Charles William Leaphart
b. 30 September 1883, d. 25 October 1978
- Charles William Leaphart was born on 30 September 1883 in Missouri.
- The following appeared on 13 December 1914 in The Lexington Herald: The marriage of Miss Mary McEachin Rodes to Mr. Charles William Leophort, of Missoula, Mont., will be celebrated on the evening of Tuesday, the 29th of December, at 8 o'clock. It will be a beautiful Christmas wedding at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. J. Waller Rodes, on the Nicholasville road. The Rev. Cary Moore, of Cynthiana, will be officiating minister and only kinsman and most intimate friends will be present. The bride's sister, Miss Elizabeth Rodes, will be maid of honor, her brother, Mr. Powell Rodes, will be best man, and her cousin, Miss Eleanore Luzenberg, of New Orleans, the bridesmaid. The ribbon bearers will be Misses Mary Ford Rodes, Sarah and Bettie Carter, Sarah Marshall, Hester Lowry of Nicholasville, Mattie Car of Versailles, Alice Cary Williams of Louisville, and Julia Breazaelle, of New Orleans. The ceremony will be followed by a reception, and the couple will leave the next morning for the West to make their home in Missoula. A humber of lovely pre-nuptial affairs will be given in honor of the bride-elect.
- He married Mary McEachin Rodes, daughter of Joseph Waller Rodes and Bettie Powell, on 29 December 1914 in Fayette County, Kentucky.
- Charles William Leaphart registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Sheridan County, Wyoming, while living with his wife Mary in Clearmont, practicing law there.
- His wife Mary McEachin Rodes became a widow at his death.
- Charles William Leaphart died on 25 October 1978 at age 95 in Missoula County, Montana.
- Last Edited: 11 Jan 2011