William Henry Leebrick
(March 15, 1850 - January 2, 1932)

William Henry Leebrick was born in Virginia in 1850. He was married to Lilly Woody and Ida Thompson.

According to family sources, William had as many as twenty or more children with his wives, many of whom were twins or triplets and who died at birth or in early infancy.

William and Ida had seven boys and a girl. The boys' names were Bland, Joseph, Frank, John Nicholas, Tinsley, Jennings Bryant, and Richard. Lelia was their daughter's name.

William and Lilly had two boys—William Henry, Jr. and James—and a girl, Mary.

William's son, Frank, is my grandfather.

Leebrick
Johannes
John
Daniel
George
William
Frank
Joyce Marie

Birth Year Events
(1885)

Deaths

Ulysses S. Grant
Geo. B. McClellan

Births

Bess Truman
George S. Patton
Chester Nimitz
Jerome Kern
Louis B. Mayer
Niels Bohr
Ring Lardner
Will Durant

Publishing

Good Housekeeping
Huckleberry Finn

Business

AT&T Incorporated

Medicine

1st Appendectomy performed

Events

Washington Monument dedicated
Statue of Liberty Arrives in New York

Perspective
(1885-1915)

1885
Brahms, Sym. No. 4
Niels Bohr born
Karl Benz builds car engine
Sinclair Lewis born
Geo. Eastman manufactures photo paper
Fox introduces golf to America
U.S. Grant dies
John L. Sullivan wins first MoQ rules prize fight

1886
Statue of Liberty dedicated
Germanium discovered
Aluminum produced
English Lawn Tennis Assoc. founded
Ty Cobb born
AF of L founded
Henri Moussan produces fluoride
Daved Ben-Gurion born

1887
Arthur Conan Doyle publishes first Sherlock Holmes story
Marc Chagall born
H.W. Goodwin invents celluloid film
Julian Huxley born

1888
Benj. Harrison elected U.S. President
Eugene O'Neill born
Irving Berlin born
Jim Thorpe born
Testa constructs electric motor
Eastman perfects Kodak box camera
T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia) born
Jack the Ripper murders 5
First beauty contest held

1889
First Prepared Food (Aunt Jemima)
E.P. Hubble born
Herman Hollerith invents punchcard system
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington granted statehood
Adolph Hitler born
Eiffel designs tower