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| 151 | Notes for ORLIN MERL LEONARD, courtesy Anna Harless, "Descendants of William Leoanrd" p85: Due to the small size of his immediate family and his age there was no obituary written for Orlin Merl LEONARD, and had only grave side services. Orlin Merl and wife Anna L. and daughter Dorothy L. are listed living in the household of Hiram Ezekiel LEONARD in the 1930 US Federal Census. More about ORLIN MERL LEONARD: Burial: November 09, 1995, Pine Grove Cemetery, Isabella Co. MI Cause of death (Facts Pg): Pneumonia, malnutrition Funeral Home: Barden Funeral Home, 225 West Center Street, Ithaca MI Occupation: Truck Driver Tax Roll: 1930, Pers Sec. 26 Coe Sheperd R3 | Orlin Merl LEONARD
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| 152 | All notes courtesy Paul Clay, Longwell descendant: Birth from Joseph Leonard Bible From Longwell Family Paper Thelma Christiansen Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Macon, Illinois; Roll: M653_203; Page: 907; Image: 342. | Permelia LEONARD
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| 153 | Nots courtesy Paul Clay, Longwell descendant: Obit: July 29,1886 Delaware Gazette, - Brown, Aunt Phebe Longwell died on the 26th, aged 74 yrs. Three sons and 3 daughters survive herr. She was buried from the M.E. Church in Eden, Rev. H.D. Harrold officiating. BIOGRAPHY: Baskins 1880 History of Delaware Co.,Ohio Page 812 Brown township MRS. PHEBE LONGWELL, retired; P. O Kilbourne ; born in Washington Co., Penn. March 3, 1812 ; daughter of Zenas and Nancy Leonard both of Pennsylvania ; she migrated to Marion Co., this State, with her parents, at the age of 11. There were but three families within a circuit of seven miles. Her father died the same year of their arrival. There were four children in the family, Phebe being the third. Abijah Leonard, her brother, located at Eden Station, and the place was named fox him- "Leonardsburg." Nov. 9, 1826; Mrs. Longwell was married to James Longwell, born in Kentucky in 1803 ; came to this county in 1806, afterward moved with his parent; to Marion Co. After marriage, he located in Brown Township, on the farm now owned by Samuel Walker, remaining there five years; they sold out, and moved to the southeast part of Brown Co. on the farm now owned by Enoch Baker, re maining there until April 12, 1867, when he sold his farm, and moved to Eden. Mr. Longwell's earthly career was brought to a close Feb. 14, 1873 in his 70th year. He had been a very conscientious man, honest and upright in all his transactions with his fellow-man, a kind husband, and an indulgent father. Had been for over forty years an active member of the M. E. Church, also his wife, and for fourteen years their house was occupied as a place of worship during those times when church buildings were not in existence in that locality. They had six children-Mrs. Mary J. Short, of Tennessee; Ira, now in Colorado, Cecilia, now Mrs. John Ekelberry; Alfred L.. in Van Wert Co.; John, in Berkshire Township; Sarah E., the wife of John Reed. Mrs. Long well resides at her residence in Eden. | Phebe LEONARD
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| 154 | 1900 Federal Census, Taylor County, JACKSON Twp. Iowa Robert I. LEONARD, Head, farmer, born Indiana, age 25, born Nov 1874(death certificate has birth date November 24, 1876) Sarah M., wife, born Ohio Children; Thomas V. born Oct 1898 Roy W. Born Oct 1899 1910 Bedford Township census, State of Iowa Robert I. LEONARD head 34 mar. 14 yr. b. Iowa Ind. Ind. farmer Sarah M. wife 34 mar. 14 yr. b. Iowa Ind. Wis. Thomas Z. son 12 Roy M. son 11 Grace A dau 9 Ollie D. dau 7 Willard H. son 4 Hattie M. dau 5/12 1920 Buchanan County, MO Census Robert I. LEONARD, head, age 45 wife, Sarah M. age 41 Roy, age 20, Grace age 19, Ollie age 17, Willard age 13, Hattie age 10, Helen age 7 1920 Buchanan County MO census: Living several "doors" down is West, Ed and wife Lena (she becomes Robert I LEONARD's second wife) Frances dau. age 12, Geneva age 9, Edith age 5, J.D. age3 1930 US Census, Buchanan County, MO Robert I. LEONARD, age 54, occupation: car repair 2nd wife Lena, age 40 Gilberta, 5 months (probably born Dec 1929 or Jan 1930) step daughter Edith, age 16 step son John, age 14 OBITUARY Bedford Free Press May, 1, 1941: Former Resident Dies at St. Joseph, MO Robert I. LEONARD, 64, a former resident of Bedford died in St. Joseph Thursday, April 24. Funeral services were held there Saturday and burial was in Bedford Cemetery Saturday afternoon. Robert I. LEONARD, son of Mathew and Margaret LEONARD, was born in Bedford, Nov. 24, 1876 and grew to manhood here. he was married to Sarah M. KINNEY of Bedford in 1898. To them seven children were born, all living except Tom V. LEONARD, whose live was taken in the World War. The others are Roy LEONARD of Maryville, W. H. LEONARD of St. Joseph, Mrs. Grace PALMER, Mrs. Hattie Grace, Mrs. Ollie Stokes, all of St. Joseph and Mrs. Helen Robinson of Bedford. Mrs. LEONARD preceded him in death. He was again married to Mrs. Lena West of St. Joseph. To them one daughter was born, Miss Gilberta LEONARD of Kansas City. He became a member of the Christian church at Bedford in 1883. He was a kind and loving father. He is also survived by a brother, Tom LEONARD of Bedford, a sister, Mrs. Myrtle George of St. Joseph and by eight grandchildren. | Robert Irvin LEONARD
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| 155 | "Memorial : Genealogical, Historical, & Biographical, of Solomon LEONARD" (1896) by Manning LEONARD , states that Samuel,a dissenter, migrated to Leyden, Holland (The temporary home of the Pilgrims who came to Plymouth Colony on the MAYFLOWER in 1620) from the environs of the town of Bristol in Monmouthshire, England. It is possible that Samuel came to America with his son, Solomon, but if he did, he died shortly afterwards. | Samuel LEONARD
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| 156 | History of Seneca County Ohio, Venice Township SAMUEL H. LEONARD, farmer, near Attica, was born in Deersville, Harrison Co., Ohio. He is a son of Avery and Nancy (Smith) LEONARD. In 1834 he immigrated to this county with his father. Mr. LEONARD owns the farm settled by his father, and upon it he now resides. Being the eldest of nine children his education was somewhat neglected, his services being required in the duties of the farm-his instruction in the schoolroom being given principally before the age of nine. Farming has been the calling of his life, and he is the owner of 536 acres of land, 160 acres being in Dakota.. October 26, 1854, records the event of his marriage with Mary M. Baily, who was born in London, England, and was the daughter of Benjamin and Ann (Powel) Baily. Mr. Baily was a member of the "Great East India Tea Company." After the dissolution of the company he came to this country and settled in this township in 1836, where he spent the greater part of the remainder of his -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1032 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: life. The children of Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD are in the order of their respective ages: Avery F., who is married and resides near Pierre, Dak. ; Benjamin L., married and farming in Crawford County, Ohio; Nancy J., wife of Victor Neikirk, farmer of this township; Walter Lincoln, killed by the falling of a hayfork July 22, 1882, and Samuel E.; also Mary Ida, Minnie E. and Della M., who are with their parents. In politics Mr. LEONARD is a Republican. In ecclesiastical connection Mrs. LEONARD is a member of the United Brethren. | Samuel Hootman LEONARD
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| 157 | 1850 Shelby County, Union Twp., Ohio Federal Census Sarah LEONARD, age 50, born North Carolina, son Joseph, age 19 Evidently this is a widow of a LEONARD, not sure of her husband's name 1850 United States Federal Census about Sarah ROSS Name: Sarah ROSS Age: 62 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1788 Birth Place: North Carolina Gender: Female Home in 1850(City,County,State): Goshen, Clermont, Ohio Household Members: Name Age Benjamin L ROSS 73 Sarah ROSS 62 Living next door: 1850 United States Federal Census about Samuel ROSS Name: Samuel ROSS Age: 41 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809 Birth Place: Ohio Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): Goshen, Clermont, Ohio Household Members: Name Age Emma L ROSS 2 George W ROSS 8 Prissilla ROSS 37 Samuel ROSS 41 Thomas ROSS 11 1860 Clermont County, Goshen Twp.,OH, Benjamin LEONARD, age 72, b. NJ Sarah (LEONARD) ROSS, age 62, b. NC This is the daughter of Abner LEONARD, (Sr.) b. NJ 1860 United States Federal Census about Benjamin ROSS Name: Benjamin ROSS Age in 1860: 83 Birth Year: abt 1777 Birthplace: New Jersey Home in 1860: Goshen, Clermont, Ohio Gender: Male Post Office: Branch Hill Value of real estate: View Image Household Members: Name Age Benjamin ROSS 83 Sarah ROSS 72 Samuel ROSS 51 Thomas ROSS 21 George ROSS 16 | Sarah LEONARD
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| 158 | From "Hupps Regard," pp301-2: Shelda Jean8 LEONARD (Wilbur Sheldon7, Luzanna Virginia6, William H.5, Amanda4 COX, Margaret3 HUPP, George W.2, Everhart1) was born 21 Oct 1941. Shelda died 09 Sep 1986. She married Earl W. BEABOUT 18 Sep 1961. Earl was born in Nineveh, Morris Township, Greene Co. PA, Greene Co. PA 28 Aug 1935. Earl was the son of Leo Lester BEABOUT and Vesta Nancy CLUTTER. Earl died 28 Jul 1996 in Washington Hospital, Washington, Washington Co. PA. His body was interred 31 Jul 1996 in Horn Cemetery, West Bethlehem Township, Washington Co. PA. Shelda Jean LEONARD and Earl W. BEABOUT had the following child: 1801 i. Tionne Rae9 BEABOUT. | Shelda Jean LEONARD
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| 159 | Everything here per Silas descendant G. Allan Vaughan in his work "Leonard Family History - Nine Generations Descending from Solomon Leonard and Sarah Chandler"... much more detail in the original work: Silas(5) Leonard (Caleb4-Benjamin3-Isaac2-Solomon1) was born in 1755 at Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey, son of Caleb and Jemima Minthorn Leonard, and the third of nine children. In 1769, Silas was 14 when his father moved the family to the frontier, over the Allegheny Mountains and into the Monogahela River Valley in sw Pennsylvania. His mother died the year before they left New Jersey. Caleb Leonard bought 300 acres from Thomas Shepard and four years later began dividing it among his sons, Caleb Jr. and Isaac receiving the first shares, Silas receiving 95 acres dubbed "Spicewood Thicket" some years later. Silas married when probably in his later 20s, but her name and the year eludes us. They had seven children. Silas remarried about 1796, and only her given name has been found, Sarah, as evidenced on two deeds, 1813 in Washington County and 1830 in Beaver County. Silas was 20 years old when the American Revolution began in 1775. Silas (8th class) is listed as returning from war, along with brothers Isaac (lieutenant) and Caleb Jr. (4th class) as members of Capt. James Craven's Company, Fifth Battalion, Washington County Militia, May 22nd, 1782. After the war, Silas continued to serve in the county militia during the last of the Indian Wars on the frontier (1790-94). Silas moved to Darlington Twp, Beaver County, PA in 1813 and on to Trumbull County, OH in the 1830s. He died in 1851 and is buried in the East Palestine Cemetery in Trumbull County. | Silas LEONARD
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| 160 | Borrowed from http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/D0005/G0000061.html#I2926 The Allen Co. Public Library in Ft. Wayne, IN has a photocopy of a book entitled "Memorial : Genealogical, Historical, & Biographical, of Solomon LEONARD" (1896) by Manning LEONARD [cat. # GC 929.2 L553L]. It has a lengthy biography of Solomon LEONARD. Following is a very brief summary of some of the highlights : The name "LEONARD" is a very ancient one and is a surname which was derived fron the Christian given name, "Leo" and carries the basic idea of lion-hearted. It is strange that those of the family who attained the honor of knighthood chose the head of a tiger, rather than of a lion, for use on their crest. Solomon's father, Samuel,a dissenter, migrated to Leyden, Holland (The temporary home of the Pilgrims who came to Plymouth Colony on the MAYFLOWER in 1620) from the environs of the town of Bristol in Monmouthshire, England. It is possible that Samuel came to America with Solomon, but if he did, he died shortly afterwards. The exact date is not known, but was most likely around 1629-1630. At first, Solomon was engaged in the service of Plymouth Colony Company, then he became a settler in Duxbury. He held land there at "Blue Fish", which is in the northern part of the village by the bay, when the town was incorporated in 1637. Surviving deeds from the early days of the settlement reveal that Solomon was a neighbor of others of our ancestors - John Alden, Constant Southworth, and George Soule. Solomon married sometime before 1640 . All we know of his wife is that she was named Mary. They had many children, most probably born in Duxbury, and several dying young. Unfortunately, Duxbury lost all of its town records prior to 1654 due to fire. The Colony records of births and deaths prior to 1647 have also been lost. Associated with Miles Standish, John Alden, Constant Southworth, William Bradford, and others - 54 in all - Solomon became one of the original proprietors of the town of Bridgewater (Mass.) and was one of the earliest settlers there. This would have been sometime between 1645 and 1656, when the town was officially incorporated. It is also mentioned in this work that another of our ancestors, Guido Bailey, was prominent in the early history of Bridgewater. Solomon's primary occupation would have been farmer, but, especially later in life, he also did some weaving. He is referred to as a weaver in the settlement of his estate, but this is the only time he is known to have been referred to as such. Solomon is last mentioned in Colony records in March 1658-9. He was most likely buried in the ancient graveyard at West Bridgewater, but the site of his grave is not known. Childern : Samuel - born about 1643 / m. (1) Abigail Wood (2) Deborah______ John - born about 1645 / m. Sarah (Chandler ?) JACOB [our ancestor] Isaac - born about 1650 / m. Deliverance _______ Solomon - born after 1650 / m. Mary _______ Mary - born after 1650 / m. 24 Dec 1653 John Pollard ____________________________________________________ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Vol.2, pp.10-11 deduces that Solomon prob. arrived in Plymouth about 1631. This source gives only one wife for him, SARAH CHANDLER, the mother of his children. However, Jim Angel emailed me on 5 Feb 1996 : Jim, Thanks for the info. First of all, the confusion over Solomon LEONARD was clarified for me by one of the "silver books", The Descendents of the Mayflower vol.2 (I think, it's at home), which discussed Manning LEONARD's work. from which I have already made some copies, thanks. Anyway they refute Manning's claim Mary and put Solomon's wife as Sarah Chandler, daughter of Roger and Isabella (Chilton) Chandler of Leyden, they make a pretty strong case of it but I can't remember the details off the top of my head. What adds to the confusion is that John LEONARD b.1645 Duxbury, son of Solomon and Sarah, married abt 1670 another Sarah Chandler b. abt 1648 Duxbury. It seems to me that back then not much distinction was made between the 3 Chandler girls. Roger's will isn't very clear nor are the records of which one was Solomon's wife. It probably wasn't too important for most people. I find it very probable that Edmund and Roger were probably brothers, and that the name came down through Edmund and not Roger. That community was pretty tight back then and it seems most of those that came in the 1630's were not Coming over for the weather. Most of them new somebody. Roger and Isabella, for example, were part of the original Leyden, Holland contingent of the Pilgrims, and, were following after Isabella's family. Her parents James and Susanna (Furner) Chilton came on the Mayflower with her younger sister Mary. Unfortunately her parents died that first winter, but Mary was there. Unfortunately, I'm at work and don't have much info with me. So, most of this rambling is coming off the top of my head. I think at this point any easy leads are going to come through Edmund going back and then if my speculation is right back down to Roger. But, then again... ------------------------------------------------ From: ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM, Frederick Virkus ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM, Frederick Virkus THE ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY FIRST FAMILIES OF AMERICA THE ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia of THE FIRST FAMILIES OF AMERICA EDITED BY FREDERICK A. VIRKUS VOLUME I 1925 F. A. VIRKUS & COMPANY Genealogical Publishers 440-442 S. Dearborn Street Chicago, Ill. A compendium of family genealogies that includes practically every name distinguished in the early history of the country, Vol. I 8-Solomon LEONARD (d 1686), from Eng. to Duxbury, original propr. at Bridgewater, m Mary -----; 4-Nancy (1784-1863), m Caleb Francis LEONARD (desc. Solomon LEONARD); ------------------------------------------------ From: Stacey's book search list: http://Mc Duffie/~Mcclean/genea.html MEMORIAL : GENEALOGICAL, HISTORICAL, AND BIOGRAPHICAL, SOLOMON LEONARD, 1637, OF DUXBURY AND BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS, AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS by Manning LEONARD. Press of Kanpp, Peck & Thomson; Auburn, New York. 1896 452 p. HB; near vg; black cloth. 