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Lavinia L. Leek
Jan-y 7th 1855                      Oxford, Conn.

First cousin to Harriet C. Chatfield
Lavinia Lucy (Cable) Leek  
dau of Roswell & Hannah (Chatfield) Cable
  b: Jul 24, 1824 Oxford, New Haven, CT
 md: Alonzo Leek 1844  

Age calculated to be abt. 31 when signing quilt.

Their children, Frank Alonzo and Elizabeth Amanda, were baptized at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in November, 1854 - see Sharpe, page 104
Her husband, Alonzo Leek, 
see Sharpe, page 118
LINKS:
See Oxford Past family tree
Their house is pictured on page 128 of Images of Oxford. (Available from Oxford Historical Society, Inc.)
The family is mentioned in Davis' Reminiscences of Oxford.
Sibling of Glover W. Cable, State Representative from Oxford in 1887. See William C. Sharpe, Oxford Sketches and Records, page 178.
Attended neighorhood Chestnut Tree Hill School in Oxford (See l887 school picture)
Photo of parents -- Roswell & Hannah (Chatfield) Cable
Her daughter also signed this quilt.
She lived in house #84 in Early Houses of Oxford (Available from Oxford Historical Society, Inc.)
Attended neighorhood Chestnut Tree Hill School in Oxford (See l887 school picture)

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