Individual Details

Wife was Fannie, surname unknown.

The following is from From Rabbit Shuffle to Collins Hill: Stories of Southern Caswell County, North Carolina, Millard Quentin Plumblee (1984) at 66:
"Sidney Lea's 'Mansion House' still stands on the opposite side of the road from the Blanch, N. C. Prison Camp and it is within one-half mile of the old Beulah Baptist Church site. There Lea buried his wife and erected a beautiful marble stone at her grave. It is assumed that he was later buried beside her. His grave was never marked and presently briars, trees, bushes, engulf the entire cemetery. Sidney Lea was a great benefactor of Wake Forest College. Following the death of his wife he made his will and left the residue of his estate to Wake Forest College and the Baptist Orphanage. in his latter days he stayed with others. Even though his will was recorded, it was not effectual."

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Sat, 10 Jul 2010
From: "markphe"
Caswell County Historical Association Sidney S. Lea and his wife, Fannie E. B. Torian
Sidney S. (Slade) Lea, son of John (Canebreak) Lea and Hannah Slade, was my 1st cousin
5 times removed. The following is some information I have collected about him and his wife,
Fannie E. B. Torian
Excerpts From: The History of Wake Forest College Volume III By: George Washington Paschal
http://zsr.wfu.edu/collections/digital/HST_WFU/wf_history_v3.pdf

Sidney S. Lea was born in Caswell County in 1810. He died on March 1, 1892,
in the 82nd year of his age. He was a trustee of the College from June, 1881, until
his death.
TRUSTEES-CHARTER MEMBERS, DECEMBER 1833;
ELECTED MEMBERS SINCE 1835.
Sidney S. Lea, 1847-92
It found just the friend needed in Mr. Sidney S. Lea
of Caswell County. As we have already seen, it was Mr. Lea who
with a subscription of $5,000 gave the starting impulse to Professor
Taylor's successful campaign to bring the endowment to $100,000.19
He now agreed to give $8,000 towards the erection of a laboratory for
chemistry. It was at first provided that Mr. Lea should receive interest
at eight per cent on this amount during his lifetime and that of his
wife, but later Mr. Lea indicated that he would not call for the interest
unless he needed it, and it does not appear that he ever called for it.20
In January, 1887, the Trustees further provided that the building should be called the
"Lea Laboratory," and that in the front pediment should be set a
marble slab inscribed: "In Memory of Sidney S. & Fannie E. Lea."

The below info is from findagrave.com.
Frances E. B. Lea
Birth: Aug. 19, 1819
Halifax County
Virginia, USA
Death: Sep. 18, 1886
Caswell County
North Carolina, USA

FRANCES ELIZABETH B.TORIAN was born 19 August 1819 in Halifax County, Virginia. A marriage bond was issued 7 April 1836, for Sidney S. Lea in Halifax County and Frances E. Torian and the bondsman was Thomas Torian Jr. The marriage took place 20 April 1836. She died 18 September 1886 and is buried in Beulah Church Cemetery, Caswell County, North Carolina. Sidney Slade Lea was born about 1810 in Caswell County, North Carolina, according to the census and believed to have died 18 March 1892.
Burial:
Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery
Leasburg
Caswell County
North Carolina, USA

Also buried Beulah Baptist Cemetery is Thomas Toryan, b. 18 Dec 1774, d. 12 Jan 1862; said born Halifax Co VA.

Birth

Ca 1810

Caswell County, North Carolina

Father	John Lea (Canebrake) ( - 1839)
Mother	Hannah Slade (1767 - )
Sibling	Rebecca Slade Lea (1798 - 1837)
Sibling	Delilah S. Lea (1799 - 1838)
Sibling	Elizabeth Lea ( - )
Sibling	Thomas L. Lea (1806 - 1867)
Sibling	John G. Lea ( - )
Sibling	Nathaniel Lea ( - 1855)
Sibling	Mary Lea ( - 1838)