Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The Milwaukee Journal Tuesday, October 13, 1903 OLD LAKE CAPTAIN IS DEAD JAMES LEIGH, PIONEER RESI- DENT AND HOTEL KEEPER CAPT. JAMES LIEGH died at 5 o'clock Tuesday morning at his home, the LEIGH House, Broadway. He had not been ill previously, though failing in general health the last month, and had attended to business until the last night. Tues- day morning while dressing he had a hemorrhage, and lying down, he passed away. CAPT. LEIGH was born in Ireland Dec. 29, 1830, and came to Milwaukee when 3. He sailed the lakes for twenty- five years with the schooner Emerald, then, leaving the lakes in 1877, estab- lished the LEIGH House on Sycamore st. The present LEIGH House on Broadway he had possession of for twenty-four years, and in all that time operated the hotel according to his own theories. Five servants were with him twenty- four years and two families fifteen years. The arbitrary rule of "Uncle Jim" was liked by thousands who are now prominent business men of the city. He leaves a grief-stricken widow, with whom but a month ago he cele- brated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. Two sons survive the father, JAMES of Chicago and CHARLES L. of Milwaukee. Two daugh- ters are also resident in Milwaukee. MRS. M. DIERKSMEIER and MRS. SARAH CHARLES F. REINHART. One daughter, MRS. SARAH SWITZ, died suddenly a few days ago, and both funerals may be held on one day. =========================================================================