Preston Lea
PRESTON LEA, Governor of Delaware from 1905 to 1909, died yesterday in Wilmington, Del., in his seventy-sixth year. Since 1876 he had been President of William Lea & Sons. In addition, Mr. Lea was President of the Union National Bank, Vice President of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company, and a Director of the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railway.
New York Times, New York, NY, December 5, 1916, page 5
PRESTON LEA
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 4. Preston Lea, seventy-five years old, Governor of Delaware from 1905-1909, died here today.
New York Tribune, New York, NY, December 5, 1916, page 11
