Horace Fisher Leigh

Horace Fisher Leigh

• Father: John Sidney Leigh b. circa 1865
• Mother: Mary Rugeley Fisher b. circa 1852, d. 28 June 1883

• Horace Fisher Leigh was born on 15 September 1878 in Texas.
• His name was recorded as Horatio in the 1880 census.
• John Sidney Leigh and Mary Rugeley Fisher appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Horace Fisher Leigh, Robert H. Leigh, John Sidney Leigh Jr. and Martha (?)
• He was self-employed as a dairyman, according to the 1920 census.
• Horace Fisher Leigh and William A. Leigh appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, boarding in the household of US Congressman Thomas Henry Ball, formerly mayor of Huntsville.
• He was a salesman, according to the 1900 census.
• He married Roberta Belle Lamkin, daughter of Marcus Aurelius Lamkin and Frances Permelia Murray, on 22 June 1904.
• Horace Fisher Leigh and Roberta Belle Lamkin appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Frances Leigh.
• He was a retail merchant, according to the 1910 census.
• Horace Fisher Leigh registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Walker County, Texas, while living with his wife in Huntsville, and employed there as a clerk by L. E. Ball.
• Horace Fisher Leigh and Roberta Belle Lamkin appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, enumerated near the Walker County jail.. Other members of the household included Mack Fisher Leigh, Katherine Leigh, Horace Rudgely Leigh and Brent Lamkin Leigh.
• Horace Fisher Leigh and Roberta Belle Lamkin appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at 4305 Avenue D. Other members of the household included Mack Fisher Leigh and Katherine Leigh.
• He was a retail grocery merchant, according to the 1930 census.
• Horace Fisher Leigh became a widower at the 1 December 1951 death of his wife Roberta Belle Lamkin.
• Horace Fisher Leigh died on 28 October 1959 at age 81 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at San Antonio State Hospital.
• He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 23 May 2004 in the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Katherine Leigh Parr, 93, died Tuesday, May 11, 2004, in Richmond. She was born in Huntsville, Texas on July 30, 1910 and lived in San Antonio, Texas for over 40 years. After the death of her husband of 52 years, J. O. Parr Jr., she moved to Knoxville, Tenn., and in 1990, to Richmond. Her parents were Horace F. and Roberta Lamkin Leigh. She had three brothers and a sister, all deceased: Mack F., Horace R., Brent L. and Mary F. Leigh. She is survived by a daughter, Mary K. (Kathy) Reams of Richmond; and a son, J. O. Parr III of Potomac, Md. Her grandchildren are Leigh M. Reams Fannin Ward (deceased), Brent S. Reams and Elizabeth K. Reams Johnson of Richmond, Frances K. Parr Harris of Baltimore, Md. and Josie A. Parr Welling of San Rafael, Calif. She also leaves four great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, four sisters-in-law; and a dear friend, Mildred Dougherty of San Antonio. Interment was Saturday, May 15 in the Parr family plot at the Rose Hill Burial Park in Oklahoma City, Okla.

• Last Edited: 21 Feb 2012