3/4" closed crack at top of spine cover; engraved portraits; No. 141 of 300 copies; front end paper repaired. LEONARD family genealogy primarily in New England, also other locations. $ 145.00 --------------------------------------------------- From The Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, p. 11. Solomon LEONARD was first recorded in Duxbury in 1637, and in May 1638 was "promised lands on Duxburrow side, (in part of those due to him for his service)." This was probably the usual recompense to a servant; since normal service was seven years, we surmise that Solomon prob. arrived in Plymouth ca. 1631. In Feb. 1638/9 he received a grant of 25 acres. In 1645 he received a share of land in what later became Bridgewater, to which he removed soon after 1649. He was living there in 1658/9. On 1 May 1671 Samuel LEONARD of Bridgewater confirmed that his deceased father, Solomon LEONARD, had given land to "my brother John LEONARD." Strangely, Samuel did not post bond as administrator of his father, Solomon deceased, until 27 Oct. 1675, at which time the failure to mention the widow of Solomon implies that Sarah had already died. In the disposition of this estate, "Samuel LEONARDson" is called the eldest son, John second son, with equal division among "the rest of the children." In a deed 10 May 1677 to his brother "Isack LEONARDson," Samuel LEONARDson mentions brothers John, Jacob, and Solomon. --------------------------------------------------- From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Avery LEONARD," by Harry S. Balaine, Gordon A. Blaine Press, Toledo, Ohio, 1933. The earliets LEONARD in America of which we have any definitive record is SOLOMON LEONARD, who is on record as a landowner in Duxbury (now Bridgewater), Massachusetts as early as 1629 and was evidently of that illustrious Plymouth Colont. Tradition says he came over with the Earl of Warwick. This statement, hoever, is unverified except that it is known that the Earl of Warwick did come to Plymouth Colony in 1627. Solomon LEONARD was born about 1610 and married Mary (sic)____about 1640. --------------------------------------------------- From " ---------------------------------------------------- From "The History of North Bridgewater" King, Bradford. This book contains the history of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, from it's earliest settlement to the present time, that focuses on the family resgistries. Bibliographic Information: Kingsman, Bradford. Boston, Massachusetts, 1866. CHAPTER II. FIRST SETTLEMENT. Grant of Plantation.--Bridgewater purchased of the Indians.--Division of the Town.--Petition of the North Precinct to be set off a separate Town.--Charter for a Precinct.--First Meeting of the same TO give a clear account of the early settlement of the town of North Bridgewater, it will be necessary to give some account of the origin of the town, its connection with and its identity with the parent town of Bridgewater, and a brief account of its having been set off from Duxbury, and the purchase of the Indians. The ancient town of Bridgewater--then comprising what is now North, East, West, and South Bridgewater, or Bridgewater proper--was formerly a plantation granted to Duxbury, in 1645, as a compensation for the loss of territory they had sustained in the setting apart of Marshfield from them in the year 1640. The grant was in the following language:-- "The inhabitants of the town of Duxbury are granted a competent proportion of lands about Saughtuchquett (Satucket), towards the west, for a plantation for them, and to have it four miles every way from the place where they shall set up their centre; provided it intrench not upon Winnytuckquett, formerly granted to Plymouth. And we have nominated Capt. Miles Standish, Mr. John Alden, George Soule, Constant Southworth, John Rogers, and William Brett, to be feofees in trust for the equal dividing and laying forth the said lands to the inhabitants." How these lands were divided, or what should entitle any one to a share, no record appears to show. Gov. Hinckley, in his confirmatory deed, says that the "inhabitants agreed among themselves." There were fifty-four proprietors,--each of whom held one share,--the names of whom are as follows: William Bradford, William Merrick, John Bradford, Abraham Pierce, John Rogers, George Partridge, John Starr, Mr. William Collier, Christopher Wadsworth, Edward Hall, Nicholas Robbins, Thomas Hayward, Mr. Ralph Partridge, Nathaniel Willis, John Willis, Thomas Bonney, Mr. Miles Standish, Love Brewster, John Paybody, William Paybody, Francis Sprague, William Bassett, John Washburn, John Washburn, Jr., John AMES, Thomas Gannett, William Brett, Edmund Hunt, William Clarke, William Ford, Mr. Constant Southworth, John Cary, Edmund Weston, Samuel Tompkins, Edmund Chandler, Moses Simmons, John Irish, Philip Delano, Arthur Harris, Mr. John Alden, John Forbes, Samuel Nash, Abraham Sampson, George Soule, Experience MITCHELL, Henry Howland, Henry Sampson, John Brown, John Howard, Francis West, William Tubbs, James Lendall, Samuel Eaton, Solomon LEONARD. To these shares were afterward added two more shares,--one to Rev. James Keith, of Scotland, their first minister; and the other to Deacon Samuel Edson, of Salem, who erected the first mill in the town,--making fifty-six shares. This grant was considered as little more than an authority or right to purchase it of the natives. For this purpose, Capt. Miles Standish, Samuel Nash, and Constant Southworth, were appointed a committee to make the purchase; which they did, as appears by the following instruments:-- WITNESS THESE PRESENTS, that I, Ousamequin, Sachem of the Country of Poconocket, have given, granted, enfeofed, and sold unto Miles Standish of Duxbury, Samuel Nash and Constant Southworth of Duxbury aforesaid, in behalf of all the townsmen of Duxbury aforesaid, a tract of land usually called Satucket, extending in the length and breadth thereof as followeth: that is to say, from the wear at Satucket seven miles due east, and from the said wear seven miles due west, and from the said wear seven miles due north, and from the said wear seven miles due south; the which tract the said Ousamequin hath given, granted, enfeofed, and sold unto the said Miles Standish, Samuel Nash, and Constant Southworth, in the behalf of all the townsmen of Duxbury, as aforesaid, with all the immunities, privileges, and profits whatsoever belonging to the said tract of land, with all and singular all woods, underwoods, lands, meadows, rivers, brooks, rivulets, &c., to have and to hold, to the said Miles Standish, Samuel Nash, and Constant Southworth, in behalf of all the townsmen of the town of Duxbury, to them and their heirs forever. In witness whereof, I, the said Ousamequin, have hereunto set my hand this 23d of March, 1649. JOHN BRADFORD, WILLIAM OTWAY, alias PARKER, Witness the mark of ?? OUSAMEQUIN. In consideration of the aforesaid bargain and sale, we, the said Miles Standish, Samuel Nash, and Constant Southworth, do bind ourselves to pay unto the said Ousamequin, for and in consideration of the said tract of land, as followeth:-- 7 coats, a yard and a half in a coat. 9 hatchets. 8 hoes. 20 knives. 4 moose-skins. 10 yards and a half of cotton. MILES STANDISH, SAMUEL NASH, CONSTANT SOUTHWORTH. This contract is said to have been made on what was called "Sachem's Rock," in East Bridgewater, a little south of Whitman's Mills, and near the house of the late David Kingman. This Ousamequin, sometimes called Ossamequin, was no other than Massasoit himself, who, in the latter part of his life, had adopted that name. The deed written by Capt. Miles Standish, one of the original planters of the Colony, and signed with the mark of the Sachem, is still in existence. When the old Sachem was called upon to execute his deed, he endeavored to make it as sure as possible. For that purpose, he affixed a mark in the shape of a ??. Thus we have seen that the original town of Bridgewater, comprising the territory now known as North, East, West, and South Bridgewater, was purchased by Capt. Miles Standish and others for the trifling sum of seven coats, nine hatchets, eight hoes, twenty knives, four moose-skins, and ten and a half yards of cotton; the whole not amounting to thirty dollars in value. This town was the first interior settlement in the old Colony. The grant of the plantation, as we have seen, was in 1645, and the settlement made in 1650. The first settlers had a house-lot of six acres each on the town river, and the place was called Nuckatest, or Nuncketetest. The first lots were taken up at West Bridgewater; first houses built and the first improvements made there. The settlement was compact,--the house-lots being contiguous,--with a view for mutual protection and aid against the Indians; and, as a further protection from the natives, they erected a stockade or garrison on the south side of the river, and fortified many of their dwellings. It is said that not more than one-third of the original fifty-six proprietors ever removed and became inhabitants of their new settlement. From this original home, the settlers scattered into other portions of the town, extending their dwellings first into the south part of the town, toward Nippenicket Pond, on the road to Taunton, whither they were in the habit of going either to mill or to trade; and we are told they frequently went to that place on foot, with the grists on their backs, a distance of several miles. The last settled part of the town was the north, which was not till after 1700; no permanent settlement being made in what was called the North Parish till after that time, and the settlers were mostly from the West Parish, now called West Bridgewater. The plantation remained to Duxbury until June, 1656, when it was incorporated into a distinct and separate town in the following concise language:-- "ORDERED, That henceforth Duxborrow New Plantation bee allowed to bee a tounshipe of ytselfe, destinct from Duxborrow, and to bee called by the name of Bridgewater. Provided that all publicke rates bee borne by them with Duxborrow upon equally proportions." The court settled the rates to be paid by the proprietors as follows:-- "The town of Bridgewater is to bear one part of three with Duxbury, of their proportion of the country rates for the officers' wages and other public charges." Previous to the incorporation of the town, the plantation had been called Bridgewater; but, of the origin of the name, we have nothing authentic, except a matter of fancy for a town in England of that name; and, from the time of its settlement, the town has maintained a strong position in the history of the country. The town continued a united and harmonious whole until 1715, when a petition was sent to General Court to be set off into a separate parish or precinct; the petitioners representing themselves as inhabitants of the easterly part of Bridgewater. A committee of two in the Council, and three of the House, was appointed to examine into the matter; who attended to their duties, and reported in favor of granting their request; which was accepted, and an act of incorporation passed June 1, 1716, with this condition:-- "That the whole town stand obliged to an honorable maintenance of the Rev. James Keith, their present aged minister, if he should outlive his powers and capacities of discharging the office and duty of their minister." The new parish was called the South, and the old one the North, Precinct, which then included the West and what is now North Bridgewater. In 1723, that part of the old North Precinct now known as East Bridgewater, then known as the West Parish, was set off, and constituted a precinct called the East Parish, in Dec. 14, 1723; and May 31, 1738, fifty-five individuals, belonging in the old North Parish, sent a petition to the General Court, asking to be set off into a separate township; which petition was so far granted as to allow them the powers and privileges usually allowed to parishes. The following is a copy of petition and the act of incorporation:-- To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esqr., Captin General and Governour in Chief in and over his Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England, and to the Honourable his Majesties Council and House of Representatives in Generil Court Assembled at Boston, on the 31st of May, 1738, the Petition of us, the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town of Bridgewater, Consisting Chiefly of the North part of the west precinct, and two Familys of the East precinct, in sd Town,-- ------------------------------------------------- From SallyAnn Joiner GED: 2 DATE 1640 2 PLAC Plymouth Colony, MA 2 NOTE Marriage of Solomon LEONARD and PILGRIM Sarah Chandler is listed in 3 CONC the MAYFLOWER INDEX. See MF5G, Volume 2:10. Children listed in 3 CONC MF5G, Volume 2:11. {proven} Solomon LEONARD was engaged in the 3 CONC service of Plymouth Colony Company, then he became a Planter in 3 CONC Duxbury. Land Records: Solomon LEONARD owned land in Duxbury at 3 CONC "Blue Fish" which is in the northern part of the village by the Bay 3 CONC when the town was incorporated in 1637. Surviving deeds from the 3 CONC early days of the settlement reveal that Solomon was a neighbor of 3 CONC others of our ancestors: John Alden, Constant Southworth, and George 3 CONC Soule. Plymouth Colony records in Duxbury list Solomon LEONARD as 3 CONC serving in the Plymouth Colony Militia under Captian Myles Standish, 3 CONC betw 1730-1740. [DAR Patriots, p 249, vol 29] | Solomon LEONARD
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| 161 | Thomas L. LEONARD (1844-1928) s/o William and Mary Van Ort LEONARD Thomas L. LEONARD (b. 12 Dec. 1844, m. Mollie Thornburg Dec. 25, 1873, d. 6 Nov.1928), born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, like his father and grandfather before him, was the ninth of nine children born to William and Mary Van Ort LEONARD of Somerset township. Little is known of Mollie Thornburg (b. Oct. 1857, d. 4 Mar 1928), other than her birth in Ohio. She may or may not have been the daughter of Samuel and Lucinda Thornburg of New Market township, Highland County, Ohio. Descendants of Thomas L. LEONARD Children of Thomas L. LEONARD and Mollie Thornburg, based on US Census reports of 1850-1930: 1. Mattie E. LEONARD b. abt. 1874. 2. William T. LEONARD b. abt. Sept. 1875. 3. Jennie LEONARD b. abt. 1878. 4. John LEONARD b. abt. Oct. 1879. 5. Daisy LEONARD b. abt. April 1882 6. Leland LEONARD b. abt. April 1885 7. Lula LEONARD b. abt. Nov. 1886. 8. Zanza LEONARD b. abt. Dec. 1894. Census Summaries for Thomas L. LEONARD 1850 - The 1850 census lists Thomas? family in Somerset township, Washington County, PA. His father William7, 45, is a farmer, mother Mary is also 45. They list $1780 in real estate. Thomas, 6, is listed as one of six children still living at home. Oldest brother Edmund (b. 1825) has married and moved away from home. Brothers Isaac (b. 1827 or 1830) and James Herron (b. 1842) are missing in this census, but would reappear later. [Thomas? father William would move the entire family, save for Edmund and Isaac, to Delaware County and later Marion County, Ohio in 1854. Siblings who moved to Ohio included Daniel (b. 1830), Lydia (b. 1833), William (b. 1836), Joseph (b. 1837), Mary Jane (b. 1840), James Herron (b. 1842), and Thomas (b. 1844).] 1860 ? Thomas, 15, is one of three children living at home in Pleasant township, Marion County, Ohio in July of 1860. The others are Mary Jane, 20, and James Herron LEONARD, 19. William, still farming, and Mary LEONARD list $400 in personal property, but no real estate. Older brother Daniel has married and moved to Taylor County, Iowa, sister Lydia has married and moved to Waldo township, Marion County. Brothers William and Joseph have vanished from census reports, but may have been living in Kansas and Indian (Oklahoma) Territories, respectively. [Thomas? mother, Mary, died of typhoid in September of 1868. His father re-married Catharine Somerlot eighteen months later.] 1870 ? By 1870, Thomas, age 24, has moved in with his older brother James Herron LEONARD and his wife Mattie in LaRue, Montgomery township, Marion County Ohio. He is still single, clerking in his brother?s dry good store, and shows personal property worth of $400. [Thomas married Mollie Thornburg on Christmas Day, 1873.] 1880 ? The census of 1880 finds Thomas, 35, and Mollie, 28, in their own home in LaRue, Montgomery township, Marion County, Ohio. They have four children: Mattie E., age 6; William T. age 4; Jennie, age 2; and John, age 7 months. Thomas is a working in his brother?s dry goods store. [Thomas? father, William, died on October 26th, 1881, making James Herron LEONARD his executor and naming all nine children in his will.] 1890 - The vast majority of census records for 1890, including those for Marion County, Ohio were destroyed in a 1921 fire at the Commerce Department building in Washington, D.C. 1900 ? By 1900, Thomas, 55, and Mary (Mollie), 48, are living in Black River township, Lorain County, Ohio, on Lake Erie west of Cleveland. Thomas is running the boarding house where the family and seven unrelated boarders live. Thomas and Mollie have four more children: Daisy, age 18; Leland, age 15; Lula, age 13; and daughter Zanza, age 5. Son John, 20, is also living at home and working as a clerk, the remaining children have moved away. The family has one servant, Maud Claus, age 20. The census reports Thomas and Mollie are the parents of eight children, all eight still surviving. They have been married 28 years. 