William Preston Leach

(1858-1862)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

William Preston Leach was born in 1858. He died in 1862.

Relatives

• Parents: Martin Washington Leach [1] and Sallie Alston Mangum (1824-1896)  [1].
• Maternal grandparents: Willie Person Mangum [1] and Charity Alston Cain [1].
• Siblings: three sisters, Marie Alma Leach (1854-1926) [1], Sallie Mangum Leach (1857-1934) [1] and Annie Preston Leach (1865-1942) [1].
• Uncle: William Preston Mangum (d. 860s) [1].
• Aunts: Mary Mangum [1] and Martha Person Mangum [1].
• Others: Julian Augustine Turner (brother-in-law) [1] and Stephen Beauregard Weeks (brother-in-law) [1].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).