Background
Leach, Eugene Walter was born on September 15, 1857 in Excelsior, Minnesota, United States. Son of George Washington and Deborah Bianca (White) Leach.
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Eugene Walter Leach
Edit ProfileEducation
Moved with parents to Racine, Wisconsin, in infancy. Education high school.
Career
With Racine Advocate, 1875, 76. In employ Racine Hardware Manufacturing Company, 1879-1894. Agent Aetna Life Insurance Company, 1894-1919.
Chairman registration board, later secretary and executive member City Hall Draft Board, Racine, 1917-1919. Racine Company historian and custodian Racine Company History Rooms. Republican-Prohibitionist.
Author: The Methodist Church and Early Racine, 1912. Racine County Militant, 1915. Racine—An Historical Narrative, 1920.
Early History of Racine County, 1933. Home: Racine, Wisconsin Deceased.
Membership
Member City Hall Draft Board, Racine, 1917-1919. Racine Company historian and custodian Racine Company History Rooms. Republican-Prohibitionist.
Connections
Married Eva Augusta Roberts, June 22, 1882 (died 1886).; married second, Katharine M. Eager, May 18, 1892. Children: Alice Eva (Mistress William Russell Lewis, deceased), Ralph Elmer (deceased).