1910 ? In 1910, Thomas, 64, and Mollie, 56, have moved to Sheffield township, Lorain County, Ohio. Thomas lists his occupation as ?constable.? Sons William T., 33, and John T., 30, are living at home, as are daughters Daisy Sipple, 28, and Zanza, 15. Daisy is listed as the divorced mother of one, one surviving. A grandson, William LEONARD, age 5, is living in the house, as are boarder Joseph Parson and servant Lydia Howard. Mollie is the mother of eight children, but one has died since the last census. 1920 ? In 1920, Thomas, 75, and Mollie, 67, are living on East 29th Street in Lorain, Sheffield township, Lorain County. Son William T., 44, is living with them and working in a steel mill, as are most of their neighbors. [Thomas L. LEONARD died on 06 Nov. 1929, age 84, ten months and 23 days. Mollie died 4 Mar. 1928. Both in Lorain County according to the Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002. Both are buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, Ohio.] Additional Notes for Thomas L. LEONARD Thomas? death certificate lists him as a ?retired justice of the peace? living at 1424 (or 14 W) Lake View Blvd., Lorain, OH., probably the home of his some William T. LEONARD. Diabetes Mellitus listed as the cause of death, compounded by Diabetic gangrene and arterial sclerosis. Sources for Thomas L. LEONARD Some Ancestors and Descendants of Avery LEONARD of Seneca County, Ohio, Harry S. Blaine, Press of Gordon A Blaine, 1933. Page 18 contains a list of William LEONARD and Mary Van Ort?s children, their birth dates, spouses, and wedding dates. Copies available through the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Ind., among others. Annals of the LEONARD-Hutchinson Families, Jennie LEONARD Hutchinson, 1949. Page 44 contains a list of William LEONARD and Mary Van Ort?s children, birth, marriage, and death dates where available. Jennie was a daughter of Edmund LEONARD, William and Mary?s oldest child. She was also the children?s librarian at the Uniontown (Fayette Co., PA.) Free Public Library founded by her brother McClellan LEONARD. Jennie exchanged information with Harry S. Blaine and was duly credited for such in his work. Copies of Annals available through the Uniontown Public Library, Uniontown, PA., among others. Jennie LEONARD Hutchinson Special Collection ? Notes of Wilbur LEONARD Jennie left a collection of letters, photographs, and assorted items to the Uniontown Public Library. Other family members have added notes, transcriptions, and information in the years since her death in 1953. US Census Reports of 1840-1930: Washington County, PA; Delaware, Marion, Lorain Counties, OH. Available through LDS Family History Centers, National Archives and Records Administration, most libraries, and online at Ancestry.com. LEONARD Family History, Nine Generations Descending from Solomon LEONARD and Sarah Chandler LEONARD, Granddaughter of James Chilton, Mayflower Pilgrim, G. Allan Vaughan, 1994-2005. Extensive documentation on the Eighth Generation from Solomon, among others. A work still in progress. The History of Marion County, Ohio, and It?s Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by J. Wilbur Jacoby, A.M., Marion, Ohio, 1907, James Herron LEONARD biographical sketch, p. 483 Probate records for William LEONARD, Marion County, Ohio, 1881. Ohio Death Certificates 27295 (Mollie) & 71664 (Thomas), Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 | Thomas Liverton LEONARD
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| 162 | Picture of headstone Mary A. and Thomas M. LEONARD, Taylor County, Bedford, IA from Louisa Worster 12762 South Ironwood, Yuma, AZ 85367 PICTURE: HEADSTONE OF THOMAS M. LEONARD, BEDFORD CEMETERY, TAYLOR COUNTY IA, 1883-1959, wife MARY A. 1883-1975 Wedding Photo and Bible pages of Thomas M. LEONARD and Mary ROE, in the possession of Norma Jean JONES Snyder, Amarillo, TX., whose mother was Ina Pauline LEONARD JONES, dau. of Tom and Mary LEONARD. Jodie Nima of Albuquerque, NM, great granddaughter of Tom and Mary, provided the Bible records and photo. | Thomas Mathew LEONARD
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| 163 | Per Willard R. LEONARD, Thomas V. LEONARD was killed in War War I, and is buried in France. The newspaper article was stolen in 1999. Sarah LEONARD, mother, visited the cemetery in France, per Willard R LEONARD, grandson. Bedford Free Press, Taylor County, IA Wednesday, September 11, 1918 Two more boys, who were members of Company K, have fallen on the battlefields of France according to letters received from members of the Corning company. Those mentioned are; Rollie Livingston, son of ... and Tom LEONARD, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert LEONARD, now residing in St. Joseph. His parents formerly lived in Bedford and their son joined from here last year. Word of LEONARD's death was received in two letters, one written to Bedford and the other received by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schively, now living in Villisca, from their son, Roscoe, who belonged to the same company. In the letter from Schively her mentions LEONARD being killed while they were marching and that he (Schively) was only four men behind LEONARD when he was stuck by a shell. U.S. World War 1 Mothers' Pilrimage. In the late 1920s the War Department of the United States compiled a list of mothers and widows of soldiers killed in World War 1 and offered to send them to their loved one's final resting place in Europe. Sarah M. (KINNEY) LEONARD of 2118 St. Joe Ave. St. Joseph, Mo., Buchanan County went to visit the cemetery Oise-Aisne in 1930. | Thomas V. LEONARD
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| 164 | From "Hupps Regard" p121: Urso Belle6 LEONARD (William H.5, Amanda4 COX, Margaret3 HUPP, George W.2, Everhart1) was born 06 Oct 1882. Urso died 16 Jan 1978 in Golden Age Nursing Home, Brownsville, Fayette Co. PA. Her body was interred 18 Jan 1978 in Horn Cemetery, West Bethlehem Township, Washington Co. PA. She married Samuel Jackson BARR 09 Aug 1902. Samuel was born 27 Jun 1878. Samuel was the son of John Gayman BARR and Eunice CRAIG. Samuel died 01 Aug 1955 in Greene County Memorial Hospital, Waynesburg, Greene Co. PA. His body was interred 04 Aug 1955 in Horn Cemetery, West Bethlehem Township, Washington Co. PA. 877 i. Boyd Emerson7 BARR was born 05 Jan 1903 and died 27 Nov 1979. 878 ii. Kaloola Le Vaughn BARR was born 20 Aug 1906 and died 14 Mar 2006. 879 iii. Marjorie Kathleen BARR was born 18 Apr 1914 and died 25 Oct 1980. 880 iv. Roy William BARR was born 03 Apr 1916 and died 16 Oct 1969. 881 v. Duane Allen BARR was born 15 Dec 1923 and died 10 Jan 1977. | Urso Belle LEONARD
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| 165 | History of Seneca County, Ohio, Venice Township V. F. LEONARD, farmer, Attica, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, November 16, 1825. His parents, Avery and Nancy (Smith) LEONARD, were natives of Washington County, Penn. Our subject came to Venice Township, this county, with his parents, when a small boy of nine years, when this country was a dense wilderness, where was heard the howl of the wolf, growl of the bear, and the "yowling" of the wild cat, while before them stood the sturdy forest tree that-would yield only to persistent toil. His educational facilities were very limited, and being reared on the farm, he has steadily followed agricultural pursuits, being at present owner of 101 acres of well-improved land. He has also devoted much attention to the handling of imported horses, and has paid as much as $2,000 for one horse. W. F. LEONARD was married, in 1849, to Margaret Jane Moors, daughter of Maurice Moore, a native of Hunterdon, N. J., and Hannah (Davis) Moore, of Wales, the former of whom died in 1883, in his eighty-sixth year, and the latter in 1882, in her eighty-third year. Mrs. LEONARD's parents came to this county and settled on a farm in this township in 1834; she is a member of the United Brethren Church, and has been for more than forty years. AN'. F. LEONARD, during the late war of the Rebellion, enlisted, in 1863, in Company C, One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served for 100 days. In politics he is a Republican.z | Verdin W. LEONARD
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| 166 | SS Death Index Name: Wilbur LEONARD SSN: 517-22-0758 Last Residence: 59710 Alder, Madison, Montana, United States of America Born: 15 Jul 1894 Died: Sep 1970 State (Year) SSN issued: Montana (Before 1951 ) | Wilbur Lawrence LEONARD
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| 167 | Birth Record, Book 4, page 81, Taylor County, Bedford IA, LEONARD, Willard Halbert, Feb. 15, 1907-Parents: Sarah M. KINNEY, Robert I. LEONARD, Bedford IA. Willard H. entered the Navy, and upon returning from service in World War II, Willard H. LEONARD and his wife, Ida BABCOCK opened LEONARD Wholesale Meat Company located at 4th & Sylvanie or 323 S. 4th in St. Joseph, Missouri. Death Certificate Pima County AZ State File No. 1740: Willard died in Pima County, Tucson AZ at the Tucson Medical Center of Pulmonary emphysema. His father is listed as Robert LEONARD and mother listed as Sarah Kenny, birthplace, Iowa. Death Date February 1, 1960, age 52 years, birth date February 15, 1907, informant Mrs. Ida LEONARD. Oral information from Willard Robert LEONARD, s/o Willard H. LEONARD: Willard H. was a member of Zeredatha Lodge, #189 AF&AM, York Rite Bodies and Moila Shrine Temple of St. Joseph, MO. | Willard Halbert LEONARD
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| 168 | Index to Marion Co., Ohio Deeds 1821-1937 LDS #0385079 Catharine LEONARD bought 75 1/2 acres from John Sommerlott (probably her father) in sections 9965 and 9966 for $3,000. Record book 39, p. 58. Dated 11 October 1870, roughly six months after William married his second wife. --------------------------------------- LEONARDs in Ohio William LEONARD packed up his family and moved to Delaware and then Marion County, Ohio, at the age of 51, and there is little doubt that a number of relatives preceeded him. Zenas, Joseph, and Isaac LEONARD preceeded him, Zenas and Joseph being his uncles (sons his grandfather Caleb Jr)....Isaac apparently being his great-uncle (his grandfather's brother). In chapter XXV on Brown Township (pp 551-560), The History of Delaware County and Ohio, O. L.. BASKIN S CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS, 66 DEARBORN STREET, 1880, the authors note Zenas LEONARD as one of the earliest settlers. Zenas and wife were among the founders of the Methodist Episcopal society (church) in 1828, Zenas being a son of Caleb LEONARD, Jr. and brother to William's grandfather Daniel. As noted in the 1880 history (p 559), "The township has the benefit of one railroad, the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis, or Bee Line, which passes through the western part, and is the first railroad built through Delaware County. It has been of considerable benefit to the township in bringing the best markets to the very doors of its citizens. LEONARDsburg, or Eden Station, is the principal shipping-point, and is located near the north line, six miles from Delaware. It was laid out by S. G. Caulkins in 1852, and was called LEONARDsburg for, A. LEONARD, the first merchant. He opened a store in the place the first year it was laid out as a village, and, soon after, built a grain warehouse. Mr. LEONARD was also the first Postmaster." "A. LEONARD" was Abijah, son of Zenas (check postmaster recordsfor additonal detail). A later paragraph (pp 559-60) cites Joseph LEONARD (ed.-another son of Caleb Jr.) as the first merchant in what later became the village of Eden (laid out in 1836...p. 202), "The village of Eden was surveyed and laid out by Isaac Eaton, for the proprietors, Daniel G. Thurston and Isaac LEONARD who owned the land. [ed. note- Issac is apparently the son of Caleb Sr. and very old, born 1753) The location was chosen at the crossing of the road running east and west, and the one running north and south along the creek, as an eligible site for a prosperous village. The first house in the village was a log cabin built by John Finley; the first frame dwelling was put up by William Williams, soon after his removal to the neighborhood. This extravagance of architecture created quite a stir among the people, and stimulated others to make similar improvements, and soon the little town could boast of several imposing frame buildings. Joseph LEONARD (ed.-son of Caleb Jr.)was the first merchant in Eden. Hitherto the people had been going to Delaware to buy the few goods required to satisfy their limited wants ; but LEONARD now accommodated them nearer home. He had the trade all to himself until 1838, when Williams & Loofbourrow opened a store, and thus created competition. A large and handsome schoolhouse was erected in 1840, to accommodate the growing population, and is still in use, though having been in the meantime thoroughly renovated and remodeled." Picture of George LEONARD on page 369. Chapter XV, The history of Berkshire township (p. 446) contains two mentions of Samuel LEONARD as early as 1812: "This was in 1812. On August 19 of the following year, Nancy, the daughter of Hon. Ezekiel Brown, was married to Samuel LEONARD, the ceremony being performed by Gilbert Carpenter." As yet unidentified George LEONARD of western PA is listed in the Brown Township biographies on p. 812 and also listed in the 1860 and 1880 censuses at ages 59 and 79 respectively: "GEORGE LEONARD; P. O. Eden. The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in another part of this work, was born in Western, Penn., on the Monongahela River, forty miles above Pittsburgh, July 8, 1800, and is the son of Lot and Elizabeth (HOGE) LEONARD, the latter a second cousin of Gen. George Washington. His father was in the Indian war; he was a Methodist minister. Our subject was born on the farm, where he remained until 21 years of age. He commenced, when he was a young man, dealing in stock, which business he followed for a number of years. Purchasing a large number of cattle, he drove them across the Alleghany Mountains, which mountains he crossed nine times. In 1821, he moved to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, where he remained some nineteen years, during which time he was engaged in the cattle and mercantile business, and also engaged in purchasing land ; was a partner in the stock business with Judge Black. Mr. LEONARD has made several trips down the river on keelboats; went South and engaged in the mill and mercantile business on commission, doing business up the Arkansas River, near Arkansas Post. From Mt. Vernon he came to Delaware Co., and located in his present township, where he ha; been one of its honored citizens ever since. The first two years after he came here, he had pur. chased some 600 acres of land, paying for it $8.35 per acre; this land was located around and near Eden, and has greatly increased in value Mr. LEONARD has taken an active part in the im. provements of his town, and has been a hard worker for the interests of the railroad to Eden has given largely toward building churches and schools. He married in Mt. Vernon, Miss Mary Jewett, who was born in Vermont, on the Rive Lamoille. in 1805 ; they had five children Eleven years ago, Mr. LEONARD was stricken with paralysis, which has rendered his left side almost useless. His motto in life has been, "Do unto others ay you would be done by." A hard worker and good manager, and possessed of industry and economy, he has made a success of his life." Under Trenton Township, p. 827, we find the following note for Fisher WHITE, with no reference as to who the LEONARD partner was (but note the proximity to Eden): "In 1853-54, Mr. White bought twenty-nine acres of land in Brown Township, adjoining Eden, and laid out what is called LEONARD & White Addition;" The 1860 Brown Township, Delaware County, Ohio census (series M653, roll 957) lists several LEONARDs, including but not limited to: Nancy LEONARD, widow (of George HIPPLE?), of Virginia, with five kids; Joseph LEONARD, 55, of PA. and wife Jane, 49, of New Jersey; George LEONARD, 59, of PA with 4 kids; Henry LEONARD, 35 of Ohio; Jonathon LEONARD, 40, of PA. Both the 1887 and 1907 Marion County Histories have extensive biographies of William's son, James H. (see his individual file) and a couple of mentions in the LaRue centenial celebration book, but no other LEONARDs in Marion County. ------------------------------------- Note: Marion County marriage records (http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Marion/Marriages/marr7lm.htm) include William's second marriage: LEONARD, William Sumerlot, Catharine 4/4/1870 Rev. C. F. Fleiner - German Methodist ---------------------- Note: Marion County cemetary inscriptions ( http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Marion/Cemeteries/marj-k-l.htm) contain the following: "LEONARD, Mary w/o Wm d Sep 29 1868 Aged: 64y 3m 21d Waldo (112) Waldo LEONARD, William d Oct 26 1881 Aged: 78y 6m 9d Waldo (112) Waldo" ------------------ Note: Marion County, Ohio, People Connection (http://genealogy.org/~smoore/marion/query.htm) contains the following: "BURT, Ebenezer b. 1784 Washington County PA; m. Sarah LEONARD; moved to Marion OH 1822-1830; JP for Canaan Township; d. 1836 ~ Jane (jpeppler@acpub.duke.edu BURT, Ebenezer m. Sarah LEONARD; d. 1836, Marion OH; son Lot m. Abigail Brown and moved to Paulding OH ~ Richard (rschaefer@commo.com ----------------------------- Boyd Crumrine, "History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men" (Philadelphia: L.H. Leverts & co., 1882). http://www.chartiers.com/crumrine/twp-morris.html Chapter on Morris Township pp 842-850 Upper Ten-Mile Presbyterian Church.