Leander "Lee" Alkire

Abt 1854 - 1871  (~ 17 years)

• Name	Leander "Lee" Alkire  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Lee
  Birth	Abt 1854	Sangamon County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jun 1871	Sangamon County, Illinois   [2]
  Notes	Eddie Maynard found the following biography of Harmonas in the book HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS "Centennial Report,: John Carroll Power, Edwin A. Wilson and Co, Springfield, Illionis, 1876, pages 78 and 79. "Leander died June 5, 1871, in his 18th year."
  Person ID	I38340	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Harmonas Alkire,   b. Abt 1804, Bourbon County, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Martha Matilda McLemore,   b. 10 Jul 1810, Burke County, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	31 Dec 1829	Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
  	Eddie Maynard found the following biography of Harmonas in the book HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS "Centennial Report,: John Carroll Power, Edwin A. Wilson and Co, Springfield, Illionis, 1876, pages 78 and 79. Alkire, Harmonas was born in 1804 in Bourbon county, KY. His parents moved when he was quite young, to Pickaway county, O. in 1826 he visited Sangamon County on business for other parties. Returning to Ohio, he went to Lafayeet, Ind. The next year he came to Sangamon county again, on business and was married in Springfield, Dec, 31, 1829, to Martha McLemore. She was born July 10, 1810, in Burke county, N. C. Her parents moved, in 1811, to Knoxville, Tenn., and moved from there to Sangamon County, Ill, arriving Dec. 23, 1828 at Springfield. Soon after marriage M. Alkire returned to Lafayette with hsi wife. They had two children born there, and then moved to Sangamon county, arriving, August 1832, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where they had eight living children....Harmonas Alkire and his wife are living ont he farm where they settled in 1832. It is three miles west of Sherman. He confirms the statement of Washington Crowder that the sudden change took place December 20, 1836, because he entered a piece of land that day, and the papers bear the above date.
  Family ID	F11710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S98] 1860 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census.), Illinois, Sangamon, Subdivision 17 Enumerated 31 Sept 1860 Page 30 2249-2143 (Reliability: 3). [S1127] Genforum: Cantrall Family Genealogy Forum ; http://genforum.genealogy.com/cantrall/messages/17.html, (http://genforum.genealogy.com/cantrall/messages/17.html).