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| 51 | Notes for JAMES HOWARD HARLESS, courtesy Anna Harless, "descendants of William LEONARD", p95 James received two Honorable Discharges from the U.S. Army. The first on April 05, 1946 given at AGFRD#1 Camp Pickett VA as a Private Co. A 3rd Repl Bn 1st Regiment. To re-enlist. He then received a second Honorable Discharge on 04 April 1947 given at Camp Beale California as a Staff Sergeant 63rd Infantry Regiment, 6th Division Tank Destroyer. He was an Expert Infantry and Combat Infantry and certified as Expert Sharpshooter, Expert Rifle, Expert Carbine, Expert Machine Gun and Expert Bayonet. His military Occupational Specialty was Infantry and Cannon Basic Training and Infantry Cannon Crewman, He served in Kansan, Korea in which he supervised 20 enlisted cannon crewman assigned to maintain a self-propelled 105-mm Howitzer and keep in perfect condition. He directed practice firing, and cleaning. He conducted infantry platoon problems. He was certified and specially qualified for Cannoneer at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. At the time of discharge he was recommended for further military training. He was thanked by a letter from President Harry Truman and the White House (in the possession of this researcher) for his services. James is an avid flyer, with a runway located on his property. James also enjoys walleye fishing on Lake Erie. James is also known as "BEAR" a name he was not given but earned (his children state). Ann Arbor News, May 15, 2007 HARLESS, JAMES HOWARD Of Augusta Township, Ypsilanti, MI Age79 went to be with his Lord on Sunday May 13, 2007, after a long illness. He was born on June 13, 1927 in Lincoln Co. West Virginia the son of Chester Boyd and Emma Susan (Tyler) Harless. He married Dorothy Louisa LEONARD on March 18, 1950 in Bowling Green, Wood Co. Ohio and she survives. He served in the United States Army from 1945-1947, 63rd Infantry Regiment 6th Division, as a tank destroyer stationed in Kansan, Korea and was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant on April 04, 1947. Jim "Bear" was a building contractor by trade owning Yoakum-Harless Builders. He was the Constable, Building Inspector and on the Planning Commission of Augusta Township and the first Washtenaw County Deputy of Pittsfield Township, he was an expert marksman and sharpshooter. He was the pilot of his own private aircraft as well as an avid fisherman. He also enjoyed western square dancing, playing cards, bowling and the restoration of antique vehicles. Besides his wife, he leaves to mourn his death the following children: Anna Marie Harless-Blanton, James Alan (Jenifer) Harless and Jo Anne (Mark) Bacheldor; 8 grandchildren; Lisa, David, Marcus, Amy, Elizabeth, Jacqueline, Michael and Jessica; 10 great grandchildren, his brother, Billy (Nona) Harless of Alma and sister, Annie (Richard) Lumbert of Mt. Pleasant. He is preceded in death by his parents, his beloved daughter Christine Lynne Desfosses, grandchildren; Traci and Christopher, a sister Sybil and a brother Boyd. The family will receive friends at the NIE FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 2400 Carpenter Rd. on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 from 2 - 4 and 6 - 8 p.m. Visitation will continue at the funeral home on Thursday, May 17th from 12:00 Noon until the time of funeral service at 1:00 p.m. His nephew Reverend Darryl Harless officiating. Interment with military honors will take place on the family plots at Alban Cemetery Ypsilanti, MI More about JAMES HOWARD HARLESS: Burial: May 17, 2007, Alban Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co, MI Military service: Bet. 1945 - 1947, Staff Sgt. United States Army Occupation: Licensed Builder, Augusta Twp Building Inspector, Washtenaw Co. Sheriff Deputy | James Howard HARLESS
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| 52 | History of Delaware County, Ohio, 1881, p. 810-11, http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Delaware/delbrownkingston.htm J. SANSOM HARMAN, farmer ; P. O. Delaware. Mr. Harman was born July 8, 1831, in Washington Co., Penn., the eldest of a family of seven children born to Silas and Sarah (Leonard) Harman, both natives of Cumberland Co., Penn. The Harmans are of German descent. the Leonards of English ; the family emigrated to this State in 1839, and located in the southeast part of Brown Township, on Alum Creek, where he lived until 1851, when he moved to Radnor Township, where he stayed until 1864, and finally located in this township, on the farm now owned by Sansom ; he was a farmer and stock-trader. which business he was engaged in at the