Downs Tree » James Roan Lea (1866-1926)
Personal data James Roan Lea
Sources 1, 2Source 2- He was born on August 15, 1866 in St. Helena, Louisiana, United States.Source 2
- He died on September 6, 1926 in Louisiana, United States, he was 60 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States of America.Source 2
- A child of James Roan Lea and Margaret Maria Bazoon
Household of James Roan Lea
He has/had a relationship with Nancy P Lea.
Child(ren):
- Tate B Lea 1883-1909
- Edgar Bunyon Lea 1887-1948
- Jesse Nicholas Lea 1891-1947
- William O Lea 1896-1964
- Fitzhugh Lea 1901-1984
- Joseph Rayborn Lea 1908-1974
- Tate Lester Lea 1910-1985
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- U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday August 15, 1866
- The temperature on August 15, 1866 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
- From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
- February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
- April 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
- June 7 » One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.
- July 3 » Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
- July 25 » The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
Day of death September 6, 1926
- The temperature on September 6, 1926 was between 15.2 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
- April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
- April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
- May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
- May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
- August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
- November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
Same birth/death day
- 1859 » Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager († 1931)
- 1860 » Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States († 1924)
- 1863 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer († 1945)
- 1865 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki († 1926)
- 1866 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer († 1945)
- 1872 » Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher († 1950)
- 1907 » Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
- 1919 » Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
- 1927 » William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
- 1938 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
- 1939 » Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)
- 1944 » James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
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