Thomas and Margaret (Newton) Lea. When Asa was age three, the family left Macomb, Illinois to move to Kansas City, Missouri, but by June 1870 they were back in Macomb. In September of that year they moved to Columbus, Kansas, where his father was involved in the newspaper business, starting up several local papers. Asa learned how to help with type set at an early age. The family lived for a time in Baxter Springs, Kansas, from 1872-1877, then spent two years living in Galena, Kansas. It is interesting to note that the home they built in Baxter Springs is still there. It is now called the Lea Manor and is a Bed & Breakfast as well as an event center.
The family returned to Columbus, Kansas in 1879. By 1884 Asa was working as editor for his father's newspaper, the Columbus Advocate. In 1887 Asa joined the fraternal order called the Knights of Pythias, and was a member all his life. In 1889 Asa's father made him a half-owner in the Columbus Advocate, and sold the other half to someone else. Asa continued with this until 1896 when he sold his half share.
Asa married Georgia Fisher on October 15, 1889 in Columbus, Kansas. They had one child, son Sherry in 1891. The family moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1903, where Asa was employed as the manager for another fraternal organization he belonged to, the Ancient Order of Pyramids. By 1910 he was once again working in the newspaper industry as a printer. About 1915 Asa and Georgia divorced.
Sometime between 1915 to 1919 Asa moved to Joplin, Missouri. Asa went on to marry the woman who owned the boarding house he was living in, Ellen (Nellie) Mefford Wells, on January 19, 1920 in Joplin. They had one child, son John T. Lea.
Asa continued working as a printer for the Joplin Globe until he had a stroke in 1936 which crippled his right leg. He did a short stint as a Justice of the Peace in 1937, then went into retirement. He died from heart failure due to an aortic aneurysm.
if you are taking the time to read all of this, I thank you. Asa was my great-grandmother's first cousin. I also wanted to say how sad I think it is that neither one of Asa's sons saw fit to give him a grave marker, even a simple one. This is just wrong - Michelle Shreve
**the above is NOT an obit, it is my own personal research!
----------------------------------------------------
Joplin Globe, Tuesday Aug 19, 1947, page 5
Asa Lea Observes 82nd Birthday Today
Former Joplin Globe Proof Reader Plans Quiet Day Visiting Old Friends
Asa Lea is looking forward to a quiet day today - his eighty-second birthday - with probably a visit from his son and a routine visit to the offices of his longtime friend, Les Travis. Of course, you can't tell what he day will bring when living in one community for many years and making as many acquaintances as Asa has.
Asa, some of his friends now call him "Judge", for one time he did a stint as Justice of the Peace in Joplin, was born August 19, 1865 in Macomb, Illinois, the son of a printer, who moved westward when Asa was a boy, 5 years old. One of his treasure's is an old newspaper, a copy of the Chicago Tribune, printed on the day of his birth. it as a day when General Grant, victorious Civil War military leader, was making a triumphant entry into Chicago after a tour of the nation. The nation was looking forward to a recovery after the first great war since the American Revolution.
Asa's father, A. T. Lea, stopped his westward journey at Columbus, Kan., where he immediately established a small newspaper. By the time Asa was 6 years old, he was standing on a chair and helping his father put together the hand-set type the shop used.
The family later moved to Baxter Springs, back to Columbus, then to Galena, then back again to Columbus. Asa helped his father establish the 'Columbus Advocate" and the "Galena Miner". Later Asa took time out to work on the old "Galena Independent" and the "Daily Times." In 1903 he went to Kansas City where he worked for 12 years as a proof reader on the old "Kansas City Journal" and in 1919 went to work for the Joplin Globe as a proof reader.
His activities have been curtailed in the last 11 years due to a stroke that left him with a crippled right leg. However, in 1908 he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Robert Mitchell who had been elected Municipal Judge.
His principle interest these days is his lodge work. For the past 60 years he has been a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is a former secretary of Joplin Lodge #40, and has been a member of the Missouri Grand Lodge on three separate occasions."I have always been a joiner," he says. "I have belonged to 11 lodges during my lifetime. I have forgotten the names of some of them."
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Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri) 4 Dec 1947
Asa Lea, 120 1/2 Main Street, a patient since Nov 26th, was dismissed yesterday.
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Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri) Sunday 29 Feb 1948 page 2A
Asa Lea, a Retired Printer, Dies At 82
One Time Printer in Galena and Columbus, and Joplin Globe Employee Succumbs In Hospital
Asa Lea, 82 years old, 120 1/2 Main Street, a retired printer and newspaper publisher, died at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Joplin General Hospital.
Mr. Lea, born August 19, 1865 in Macomb, Illinois, had been a Joplin resident for many years. For 50 years he was either a printer or a publisher of district newspapers.
He was an active member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and a member of the First Baptist Church.
With his father, he founded the 'Columbus Daily Advocate" and the Galena, Kansas "Republican". At one time he worked as a proofreader on the "Joplin Globe" and for the "Kansas City Star" and old Kansas City "Journal-Post."
After coming to Joplin, he worked for a short time in the feed and seed business as manager of a store at Fourteenth and Main Streets. Later he came to the Globe as proofreader, working until 1921.
In 1937 he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Robert Mitchell. Following that term he retired from active business.
In later years Mr. Lea devoted most of his time to lodge work. He was a member of the Missouri Grand Lodge for several years and a member of the Knights of Khorassan.
Survivors are two sons, John Lea, 1605 Sargeant Avenue, and Sherry Lea, Barnsdall, Okla.
