Luke Lea (1809 - 1876)

Born 11 Feb 1809 in Amite, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (East) Lea — married 18 Mar 1832 in Copiah County, Mississippi

Husband of Matilda Ann (Williams) Lea — married 21 Oct 1856 in Copiah, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Nov 1876 at age 67 in Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Luke Lea was born on 11 Feb 1809 in Amite, Mississippi, United States, son of Joseph Lea (1769 - 1810) and Amy (Barton) Barnes (~1773 - ~1818).

His siblings were:

1. John Sartin Jr. (~1791 - ~1846)
2. Major Lea (1793 - 1882)
3. Elizabeth (Lea) Gibson (1797 - 1862)
4. Barton Lea (1802 - )
5. Elceba Lea (1806 - )
6. Noble Lea (1810 - 1884)

Luke (23) married Nancy East (16) (1815 - 1855) on 18 Mar 1832 in Copiah County, Mississippi. Their children were:

1. William I Lea (1832 - )
2. Thomas F Lea (1834 - 1863)
3. Thaddeus W Lea (1834 - 1895)
4. Amanda E. (Lea) East (~1837 - )
5. Martha Emeline (Lea) Smith (1842 - 1897)
6. Robert C Lea (1844 - )
7. Nancy A Lea (1846 - 1891)
8. Mary Ann (Lea) Allen (1849 - 1903)
9. Luke Lea (1851 - 1909)
10. Samuel Lea (1853 - )
11. Eloise Lea (1855 - ).

Luke (47) married Matilda Ann Williams (17) (1839 - 1924) on 21 Oct 1856 in Copiah, Mississippi. Their children were:

1. Ella Louise (Lea) Davis (~1855 - ~1933)
2. Elsie Lea (1858 - )
3. Leona Jane (Lea) Ratcliff (1859 - 1933)
4. Viola Lea (1860 - )
5. Gertrude Lea (1862 - )
6. Elious Augustus Lea (1865 - 1937)
7. Wilson Monroe Lea (1867 - 1945)
8. Walter G Lea (1868 - 1948)
9. Walter Josiah Lea (1868 - 1901)
10. Joseph Daniel Lea (1870 - 1946)
11. Emma Lou Lea (1872 - 1932)
12. Ziras Lea (1873 - )
13. Zious Davis Lea (1873 - 1946)
14. Alice Lea (1875 - )
15. Luky Lea (1877 - ).

Luke died on 22 Nov 1876 in Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi aged 67.

In the 1840 census Luke (age 31) was living in Copiah, Mississippi, United States.^[1]

In the 1850 census Luke (age 41) was living in Copiah, Mississippi.

In the 1860 census Luke (age 51) was living in Copiah, Mississippi, United States.

Luke died at the age of 67 on 22 November 1876.

DNA

His paternity of Martha Emeline Lea and Lou Emma Lea is supported by an AncestryDNA match between Jessica Key and her half-third cousin once removed "C. Norman"; Luke Lea is the 3x-great-grandfather of Jessica and great-great-grandfather of "C." Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th-6th cousins, sharing 39 cM across 3 segments.

Sources

1. ↑ 1840 Census: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data - Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record G,
   Page: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Copiah, Mississippi; Roll: ; Page:.
   Residence date: 1840
   • Residence place: Copiah, Mississippi, United States Object: @M234@.

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 April 2020, 18:25), entry for Luke Lea(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G73V-NTH); contributed by various users
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LC-7VC : 29 October 2019), Luke Lee, Copiah county, Copiah, Mississippi, United States; citing family 866, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)

Acknowledgments

• Charlotte Danforth, 3 Mar 2018.
• Profile Lea-303 was created through the import of Laura's Family Tree_2012-04-21.ged on May 4, 2012 by Laura Mittler.