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ROBERT LEA, retired, Woodville, was born in Scott township, this county, in 1818. His grandfather, William, was a major in the English army, came to America from England about 1775, and died in Upper St. Clair township in 1802. He married Dorathea Nelson, and to them were born four daughters and three sons. Robert, the second son, was born in 1786, and died in 1858. He married, in 1807, Mary Allison, and by her had six sons and two daughters. Five of this family are now living, the subject of this memoir being the second son. Robert, Sr., was a millwright and a farmer, owning one hundred acres of land in Scott township, which was a part of the four hundred acres purchased by his father, William. Our subject was born and reared on a farm, educated at the common schools, and at seventeen years of age he learned the millwright’s trade. He married, in 1847, Isabella Cunningham, and to them were born four daughters and one son, whose names are Leanora A., Eleanor Jane (Mrs. R. H. Long), Tillie D. (Mrs. H. J. Baer), Addie A. and Robert O. Mr. Lea started in life a poor boy, and by his own exertions, assisted by a faithful wife, he has made life a success. He erected the gristmill at Woodville, a three-story frame structure, 46x60 feet. He is a member of the U. P. Church, and is a republican.