Otha Monroe Leake is the son of Walter Scott and Margaret Isabelle Bellis Leake of Ray County, Missouri. He was one of 9 children. His siblings were George Washington, Gustavus Leonadus, Samuel Walter, Minnie Cordelia (Farris Miller), Mary Jane "Mollie" (Penniston), Florence Emma, Rufus Emmet, and Albert Adolphus.
The Leake family originally comes from England, settling in Goochland County, Virginia. This line of the family settled in Virginia before 1690, in Kentucky before 1790, and Missouri before 1840.
Otha died on the farm on which he was born at age 48, in Ray County, Missouri, from cancer of the throat. He did not marry or have children. He was a farmer.
Source: John Gordon and Mary Rountree Family Record compiled by Eileen B. Penniston, 1959; Richmond Missourian, 5/9/1919 obituary; Missouri State Board of Health death certificate.
The Leake family originally comes from England, settling in Goochland County, Virginia. This line of the family settled in Virginia before 1690, in Kentucky before 1790, and Missouri before 1840.
Otha died on the farm on which he was born at age 48, in Ray County, Missouri, from cancer of the throat. He did not marry or have children. He was a farmer.
Source: John Gordon and Mary Rountree Family Record compiled by Eileen B. Penniston, 1959; Richmond Missourian, 5/9/1919 obituary; Missouri State Board of Health death certificate.
Otha Monroe Leake is the son of Walter Scott and Margaret Isabelle Bellis Leake of Ray County, Missouri. He was one of 9 children. His siblings were George Washington, Gustavus Leonadus, Samuel Walter, Minnie Cordelia (Farris Miller), Mary Jane "Mollie" (Penniston), Florence Emma, Rufus Emmet, and Albert Adolphus.
The Leake family originally comes from England, settling in Goochland County, Virginia. This line of the family settled in Virginia before 1690, in Kentucky before 1790, and Missouri before 1840.
Otha died on the farm on which he was born at age 48, in Ray County, Missouri, from cancer of the throat. He did not marry or have children. He was a farmer.
Source: John Gordon and Mary Rountree Family Record compiled by Eileen B. Penniston, 1959; Richmond Missourian, 5/9/1919 obituary; Missouri State Board of Health death certificate.
The Leake family originally comes from England, settling in Goochland County, Virginia. This line of the family settled in Virginia before 1690, in Kentucky before 1790, and Missouri before 1840.
Otha died on the farm on which he was born at age 48, in Ray County, Missouri, from cancer of the throat. He did not marry or have children. He was a farmer.
Source: John Gordon and Mary Rountree Family Record compiled by Eileen B. Penniston, 1959; Richmond Missourian, 5/9/1919 obituary; Missouri State Board of Health death certificate.
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The headstone includes his brother, Rufus Emmet Leake.
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