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Leas, William J. (Capt.)

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Last Name Leas
First Name William
Middle Name J. (Capt.)
Maiden Name
Death Date 9/20/1863
Birth Date 11/29/1824
Obituary Source
Source Information Cemetery index/Morgan Co. Civil War Veterans
Cemetery Butler
Family Information
Spouse Catharine C. Butler, Feb. 13, 1851
Survived By
Other Age 38. Killed in the Civil War, at the Battle of Chicamauga. Member of Co. F, 31st Ind. Vol. [From the Martinsville Republican for June 4, 1885: "At the Butler Graveyard there stands a lonely shaft in the memory of Capt. William J. Lease, who died in the Civil War. He was a son-in-law to Uncle Toby Butler, who was in the War of 1812."]
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