28 June 1900
A telephone message received here this morning from Brownsville, Prince William county, announced the death of Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Dickerson, sister of Colonel J. T. Leechman of that county. Deceased was well known here, and was about ninety-four years old. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at Bristow.
Alexandria Gazette
3 December 1847
At the Castle of Perote, Mexico, on the 10th July last, of the prevailing disease of that country, Corporal Wm. R. Leachman, of Prince William County, Va. (Company F, R.M.R. late Capt. S. T. Mason) beloved and respected by all his comrades in arms, and lamented by a numerous circle of friends and relatives. -- He was wounded at the battle of Cerro Gordo, of which he soon recovered, so as to be able to take his place: but in the march from Jalapa to the city of Mexico, being unable to proceed farther than the castle, in consequence of sickness, was left behind with many others to join the army no more. By this afflicting news, a heart stricken mother, and loving brothers and sisters, are made to mingle their tears and sympathies with the many households already clad in the habilaments of woe by this calamitous war. -- When will it end? Echo answers, when. [The Washington Union and Balt. Sun, please copy.]
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