William Leaf ^{1 2}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Book: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, 1904. ¹
William Leaf (father) was a miller in early life and later had charge and was part owner of an omnibus line on Fifth street, in Philadelphia. He followed this latter occupation for many years. He sold out this business to the first city passenger railroad company of Philadelphia and became its superintendent. After some years, he went to Washington as superintendent of the Georgetown and Washington Railroad. He was afterward superintendent of the Union Line Philadelphia. He left Philadelphia to accept a position in Newark, New Jersey. He had charge of the Orange & Newark Railway of the Pennsylvania System for many years or until within a few years of his death when he retired to a farm two miles west of Pottstown. He removed to that farm in 1876 and died there at the age of seventy one years. His wife died one year previous to his death at the age of seventy three years.