--The churches of Upper and Lower Ten-Mile were organized Aug. 15, 1781, as one church. Prior to that time, however, services had been held by these people in different places, the first time upon the visit of the Rev. Thaddeus Dodd in the spring of 1777. He was a graduate of Princeton College, and had been licensed by the Presbytery of New York. He remained with this people, preaching in private houses in the forest, and in the different forts or blockhouses in this, section of country, till August of that year, when he returned to the East, and was ordained by the Presbytery of New York in the early part of October, 1777. He visited this place again later in the year and returned home after a short stay. He was prevailed upon by Lindley, Cook, and others to come out to this people and become their pastor. This he promised to do. After his return home he preached in Maryland and Virginia, and had strong inducements to remain, but he had given his promise, and in the September of 1779 he arrived at Ten-Mile with his wife and two children (one of whom, Cephas, became a minister and pastor over the church his father organized). Services were held at different places, but no distinct effort was made towards a permanent organization until August, 1781, when twenty-three persons gathered at the house of Jacob Cook and organized a church, of which the following named were the constituent members, viz. : Thaddeus Dodd, V.D.M., and Phebe, his wife; Demas Lindley (elder) and Joanna, his wife; Jabez Baldwin; William LEONARD and Mary, his wife; William Hays and Anna, his wife; David Dille and Elizabeth, his wife; Jacob Cooke and Phebe, his wife; Daniel Axtell and Ruth, his wife; Joseph Coe and Abigail, his wife; John Eddy and Mary, his wife; Daniel Dodd and Charity, his wife; Abner Brown and Paul Brown; and Jacob Cook, Joseph Coe, and Daniel Axtell were chosen elders. "After this," says the church record, "we set several times when we should have the sacrament of the Lord's Supper administered, but could not compass our designs on account of the incursions of the savages." The next entry is as follows: "Wednesday, April 30, 1783. The session met at Mr. Lindley's fort. Present: Thaddeus Dodd, V.D.M. Demas Lindley, Joseph Coe, Jacob Cooke, Daniel Axtell, elders. At this session twenty-two persons joined." From From the history of Marion County, Ohio, 1887 (http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Marion/History1883/mhl1883.htm) biography of James Heron LEONARD CHICAGO: LEGGETT, CONAWAY& C0. 1883. William and Mary (Vanort) LEONARD came from near Bentleysville, Washington County, Penn., to Ohio with their family, including James H in October 1856. They located near Delaware, Delaware County, and afterward in Marlborough Township, of the same county, remaining at the first place about six months; at the latter one year. They then came to Marion County and lived on the Oborn farm in Richland Township four years; then on the Ruppley farm in Pleasant Township for two years, when Mr. LEONARD bought a small place one mile west of Locust Grove, in Pleasant Township in 1864. His wife died at this place in September 1868, and, having married the second time, sold this place and bought another small farm one mile further south, where he lived until the fall of 1878, and then came to La Rue, where he lived until his death, which took place in October 1881. His widow still resides in La Rue. ---------------------------------------------- From SallyAnn Joiner GED file: 2 PLAC Washington Co, PA 2 NOTE Luther Cary married in 1778 Rhoda LEONARD. In 1773 Ezra and 3 CONC Rhoda Carey removed to Washington county of Western Pennsylvania 3 CONC called the "Ten Mile" region. "Twenty families, all from New 3 CONC Jersey, and nearly all from Morris county. Nearly all of these 3 CONC families settled near Ten-Mile creek near the present village of 3 CONC Prosperity. Demas Lindley and Jack Cook were two of the most 3 CONC prominent and influential men among the early settlers. They were 3 CONC active in the frontier movements against the Indians, and a fort was 3 CONC early established upon the property of Mr. Lindley, called LINDLEY'S 3 CONC FORT, and was the rendezvous for all the residents. It was one of the 3 CONC strongest forts in the western country, because it was the most 3 CONC exposed to the hostile incursions of the savage inhabitants. " The 3 CONC Carey family along with LEONARDs and others, all found refuge at 3 CONC Lindley's Fort when the danger call was issued. --------------------------------- From Toni Benson, president of the Van Buren Regional Genealogical Society, tbenson@monroe.lib.mi.us] William LEONARD was born Apr 17, 1803 according to the SAR (Sons of the > American Revolution). He married Mary Van Ort, January 1, 1824, > Washington Co, PA. He died October 26, 1881 per SAR. He appears in the > 1840 census of Somerset Twp, Washington Co, PA. > > You may want to look at the book entitled "Some Ancestors and Descendants > of Avery LEONARD" page 18. This outlines William's life, his children and > grandchildren. The only place I have seen this book is at the Allen > County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN. > > Mary Van Ort was born June 8, 1804 per SAR. She died September 29, 1868 > per SAR. > > Their children were: James Herron LEONARD, Edmund LEONARD, Daniel > LEONARD, Lydia LEONARD, William LEONARD, Joseph LEONARD, Mary I.? LEONARD, > Thomas L. LEONARD. > > William was the son of Daniel LEONARD (1776-1842) and Lucretia Jennings > (1777-1873). Daniel was the son of Caleb LEONARD Jr., brother to my > ancestor, Silas LEONARD. They are all Mayflower descendants of James > Chilton. --------------------------------------------- From the Population Schedules of the Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; roll 499, PENNSYLVANIA, VOL 30 (1-289); Washington County Census Index puts William as the head of household in Somerset township, Washington County, section 129. (page?)No. 4 of the schedule shows five male children: two under the ag of 5; one between 5-10, and two between 10-15. It also showstwo girls: one under the age of 5 and one between 5-10. William and his wife are listed as between 30-40. ------------------------- From "The History of Taylor County, Iowa from earliest times to 1910," by Frank E. Crosson, 1910; S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago In a section on Daniel LEONARD (1830-1913), Crosson writes: "His father, William LEONARD, was a farmer throughout his life and five years prior to his death moved to Ohio, where he passed away at the advanced age of 80. His mother, who had been Miss Mary Van Ort before her marriage, was also a native of Pennsylvania and lived to be sixty years of age. The Family of LEONARD was of English descent and Daniel can remember that his grandparents frequently spoke of the "log book," from which he infers that his ancestors were sea-faring people, though he was too young to find out at the time. ----------------------------- Homes The days of rustic log cabins were largely over by the time son Daniel arrived. Western Pennsylvania contained a wealth of hardwood trees (http://www.irishgenealogy.com/us/pa/washington/geog.html), which new immigrants were quick to take advantage of. One saw mill operated in nearby Crawford County as early as 1839 (http://www.lambsite.com/lambgen/biogs/PAbio.htm) and James Smith is said to have built the first o ne in that county shortly after 1806 (http://www.alltel.net/~yoset/CCo/history/1885/Union.html). Butler County had a saw mill as early as 1814 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabutler/1883/83-44.htm) | William LEONARD
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| 169 | L563 LEONARD, William, b 02 Nov 1857 Taylor co; d 16 Aug 1942 Corning; wed 13 Feb 1887 Alice Clabaugh in Nkt, 7 ch; f Daniel LEONARD; m Jane --; i Prairie Rose. B 03 Sep 1942 History of Taylor County, Iowa: from the earliest historic times to 1910 by Frank E. Crosson. Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 (biographicals transcribed by Linda Kestner: lfkestner3@msn.com) Page 257 WILLIAM LEONARD William LEONARD, a successful farmer residing on section 18, Grove township, was born upon the family homestead in this county, November 2, 1857. His father, Daniel LEONARD, was one of the very early settlers of this section of the state, an extended account of his life appearing elsewhere in this volume. William LEONARD received his education in the district schools and remained at home until he was about twenty-nine years of age, when he married and started in life for himself. For a number of years he farmed on eight acres of his father's land, which in his childhood he had helped to clear. Indeed, he can remember some of the hardships of the early years which had not been entirely overcome when he was old enough to assist in the work. Until 1903 he operated his father's land in Holt township, and then he bought his present farm, which has since been his home. It consists of one hundred and seventy-eight acres, all well improved, (page 258) and here he is engaged in general farming. In addition to his agricultural interests he is interested with his father and brothers in the sheep business, importing and breeding Shropshire sheep, in which they were the pioneers in this state. On the 13th of February, 1887, Mr. LEONARD was united in marriage to Miss Alice Claybaugh, who was born in Illinois, January 28, 1866, and is one of a family of fourteen children, nine of whom are still living. Her parents, Henry and Ann Elizabeth (Kyle) Claybaugh, are natives of Ohio and are now residents of Dallas township, Taylor county, Iowa, where they have made their home since 1871. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD, namely: Eva Irene, Ethel May, one who died in infancy, Henry H., Jennie Elizabeth, Lottie Opal, Lloyd Leslie and Lee William. Lottie Opal died at the age of seven years. Eva Irene is now the wife of Lon Boltinghouse, of Holt township. The family are members of the Christian church and Mr. LEONARD gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He takes considerable interest in local affairs, having filled the positions of constable, road supervisor, trustee and school director. His administrations have always been distinguished by strict adherence to duty and by a patent efficiency. This quality is also noticeable in his farming. Progressive in his ideas he is also thorough in the execution of his work and no task is left half finished. In consequence he has attained a success that is beyond the average. | William LEONARD
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| 170 | Notes for WILLIAM LEONARD, source Anna Harless, "Some Ancestors of William LEONARD": William died under mysterious circumstances. Family stories state that he may have been poisoned by his wife Elizabeth, but there is no documented proof of this. Greene Co. PA Will Book #1 p.136, Bond Number 010. 219, June 27, 1814 (left in the context as it was written): KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we Elizabeth LEONARD, William Whitlatch, and Thomas MITCHELL Esquire, all of Greene County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the fum of Two hundred Pounds, to be paid to the faid Commonwealth to the which payment well and truly to be made, we do, and each of us hereby doth bind ourfelves, and each of us our Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftrators, and the Heirs, Executors and Adminiftrators of each of us for and in the whole firmly by thefe prefents. Sealed with our Seals, and Dated the twenty seventh Day of June in the Year of our Lord Thoufand eight Hundred and fourteen. THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION is fuch, That if the Within bounden Elizabeth LEONARD Adminiftrator of all the finular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of William LEONARD, deceafed, do make or caufe to be made, a true and perfect Inventory of all and fingular the Goods, Chattels, And Credits for the faid Deceafed, which have or phall come to the hands, Poffeffion or Knowledge of her the faid Elizabeth LEONARD or into the hands or Poffeffion of any other Perfon or Perfons for her, and the fame fo made do exhibit or caufe to be exhibited in the Regifters Office in the County of Greene, at or bebore the twenty seventh day of July next enfuing; and the fame Goods, Chattels and Credits for the faid Deceafed at the Time of his Death, which at any Time after fhall come to the Hands or Poffeffion of the faid Elizabth LEONARD or into the Hands or Proffeffion of any other Perfon or Perfons for her do well and truly adminifter according to the Law, and do further make or caufe to be made a true and juft account of her faid adminiftration, at or before the twenty seventh Day of June One Thoufand eight Hundred and fifteen, and allreft and refidue of the faid Goods, Chattels and Credits which fhall be found remaining upon the faid adminifrators account, the fame being firft examined and allowed of by the Orphan's Court of the County of Greene aforefaid, fhall deliver and pay unto fuch perfon or perfons refpectively as the faid Orphan's Court by their decree or fentence, purfuant to the true intent and meaning of this Act, fhall limit and appoint: and if it fhall hereafter appear that any laft Will and Teftament was made by the faid Deceafed, and the Executor or Executors therein named to exhibit the fame into the faid Regifter's Office, making requeft to have it allowed and approved accordingly; if the faid Elizabeth LEONARD within bounden being thereunto required, do render and deliver the faid Letters of Adminiftration,)approbation of fuch Teftament being firft made and had in the faid Regifter's Office) then this Obligation to be void and of none effect, or elfe to remain in full force and virtue. Elizabeth (her mark) LEONARD William Whitlatch (actual signature) Thomas MITCHELL Signed and delivered in the Prefence of John Boreman According to the conditions of the bond an inventory of the Goods & Chattels of William LEONARD, deceased were taken on July 2, 1814, totaling $257.07 and filed on July 4, 1814 with the Courts of Greene Co. PA According to Greene County, PA Clerk of Courts, the following orphan papers were recorded; At an Orphans Court held at the town of Waynesburg in and for the County of Greene on the fourth Monday of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fourteen before the Honorable Samuel Robert Esquire President and his associate Judges of the same court. On the petition of Elizabeth LEONARD, widow and relict of William LEONARD late of Franklin Township of Greene County deceased setting forth that the said William LEONARD died leaving issue three children, Nancy, John and William minors under the age of fourteen years-------- She therefore prays the court to appoint some proper person to take care of their person and Estates. Where upon the Court appoint Jonathon Parkinson and Bernard Whitlatch guardians of the persons and Estates of the said Nancy, John and William LEONARD. More about WILLIAM LEONARD: Census: 1810, Franklin Twp., Greene Co., PA Will: June 27, 1814, Greene Co. PA Will Book 1 pp 136: Estate of William LEONARD, deceased. Letters of Administration granted to Elizabeth LEONARD the twenty seventh day of June 1814. Bond with William Whitlatch and Thomas MITCHELL as securities taken the same day. Notes for ELIZABETH FRANCES (BETSY) WHITLATCH: On Elizabeth's marriage license to Henry Jacobs, she is referred to as the Widow LEONARD. | William LEONARD
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| 171 | WILLIAM LEONARD was born December 9, 1824, in Greene county, Penn., and his father, Lot LEONARD, was also a native of the same county. His grandfather, Lot LEONARD, was born in New Jersey, and in early life came to Greene county, Penn., where he was married to a Miss HOGE, who bore him children as follows: William, John, Lot, Isaac, George, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah and Leah. Mr. LEONARD was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and a Federalist in politics. He preached Presbyterianism, Methodism and Quakerism, but finally became a Freethinker, and preached his own new doctrine until he died, at the age of ninety-two years. Lot LEONARD (2) was born in Greene county, Penn., in the year 1796, and remained on the home farm during his lifetime. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of John Mosher, a resident of Washington county, and they had seven children, namely: Merritt, Jonathan, Melinda (Mrs. John S. Bayard), William, Levi, Lot and Aaron. Mr. LEONARD was a successful farmer, and in political life was formerly a Whig, but, after the organization of the party, became a Republican. He was a warm friend of progressive education, and was school director of his district many years. He died in Greene county, Penn., in the year 1865, having been preceded to the grave by his wife in 1850. William LEONARD was born and educated in Greene county, Penn., the schools of the neighborhood then affording but meager advantages. In early youth he was cast on his own resources, and began life for himself. On September 28, 1848, he married Miss Cynthia Dickerson, daughter of William Dickerson, a prominent resident of Washington county. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD settled on a farm in Greene county, where they remained five years, removing thence to their present home, upon which they have made many improvements, having erected a large brick residence, and a comfortable and commodious stock and grain barn. The following children have been born to this estimable couple: Elizabeth M. (deceased), William C., Wilson (deceased), Martha M. and Cynthia C. Mr. LEONARD was originally a Whig, and, since the organization of the party, has been a Republican. He has always been interested in all matters of importance to the township, and has been school director for many years. Text taken from page 970 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/. | William LEONARD
