Eliza J. McDonald 2nd wife of John T. Leach married June 20, 1851
Not my family line, just sharing.
The following Biographical sketch was copied from the book "HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY COUNTIES OF WHITE AND PULASKI, INDIANA. Historical and Biographical. Illustrated. Chicago; F.A. Battey & Co., Publishers. 1883.
page 684, Salem Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.
"JOHN T. LEACH, son of ROBERT and MARY (HEAP) LEACH, was born in September, 1821 at Quakersfield, near Tottington, England. He was placed in a cotton factory at the age of nine, and what schooling he received was after working hours. In 1844, he married THERESA KIRK, who bore him two children - MARY E. and HEPHZIBAH. In 1848, he came to America, and located in Kendall County, Illinois. He afterward worked in a warehouse at Ottawa, and there his wife died. June 20, 1851, he married ELIZA J. McDONALD, who became the mother of eight children - ROBERT A., deceased; GERTRUDE L.; ROBERT A., deceased; LESTER A.; IDA C.; BENNIE, deceased; ALFRED McDONALD and GRACIE M. While living in Illinois, MR. LEACH was chiefly engaged in farming and cattle raising. In 1875, he sold out and came to this township, and purchased a fine farm of 247 acres, known as the DOC HARTMAN farm, and to this he has added 107 acres. He handles a great deal of livestock, shipping in large quantities. MRS. LEACH is a member of the Presbyterian Church. MR. LEACH is an Old-School Baptist, and in politics is a Greenbacker."