Lewis Sheridan Leary
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 165 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 17,1835 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Fayetteville |
| North Carolina | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | October 20,1859 |
| Died | Harpers Ferry |
| West Virginia | |
| United States | |
| Resting place | North Elba |
| Siblings | John S. Leary |
| Known for | Oberlin–Wellington Rescue |
| John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1769398 |
Lewis Sheridan Leary Life story
Lewis Sheridan Leary, an African-American harnessmaker from Oberlin, Ohio, joined John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, where he was killed. He was the first husband of Mary Patterson. By her second marriage to Charles Henry Langston, she became the future maternal grandmother of poet Langston Hughes.
