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EUGENE WALTER LEAKE
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EUGENE WALTER LEAKE was born in Jersey City, N. J., July 13,
1877. He is the son of Thomas W. Leake and Caroline Veyrassat, a grandson
of Charles Leake and Eugene Veyrassat, a great-grandson of George
Leake and Samuel Veyrassat, and a great-great-grandson of David Leake
and Samuel Veyrassat, Sr. His paternal ancestors came from the Town
of Leake in Wales, England, while his maternal ancestors, the Veyrassats,
were residents of Paris since the French Revolution. Mr. Leake received his early education in Public Schools Nos. 3 and 12, of Jersey City. Afterward he attended Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts, and in 1896 received the degree of LL.B. from the Regents of the University of the State of New York. In 1897 he received his diploma from the New York Law School, winning the first prize in the post-graduate class for excellence in examination and essay. After graduating from the law school Mr. Leake continued his law studies with James B. Vredenburgh and with Blair & Crouse, of Jersey City. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1898, and since then has been actively and successfully engaged in the general practice of his profession, this year (1900) becoming associated with Charles H. Hartshorne and Earle Insley as the junior member of the law firm of Hartshorne, Insley & Leake, with offices in the Provident Bank Building, Jersey City. As a speaker for the principles of the Democratic party of New Jersey he has rendered valuable service to the cause. He is a member of the Players' Club, of the Jersey City Golf Club, of the New York Association of Alumni of Andover, of the New York Association of Alumni of the New York Law School, and of several religious and fraternal organizations.
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