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| 172 | Histsory of KNox County, Ohio IN THE summer and autumn .of 1999 a company, consisting of nine or ten families living in Green county, Pennsylvania, concluded to form themselves into a colony for the purpose of emigrating to the territory of Ohio, of which Knox county now forms a part. The patriarch, or the oldest man of the colony, was William Leonard, then in his eighty-third or eighty-fourth year. Previous to the time, when on an exploring expedition looking for land, in company with one or two others, he met with some men, owners of large tracts of military lands in this State, who conducted him to the place where Mt. Vernon now HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY. - 405 stands, then an unbroken wilderness, and showed him a tract of eight hundred and forty-seven acres one mile south of Mt. Vernon, on the Newark road, which he bought, paying for the same one dollar and fifty cents per. acre. He then returned to Pennsylvania to make arrangements for removal. These, for some reason, were not completed until about 1804, when the following persons started for their wilderness home: William Leonard and his oldest son, Amos Leonard; John Mills and family, Henry Haines and family, Ebenezer Brown and family, William Knight, Ziba Leonard, sr., and his son Benjamin, and Peter Baxter. They arrived here about the first of May, 1804. and commenced at once to improve the land above referred to. After the spring crop had been planted, and the cabins and shanties erected, a few of the emigrants went back to Pennsylvania to aid in removing the remainder of the colony. On the fourteenth day of November of the same year, they returned, bringing with them the family of Peter Baxter, Levi Harrod and family, and the family of William Knight. On the day of their arrival a daughter of Peter Baxter died, having been taken sick on the journey. She was the first white person known to have been buried in the county. With two or three exceptions the members of this colony were professors of religion. Those belonging to the Presbyterian church were William Leonard, Amos Leonard, Ziba Leonard, sr., Ebenezer Brown, Rachel Mills, wife of .John Mills; and Mary Knight, wife of William Knight. The history of Presbyterianism in this region probably begins with these settlers, they being the first of that denomination in the county. Although the Methodist and Baptist denominations had a few representatives in the colony, there was no sectarian feeling among them. By mutual agreement they were accustomed from the first to meet together for prayer and conference on the Sabbath and Thursday evenings at Ziba Leonard's, his home being the largest and most central. Their weekly meetings were somewhat peculiar, but very interesting. They were attended by the principal part of the colony. The religious services were followed by a supper, which was partaken of by all present. Early in the spring the little colony was re-enforced by the addition of the families of Abner Brown, sr., and Abner Brown, jr., from Green county, Pennsylvania, and of John and Jacob Cook, from Washington county. They were, however, without a minister of the gospel. There was not one living near enough to afford them even occasional preaching. This, of course, detracted much from their spiritual comfort, as well as subjected them sometimes to great inconvenience, as is evident from the following incident: During the summer (probably 1805) two. young men, Daniel Dimick and Amoriah Watson, millwrights by trade, came into the neighborhood, and entered into a contract with William Douglass, who had some time previous to this joined the colony, to build him a mill. They were here but a short time until they succeeded in forming a contract of a more tender and serious nature that of marriage-with two daughters of Ziba Leonard. The day for the solemnization of the marriage was fixed, and every preparation made, when on the evening before the day of the nuptials, it was discovered that there was no one who was properly authorized to solemnize marriages nearer than the town of New Lancaster, fifty miles distant, and reached only by a bridle path through the forest. The wedding of course could not be deferred. The proper official must be had, even if he should come from New Lancaster. Accordingly two men, Peter Baxter and Henry Haines, set out that very evening for that place. After riding all that night and all the next day, they returned about midnight of the second day with the necessary papers, a justice of the peace and his constable, and immediately upon their arrival the marriage ceremony was performed in the presence of the waiting assembly, which consisted of nearly all the settlers, together with a number of Indians. In the spring of 1805, the patriarch of the colony, William Leonard, who had been its religious leader, died, in his eighty-seventh or eighty-eighth year. He was a good man, and his loss was deeply felt. He was buried on his own land under the shade of a wide-spreading beech. His son, Amos Leonard, by common consent, became the leading person in the ecclesiastical affairs of the settlement. He was a very worthy, consistent man, and was for many years of great spiritual service to the people. 406 - HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY. The following spring and summer brought a large accession of emigrants from Green and Washington counties, Pennsylvania, among whom were other families of the Harrods and Browns, together with those of the Hunts, Dotys, and Boyles, settling mostly south of the Leonards, thereby extending the boundary of the colony to what was known as the Bell settlement. These families, together with that of James Loveridge, who settled north of Mt Vernon, constituted the additions to the Presbyterian element of the settlement during that year. The home of Jonathan Hunt, being more central, was chosen as the place for meeting on the Sabbath instead of Ziba Leonard's. About 1806 Rev. James Scott visited the new settlement and preached in the house of Ziba Leonard, sr., the first Presbyterian sermon preached in the county. In 1806 Mr. Scott preached a few sermons in Newark, and it was probably about that time that he visited this place. The town of Clinton had been laid out, and some improvements made in it. Mt. Vernon was laid out in 1805. Additions of families, principally from Pennsylvania, were frequently made. Among them were the Presbyterian families of James Colville and Robert Work. In the summer of 1806 or 1807, the members of the settlement concluded that the time had come for erecting a house of worship. Selecting a place for it on the road south of Hunt's, Amos Leonard cut the logs and the neighbors hauled and raised them. The logs of which the church building was made were unhewn, the roof was of clapboards, and the floor was the bare earth. Round logs laid on the ground constituted the seats. Two small poles of the proper height set in the ground, with a board pinned on the top of them, formed the pulpit, and a board laid on two pins driven into a log immediately behind the pulpit, made the seat for the minister. Thus rudely constructed and incomplete, was the house dedicated to the worship of God, probably the first house of worship in the county. The dedication service was undoubtedly performed by Father Scott. A part, perhaps the most, of those who worshiped in that house in the summer of 18o8, were organized into a church by the Rev. John Wright, of Lancaster. It was first called "Ebenezer," that being the given-name of the oldest man in the organization. --------------------------- Per Annie Harless 17 Dec 2007: Notes for WILLIAM LEONARD: William and his family and brother Caleb moved to Washington Co. PA in 1776. William located in Morgan Township in the vicinity of Jefferson (now Greene Co. PA) He then moved to Knox Co., OH. William was appointed by the King of England to be Justice of the Court of the Province of New Jersey. William's last will and testament was the first admitted and proven by the Knox Co. OH, Court of Common Pleas, on May 03, 1808. Will Book A, page 1. Will of William Leonard: (Left in original context) For the name of God, Amen. I William Leonard being of sound mind and memory, but weak in body and calling to mind the certainty of death have thought ________ to make this my last will and testament in manner following that is first my soul to God who is that he may have the same in mercy as for my wordly goods. That I am _________ of after my just debts and funeral expenses I bequeth in the following manner Vis: I give my daughter Rachel fifty-dollars, and the gift of my both real and personal that I am________ of _________son Amos. In witness_______ of _______ I have unto my hand and seal this fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and six. his William X Leonard mark Witness: John Mills Thompson Mills Benjamin Brown William's Will was very difficult to read. It was handwritten and transcribed in the will book, with numerous marks that were covering words. I am unclear why the only children that were listed were Rachel and Amos, as many of his children were still alive at the time of his death. More about WILLIAM LEONARD: Church affiliation: Ten-Mile Presbyterian Military service: Revolutionary War, Teamster Morristown, NJ Will: March 05, 1806 Will Probate: May 03, 1808, Mt. Vernon, Knox Co. OH More about WILLIAM LEONARD and MARY LOTT: Marriage: Abt. 1745, Mendham, Morris Co., NJ | William B. LEONARD
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| 173 | From the Cherokee County Modern Light, Thursday, Mar. 28th, 1935: LEONARD Obituary Frank LEONARD, a life long resident of the Friendship community, northeast of Oswego, died in a hospital at Parsons Sunday morning, March 17, 1935, at 2 o'clock. He was taken to the hospital on the previous Tuesday from his home three and one half miles northwest of Hallowell, to undergo an operation. Mr. LEONARD was born in Cherokee County, Feb. 14, 1882, and at the time of his death was aged 53 years, 1 month, and 3 days. December 11, 1911, he was married to Lillian Pickering, who survives. He leaves his mother, Mrs. Margaret Keasling and two brothers, Ed and Lincoln LEONARD, all of Friendship neighborhood. Funeral services were held in the Friends church in the neighborhood where he spent his entire life, conducted by Rev. Elmer Ditch, and interment in the Friendship cemetery. | William Franklin LEONARD
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| 174 | William8 Henry LEONARD (1836-1931) s/o William7 and Mary Van Ort LEONARD William8 Henry LEONARD (b. 3 Jan. 1836, m. Margaret Susannah Keasling 1 Jan. 1881, d. 7 Jan. 1931), born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, like his father and grandfather before him, was the fifth of nine children born to William7 and Mary Van Ort LEONARD of Somerset township. Margaret Keasling was born 12 Mar. 1852 in Springfield, Missouri. Her father died before she was born and her mother died when she was ten. She moved to Cherokee County, Kansas with her brother, J.F. Keasling, in 1877. Descendants of William Henry LEONARD Children of William Henry LEONARD and Margaret Susannah Keasling, based on census reports and obituaries: 1. William9 Franklin LEONARD b. 14 Feb. 1882, m. Lillian M. Pickering 11 Dec. 1911, d. 17 Mar. 1935. No children. 2. Edmond Thomas LEONARD b. 2 Aug. 1884, never married, d. 9 June 1965. 3. Abraham Lincoln LEONARD b. 13 June 1887, m. May Christine Houser 10 Oct. 1951, d. 30 Dec. 1975. No children. Census Summaries for William H. LEONARD 1840 - The 1840 census shows William?s father in Somerset township, Washington County, PA. This census only lists the head of household?s name, followed by the age ranges of the others in the household. The census shows William7 with six children: two below the age of five, one between the ages of five and ten, and three between the ages of ten and fifteen. These numbers are consistent with the birth dates of William (b. 1836 ? under five) and Joseph (b. 1837 ? under five), Lydia (b. 1833 ? between five and ten), and the earlier children Edmund (b. 1825), Isaac (b. 1827 or 1830), and Daniel (b. 1830). 1850 - The 1850 census is the first to list each individual family member, their age at the time of census, their occupations, and the value of their real estate. In Somerset township, Washington County, PA, William, 14, is listed as one of six children still living at home. His father William, age 43, is a farmer with $1780 in real estate. Three children were born since the last census: Mary Jane, (b. 1840), James Herron (b. 1842), and Thomas, (b. 1844). James Herron isn?t listed in the LEONARD household, but he does reappear in the next census. [William?s father William and the rest of the family, save for Edmund and Isaac, would move to Delaware County and later Marion County, Ohio in 1854. Siblings who moved to Ohio included Daniel, Lydia, William, Joseph, Mary Jane, James Herron, and Thomas.] 1860 ? William H. LEONARD doesn?t appear anywhere in the 1860 census, but may have been living and working in Kansas Territory, where census results were spotty. William?s obituary, published Jan 15, 1931, in the Cherokee County (KS) Modern Light indicated he lived near Emporia, Kansas in 1858 and worked at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas following the Civil War. [His mother, Mary, died of typhoid in Ohio in September of 1868 and his father remarried Catharine Somerlot in April of 1870.] 1870 ? By 1870, William, age 35, has moved in with his older sister, Lydia, and her husband Charles Schaffer (Shaffer, Shafer), in Lola township, Cherokee County, Kansas. He is still single and shows a net worth of $2,250, two-thousand dollars of that in real estate. He lists his occupation as ?farmer? and may have actually owned the property his sister and brother-in-law occupied. 1875 ? W.H. LEONARD, age 35 (probably an unintentional error, actually age 40), appears in Lola township, Cherokee County, Kansas in the 1875 Kansas State Census. He lived alone and listed $340 in personal property but stated no value for real estate. Sister Lydia (LEONARD) Shaffer, her husband Charles, and their children have disappeared from the US Census and may have moved to Indian Territory. 1880 ? W.H. LEONARD is still living in Lola township, Cherokee County, Kansas. He is single and listed as a farmer, age 38 (actually 45). The 1880 census no longer lists real estate values, but it seems likely that William H. may have bought out his brother-in-law?s farm. [William?s father, William, died 26 Oct. 1881, in Marion County, Ohio, making James Herron LEONARD his executor and naming all nine children in his will. Probate records show William?s address as ?Kansas.?] 1885 ? W.H. LEONARD, age 45 (actually 50), wife Margaret, sons W.F. and E.T. are listed in the 1885 Kansas State Census, Lola township, Cherokee County, post office Hallowell. William and Margaret were married on New Year?s Day, 1881. He lists his occupation as ?farmer.? 1890 - The vast majority of census records for 1890, including those for Cherokee County, Kansas, were destroyed in a 1921 fire at the Commerce Department building in Washington, D.C. 1895 ? The 1895 Kansas State Census shows W.H. LEONARD, age 58, is still in Lola township, living with wife M.S., age 42, sons WF, age 12; E.T., age 9; and A.L. age 7. 1900 ? By 1900, W.H. LEONARD, 64, and Margaret S., 48, are married and living in Lola township, Cherokee County, Kansas, with their children William F., age 18; Edmond T., age 15; and Abraham L., age 12. The census indicates W.H and Margaret have been married 19 years, parents of three children with three still surviving. William now lists his occupation as ?gardener,? son William F. is a farm laborer, sons Edmond and Abraham are both in school. 1910 ? In 1910, William H., 73, is still farming in Lola township, Margaret S. is still keeping house, sons Edmund T., 26, and Lincoln A. (reversing his given name Abraham Lincoln), 23, are laborers on their father?s farm. Oldest brother William Franklin, 28, has taken a job as a dairyman at the state hospital in near-by Labette County. W.F. would marry Lillian Pickering in December of the following year. 1920 ? In 1920, William H., 83, finally lists himself as ?retired farmer.? Sons Edmond, 34, and Abraham L., 32, have taken over the day-to-day operation of the farm in Lola township. Eldest son William Franklin, 37, has married Lillie M., 32, and bought a farm in nearby Sheridan township, Cherokee County, Kansas. 1930 ? In 1930, the last available census record made public, William H., age 94, and Margaret S., age 78, are both living with their sons ?Ed?, 44, and A. Lincoln, 42, on the old family homestead in Lola township. Eldest son ?Frank?, 46, and wife Lillie, 44, are still farming nearby. They have no children. 