Leach, Frank Willing (1855-1943) Presidential Genealogical Collection

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Leach, Frank Willing, 1855-1943 

Title:  Presidential Genealogical Collection 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection:  2 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A L434 

Scope and Content Note 

Material concerning presidents Washington through Franklin D. Roosevelt compiled for a proposed book: “The Presidents of the United States, Their Ancestors and Descendants.” The collection consists of correspondence with descendants of the presidents and others; newspaper and magazine clippings about the presidents and their families, photos of portraits; and some material written by Leach. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Presidents and their families (general).

2 George Washington and ancestors.

3 John Adams, ancestors and descendants, #1.

4 John Adams, ancestors and descendants, #2.

5 Thomas Jefferson, ancestors and descendants, #1.

6 Thomas Jefferson, ancestors and descendants, #2.

7 Thomas Jefferson, ancestors and descendants, #3.

8 Thomas Jefferson, ancestors and descendants; letters, #1.

 

Box 2 

9 Thomas Jefferson, ancestors and descendants; letters, #2.

10 Thomas Jefferson, ancestors and descendants; letters, #3.

11 James Madison and ancestors.

12 James Monroe, ancestors and descendants, #1.

13 James Monroe, ancestors and descendants, #2.

14 John Quincy Adams, ancestors and descendants.

15 Andrew Jackson and ancestors.

 

Box 3 

16 Martin Van Buren, ancestors and descendants.

17 William Henry Harrison, ancestors and descendants, #1.

18 William Henry Harrison, ancestors and descendants, #2.

19 William Henry Harrison, ancestors and descendants, #3.

20 John Tyler, ancestors and descendants.

21 James Knox Polk, ancestors and descendants.

22 Zachary Taylor, ancestors and descendants, #1.

23 Zachary Taylor, ancestors and descendants, #2.

 

Box 4 

24 Zachary Taylor, ancestors and descendants, #3.

25 Zachary Taylor, ancestors and descendants, #4.

26 Millard Fillmore, ancestors and descendants.

27 Franklin Pierce, ancestors and descendants.

28 James Buchanan and ancestors.

29 Abraham Lincoln, ancestors and descendants. 

30 Andrew Johnson, ancestors and descendants.

 

Box 5 

31 Ulysses S. Grant, ancestors and descendants, #1.

32 Ulysses S. Grant, ancestors and descendants, #2.

33 Rutherford B. Hayes, ancestors and descendants.

34 James A. Garfield, ancestors and descendants.

35 Chester Alan Arthur, ancestors and descendants.

36 Grover Cleveland, ancestors and descendants.

37 Benjamin Harrison, ancestors and descendants.

38 William McKinley, ancestors and descendants.

39 Theodore Roosevelt, ancestors and descendants.

 

Box 6 

40 William Howard Taft, ancestors and descendants.

41 Woodrow Wilson, ancestors and descendants.

42 Warren Gamaliel Harding, ancestors and descendants. 

43 Calvin Coolidge, ancestors and descendants.

44 Herbert Clark Hoover, ancestors and descendants.

45 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, ancestors and descendants.