Biographies - Elmira Township

John Leason, better known as Deacon John Leason, finds mention in several pages of this work. In the marriage record many members of his family find a notice.

On June 27,1861, the venerable Deacon was taken from his home at dead of night by a number of men who entered his house. An alarm was given and the people turning out, promptly hunted the assaulting parties to their den. Horror stricken, one confessed, and as a result, Charles Wilson, Enos Mix, George Bodle, Robert Alexander, Miles Avery and George Whitehead were arrested. They were tried before Justices Buswell and Winslow and a jury of twelve men, and fined $25, which the jury considered then equal to $100 in ordinary times.