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Daniel Leech (b. January 17, 1862, d. February 09, 1891)
Daniel Leech (son of Jacob Jake W. Leech and Sarah Louise Lane) was born January 17, 1862 in Dickson TN, and died February 09, 1891 in Charlotte TN. He married (1) Martha Norwood Rook, daughter of Amon Rook and Elizabeth. He married (2) Nancy Elizabeth 'Nannie' Larkins.
Notes for Daniel Leech:
DePriest Farm
J. Wellington DePriest
Just west of Charlotte on Highway 47 is the DePriest Farm, a part of which is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Leech-Larkins Farm. The founder, Daniel Leech (1794-1873), purchased a tract of 276 acres in 1835 and also acquired a number of other tracts of land on which he farmed. Leech harvested corn and timber to support the operation of the largest distillery in Dickson County. Martha Norwood Rook, Leech’s wife, gave birth to 11 children. The Leech family made their home in a large log dwelling. Just behind the house they set aside land for a family cemetery. Here the founder and later generations of the family have been buried since 1852.
Dr. Daniel Rook Leech was the next family owner, operating the farm until his death in 1904. Dr. Leech “played in important role in the health of the Charlotte community and Dickson County.” He and his wife, Mary Ann Mathis, had 12 children. They produced a variety of farm products including tobacco, wheat, corn, oats, and some cotton as well as swine, cattle, and poultry.
In 1911, W. B. Leech sold the farm to his cousin W. Wellington Larkins who made substantial changes to the farm’s landscape. He constructed an equipment shed and smokehouse in 1915. The following year he began work on a new farmhouse which remains an important part of the farm today. The vernacular house was designed and built by local craftsman “Fate” Allen. A stone fence enclosing the family cemetery was erected and a turn of the century barn was moved south of the farmhouse when the state improved and widened Highway 47 in the 1920s. To support the diverse farm operation, several new outbuildings and a root cellar were added during the 1930s and 1940s.
At the death of W. Wellington Larkins in 1949, his daughter Elizabeth Larkins DePriest purchased the shares of her siblings and began operating the farm along with her husband James DePriest. Mrs. DePriest, described as a “naturalist” by her friends, is a tireless advocate of land conservation as well as a keeper of family and community history. She continues the daily management of the farm, though in 1988 she conveyed 218 acres to her son J. Wellington DePriest, an engineer with International Steel based in Seattle. Over 70 acres of the Depriest Farm are in a federal conservation program and 142 acres are in a timber management program. Portions of bottomlands along the Harpeth River have been declared protected wet lands and hay is grown on about 26 acres. The 1916 house, family cemetery, and 127 acres were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
More About Daniel Leech:
Burial: Unknown, Leech Cemetry, Charlotte, Dickson Co, TN.
Children of Daniel Leech and Martha Norwood Rook are:
- +Festus Patterson 'Pat' Leech, b. August 09, 1842, d. 1926.
Children of Daniel Leech and Nancy Elizabeth 'Nannie' Larkins are:
- +Edna Earl Leech, b. April 28, 1885, d. April 02, 1946, Leec Cemetery, White Bluff TN.
- Rosie P Leech, b. May 15, 1886, d. May 24, 1911, Rock Church Cemetery.
- Enloe Clyton Leech, b. February 07, 1890, Dickson TN, d. May 28, 1963, Nashville Davidson County TN,.

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