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Harriet Elizabeth Leek 1834 - 1923

Harriet Elizabeth Leek was born on July 19, 1834 in Chemung County, New York United States to John S. Leek and Elizabeth Probasco, and had siblings Caroline Leek, Myrtle Leek, Nancy Ann Leek, Mahlon Talmadge Leek, Lufanny Leek, Nathan Bradley Leek, and Amos Leek. Harriet Leek died at age 88 years old on May 14, 1923 in Tacoma, Pierce County, WA.

Harriet Elizabeth Leek

July 19, 1834

Chemung County, New York, United States

May 14, 1923

Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, United States

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Harriet Elizabeth Leek's History: circa 1834 - circa 1923

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Harriet wed twice; 1st on July 16,1854 in Middleville, Mich. to Amos Henry Johnson, b. 1829 & d. 1859 in Mich. ( 1 child ) She wed 2nd on Apr.27,1865 in Mich. to Joseph Corwin Bray, b. 1832 & d. 1924 in Washington ( no children ).
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1834

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July 19, 1834

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Chemung County, New York United States

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1923

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May 14, 1923

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debility and old age

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Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington United States
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Harriet Elizabeth Leek lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.

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In 1834, in the year that Harriet Elizabeth Leek was born, on August 14th, the Poor Law Amendment Act was enacted in the United Kingdom. The Act stated that no able-bodied British man could receive assistance unless he entered a workhouse (a kind of poorhouse). The Act was intended to curb the cost of relief for the poor since workhouses were designed to be unpleasant. Many workhouses used the men as free labor and employed them in such tasks as breaking stones, crushing bones to produce fertilizer, or picking oakum - tarred fiber used between planks on ships -using a large metal nail known as a spike.

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In 1855, she was 21 years old when on March 3rd, Congress appropriated $30,000 to create the U.S. Camel Corps. The idea was to use camels as pack animals in the Southwest and 34 camels were bought. But the Army wasn't enthusiastic about the idea and after the Civil War the Camel Corps was entirely abandoned.

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