Edward Eugene Leigh

Edward Eugene Leigh.6 (Albert Gallatin Leigh.5, Emanuel Jones Leigh.4, John Leigh.3, Zachariah Leigh.2, John Leigh.1) born: 18 March 1834, Edwardsville, Madison County Illinois, died: 23 January 1893, aged 58 Years 10 months 5 days old, Oklahoma City, Cleveland County Oklahoma, buried; Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Wheatland, Oklahoma County Oklahoma, son of; Albert Gallatin Leigh and Mary Brooks, married: 20 September 1855, Bear Creek Township, Christian County Illinois, Mary Clark Currie, born: 24 December 1835, Bear Creek Twp Christian County Illinois, died: 27 May 1893, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County Oklahoma, buried: Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Wheatland, Oklahoma County Oklahoma, daughter of: Alfred Currie and Cynthiana Clark, Children: William Henry Leigh, John A. Leigh, Cynthia Ann (Leigh) Carlton (Mrs. Rinaldo Carlton), Martha Elvira (Leigh) Michel (Mrs. Robert Michel), Benjamin Albert Leigh, Margaret Ellen "Maggie" (Leigh) Blackburn (Mrs. William Patrick Blackburn), Mary Frances (Leigh) Fitzgerald (Mrs.Higa Elmer Fitzgerald), Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Leigh) Albright (Mrs. George Darling Albright), Charles Elwood Leigh, Lewis Eugene Leigh, Harriet Jane "Hattie" Leigh, James Robert "Jim"Leigh

Source; Article extracted from the Morrisonville Times, Saturday, April 24th. on disastrous storm of 1880 at: Edward E. Leigh residence.
Mr. Edward E. Leigh and family of (Eleven) sought safety in the cellar, to which no doubt they owe their happy escape from death. The house, a handsome two story frame building erected last fall at the cost of three thousand dollars, was swept away with as little ceremony as one would toss an objectionable bit of board from the sidewalk, and as a spectator said grinding it into fragments while suspended in the air, the family are all uninjured (except Lizzie who is twelve years old, who was slightly bruised). His Total loss will probably amount to $5,0007

Notes for Edward Eugene Leigh: Occupation: Farmer, Feeder and Stock dealer in Christian County Illinois, name Miss-spelled Lee in 1860 Census.

Martha Elvira Leigh.7, (Edward Eugene Leigh.6, Albert Gallatin Leigh.5, Emanuel Jones Leigh.4, John Leigh.3, Zachariah Leigh.2, John Leigh.1) born: 22 February 1861, Taylorville, Christian County Illinois, died; 1945, Oklahoma City,Oklahoma County Oklahoma, buried; Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City,Oklahoma County Oklahoma, daughter of: Edward Eugene Leigh and Mary Clark Currie, married: 1 December 1881, Christian County Illinois, Robert Michel, born: March 1859, Illinois, died; 1941, Oklahoma City,Oklahoma County Oklahoma, buried; Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City,Oklahoma County Oklahoma, parents born Germany, son of: Henry Michel and Katherine Hoover, Children; Bertha May (Michel) Hawkins (Mrs Walter W. Hawkins), Lela Frances (Michel) Huey (Leonard Conover Huey)., Ada Leigh (Michel) McGaghey-Masler (Mrs Irving Gilbert McGaghey)(Mrs Peter Masler)