Re: Leakey Family of Uvalde, Texas
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Leakey Family of Uvalde, Texas
paula saunders 2/12/09
This family is a tough one.It seems that Tom Leakey was quite a gunslinger. Mary Miles said that "My second brother, Tom Leakey, was the best rifle and pistol shot I ever saw. I have seen him whirl his pistol with his finger in the guard and shoot ever' time the gun came over. He never missed his mark."The Galveston Evening News reported that Tom killed at least two men, and was acquitted, but Bob Dowe finally got him in a gambling hall in Eagle Pass 6 Aug. 1884.He married Martina Mireles 3 July 1879 in Maverick County.In 1884 his two children took very ill from eating canned fruit.
Elena (known as Lena) was born in April 1880 in Uvalde and died there 27 March 1919. She and Hal are in the 1900 census for Uvalde, but in 1910 she is a widow. Her daughter Thelma was born March 1899.I have not found a trace of them on line after 1910. You will probably have to go to Uvalde & Leakey and go through the local records.
Eugene
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Re: Leakey Family of Uvalde, Texas
paula saunders 6/15/09