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Lea family of Wilmington, Delaware

Note: This is just one of 1,325 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

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  Charles Corbit (1838-1887) — of Delaware. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 4, 1838. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1870. Died in 1887 (age about 48 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Cowgill Corbit and Sarah (Bolton) Corbit; married, November 15, 1860, to Louisa Anderson Corbit; father of Eliza Naudain Corbit Lea; second cousin once removed of Preston Lea; third cousin of William Webb Jr.; fourth cousin of Joseph Rodman West; fourth cousin once removed of Elsie Cryder Woodward.
  Political family: Lea family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Preston Lea Preston Lea (1841-1916) — of New Castle, New Castle County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., November 12, 1841. Republican. President, William Lea and Sons milling; president, Union National Bank, vice-president, Farmers Mutual Insurance Company; director, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad; Governor of Delaware, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1908. Quaker. Member, Union League. Died in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., December 4, 1916 (age 75 years, 22 days). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of William Lea and Jane Scott (Lovett) Lea; married, October 27, 1870, to Adalaide Moore; married, April 29, 1897, to Eliza Naudain Corbit; father of Claudia Wright Lea (who married Sheffield Phelps); second cousin once removed of Charles Corbit and William Webb Jr.; third cousin once removed of Joseph Rodman West; third cousin twice removed of Elsie Cryder Woodward.
  Political families: Phelps family of Connecticut; Lea family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Eliza Naudain Corbit Lea (b. 1861) — also known as Eliza N. Corbit Lea; Eliza Naudain Corbit — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in St. Georges, New Castle County, Del., October 26, 1861. Delegate to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Louisa Anderson (Corbit) Corbit and Charles Corbit; married, April 29, 1897, to Preston Lea; third cousin once removed of William Webb Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph Rodman West.
  Political family: Lea family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Sheffield Phelps (1864-1902) — of Teaneck, Bergen County, N.J. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., July 24, 1864. Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1900. Died, of typhoid fever, in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., December 9, 1902 (age 38 years, 138 days). Entombed at Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Ellen (Sheffield) Phelps and William Walter Phelps; married, June 1, 1892, to Claudia Wright Lea (daughter of Preston Lea); uncle of Phelps Phelps; grandnephew of Norman A. Phelps; second great-grandnephew of Noah Phelps; seventh great-grandson of Thomas Welles; first cousin of Harold Sheffield Van Buren and Mabel Thorp Boardman; first cousin thrice removed of Elisha Phelps; second cousin once removed of Hiram Bidwell Case; second cousin twice removed of John Smith Phelps; third cousin twice removed of Amos Pettibone, Jesse Hoyt and George Smith Catlin; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus Pettibone, Gaylord Griswold, Hezekiah Case and Rufus Pettibone; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Jenkins Hayden and Asahel Pierson Case.
  Political families: Phelps family of Connecticut; VanBuren-Phelps family of New York City, New York; Boardman-Bostwick-Phelps-Sheffield family of Connecticut and Ohio; Lea family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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