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John S. Leek 1803 - 1856

John S. Leek was born on July 24, 1803 in Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey United States to Amos Leek and Anna White, and had siblings Amos Leek, Jessup Leek, Parthena Leek, Charlotte Leek, Esther Leek, Ruth Leek, and Daniel H. Leek. He married Elizabeth Probasco, and had children Caroline Leek, Lufanny Leek, Nathan Bradley Leek, Harriet Elizabeth Leek, Amos Leek, Nancy Ann Leek, Myrtle Leek, and Mahlon Talmadge Leek. John Leek died at age 53 years old on August 23, 1856 in Dix , NY.

John S. Leek

July 24, 1803

Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States

August 23, 1856

Dix , New York, United States

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John S. Leek's History: circa 1803 - circa 1856

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John S. Leek wed about 1825 in Chemung, N.Y. to Elizabeth Probasco and had 8 children.
07/24

1803

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July 24, 1803

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Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey United States

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1856

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August 23, 1856

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Dix , New York United States
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John S. Leek lived 13 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 53.

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In 1803, in the year that John S. Leek was born, on March 1st, Ohio became the 17th state of the United States. Because Congress never passed a resolution declaring Ohio a state, however, it wasn't until 1953 that Ohio retroactively became an official state.

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In 1827, John was 24 years old when Englishman John Walker invented the first friction match, which he named Lucifer. The match consisted of a wooden stick coated with sulphur and tipped with a mixture of sulphide of antimony, chlorate of potash, and gum. A box of 50 matches was one shilling and came with folded sandpaper to use to strike a match.

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