Early Life and Family
Lea was born at Brandywine Village, now a part of Wilmington, Delaware, son of William and Jane Scott Lovett Lea. His ancestors came to Pennsylvania with William Penn and his grandfather, Thomas Lea, built a flour mill on the Brandywine Creek in 1811. His first marriage was with Adelaide Moore in 1870 and they had three children, Claudia Wright, Alice Moore, and Ethel Mildred. He married secondly, Eliza Naudain Corbit in 1897 and they had one child, Louise Corbit. Their home for many years was at 2315 17th Street in Wilmington and they were members of the Wilmington Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers.
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