54^th Governor of Delaware
(January 17, 1905 to January 19, 1909)

" Governor Preston Lea "

Adelaide Moore  " 1st wife of Preston Lea "

• "Preston Lea" was born on November 12, 1841, Wilmington, De., son of William & Jane Scott (Lovett) Lea
• He 1st married "Adelaide Moore" on Oct. 28, 1870. She was born January 07, 1846 in Odessa, De., the daughter of James M. & Rachel (McMurphey) Moore. She died on October 15, 1888 in Wilmington, De.
• They had the following three children:

  " Claudia & Alice Lea "

  
  "Claudia Wright Lea" who was born on September 1, 1872 in Wilmington, De. She married Sheffield Phelps on June 1, 1892 in Wilmington, De. They had three children. She died on Died: April 11th, 1955.
  "Alice Moore Lea" who was born on November 09, 1876 in Wilmington, De. She married William Corbit Spruance. They had three children. She died on August 26, 1967 in Wilmington, De.
  "Ethel Mildred Lea" who was born on February 14, 1882. Ethel married a man named Campbell and had a daughter named Mary Price Campbell (born August 1909)
• He married 2nd to "Eliza Naudain Corbit" on Apr. 29, 1897. She was born December 4, 1838 in Philadelphia, Pa., the daughter of Charles & Louisa A. (Naudain) Corbit. She died on October 31, 1945 in Wilmington, De.
• They had the following Child:
  "Louise Corbit Lea" born August 03, 1898. She married Peter Jennings Nowland on June 3, 1922. She died on June 23, 1989
• "Governor Lea" died on December 4, 1916, New Castle, De., at the age of 75 and was interred in the Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, De.