John W. Leathers, Jr.

Birth Date

1809-01-24

Death Date

1873-05-17

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Leathers. Father of William Leathers, Jane Leathers, John Leathers, Charles Leathers, James Leathers, Anna J. Leathers, and Catharine Leathers. Democratic member of the House of Representatives and Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Kenton County. Director of the Covington & Lexington Turnpike Company. Farmer in Kenton County in 1850. Employed William Badders and David Autonian as laborers in Kenton County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Kenton County in 1850. Farmer in Kenton County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Kenton County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, p. 150B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, p. 106.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, District 1, p. 366.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, District 1, p. 318B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Western Reserve, p. 364B.
Find A Grave, "John W. Leathers (1809-1873)," Memorial #95288046, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95288046 (accessed September 18, 2019).

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