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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Beverly Brown Leachman: Birth: 4 MAR 1867 in Springfield, Washington Co., Kentucky. Death: 30 APR 1938 in Kelly Shop, Washington Co., Kentucky


Sources
1. Title:   History of Kentucky Illustrated, Edition 4
Page:   p. 803
Author:   W.H. Perrin, J.H. Battle, G.C. Kniffin
Publication:   Name: F.A. Battey and Company, Louisville, Kentucky, Chicago, Illinois 1887;
2. Title:   Joseph S.Nelson, 7320-156 St., Edmonton, Alberta T5R 1X3 Canada
3. Title:   1850 Census for Washington Co., Kentucky
4. Title:   1870 Census for Washington Co., Kentucky
5. Title:   1880 Census for Washington Co., Kentucky
6. Title:   1910 Census for Washington Co., Kentucky
7. Title:   Commonwealth of Kentucky, State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death - Milton G. Leachman
8. Title:   Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death - Bevelry Brown Leachman
9. Title:   Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 - Washington Co
Publication:   Location: http://search.ancestry.com/;
10. Title:   Find A Grave - Cemetery Records and Online Memorials - Milton George "Uncle Mit" Leachman
Publication:   Location: http://www.findagrave.com/;
11. Title:   1920 Census for Washington Co., Kentucky

Notes
a. Note:   The 1880 federal census for Washington Co., Kentucky shows that his father was born in Virginia and his mother born in Kentucky.The 1870 federal census for Washington Co., Kentucky shows the value of his real estate owned as $8,000 and th
Note:   e value of his personal estate as $1,800. The 1910 federal census for Washington Co., Kentucky shows that his parents were born in Kentucky. It also shows that he was a widower. (illegible) B. Leachman, Springfield, was the informant for his death certificate. Son of Harrison and Ellen M. (Childs) Leachman. Married Suanna Davidson Brown. One child - Beverly Brown Leachman. MG Leachman received a deed to 200 acres of bluegrass land from his father-in-law, Stephen Brown. "Uncle Mit" was a very successful farmer and horseman. The deed to the farm dates back to the time when Issac Shelby was Governor of KY. The farm was known as the Coulter Farm in 1969. As a young man Uncle Mit joined a wagon train with others from Kentucky and departed for the CA gold rush of 1849. They suffered many hardships and fought Indians but finally arrived in CA south of San Francisco. Instead of searching for gold, M.G. Leachman and a Mr. Riperton went into the dairy business in Oakland, CA. MG Leachman sold out to Riperton after a few years and returned to KY via a trip around the "Horn". Baptist by faith, a staunch Democrat who served in the KY legislature and also held county offices in Washington County, KY. His wife's father, Stephen Brown, donated the lands for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery and the Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church, of which Suanna Brown Leachman was a member. Stephen Brown's picture hangs on the rear wall of the church.

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