7 Jan. 1931 ? William Henry LEONARD died, age 95 years and 4 days? six days after his fiftieth wedding anniversary. Additional Notes on William Henry LEONARD From the Cherokee County Modern Light, Thursday, Jan. 15th, 1931, p. 1: OBITUARY ? W.H. LEONARD Resided In County For Sixty-Four Years William Henry LEONARD, son of William and Mary Van Ort LEONARD was born near Bentlysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Jan. 3 1836 and departed this life Jan. 7, 1931 age 95 years and 4 days. While still in his teens he moved with his parents to Marion, Ohio and at the age of 22 years left home for Kansas locating near Emporia where he ran a sawmill also grinding wheat and corn and exchanging flour and meal with the early day settlers and Indians for buffalo hides and robes. Then he worked for the government at Ft. Leavenworth until the close of the Civil War and in 1867 came to Cherokee County, where he engaged in farming and fruit raising, at one time setting out an orchard of 40 acres of apple trees besides other fruits. Among many awards for fruit he received the first premium given in Labette County by the Neosho valley stock association, for ?Best display of apples,? in Sept. 1884. He raised hogs for market driving them on foot 5 and 6 miles to the railroad station. He drove ox teams and prairie schooners, and saw the buffalo and deer roam wild over the plains and prairie. On Jan. 1, 1881, he married Margaret Susannah Keasling. Jan. 1, 1931 being their fiftieth wedding anniversary, making a half century that he and mother LEONARD spent in wedded life together. Those who survive besides his wife are three sons, W.F., E.T., and A.L. LEONARD all at Hallowell, Kansas. Funeral services were held at the Friendship church at 2:30 Friday afternoon conducted by Rev. Cloninger and burial was in the Friendship cemetery. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of R.D. Pickering, Rev. Wotten, Laura Smith and Amos Landers who sang ?Nearer My God To Thee,? ?A Charge to Keep I Have? and ?Those Golden Bells.? Pallbearers were John Elliot, Jesse Elliot, Dave Hackney, Wm. Speith, Robert Speith, and Arthur Westervelt. From the Cherokee County Modern Light, Thursday, Nov. 10th, 1938, p. 1: MRS. W. H. LEONARD, 86, DIES Resident of Cherokee County 61 Years, Passes Away Margaret Susannah Keasling LEONARD was born at Springfield, Missouri, March 12, 1852, and passed on to her eternal Home October 31, 1938 at 8:30pm in her home north of Hallowell, Kansas having attained the age of eighty-six years, seven months, and nineteen days. On January 1, 1881, she was united in marriage to William H. LEONARD at Oswego, Kans. To this union three sons were born. One son, Frank, preceded his mother in death on March 19, 1935. Her husband passed away January 7, 1931. Her father died before she was born and her mother passed away when she was only ten years of age. In 1877 she came to Cherokee County with her brother, J.F, Keasling, who also preceded her in death. Here she married and spent the remaining portion of her life. She was a member of the Hallowell Methodist church at Hallowell, Kansas, and so lived that her friends, neighbors, and children testify of her Christian life. She leaves to mourn her passing two sons, Edmond T. and A. Lincoln LEONARD, both of the home. Also other distant relatives and many friends who will greatly miss her. Services were held at the Friendship church northwest of Hallowell, Nov. 2 at 2pm and burial was made at the Friendship cemetery. The music was furnished by Mrs. Lora Smith, Miss Amos Landreth, Mr.R.D. Pickering and Mr. Mica Moon, accompanied by Mrs. Moon. The following acted as pallbearers: William Walker, Lester Haynes, Grover Campbell, Frank Hamilton, Jim Payne, and C.K. Watts. The services were in charge of the Gatewood undertaking company of Oswego, Kansas, with Rev. ROSS M. Wood, pastor of the Oswego Baptist church, officiating. From the Cherokee County Modern Light, Thursday, Mar. 28th, 1935: LEONARD Obituary Frank LEONARD, a life long resident of the Friendship community, northeast of Oswego, died in a hospital at Parsons Sunday morning, March 17, 1935, at 2 o?clock. He was taken to the hospital on the previous Tuesday from his home three and one half miles northwest of Hallowell, to undergo an operation. Mr. LEONARD was born in Cherokee County, Feb. 14, 1882, and at the time of his death was aged 53 years, 1 month, and 3 days. December 11, 1911, he was married to Lillian Pickering, who survives. He leaves his mother, Mrs. Margaret Keasling and two brothers, Ed and Lincoln LEONARD, all of Friendship neighborhood. Funeral services were held in the Friends church in the neighborhood where he spent his entire life, conducted by Rev. Elmer Ditch, and interment in the Friendship cemetery. From the Columbus (Kansas) Daily Advocate, Wednesday, June 9th, 1965: Ed LEONARD Dies at Hillcrest Home Edmond (Ed) LEONARD, 80, a farmer in Cherokee County all of his life, died at 5 o?clock this morning in the Hillcrest rest home where he had made his home since Feb 15. he had been in failing health for two years. The son of William H. and Margaret S. Keasling LEONARD, he was born Aug. 2, 1884, at Hallowell and lived on a farm five miles northwest of Hallowell until moving to a farm on Columbus route two in 1951. He resided with a brother, Lincoln LEONARD. Mr. LEONARD was a member of the Friendship Friends church. Survivors include one brother, Lincoln LEONARD, and several cousins. Funeral services will be held at 2 o?clock Friday afternoon in the Ruhland-Murdock chapel. The Rev. Vernon Cloninger will officiate. Burial will be in Friendship cemetery under the direction of the Ruhland-Murdock funeral home. The family will meet friends at the funeral home between 7 and 8 o?clock tomorrow night. From the Columbus (Kansas) Daily Advocate, Wednesday, Dec. 31st, 1975: A.L. LEONARD Rites Friday Funeral services for Abraham Lincoln LEONARD, age 88, will be held at 2 pm Friday in the Murdock Funeral Home. The Rev. Walter Duncan will officiate. Burial will be in Park Cemetery. Mr. LEONARD died early yesterday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Thompson on Columbus route two where he hade resided the past two years and four months. Born on a farm in the Hallowell community June 13, 1887, he was the son of William and Margaret (Keasling) LEONARD. He had farmed all of his life in that area and also on Columbus route two, west of Crestline, where he had lived since 1951. He married May Christine Houser on Oct. 10, 1951, in Wichita. She preceded him in death Jan. 4th, 1956. A brother, Ed T. LEONARD, also preceded him in death June 9th, 1965. Mr. LEONARD was a member of the First Christian Church of Crestline. Survivors are two cousins, George Keasling, Elgin, Okla. And Mrs. W.C. (Mabel) Tuttle, Oswego. Sources for William Henry LEONARD US Census Reports of 1840-1930: Washington County, PA; Delaware and Marion Counties, OH; Cherokee and Labette Counties, KS. Available through LDS Family History Centers, National Archives and Records Administration, most libraries, and online at Ancestry.com. Kansas State Census Reports of 1875, 1885, and 1895. LEONARD Family History, Nine Generations Descending from Solomon LEONARD and Sarah Chandler LEONARD, Granddaughter of James Chilton, Mayflower Pilgrim, G. Allan Vaughan, 1994-2005. Extensive documentation on the Eighth Generation from Solomon, among others. A work still in progress. Cherokee County Modern Light, Thurs. Jan. 15th, 1931, ?Obituary ? W. H. LEONARD, Resided in County for Sixty-Four Years?, page 1. Cherokee County Modern Light, Thurs. Nov. 10th, 1938, ?Mrs. W.H. LEONARD, 86, Dies, Resident of Cherokee County 61 Years, Passes Away?, page 1. Cherokee County Modern Light, Thurs. Mar. 28th, 1935, ?LEONARD Obituary.? Obituary of Frank (son William Franklin) LEONARD. Columbus (Kansas) Daily Advocate, Wed. June 9th, 1965, ?Ed LEONARD Dies at Hillcrest Home?, page 1. Columbus (Kansas) Daily Advocate, Wed. Dec. 31, 1975, ?A.L. LEONARD Rites Friday?, page 1. Many thanks to Marilyn Schmitt, of The Cherokee County Genealogical-Historical Society, for help with the research. Some Ancestors and Descendants of Avery LEONARD of Seneca County, Ohio, Harry S. Blaine, Press of Gordon A Blaine, 1933. Page 18 contains a list of William LEONARD and Mary Van Ort?s children, their birth dates, spouses, and wedding dates. Copies available through the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Ind., among others. Annals of the LEONARD-Hutchinson Families, Jennie LEONARD Hutchinson, 1949. Page 44 contains a list of William LEONARD and Mary Van Ort?s children, birth, marriage, and death dates where available. Jennie was a daughter of Edmund LEONARD, William and Mary?s oldest child. She was also the children?s librarian at the Uniontown (Fayette Co., PA.) Free Public Library founded by her brother McClellan LEONARD. Jennie exchanged information with Harry S. Blaine and was duly credited for such in his work. Copies of Annals available through the Uniontown Public Library, Uniontown, PA., among others. Jennie LEONARD Hutchinson Special Collection ? Notes of Wilbur LEONARD Jennie left a collection of letters, photographs, and assorted items to the Uniontown Public Library. Other family members have added notes, transcriptions, and information in the years since her death in 1953. Wilbur LEONARD, a grandson of Edmund, included a transcribed letter from Arthur LEONARD, a grandson of William and Mary, which detailed Daniel LEONARD?s descendants. The handwriting in that transcription matches another note detailing the descendants of William Henry LEONARD, Joseph LEONARD, Mary Jane LEONARD, and James Herron LEONARD. Probate Records of William LEONARD of Marion County, Ohio, 1881. The History of Marion County, Ohio, and It?s Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by J. Wilbur Jacoby, A.M., Marion, Ohio, 1907, James Herron LEONARD biographical sketch, p. 483 | William Henry LEONARD
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| 175 | Anna Harless, descendant in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has considerable background material on William W. Leonard and his wife, including Rev. William's pulpit Bible, will, and assorted notes. According to her notes, William was quite likely the founder of a Disciples Church and a stationmaster on the Undergournd Railroad prior to moving to Michigan. " There was a long time ago another Disciples church founded at Coe, in Coe township, at what was known as the LEONARD settlement. The earlier settlers of LEONARDs, Fordyces, Woods and other were largely Disciples, coming from Pennsylvania and Virginia. This organization built a church building about ten years ago, a neat and commodious edifice sufficiently large for their accommodation. The Rev. Wingate is their present minister." According to From Local History of Greene County and Southwestern Pennsylvania, by Andrew J. Waychoff: page 85 William was an Underground Railroad Station Master and used the cellar of his farmhouse to shelter fugitive slaves. More About WILLIAM W. (REV) LEONARD: Burial: Space 4, Pleasant Ridge Coe Cemetery Coe Twp., Isabella Co. MI Cause of death (Facts Pg): Paralysis Census: 1870, Coe Twp. Isabella Co. MI Marriage Performed By: March 21, 1833, Rev. Nickolas Hager, Greene Co. PA; Witnessed by Solomon & Cephas Guthrie Occupation: Minister, Disciple affiliation & Farmer Notes for WILLIAM W. (REV) LEONARD: William moved to Michigan in 1870. As of August 14, 2002 the State of Michigan amended William's death record to include his parent?s name. On a visit to the cemetery on September 02, 2002; Headstones of William, Sarah (Guthrie) LEONARD shows no deterioration, however stones cannot be read by the naked eye. | William W. LEONARD
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| 176 | The History of Delaware Co. and Ohio, (66 Dearborn St., Chicago, 1880), p. 812, MRS. PHEBE LONGWELL, retired; P. O Kilbourne ; born in Washington Co., Penn. March 3, 1812 ; daughter of Zenas and Nancy LEONARD both of Pennsylvania ; she migrated to Marion Co., this State, with her parents, at the age of 11. Some Ancestors and Descendants of Avery LEONARD of Seneca County , Ohio, p. 18, Harry S. Blaine, 1933: "Zenas born 7/10/1782; mar. Nancy (went to Ohio)" To: allenp19@idt.net Here attached is the .ged for the descendants of Ebenezer and Sarah LEONARD Burt. Ebenezer Burt came to Marion County between 1822 and 1830 and settled in Canaan Township on land bought by his father-in-law Lot LEONARD from the GLO. Ebenezer was Justice of the Peace for Canaan Township in 1833. His sister-in-law Nancy LEONARD and her husband Zenas LEONARD (second cousins) owned the adjoining land. Zenas was the first road surveyor of Marion; their daughter Phebe made the first marriage in Marion County; their sons Abijah, Joseph, and Isaac remained closely tied to the Burt family. I welcome any inquiries. Jane Peppler jpeppler@acpub.duke.edu Also from Jane Peppler: General Notes: In December 1822 Caleb and Nancy his wife of Somerset sell to Zenas lands in Washington Cty PA adjoining Isaac and Joseph Leonard and Ebenezer Burt. I'm guessing that perhaps Nancy Leonard b. 1786 living next door to Joseph in 1850 is the wife of Zenas (now a widow) Zenas was one of the first Morrow settlers, and cut the first road through the county I'm guessing that perhaps Nancy Leonard b. 1786 living next door to Joseph in 1850 is the wife of Zenas (now a widow) It is possible that he wrote a book, "Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard," D. W. Moore, Learfield PA, 1839, possibly available from Webster Library Zenas married ²Nancy Leonard³, daughter of ²Lot Leonard³ and ²Elizabeth HOGE³. Nancy was born in 1786 and died after 19 Aug 1825 in Marion County Ohio. | Zenas LEONARD
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| 177 | From "The History of Knox County, Ohio" p 668, http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Knox/KnoxFile8.htm LEONARD, ZIBA, Clay township, retired. He was born August 28, 1798, in Greene county, Pennsylvania, and removed to Clinton township in 1803, arriving November 14th. He came with the Pennsylvania colony, who settled in what is known as then Ten Mile Settlement. The names of his companions will be. found elsewhere in this work. At his advent into Knox county, Mr. Leonard was but a few months past his fifth birthday. He is one of the few now living who came into the county as early as 1803. His mind is strong and active, and his memory is well stored with reminiscences of the almost forgotten past. In 1796 William Leonard, grandfather of Ziba, came out from Pennsylvania, and bought a large tract of land south of Mt. Vernon. The farm of Hon. Columbus Delano lies in the northeast comer of the tract. Mr. William Leonard afterwards gave the land to his children. ' Mr. Leonard's father was a frequent sufferer on account of the depredations committed on his flock of sheep by wild animals; sometimes the wolves would come under the house and help themselves to the best of the flock. For about two years all the meat used in the Leonard family was procured in the forest; but as game was so abundant, it was no trouble to obtain a sufficiency for the family larder. One of Mr. Leonard's brothers shot three deer without moving out of his tracks. The nearest mill was at Zanesville, and until a hand-mill was procured, all the corn necessary for the family use had to be taken there to be ground. The first wedding in Knox county was that of Mr. Leonard's sisters, in the winter of 1804 - Amariah Watson and Sarah Leonard, and Daniel Dimmock and Rachel Leonard. The parties were united at the same time. A justice of the peace from Lancaster, Fairfield county, performed the ceremony, there being no justice or minister nearer than that place. The first death of any white person in Knox county occurred the next day after the arrival of the Leonard family, November 15, 1803, being a little daughter of Mr. Ziba Leonard's sister, Nancy Baxter, aged about eighteen months. The second death occurred in the spring of 1805, being that of Mr. William Leonard, grandfather of Ziba, and called the patriarch of the colony. For several years after the settlement of the Leonard family in Knox county, on each returning winter, a tribe of Delaware Indians camped on Mr. Leonard's farm. For some months there was no preaching in the neighborhood; but on each Sabbath day and Thursday nights, prayer meetings were held at his father's house. The first sermon ever delivered in Knox county was preached at the house of his father by the Rev. James Scott, a Presbyterian minister, about the year 1804. Mr. Ziba Leonard was married in 1819 to Mrs. Jane Beam. Five children were born to them, viz; Eleazer, Amos, Benoni, Malvina, and Martha-all alive except Benoni and Martha. Mr. Leonard served several years as captain of the militia, and was also justice of the peace, constable, and township clerk of Morgan township several years. He moved into Clay township in 1831. 'Mr. Leonard has been a farmer and carpenter, working some forty years at the latter trade, having built nearly all the dwelling houses and other buildings in the village of Martinsburgh. Mr. Leonard was originally a Jackson Democrat, afterwards Whig, then Abolitionist, and then a Republican, having acted with the latter party ever since its organization, until the past two years, when he has acted with the Prohibition party. Although Mr. Leonard drank of the first whiskey ever distilled in Knox county, he is an ardent temperance man, and firmly believes that no one that drinks whiskey, or chews tobacco will ever be admitted to heaven. He has been a member of the Presbyterian church in Martinsburgh over fifty years, and is a firm believer in "the Westminster confession of faith." He has been sexton of the Presbyterian church many years; has attended over five hundred funerals in Martinsburgh, and has been noted for his acts of charity to the sick and afflicted. Mr. Leonard has often seen the eccentric Johnny Appleseed, and on being shown a picture of him, given in this history, recognized it immediately as being a very accurate likeness. Mr. Leonard had some very bitter experience in connection with the failure of the celebrated Owl Creek bank, of Mt. Vernon. His father, who died in 1814, had willed him one hundred acres of valuable land lying north of the village of Lexington, Richland county. This land was lost to him by the failure the bank. He has also lost several thousand dollars by doing 718 - HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY. security for persons; yet, notwithstanding his much ill-luck, financially, he still has a competency. Mr. Leonard remembers the first tree cut on the site of Mt. Vernon, and is well-informed relative to its first settlement. The first court was held in a small log cabin which stood exactly ,on the site of the soldiers' monument. He remembers well the Butlers, Walkers, Pattersons, Clicks, Wallaces, Pyles, Millers, et al., of the first settlers of-the village. Mr. Leonard taught the first school in Clay township, then called Morgan. The first school taught in Knox county was taught by his cousin, Silas Brown, in Clinton township. For a few years Mr. Leonard was acquainted with every individual in Knox county. | Ziba LEONARD
