City: Brownsville
LEA, W. S., cotton buyer; born Haywood Co., Tenn., 1859; son J. F. and Mary (McClaish) LEA; Scotch-Irish descent; educated country schools; member K. of P.; one of founders of Brownsville Livery and Live Stock Co.; lived seven years in Texas as member of firm Castner & Co., cotton buyers; returned to Brownsville 1900; Democrat.