Central California Biographies

A memorial and biographical history of the coast counties of Central California : illustrated : containing 
a history of this important section of the Pacific coast from the earliest period of its discovery to the 
present time, together with glimpses of its auspicious future, illustrations and full-page portraits of 
some of its eminent men, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and prominent citizens of 
to-day (1893)

Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Company
Author: Barrows, Henry D; Ingersoll, Luther A

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

 


DAVID LEESE, son of Jacob P. Leese, was born in Sonoma county, California, January 8, 
1846. He came to Monterey county when a child, and attended the public schools of 
Monterey. Then for a number of years he followed various pursuits. 

He was married in Salinas, in 1875, to Delia Estelle, daughter of W. G. Martin, and their 
union has been blessed with two sons and six daughters, all living, namely: Herbert 
Primer, born in 1876: Adelaide Sophia, in 1878; Grace Estelle, in 1880; David William, 
in 1882; Edith Anna, in 1884; Delia, in 1888; Jessie Frances, in 1890; and Bertha 
Pomposa, in 1892. 

Mr. Leese came to King City in the year 1885. He is now engaged in farming on the San 
Bernabe ranch. On the 15th of September, 1888, a serious accident, and a phenomenal 
one for California, occurred to him. The house in which he was living, located five miles 
from King City, was struck by lightning and its contents burned. Many horses and cattle 
were also killed from the effects of the lightning. 

Mr. Leese has been and is still a very successful farmer, and in his chosen pursuit has 
acquired a competency. He bears a reputation above reproach. Mr. Leese comes from 
an ancestry of which any one might well be proud, his mother being a sister of the dis- 
tinguished General Vallejo. For further reference to his ancestry see the various allusions 
to Jacob P. Leese in the general history in this work and a sketch of him.