Funeral services will be conducted 2:30 Tuesday afternoon at the Hurlbut-Glover Chapel. Graveside rites will be conducted by his lodge at the Knights of Pythias plot in Fairview Cemetery.
The family returned to Columbus, Kansas in 1879. By 1884 Asa was working as editor for his father's newspaper, the Columbus Advocate. In 1887 Asa joined the fraternal order called the Knights of Pythias, and was a member all his life. In 1889 Asa's father made him a half-owner in the Columbus Advocate, and sold the other half to someone else. Asa continued with this until 1896 when he sold his half share.
Asa married Georgia Fisher on October 15, 1889 in Columbus, Kansas. They had one child, son Sherry in 1891. The family moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1903, where Asa was employed as the manager for another fraternal organization he belonged to, the Ancient Order of Pyramids. By 1910 he was once again working in the newspaper industry as a printer. About 1915 Asa and Georgia divorced.
Sometime between 1915 to 1919 Asa moved to Joplin, Missouri. Asa went on to marry the woman who owned the boarding house he was living in, Ellen (Nellie) Mefford Wells, on January 19, 1920 in Joplin. They had one child, son John T. Lea.
Asa continued working as a printer for the Joplin Globe until he had a stroke in 1936 which crippled his right leg. He did a short stint as a Justice of the Peace in 1937, then went into retirement. He died from heart failure due to an aortic aneurysm.
if you are taking the time to read all of this, I thank you. Asa was my great-grandmother's first cousin. I also wanted to say how sad I think it is that neither one of Asa's sons saw fit to give him a grave marker, even a simple one. This is just wrong - Michelle Shreve
**the above is NOT an obit, it is my own personal research!
----------------------------------------------------
Joplin Globe, Tuesday Aug 19, 1947, page 5
Asa Lea Observes 82nd Birthday Today
Former Joplin Globe Proof Reader Plans Quiet Day Visiting Old Friends
Asa Lea is looking forward to a quiet day today - his eighty-second birthday - with probably a visit from his son and a routine visit to the offices of his longtime friend, Les Travis. Of course, you can't tell what he day will bring when living in one community for many years and making as many acquaintances as Asa has.
Asa, some of his friends now call him "Judge", for one time he did a stint as Justice of the Peace in Joplin, was born August 19, 1865 in Macomb, Illinois, the son of a printer, who moved westward when Asa was a boy, 5 years old. One of his treasure's is an old newspaper, a copy of the Chicago Tribune, printed on the day of his birth. it as a day when General Grant, victorious Civil War military leader, was making a triumphant entry into Chicago after a tour of the nation. The nation was looking forward to a recovery after the first great war since the American Revolution.
Asa's father, A. T. Lea, stopped his westward journey at Columbus, Kan., where he immediately established a small newspaper. By the time Asa was 6 years old, he was standing on a chair and helping his father put together the hand-set type the shop used.
The family later moved to Baxter Springs, back to Columbus, then to Galena, then back again to Columbus. Asa helped his father establish the 'Columbus Advocate" and the "Galena Miner". Later Asa took time out to work on the old "Galena Independent" and the "Daily Times." In 1903 he went to Kansas City where he worked for 12 years as a proof reader on the old "Kansas City Journal" and in 1919 went to work for the Joplin Globe as a proof reader.
His activities have been curtailed in the last 11 years due to a stroke that left him with a crippled right leg. However, in 1908 he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Robert Mitchell who had been elected Municipal Judge.
His principle interest these days is his lodge work. For the past 60 years he has been a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is a former secretary of Joplin Lodge #40, and has been a member of the Missouri Grand Lodge on three separate occasions."I have always been a joiner," he says. "I have belonged to 11 lodges during my lifetime. I have forgotten the names of some of them."
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Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri) 4 Dec 1947
Asa Lea, 120 1/2 Main Street, a patient since Nov 26th, was dismissed yesterday.
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Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri) Sunday 29 Feb 1948 page 2A
Asa Lea, a Retired Printer, Dies At 82
One Time Printer in Galena and Columbus, and Joplin Globe Employee Succumbs In Hospital
Asa Lea, 82 years old, 120 1/2 Main Street, a retired printer and newspaper publisher, died at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Joplin General Hospital.
Mr. Lea, born August 19, 1865 in Macomb, Illinois, had been a Joplin resident for many years. For 50 years he was either a printer or a publisher of district newspapers.
He was an active member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and a member of the First Baptist Church.
With his father, he founded the 'Columbus Daily Advocate" and the Galena, Kansas "Republican". At one time he worked as a proofreader on the "Joplin Globe" and for the "Kansas City Star" and old Kansas City "Journal-Post."
After coming to Joplin, he worked for a short time in the feed and seed business as manager of a store at Fourteenth and Main Streets. Later he came to the Globe as proofreader, working until 1921.
In 1937 he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Robert Mitchell. Following that term he retired from active business.
In later years Mr. Lea devoted most of his time to lodge work. He was a member of the Missouri Grand Lodge for several years and a member of the Knights of Khorassan.
Survivors are two sons, John Lea, 1605 Sargeant Avenue, and Sherry Lea, Barnsdall, Okla.
Funeral services will be conducted 2:30 Tuesday afternoon at the Hurlbut-Glover Chapel. Graveside rites will be conducted by his lodge at the Knights of Pythias plot in Fairview Cemetery.
Gravesite Details
cemetery unable to give plot location due to lost records but his obit says he is buried in the Knights of Pythias plot, wherever that is
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