From the 1880 Gregg History of Hancock County, Illinois
Fountain Green Township, pages 832-835

K. N. Leach, brother of the preceding [David Leach], was born in the State of New York in 1818. He emigrated to this State in 1852, purchased a farm owned by Jabez Beebe, directly north of the village of Fountain Green, which he still owns.

His father, Jesse Leach, was a native of Litchfield county, Conn., and of English blood.  He died in 1831, aged 53 years.  His mother, nee Zaruah Loomis, was of the same county and State as his father.  She was also of English descent and a relative not far distant from Prof. Loomis, of Yale College, who has published a genealogy of the family.  She was born May 16, 1791.  She died in New York, nearly 80 years of age.

Mr. Leach was employed in early life on the farm, and at the age of 18, engaged as a tow boy on the Erie canal.  Was with Col. Stephenson on his expedition around the Cape to California, during the Mexican war. [The inscription on the military tombstone, at left, reads: MUS. CO. K   7 N.Y. INF. MEX. WAR]

Mr. L. was married in New York in 1851, to Mary J. Read, whose parents were from Mass. She is the mother of 3 children living; 2 sons and one daughter. Benjamin F., is a drover in Kansas; Silas, a farmer at home, and Celia, a miss of 10, also at home.

Mr. Leach has had reasonable success in life, though but little encouragement to start from.  He has been Justice of the Peace longer than any one now living in the county, 28 years.  His chances for education when young were poor, but he has gained a practical knowledge of things as he has advanced through life, and seems to be at home with scientific subjects.  He owns the most costly and beautiful residence in the tp., which was built in 1862-'3, situated on the south end of his farm of 185 acres, adjoining Fountain Green.  Mr. Leach is a Republican, and is not ashamed of his faith.

Leach - Read home

The murder trial of Rebecca Brown Dye - Kendrick Leach was one of the witnesses

Zeruah Leech, 66, female, born CT
Kendrick, 32, male, occupation - none, born NY

Merie Reid, 49, male, farmer, value of real estate 3500, born MA
Sally, 49, female, born CT
Melinda Grant, 23, female, born NY
Mary J Reid, 21, female, born NY
Frances A, 19, female, born NY, attended school within the year
Charlotte M, 16, female, born NY, attended school within the year
Ann A, 13, female, born NY, attended school within the year
Silas M, 10, male, born NY, attended school within the year
Cecelia S, 5, female, born NY
Thomas S Rooney, 18, male, farmer, born Ireland

Kendrick Leach, 45, male, farmer, value of real estate 4000, value of personal estate 1000,
born NY
Jane M, 31, female, born NY
Anna, 17, female, born NY
Russel Table, 24, male, day laborer, born NY
Samuel Willow, 25, male, day laborer, born NY
Martin Riley, 21, male, day laborer, born NY
Frank Leach, 7, male, born IL, attended school within the year
Silas, 5, male, born IL
Lincoln, 2, male, born IL
Bonata ? Swerenger ?, 28, female, born Poland

We have a hunch, no proof, just a hunch, that the above "Anna Leach" was actually Anna Mesick, daughter of Fiet Mesick and Sarah Dean.

Leach, K N, 50, male, white, farmer, value of real estate 10000, value of personal estate 8000, born NY, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21or more
Mary, 40, female, white, keeping house, born NY
Frank, 16, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Silas, 14, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Clark, 3, male, white, born IL
[Cecelia, reportedly born in March of 1870, is missing from this listing.]

Leach, K N, white, male, 61, married, farmer, born NY, both parents born CT
Jane M, white, female, 46, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born MA, mother
born CT
S R, white, male, 24, son, single, at home, born IL, both parents born NY
Cellia A C, white, female, 10, daughter, single, at home, attended school within the census year, born IL, both parents born NY
Loomis, Belle M, white, female, 16, cousin, single, at home, attended school within the census year, born MO, father born NY, mother born MO
Pratt, Julia R, white, female, 15, cousin, single, at home, attended school within the census year, born China, father born CT, mother born NY

Leach, Jane M, head, white, female, born Aug 1830, 69, widow; mother of 7 children, 3 living; born NY, father born CT, mother born MA, house keeping, could read, write and speak English, owned her home free of mortgage

Brandon, James, boarder, white, male, born Mar 1838, 62, widower, born OH, both parents born PA, book agent, months not employed - 8, could read, write and speak English

Jackson, William, head, male, white, 31, married (1st) for 11 years, born NY, both parents born NY, spoke English, farmer, general farm, employer, could read and write, paying on a mortgage on his farm home, farm schedule 188

Cecelia, wife, female, white, 40, married (1st) for 11 years; mother of 1 child, living; born IL, both parents born NY, spoke English

Jackson, Ida C, daughter, female, white, 3/12, single born IL, father born NY, mother born IL

Leach, Mary J, boarder, female, white, 81, widow; mother of 5 children, 3 living; born NY, both parents born NY, spoke English, own income, could read and write