Biography of Thomas Leason, pages 806 / 807.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Thomas Leason, farmer and stock-raiser, section 8, Troy Township, is a 
native of Derbyshire, England, born in December, 1813, a son of Francis 
Leason.  He was the twelfth of a family of fifteen children, and his parents 
being in limited circumstances he was early obliged to depend on his own 
resources for a livelihood, receiving but a meager educational advantages.  
He remained in his native county till 1845, and then came to the United 
States and settled in Sandusky, Ohio, where he lived till 1863, when he came 
to De Kalb County, Ind., and located on the farm where he has since live.  
He owns a good farm of ninety-eight acres, and his improvements are among 
the best in the county.  He was married in Erie County, Ohio, in 1850, to 
Mary Gillett, who died in June, 1855, leaving three children, but two of 
whom are living---Martha and Eliza.  April 6, 1857, he married Mrs. Mary 
Abbott, widow of Jarius W. Abbott, by whom she has one child---Dow.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Leason are members of the United Brethren church.

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