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| 178 | From Annie Harless' "Descendants of William Leoanrd": 2. ZIBA11 LEONARD (WILLIAM10, BENJAMIN9, ISAAC8, SOLOMON (JOHN SOLOMON)7, SAMUEL6, SAMUEL (LENNARD)5, JOHN (LENNARD)4, JOHN3 LENNARD, JOHN (ESQ.)2, GEORGE LEONARD/1) was born January 01, 1756 in Greene Co. PA, and died 1814 in Knox Co. OH. He married MARTHA (LNU). She was born Abt. 1760. More about ZIBA LEONARD: Burial: Owl Creek Cemetery, Knox Co. OH Tax List: 1786, Morgan Twp. Washington Co. PA | Ziba LEONARD
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| 179 | Marion County Marriage record: LEONARD, Zoa Ethel Keyes, William James 9/25/1873 LaRue LaRue Housework LEONARD, James H. Wilson, Martha 5/2/1900 by Rev. Louis E. Durr | Zoa Ethel LEONARD
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| 180 | One might assume, given that Nannies and the twins died the same year, that she died in childbirth. | Nannie A. LEWIS
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| 181 | M216 McFarland, Minnie Sophia Livingston, b 21 Aug 1872 Fulton co, Il; d 20 Dec 1960 Knoxville, Ia; wed 07 Sep 1892 John William McFarland; i Grav. B 05 Jan 1961 | Minnie Sophia LIVINGSTON
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| 182 | All notes courtesy of Paul Clay, Longwell descendant: Longwell birth records came from an old book called the Confession of Faith, The larger and shorter Catechisms, Printed in Glasgow M, DDC,LXVIII. (1758) which was in the hands of Norton T. Longwell and now in the hands of Martha Mitchell Lake Havasu, AZ. DAR Patriot Index states he married Nellie Slack. James was a private in the First Battalion 2nd Co. in Pa. He was a Revolutionary War Vet. Ellen Longwell was possibly the daughter of Jacob or Ralph Slack Sr. who lived and died in Northumberland Co. Pa. After James and Ellens marriage it is possible that they moved to Maryland after the birth of their first son Ralph S. Longwell in 1792. They then moved to Kentucky in Mason Co. until moving to Delaware County, Ohio in 1806. They resided in Berlin twps. in Delaware County at the time of the death of James. The fact James is not mentioned in the 1820 Census is reason enough to believe his death came prior to the taking of that census. Robert Longwell is mentioned as the head of household, since Ralph was already married to Elizabeth Thurston and moved probably into the Salt Reservation area of Brown twps. There is also a record in the WPA Cemetery registration book for Delaware County which states that James Longwell ( Revolutionary War Vet) is buried at Berkshire Cemetery although no stone was found. The 1816 Tax duplicates also state that Longwell & Slack paid taxes. This could be a business with James brother in law Ralph Slack or Henry Slack. Also James Longwell's sons , Ralph and Robert were in the War of 1812. James is also listed as serving since his son James would not have been old enough. Ralph was in several units one being Captain Henry Slack's Company. After James death in 1820 Ellen, and her younger children moved with Ralph and his family to what was then Marion County in Morven twps., which is now Cardington twps. in Morrow County, Ohio. The family later, in 1833 moved back to Brown twps. where Ellen died in 1854. TAX: 1808 Delaware County, Ohio Proprietors, Original in Co. Auditors Office, copied at Del. Co. Historical Society 6/25/92 Longwell, James 1 stud horse, 3 Rates, 2 Corses ???, 3 Wert Cattle amount of tax cents 90 Name: James Longwell Location: Nr Berkshire Twp OH 18 Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.3, p. Serial: 7601; Volume: 6 | James LONGWELL
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| 183 | All notes courtesy of Paul Clay, Longwell descendant: Joseph Leonards Bible: Nancy Leonard departs this Life October 9 1848 Age 42 y 4months 12 days Joseph Leonard was born in 1805 in Pennsylvania 23 and died in 1867 in Brown Tp, Delaware County, Ohio, at age 62. Joseph married ÃJane C. [Leonard] 23.(b. 1810) Joseph next married ÃNancy Longwell (b. Abt 1807, d. Bef 1850) on 6 Jan 1825 in Marion, Ohio Notes:NANCY SLACK LONGWELL43, b. May 31, 1806, Ohio44; d. October 09, 1848, Eden, Brown twp., Delaware Co., Ohio44; m. JOSEPH LEONARD45, January 06, 1825, Marion Co., Ohio46; b. March 30, 1805, PA.46; d. August 24, 1867, Brown twp., Delaware Co., Ohio46. Notes for NANCY SLACK LONGWELL: Information: From Pat Wharton: From Marion County Ohio First Marriages pg. 253 (on the same page with Isaac Longwell and Sarah Winslow m. Dec. 28 1824 Isaac is the son of Stephen Longwell and Jane Selleck) 1824-December 29 - Joseph Leonard and Nancy Longwell __________ IGI Record: Nancy Longwell, Sex:?Female, Born:?31 May 1806, Maysville, Mason, Kentucky, Father:?James Longwell, Mother:?Nellie Slack, Film Number:1985341. __________ IGI Record: Nancy Longwell, Sex:?Female, Spouse:?Joseph Leonard, Marriage:?1825 Maysville, Mason, Kentucky, Film Number:1985395. __________ IGI Record: Nancy Longwell, Spouse:?Joseph Leonard, Marriage:?6 Jan 1824 Marion, Ohio, Batch number:?M513411. __________ x More About NANCY SLACK LONGWELL: Fact 12: Old Eden Cem., Brown twp., Delaware Co., Ohio46 Notes for JOSEPH LEONARD: Information: Family Group Record: Joseph Leonard (AFN:BDBF-F7),Born:?1810, OH, Wife's Name: Nancy Longwell (AFN:BDBF-GD), Born:?1814, OH. Children: 1.? George Washington Leonard (AFN:1N1F-6B), Born:?1836, OH, Died:?1905, Wray, CO. __________ x | Nancy LONGWELL
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| 184 | Adams County Free Press 24 Sept. 1919 DIED. B.-T. Lynanm passed -from this life Saturday, -September 20, 1919, after an illness of some time. Funeral services were held at the home Tuesday, September 23d, at 11 o'clock a. m., conducted by Rev. 'Richmond 'A. Smith, pastor of the Baptist church. The body was laid to rest in 'Quincy cemetery. A large concourse of relatives and friends followed the body to its last resting place. Bernard Thomas Lynam was born in Brown county, Wisconsin, December 16, 1863, and Departed this life September 20, 1919, aged '65 years, 9 months and 4 days._ _ When one year of age he moved with his parents to Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, where the family made their home until the fall of 1878, when they moved to Adams County, where he has since resided. On February 13, 1888, the subject of this sketch was married to Nancy Gravett, who preceded him in death September 16, 1914.To this union were born four children, Agnes, William, George, and Ralph, who survive their parents. Aside from the children Mr. Lynam is survived by three grandchildren; three brothers, James, John, and Joseph, all of Adams County; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Snyder of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Charles Snyder of Fletcher, Okla. All of the above were present at the funeral with the exception of the sister at Columbus, Ohio. For several years past, Mr. Lynam has suffered from an incurable disease, but his remarkable endurance and patience have been a marvel to ail his friends. He was so anxious to live juntil his son returned from war, and has seemed to enjoy his life since. Everything that medical skill could do was done for him and not unti, after consuiting a specialist last week: in Chicago was his life despaired of. Since coming home he expressed his readiness to die and said he felt prepared. Mr. Lynam had a large circle of friends who re- gret his passing from this life and he will be greatly missed by his associates. | Bernard Thomas LYNAM
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| 185 | Adams County Free Press 2 July 1919, p 5: From France?Ralph Lynam, son of Barney Lynam, arrived last Saturday from overseas. Ralph was one of the soldiers in (the service across.the waters. ? He received his discharge on j -the application of his. father, whose health has been such that he is not^able to look after -the farm. We are glad Ralph is back. He was a member of the hospital unit at base hospital 107. | Ralph V. LYNAM
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| 186 | Adams COunty Free Press 28 Feb 1912, p.2 DIED Mrs. Catherine Lynam died at het home in this city last Saturday morn ing, February 24th, aged about 89 years. The funeral services were held Tuesday, February 27, 1912, at 11 o'clock, from the St. Patrick's Catholic church in this city, Rev. Father Dollard officiating, and. the remains laid to rest beside those of her husbanci in Calvary cemetery. Mrs. Lynam's . maiden name was Catherine McDonnough. She was born in county Antrim, Ireland, in 1832, and came to America in May, 1852. After arriving here she made her home in Ripon, Wisconsin, where she was married to William Lynam, April 19, 1856. She and her husband remained in Ripon for about seven years after their marriage, and then removed to Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, where they resided until 1878, when they came to Adams county, since which time they were our neighbors until the times of their deaths. On arriving here Mr. and Mrs. Lynam settled on a farm a milfe and a half north of Brooks, still known as the Lynam farm. They lived there for about 14 years and then moved to to the Mercer township farm, where for 19 years they assisted in building up this community. Mr. Lynam died 14 years ago on the 29th, of March. To Mr. and Mrs. Lynam eleven children were born, five of whom died in nfancy. The remaining six were all n-esent at the funeral of the mother except the daughter who lives in Ohio. They are; Mrs. Jacob Snyder, Somerset, Ohio; James H., Joe, Barney and ohn, o£ Adams county; Mrs. Charles Snyder, of Fletcher, Okla. Grandma Lynam was a good woman, and she vill be greatly missed. Like most mothers, she was satisfied with a rumble place in life, devoting her time and energies to the rearing of a famly that should be an honor and a credit to her, in which she was eminently successful. The weight of 80 ears had left its trace on her constiution, and that combined with heart rouble brought about her demise. rust a year ago Mrs. Lynam and her ion, John, moved to Corning to retire rom the more arduous duties of the arm. Corning people extend sympathy to the sorrowing relatives in heir hour of affliction. | Catherine MCDONNOUGH
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| 187 | Obituary, Adams County Free Press: Lona LEONARD of Clarinda, daughter of J.W. and Minnie McFarland, was born in Page County, Iowa, June 18, 1902. She departed this life March 28th, 1975 at the Clarinda Municipal Hospital. She married Daniel J. LEONARD August 25th, 1920, at the Methodist parsonage in Corning, Iowa. They established their home in the Fairview community where they resided for almost 50 years. She was a member of the Fairview Church of Christ. Mrs. LEONARD was receded in death by her husband Daniel J. LEONARD; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. McFARLAND; one sister, Mrs. Vera Reed; a son-in-law, Darrell Powell and two grandchildren Gary and nancy Powell. She is survived by her devoted children: a daughter, Arlene Powell; son Junior and his wife Phyllis; son Arnold and his wife Lorane; grandchildren Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hogan, Mr. and Mrs. Rick LEONARD, Jim and Kirk LEONARD; and great-grandchild Gwen Hogan; sisters Mrs. Bill Brookman and Mrs. Tom Scott and their husbands; another sister, Mrs. Nerine Green; and a brother Claude McFarland and his wife; and many nieces, nephews, and a host of friends. Funeral services were held at the Roland Funeral Home in Corning, March 31st, at 1:30pm with Rev. John Clark officiating. Internment was at Prairie Rose Cemetery. Mrs. Donna Peckham furnished the music. Pallbearers were Don Hefflefinger, Don Hutchinson, Russell Lundquist, Gerald Straight, Harold LEONARD and Tom Mataya. Honorary bearers were Jay Lovitt, Judson Beemer, Homer O'Connell, Burl Hutchison, Bill Ryan, Chester Reichardt, and Bob Coulter. | Lona MCFARLAND
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| 188 | Nannie Luker's 1923 letter says that he and 3 brothers, Daniel, Mark, and John, moved to Pigeon Creek in 1781. | David MITCHELL
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| 189 | Nannie Luker's 1923 letter says that he was taken care of by a Mrs. Bentley after his mother died when he was 2 years old. According to Boyd Crumrine's History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, he was named a Justice of the Peace in Fallowfield Township on April 12, 1847 and again on April 9, 1881. He was named a Justice of the Peace in Somerset Twonship on June 3, 1865 and again on March 27, 1876.Nannie Luker's 1923 letter says that he was taken care of by a Mrs. Bentley after his mother died when he was 2 years old. William R. "Bill" Mitchell notes that David was called "Squire" as a result of his court appointments. Also says "Little David Mitchell" was raised by Mrs. Hannah K. Bentley, wife of Sheshbazzar Bentley of Bentleysville, PA.. Says his mother Hannah Burt Mitchell died wihtin one hour of her sister Mary Burt Mitchell, wife of John Jack Mitchell. Both died of Tuphoid fevever, Dec 31, 1823. | David MITCHELL
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| 190 | According to William R. "Bill" Mitchell Sr., John Mitchell-Hipple changed his name to John Hipple-Mitchell and became a US Senator from the state of Oregon in the 1890s. From WikiPedia: John Hipple Mitchell, also known as John Mitchell Hipple, John H. Mitchell, or J. H. Mitchell (June 22, 1835 ? December 8, 1905) was a controversial American lawyer and politician, who served as a Republican United States Senator from Oregon on three occasions between 1872 and 1905. He also served as State Senate President, did the initial legal work involved in the dispute that lead to the landmark Supreme Court case of Pennoyer v. Neff, and later was involved with the Oregon Land Fraud Scandal, for which he was indicted and convicted, while a sitting U.S. Senator, one of only eleven sitting U.S. Senators ever indicted, and after Sen Ted Stevens (R-AK), one of only five ever convicted[1]. Early life He was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania with the name John Mitchell Hipple. He moved with his parents to Butler County, Pennsylvania at the age of 2. He attended public schools during much of his childhood, but also attended some private schools including the Witherspoon Institute. As a young man he was a schoolteacher. He seduced a 15-year-old female student, and, due to the resulting scandal, was forced to marry her. Legal career In 1857, Mitchell stopped teaching and decided to become a lawyer. He built a successful law practice in Pennsylvania. However, in 1860, he decided to leave his community and family, and moved to California with a local schoolteacher with whom he was having an affair. After arriving in California, he abandoned her and moved to Portland, Oregon. It was then that he decided to change his name to John Hipple Mitchell, using his middle name as his last name, and attempted to start a completely new life in Oregon. Almost immediately, he started to become a successful lawyer and build political connections. Mitchell was not an intellectual man, but he was very ambitious and knew how to develop business and political friendships with important people. In 1867, he was hired as a professor at Willamette University School of Medicine to teach medical jurisprudence. Mitchell remained as professor for almost four years.[2] During his law practice in Oregon, Mitchell did some legal work for a client named Marcus Neff. Mitchell's dispute with Neff regarding some unpaid legal bills gave rise to the circumstances that lead to the U.S. Supreme Court case of Pennoyer v. Neff. Political career Two years after arriving in Oregon, in 1862, he was elected to the Oregon State Senate.[3] In 1864 he became President of the state senate and served in that position until 1866.[4] Because United States Senators were elected by the state legislatures during his lifetime, and that was the only office that Mitchell was to seek, this early position in the state senate was the only popularly elected office that he would ever run for or win. Mitchell was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate from Oregon in 1866, losing to Henry W. Corbett. He tried again in 1872 and this time won, taking office in 1873. By this time, he had married again, but had not divorced the woman he had married in Pennsylvania. His opponents tried to block him from becoming a senator by asking a senate committee to expel him for what he had done in the past, charging him with bigamy, desertion and living under an assumed name. Though these charges were certainly true, the Senate Committee decided they were not relevant. Mitchell served in the Senate from 1873 to 1879, and was defeated for reelection. He ran for reelection to the Senate in 1882 but lost. In 1885, however, he was elected again to the Senate, and reelected in 1890. He was defeated for reelection in 1896, but elected again for a final time in 1900. While not in the Senate, Mitchell practiced law. His last term in the Senate began in 1901 and was to last until 1907, but Mitchell died before it expired. In 1905, Mitchell was indicted in the Oregon Land Fraud Scandal, involving his use of political influence in the federal government to help clients with their land claims. While he was convicted[5], he was never sentenced. An appeal of the conviction was under way and the Senate was beginning proceedings to expel him when Mitchell died of an illness in Portland, Oregon. He was buried at River View Cemetery in Portland.[6] Mitchell was devoted to business interests and was against the populists and their political reforms. In the Senate, he was interested in transportation issues. He was chairman of the committee on railroads from 1877 to 1879 and from 1889 to 1893, and chairman of several committees related to coastlines and the ocean during his terms in the Senate. He was also chairman of the committee on claims from 1891 to 1893 and chairman of the committee of elections and privileges from 1895 to 1897. The town of Mitchell, Oregon was named after him. His daughter, Marie Elisabeth Mitchell, married François XVI Alfred Gaston, 5th Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Duc de Liancourt, Prince de Marcillac, Duc d'Anville, in 1892.[7] References 1. ^ United States Senate History, Expulsion and Censure 2. ^ Lanman, Charles. 1876. Biographical annals of the civil government of the United States, during its first century. From original and official sources. Washington: J. Anglim. p. 206. 3. ^ Oregon Legislative Assembly (2nd) 1862 Regular Session 4. ^ Oregon Legislative Assembly (3rd) 1864 Regular Session 5. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, MITCHELL, John Hipple, (1835 - 1905) 6. ^ Political Graveyard: River View Cemetery 7. ^ http://mrsastor.com/2008/10/mattie-elizabeth-mitchell-born-in.html | John MITCHELL-HIPPLE
