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People named Frederic Leake

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Frederic wed twice: 1st in 1967 to Gail Tallman ( later divorced ) and had 1 son. He wed 2nd in 1986 to Susan Dittman, b. ca. 1950 with no children via his 2nd wife.
Frederic Leake was the earliest direct male ancestor of the Leake-Leek line to pose for a photo. He had dark brown hair & sported a moustache from mid life on. He was a bank worker in his early years and was a French Professor at Williams College in Williamstown. He gave assistance to the founding of St. John's Episcopal Church there. He reluctantly gave permission to his son Richard to have a series of historical lectures to be published in a book titled Historic Bubbles and mentions in his introduction in the book that it was not an original idea with him. After the death of his 2nd wife, Frederic wed 3rd on Apr.19,1877 in Williamstown, Mass. local to Elizabeth Esther Sabin, b. Aug.26,1839 & d. Mar.10,1910. No children by his 3rd wife. Frederic and his last 2 wives are buried at Westlawn Cemetery in Williamstown, Mass. Frederic's relation to this writer is great-great grandfather.
Frederic S. Leake served in the cavalry during the Civil War, indicating he probably was less than 69 inches tall and maybe weigh less than 165 lbs., particularly when he was in the service. No surviving photo exists to show what he actually looked like when he was in the service. Likewise, no prominent stories or achievements are noted. The 1910 and 1920 U.S. Census list him as married. The full known info on his wife is unavailable. His wife is not buried at Saratoga Springs alongside Frederic and they had no children.
Frederic served in the military during World War 2. He wed twice: 1st in July 1942 in Charleston, W.V. to Frances Dean Reed ( later divorced ) and had 2 children. He wed 2nd on Feb.20,1956 to Frances Ann Detamore, b. Dec.9,1920 > U.S.A. < Sept.20,1995 and had 1 child by his 2nd wife and adopted another child. This writer had a chance to talk with him by phone and he had an interest in the family genealogy. He had a plain and clear speaking voice.
Frederic was name for his paternal grandfather. He wed on Nov.4,1913 in New York, N.Y. to Mary Sue Cummings, b. Oct.11,1887 in Nashville, Tn. & d. Nov. 1976 in Franklin, Tn. They had 4 children.
Frederic Leake of Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee was born on March 3, 1885, and died at age 83 years old in August 1968.
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