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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: January 9, 2010
Caption: Oaklawn Cemetery John T. Lesley Capt. Co. K 4th Fla. Inf., CSA
Additional Description: John T. Lesley was a pioneer cattleman, an Indian fighter, and a Captain in the Confederate Army. He formed his own volunteer company, the “Sunny South Guards,” in 1860. Later, he became a state senator. Son William T. Lesley was Sheriff and a member of the 1885 Constitutional Convention. The union of the Lesley and Brown families (John T. was married to William T. Brown’s daughter, Margaret) produced one of the most powerful local dynasties in politics, business and agriculture. Theodore Lesley, John’s son, was County Historian and an ardent preservationist of local records. (Historic Guides and the Tampa Historical Society)
Submitted: February 17, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p198813
File Size: 0.301 Megabytes

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