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| 191 | 1930 US Census, Buchanan County, St. Joseph, MO Frank C. PALMER, born Arkansas, abt. 1901, age 29, father born AR, mother b. S. C. wife, Grace (LEONARD) PALMER, age 29, born Iowa, father born IA, mother b. IA Living in the household: Naomi, daughter, b. MO age 2yr Wilma J. daughter, b. Mo age 1/12 Mrs. Sarah M. LEONARD, mother-in--law, age 53yr Hattie M. , sister-in-law, age 21 Helen A., sister--in-law, age 17 1920 Buchanan County, St. Joseph, MO census Frank is a lodger, age 19 yrs 1910 Siloam Spring Ward 4, Benton County AR Census James M. PALMER, hoh, b. AR Josephine M. wife, Frank C. age 8 | Frank C. PALMER
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| 192 | J.A. PATTERSON, M.D., was born in East Finley township, Washington Co., Penn., April 7, 1844. His paternal grandfather, a native of Ireland, when a young man emigrated to America, where he married. In the war of 1812 he enlisted in the American army, and was never more heard of, and his wife in the meantime died, having given birth to a son, who was named Harrison. Harrison Patterson, father of the Doctor, was born in East Finley township, and was reared to the trade of stone mason, which he followed twenty years, but later took up farm life in his native township, where he is yet living at the age of eighty-one years. He married Grizzella, daughter of Daniel and Catherine ROSS, natives of Scotland, who emigrated to the United States and became residents of Donegal township, Washington Co., Penn. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Patterson settled on a farm where she died on Christmas day, 1884, at the age of sixty-six years. The children born to them were as follows: William R., a butcher in Claysville; John A., subject: Mary A.; J.A.R., who died in infancy; Francis P., residing in East Finley township; one deceased in infancy; Henrietta, residing in East Finley township; Catherine G., a teacher in a mission school in Indian Territory; Josephine, who died at the age of two years; David W. and Harrison Newton, farmers in East Finley township. The father is still on the old place, where he has lived for the past fifty-six years. For fifteen years he was a captain in the old militia, and is commonly called by the title of "Captain." John A. Patterson received his education in the common schools and in the Millsburg Normal School. For six years he was a professional school teacher, in the meantime preparing himself for the medical profession. He read medicine with Dr. J.W. Kelley, of Claysville, and attended Jefferson Medical College during the winter of 1869-70; then practiced the profession four years at Zollarsville, after which he attended Ohio Medical College, graduating therefrom in the class of 1875; he is also a graduate in dental surgery. Returning to Zollarsville, he remained there until 1887, when he moved to Washington, where he has since enjoyed a highly satisfactory general practice in medicine. On October 18, 1875, Dr. Patterson was united in marriage with Miss Belle, daughter of Isaac LEONARD, of West Bethlehem township, and they have one son, Guy E., born July 19, 1876. Politically the Doctor is a Democrat, and for twelve years he was school director in West Bethlehem township. He is a member of the Improved Order of Heptasophs and of the Equitable Aid Union. He is now a member of the borough council. Text taken from page 154 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Jack McNatt of Valrico, FL as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/. | John A. PATTERSON
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| 193 | History of Taylor County, Iowa: from the earliest historic times to 1910 by Frank E. Crosson. Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 (biographicals transcribed by Linda Kestner: lfkestner3@msn.com) Page 617 ELISHA SMITH LEONARD (Married Myrta Powers) Elisha Smith LEONARD, a farmer of Holt township, was born on this father's place in this township, July 14, 1873, the son of Daniel and Jane (Heath) LEONARD, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. Until he was nineteen years of age he remained at home and then attended the high school at Corning. Later he spent two years at the Western Normal College in Shenandoah, Iowa, from which he was graduated, and then taught for two years in the schools of his home district. He next entered Gem City Business College in Quincy, Illinois, from which he was graduated, and subsequently taught for two years in a business college (page 618) in Kansas City, Missouri. The next two years were spent in the employ of Swift & Company at different places after which he returned home and identified himself with his father and brothers, who were pioneer importers and breeders of Shropshire sheep. On the northeast quarter of section 15, given him by his father, he follows general farming and has so far met with gratifying success. On the 26th of September, 1906, Mr. LEONARD was united in marriage to Miss Myrta Powers, who was born in Taylor county and received her education at the Des Moines high school and at that of Lennox, South Dakota, graduating from the latter. She also received excellent training in music, having studied in Chicago, and afterward taught the art in Villisca and Corning, Iowa. She is a devout member of the Presbyterian church and is active in its work. Mr. LEONARD has wide fraternal relations, for he belongs to the Masonic lodge at Gravity, Iowa; was initiated into the Knights of Pythias while he was a resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. With his wife he belongs to the order of the Eastern Star at Corning, Iowa, finding much enjoyment and relaxation from his cares in the social gatherings of that body. Industrious and a good manager, he is rapidly rising to a position of importance in the agricultural community of Holt township. ----------------------------- US CENSUS of 1900 shows Myrta Powers, 21, single, living in a Chicago boarding house and making her living as a stenographer. Also listed is a Will Powers, 34, divorced, pressman. The two apparently have different mothers, however, as Myrta lists her mother born in New York, Will's born in Iowa. Both were born in Iowa, as was/were their father(s). | Myrta POWERS
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| 194 | "Abner LEONARD ROSS was the stagecoach king of the Ohio and Miami valleys and in the late 1840's had coach lines running between Cincinnati and Indianapolis, Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus and Eastern points. He also owned and operated huncreds of miles of mail lines and was quite a hotel man in his own right-his first hotel, the big ROSS House in Lebanon (OH), across Broadway from the Bradley House where the Dickens' failed to get a drink. The ROSS house burned in 1878." | Abner Leonard ROSS, Sr.
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| 195 | WARREN COUNTY OH, Research 4/2002 by Sharon LEONARD I have some confusion on the marriage record found for Robert Rees and Sarah LEONARD, 1810 Warren County. Will index has Robert I. ROSS Death notice DE1/2 p. 137 10 Jul 1837 No marriage record for Benjamin ROSS and Sarah LEONARD; only the history of Warren County which states Benjamin ROSS m. Sarah LEONARD, daughter of Methodist minister, Abner LEONARD. Warren County Marriages 1803-1833 Pg. 35, No. 308 Sarah LEONARD Married Robert REES(?) Note: This Robert I. Rees may be brother to Benjamin--Probate Record, Deerfield Twp, page 105, 106; Robert I. ROSS{Rees) OCP73 #18-DE1/2 P. 147 July 10, 1837 Executors Sarah ROSS and John ROSS, Date signed; June 2, 1837; Heirs: widower Sarah, dau Elizabeth Jane, dau Hannah Ann, son Joseph Clendinan ROSS, son Robert Gains ROSS, dau Jabella? Catharine, Julia Ann Boram lives with family Beers History of Warren County, page 986-"Abner L. ROSS, farmer; P.O. Pisgah, Butler Co. He was born in Turtle Creek Township July 29, 1805; he is a son of Benjamin L. and Sarah (LEONARD)ROSS; he was a native of New York, she being a native of NC (father from NJ and PA) both came to Ohio when single; ...Benjamin ROSS was married, near Mason, in the Spring of 1803 to Sarah, daughter of Abner LEONARD, a pioneer preacher of the Methodist persuasion, he resided in Deerfield Township, removed to Lebanon..removed to Goshen in Clermont Co., Ohio where he lived till his death." Around Mason, OH 1801 page 3: Benjamin L. ROSS came into Deerfield Township after having spent four years in Columbia. He had originally come from New York. Two years later he married Sarah LEONARD, the daughter of a Methodist minister, and the couple had ten children. ROSS was a farmer but later became one of the first mail carriers in Southwest Ohio. "The ROSS Family of New Jersey" compiled by Robert L. ROSS, p.43; Benjamin Lyon ROSS was born 1-17-1777, Elizabeth town, N.J. He died in 1876(?), left no will but there is a settlement of his estate at Batavia, Clermont Co. OH. He is buried in Lebanon Cemetery, Warren County, OH. " E-mail from Bob ROSS, September 1, 2004: romacross@earthlink.net "From Abner LEONARD ROSS, Jr.'s family bible published in 1889. "Benjamin Lyon ROSS married Sarah LEONARD in 1804. Born June 17, 1777. From Andrew ROSS's bible. "Benjamin ROSS (son) born Jan 17, 1777. This bible was destroyed in the 1936 flooding of the Ohio River at Portsmouth, OH. This was made from a copy made by his grandson Samuel Randall ROSS." "I believe the correct year of death for Sarah was 1871. She did not have a tombstone but is listed in her husband's plot in cemetery records." "From the pocket diary for 1866 of my great grandfather, James Whitcomb ROSS that is in my possession but badly aged: G.P. 1777, born Jan. 19 (grandfather Benjamin Lyon ROSS) G.M. 1788, born May 14; married Aug. 17, 1804. Benjamin L. ROSS died 7th day May 1865. 1840 Clermont County Ohio Census 1840 United States Federal Census There is one female, age 60-80 living in the household This could be Mehitable SEWARD LEONARD, divorced wife of Abner LEONARD Name: Benjamin ROSS Township: Goshen County: Clermont State: Ohio 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Sarah ROSS Estimated Birth Year: abt 1788 Age in 1870: 82 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1870: Kenton, Hardin, Ohio Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: View Image Post Office: Kenton Household Members: Name Age William C ROSS 44 John ROSS 16 Joseph C ROSS 13 Robert ROSS 11 Sarah R ROSS 2 Sarah ROSS 82 born PA | Benjamin Lyon ROSS
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| 196 | Mehitable LEONARD ROSS YALE found on the 1880 US Census, Highland County, Salem Twp., living with her daughter, Laura. She is age 64, listed as mother-in-law; her name is spelled "Methabelle". Jacob "Landers" (difficult to read the spelling) age 42 Laura L. wife, age 35 Edward E. age 15, son Kiley S. age 13, son Ruth I. age 7, dau. Methabelle, age 3, dau Albert W. age 1 Baby 1/12 Methabelle L. YALE age 64 Frank Shafer, laboror | Mehetible LEONARD ROSS
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| 197 | 1850 United States Federal Census about Samuel ROSS Name: Samuel ROSS Age: 41 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809 Birth Place: Ohio Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): Goshen, Clermont, Ohio Household Members: Name Age Emma L ROSS 2 George W ROSS 8 Prissilla ROSS 37 Samuel ROSS 41 Thomas ROSS 11 | Samuel ROSS
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| 198 | A Prussian soldier, child born out of wedlock. | Heinrich SCHWARTZ
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| 199 | CARSON< Mary GS 12 May 1905, p. 3 The remains of Mrs. Mary CARSON, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Birkley, in Bloomington, IL., were brought here Friday..The deceased was 87 years of age and a sister of the Late Col. John S. Scobey, Mrs. Elsie LaRue, and Mrs. James A. Cunningham. Besides Mrs. Birkley another daughter, Miss Chlo CARSON, of Indianapolis, survives. She was the widoe of james CARSON and with her husband lived for many years on a farm four miles east of this city... | Mary C. SCOBY
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| 200 | Bracken County, Kentucky Deed Book E Pages 474-6 This Indenture, made the twenty-second day of July in the years of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen between Abner LEONARD and MEHITABLE LEONARD, late MEHITABLE SEWARD DAUGHTER of SAMUEL SEWARD dec'd, George Gregg and Mahala Gregg, late Mahala SEWARD, daughter of Samuel SEWARD dec'd, and James Thompson and Lydia Thompson, late Lydia SEWARD daughter of Samuel SEWARD dec'd, all of the County of Franklin and State of Indiana of the one part and George Houston of Bracken County in the State of Kentucky of the other part; Witnesseth, that the said Abner, Mehitable, George, Mahala, James and Lydia aforesaid for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars lawful money of the United States to them in hand well and truly paid by the said George Houston, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, sold conveyed and confirmed and by these presents do grant, bargain, convey and confirm unto the said Gorge Houston, his heirs and assigns forever three-fourths of all that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Bracken and Commonwealth of Kentucky as is hereinafter described. Beginning on the bank of the Ohio River, etc. (description continues...) containing ninety-two acres of land more or less it being the aforesaid grantors undivided shares of said land and which they inherit as heirs at law of SAMUEL SEWARD with all the estate, right title, interest, claim and demand of the said Abner, Mehitable, Goerge, Mahala, James and Lydia of in and to the said premises hereby bargained and sold and every part thereof together with all and singular the rights, members, privileges and appurtenances to same belonging or in any wise appertaining and the premises and profits thereof. To have and to hold the premises aforesaid hereby bargained and sold or meant or intended so to be with the appurtenances to the only proper use and behoof of the said George Houston, his heirs and assigns forever, and the said Abner, Mehitable, George, Mahala,James, and Lydia for their heirs, executors and administrators to covenant, grant and agree to and with the said George Houston his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns that they are the true and lawful owners of the premises hereby granted, have good rightful power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner and form aforesaid and further that they the said Abner, Mehitable, George, Mahala, James and Lydia their heirs executors and administrators will warrant and forever defend the aforesaid premises with the appurtenances and every part and parcel thereof unto the said George Houston, his heirs and assigns against all persons claiming or to claim by for or under them or any of them or by from or under any person or persons whomsoever. In witness whereof the aforesaid Abner, Mehitable, George, Mahala, James and Lydia have hereunto set their hand and affixed their seals the day and year first above written. Abner seal Sealed and delivered Mehitable LEONARD her mark In presence of us: George Gregg seal LEONARD Saylors Mahala Gregg her mark Tyre Grant James Thompson seal Lydia Thompson her mark | Mehitable SEWARD
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