Diana BALL ^{3 4}

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Roger Greenough. Photographer: McVicker Bros., Mapleton, Ia.

MONONA CO, IA MARRIAGE RECORD, Book 1, p. 67:
W. J. Leach & Diana "Baul" married Apr 18, 1875.

1880 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, St. Clair Twp:
Wm. J. Leach, 35, b. IN, farmer;
wife Diana, 24, b. IA.
(William's brother, George Leach, and family were listed next to them on the census.)

1885 IA STATE CENSUS, Monona Co, St. Clair Twp:
William Leach, 39, married, farmer, b. IN;
Diana Leach, 27, married, b. Franklin Co, IA;
Henry Lambert, 33, single, no occupation listed, b. IN.

1895 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, St. Clair Twp:
William Leach, 50, b. IN;
"Dianna" Leach, 39, b. Linn Co, IA.;
Elisha E. Hattery, 1, b. Monona Co, IA.

1900 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, St. Clair Twp:
"Dinah" Leach, Aug, 1857, 42, wd, married 25 yrs, 0 children, 0 living, b. IA, parents b. OH;
father Nathaniel A. Ball, Jun 1831, 68, wd, b. OH, parents b. OH;
ward Solomon Hattery, Jul 1893, 6, b. IA, father's birthplace unknown, mother b. IA;
sister Ada Ball, Dec 1878, 21, single, b. IA, parents b. OH;
boarder Henderson J. Lambert, Dec 1852, 47, single, b. IN, parents b. IN, farmer.
(Listed next to James & Idella Leach.)

IA, SELECT MARRIAGES INDEX, 1758-1996:
Name: Dianna Ball Leach
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 1859
Birth Place: Iowa
Marriage Date: 15 Oct 1905
Marriage Place: Mapleton, Monona, IA
Marriage Age: 46
Father: Nathaniel Ball
Mother: Mary Wickum
Spouse:George Horace Smith
Spouse's Gender: Male
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Birth Place: Illinois
Spouse's Father: Robert Smith
Spouse's Mother: Myres
FHL Film Number: 1436148
Reference ID: 2:3HJHZKC

IA, SELECT MARRIAGES INDEX, 1758-1996:
Name: Diana Ball Smith
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 1858
Birth Place: Iowa
Marriage Date: 28 Aug 1907
Marriage Place: Mapleton, Monona, Iowa
Marriage Age: 49
Father: Nathaniel Ball
Mother: Mary E. Mckeene
Spouse:Lincoln E. Burch
Spouse's Gender: Male
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Birth Place: Iowa
Spouse's Father: William Burch
Spouse's Mother: Thebe Burch
FHL Film Number: 1436148
Reference ID: 2:3HJJCLL

ADOPTION: Diana later adopted the son of her niece (Sarah Jane Keairns), Solomon Hattery, and changed his name to Elisha Ellsworth Leach.

CIVIL WAR PENSION INDEX: GENERAL INDEX TO PENSION FILES, 1861-1934: Dianna Leach filed for a widow's pension on July 30, 1900 - William J. Leach, E 149 Ind. Inf.

1905 IA STATE CENSUS, Monona Co, St. Clair Twp, Mapleton P.O.:
"Nathanal" Ball, Mrs. Diana Leach, Elisha E. Leach, and Ada E. Ball were all listed together.

1910 NE CENSUS, Madison Co, Highland Precinct, Battle Creek village:
Lincoln E. Burch, 44, 2nd marriage, married 2 yrs, b. IA, father b. KY, mother b. IL, carpenter, house;
wife "Diannah", 49, 3rd marriage, married 2 yrs, b. IA, parents b. OH;
son William I., 9, b. IA, parents b. IA;
dau. "Livina E., 6, b. IA, parents b. IA;
sister-in-law, Ada Ball, 36, single, b. IA, parents b. OH.

1920 NE CENSUS, Madison Co, South Deer Creek Twp:
Lincoln E., Burch, 54, b. IA, father b. KY, mother b. IL, farmer;
wife "Dianna", 62, b. IA, parents b. OH, farmer;
son William I., 19-2/12, single, b. IA, parents b. US;
dau. Lavina E., 16-3/12, single, b. IA, parents b. US.

CEMETERY RECORDS OF MADISON CO, NE, Union Cem., Battle Creek: Diana Burch, 1857-1926

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Diana Burch
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1857
Birth Place: Linn County, Iowa, United States of America
Death Date: 2 Jul 1929
Death Place: Madison County, Nebraska, United States of America
Cemetery: Union Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place:Battle Creek, Madison County, Nebraska, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: Nathaniel Ball
Spouse:
George Horace Smith
William J. Leach

INFO FROM ROGER GREENOUGH: Dianna and Bill Leach had the good fortune to become moderately prosperous enough to accumulate land in Leach Hollow. At one point owned four farms. They were never, however, fortunate enough to have a family of their (Leach) own. About 1895 they became parents of a foster child - Elisha Hattery. Sometime, after Bill's death in early 1900, Dianna must have adopted Elisha. In the census of 1905 he is listed as Elisha E. Leach.
By 1913 she had married Lincoln Burch and had moved to Madison County, NE (from Monona County Land Records for the sale of the original home place).

Diana married William J. LEACH, son of James LEACH and Mary WILSON, on 18 Apr 1875 in Monona Co, IA.¹ (William J. LEACH was born on 22 Apr 1845 in Delaware Co, IN,⁵ died on 16 Feb 1900 in St. Clair Twp, Monona Co, IA ^{5 7} and was buried in Mount Hope Cem, Mapleton, Monona Co, IA ⁵.)

Diana next married George Horace SMITH on 15 Oct 1905 in Mapleton, Monona Co, IA. (George Horace SMITH was born on 12 Nov 1857 in Warren Co, IL,^{2 5} died on 18 Oct 1906 in Mapleton, Monona Co, IA ⁵ and was buried in Saint Clair Cem, Ute, Monona Co, IA ⁵.)

Diana next married Lincoln Ellsworth BURCH on 28 Aug 1907 in Mapleton, Monona Co, IA.² (Lincoln Ellsworth BURCH was born on 4 Oct 1865 in Marion, Linn Co, IA,⁸ died on 27 Jul 1947 in Battle Creek, Madison Co, NE ⁹ and was buried in Union Cem., Battle Creek, Madison Co., NE ⁶.)