Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Jefferson Co. WILLIAM THOMAS LEACHMAN, M.D., is a native of Boyle County, Ky., where he was born May 15, 1834, and is a son of Harrison and Ellen Mary (Childs) Leachman, the former one of the pioneers of Virginia. He was a man of considerable local prominence, and came to Kentucky in an early period of its history, locating in what is now Boyle County, where he became a prosperous farmer. Dr. Leachman, the subject of this sketch, was liberally educated, receiving the advantages of the best institutions of learning, and instruction from some of the best teachers of the State. He chose the profession of medicine and commenced a course of study, and at the early age of twenty-one entered the medical department of the University of Louisville, in which, after a thorough course of two years, he received the degree of M.D. in 1857. After graduating he opened an office in Louisville, and by devotion to his profession soon won a large practice. He made a specialty of obstetrics and became widely known as a successful practitioner. In 1872 he was elected a member of the school board, and later of the city council, but finding that it interfered with his professional duties he resigned his seat in the council and turned his attention exclusively to his practice. He was married November 15, 1859, to Letitia, a daughter of Silas F. Field, a prominent merchant of this city. They have eight children, viz: Silas F., William T., Bessie B., Theodore H., Harry M., Letitia E., Roman B., and Georgia. Dr. Leachman is still in the prime of life and is a most exemplary citizen. Leachman Childs Field = Boyle-KY VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/jefferson/leachman.wt.txt