Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and
Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co.,
Publishers, 1884. Franklin County.

JAMES MADISON LEATHERS (deceased), native of Franklin County, Ky., was
born May 15, 1814, and died July 3, 1880.  In 1828, he accompanied his
brother Thomas J. into Indiana, and spent the rest of his life in Morgan
County.  His school advantages were very limited, though he learned
something of reading, writing and arithmetic by attendance at the
subscription schools when not engaged upon the farm.  He married Martha
Jane McDonald September 15, 1835, and she bore him twelve children -
William W. (deceasesd), Charles S., Nancy A., Mary, Theodore (deceased),
John (deceased), Margaret (deceased), Samuel (deceased), Sarah M.,
Harrison, Douglass and Mintie E.  From the age of fourteen years until the
day of his death, subject was a consistent member of the Christian Church,
and was for many years a Master Mason.  His first wife died March 4, 1871,
and November 5, of the same year, he was married in Morgan County, Ind.,
to Phoebe T. Jones, daughter of the Rev. H. T. Burge.  By this marriage he
had born to him three children - Florence Mable, Bessie B. (deceased), and
Samuel M.  Mr. L. left his family a nice property, consisting, among other
things, of a fine farm of 183 acres, which his widow manages with skill
and success.  He was a great religious worker, educated his children, and
voted the Democratic ticket with persistent regularity.

Leathers McDonald Jones Burge
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