James Leach was born in 1785, at Rowan County, in the State of North Carolina and died after 1860, in Carter County, in the State of Missouri.. He was the son of Benjamin Leach, who was born in 1760, at Randolph County, in the State of North Carolina and Eleanor Trott, who was born in about 1772, at Rowan County, in North Carolina.
He was a soldier in the War of 1812, from the State of North Carolina.
James Leach was married to Margaret Campbell on the Thirteenth day of March, in 1805, at Rowan County, in the State of North Carolina. She was born in about 1790, at Salisbury, Rowan County, in the State of North Carolina. They were the parents of:
James H. Leach was born on the Twenty-fourth day of October, in 1818, at Cape Girardeau County, in the State of Missouri and died on the Twenty-eighth day of February, in 1901, at Ellsinore, Carter County, in the State of Missouri. He was married to Julia Anne Seawell or Sewell, on the Nineteenth day of March, in 1840, at Cape Girardeau County, in the State of Missouri.