M, #6629, b. 3 July 1847, d. 28 June 1894
| Birth* | 3 July 1847 | Leander "Lee" Washington Searcy was born on 3 July 1847 at Ellijay, Gilmer Co., Georgia, per parents 1852 Bible. Per his Mother’s “Day Book”, Lee weighted 3 pounds at birth. He grew to be the largest one in the family. Discrepancy: An old tablet size lined brown sheet of paper found in steam ship like trunk at the Searcy home of Lee’s brother, “Will” has written on it “Lee Searcy born 8 July 1847. Family all dead. Died 29 June 1894.”.1 |
| (InHomeOf) Census1850 | 1850 | He appeared on the 1850 census in the household of Alfred Harrison Searcy, pg 367b #273-273, Subdivision 33, Gilmer Co., Georgia. His info on the census included - Searcy, Leander 3 b.GA. |
| (Witness) Negative | 1860 | Family not found in the 1860 census. One son's obit says they moved from Georgia to Arkansas in the fall of 1959, which is born out by 1859 birth of child in GA and child born in 1863 in AR in 1860. |
| (InHomeOf) Census1870 | 1870 | Leander "Lee" Washington Searcy appeared on the 1870 census in the household of Alfred Harrison Searcy, pg 3 #15-15, Clear Creek Twnshp, Washington Co., Arkansas. His info on the census included - Searcy, L W 21 b.GA. |
| Census1880* | 1880 | Leander "Lee" Washington Searcy appeared on the 1880 census as a boarder, ED 51 pg 50d #380-380, Dayton, Columbia Co., Washington. His info on the census included Searcy, Lee 29 (s/b 33) b.GA clerk in store, boarding in a hotel. |
| Census* | 1883 | He appeared on the census of 1883 at family 27 line 7, Columbia Co., Washington; Searcy, Lee 32 b.GA, clerk (WA State and Territorial Census.)1 |
| Census | 1885 | He appeared on the census of 1885 at line 27-28, Columbia Co., Washington; Searcy, Lee 34 b.GA, (WA State and Territorial Census.)1 |
| Marriage* | 18 February 1885 | He married Mary E Wallis on 18 February 1885 at Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, Oral Testimonies from my interviews of Lee’s living relatives and their letter’s in the 1940’s and etc. has that his parents let him travel the gold route from Arkansas up to Oregon, where he was going to open a Mercantile Store. In Oregon He met a girl, Mary E Wallis, fell in love and married her in Portland, Multnomah Co. Oregon.1 |
| Census | 1887 | Leander "Lee" Washington Searcy appeared on the census of 1887 at line 17-18, Columbia Co., Washington; Searcey, Lee 36 b.GA, (WA State and Territorial Census.)1 |
| Death* | 28 June 1894 | He died on 28 June 1894 at Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, at age 46 per parents 1852 Bible and per “Washington Deaths, 1891-1907” register book microfilm at Washington State Archives, Olympia, Washington “ Lee SEARCY, male, Canadian, Birth about 1851 Death Date: 28 June 1894; Age at Death: 43 years; County of Death Registration: Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington. (note: matches place name found in his parents Bible). Discrepancy1: Findagrave shows 24 Aug 1894. Discrepancy2: An old tablet size lined brown sheet of paper found in steam ship like trunk at the Searcy home of Lee’s brother, “Will” has written on it “Lee Searcy born 8 July 1847. Family all dead. Died 29 June 1894.” Discrepancy3: another source says he died at Bingham, Warm Springs. WA. There is listed in the “Handy Book” for Bingham, Warm Springs, between Harney and Malheur counties, located in the lower eastern part of Oregon. Harney was created 25 Feb 1889. Malheur was created 17 Feb 1887. Kathryn's note: there is a place called Bingham Springs in Oregon (Umatilla Co.) that the Indians called Warm Springs. That is more likely what is meant as it's not that far from Walla Walla WA (where his parents Bible says he died). There was a stage line that stretched from Walla Walla over the Blue Mountains to the Grande Ronde Valley at Summerville, OR. It is conceivable that he "resided" in Walla Walla, and was on a trip along the stage route when he died.1
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| Burial* | | He was buried at Eugene Pioneer Cemetery, Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, From interviews of Lee’s living relatives – I was told that when the (Searcy) parents heard of Lee’s dying, they sent the brothers – “Wes” and “Will” to the north west to bury the family together.2,1 |