time of BROWN TOWNSHIP. - 811 his death, which occurred in Pennsylvania, while there with a lot of cattle on the market. Sansom was raised to the occupation of his father. In March, 1858, he married Margaret Davids, born Nov. 27, 1838, in Marion Co.; she is a daughter of William and Magdalene (Jenkins) Davids, and was the youngest of eleven children ; both her parents were natives of Wales, emigrating to this country when they were young; came first to Pennsylvania, afterward to Radnor, where they settled permanently ; he was in the war of 1812, and was at Hull's surrender; was born Dec. 27, 1793, died April 20, 1878; wife born March 9, 1794, died Nov. 26, 1866 ; they emigrated to this country in 1800. After the marriage of Sansom, they resided seven years in Delhi, then spent six years in Marion Co., and in 1871 came to his present place of residence, where he has 173 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of the best grade of hogs, which he raises for the market. He has two children-Nannie B. and William D. He is a member of the Baptist Church, Grange and Masonic Order. | James Sansom HARMON
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| 53 | From "A History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men", edited by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia, L.H. Everts & Co., 1882. pp731-2 In 1814, there was nothing at Tuckertown but the blacksmith's shop and the home of George Wintermute. In that year, a twelve-year-old orphan lad named William Hatfield (born near Plumstock) tramped into Wintermute's shop and asked to be taken as an apprentice. Wintermute rather fancied the lad and not only agreed to take him as an apprentice but soon adopted him as his son. Hatfield worked faithfully with Wintermute until 1926, and upon the latter's removal to Ohio purchased his shop and business at Tuckertown (or Johnson's as it was then called). Hatfield carried on a good business as blacksmith and farmer until 1840, having in 1836 provided the State with all the iron toll-gates erected on the pike within Fayette County. In 1842, Mr. Hatfield bought of Robert Johnson the stone tavern which, as before observed, had been built (by Ransom Dearth) for Johnson in 1817. ....In 1852, Hatfield took charge of the tavern, and kept it open until 1855, when the opening of the railways diverted traffic from the pike, closed the doors of the famous roadside taverns, and hushed the stir and animation that had for years made the old National Road a panorama of busy life. William Hatfield, who had by that time become a man of means and a large landowner, lived at Tuckertown until his death. He served in Redstone township as justice of the pease for the space of ten years, and associate judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions. From "Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Vol 1" John W. Jordan and James Hadden, editors; New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Co.; 1912. p775, within a sketch of Edmund Leoanrd, his son-in-law: He (Edmund) married Sarah, born in 1825 in Redstone township, Fayette County, died in 1891, daughter of William Hatfield, a construction contractor and a descendant of Matthias Hatfield, who came from Scotland, settling at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in 1665. William Hatfield erected the toll gates on the National Pike between Cumberland, Maryland, and Wheeling, West Virginia; also built a section of the Erie Canal in New York State, but retaining his home in Redstone township, Fayette County, where he was accidentally killed. He served one term as associate judge of Fayette County and was a man of prominence. From "The Old Pike, A History of The national Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon," by Thomas Searight, Uniontown, PA, by the author, 1894; p 251: It was while engaged in doing a favor for an old neighbor, in the year 1871, that he (Wm. Hatfield) lost his life. His neighbor, John C. Craft, had purchased a patent pump, and called on Judge Hatfield to assist him in placing it in his well. The Judge, as was his habit, promptly responded, and, going down to the bottom of the well, called to his neighbor, who stood at the surface, to send him down a saw or an ax. The needed tool was placed in a heavy iron-bound tub and started down, but, through neglect, the cable slipped, and the tub was precipitated a great depth upon Judge Hatfield's head, fatally injuring him. He was extricated from his perilous position in an unconscious state, carried home, and lingering only a few hours, died. His remains were interred in the beautiful cemetery near Brownsville, attended by a large concourse of sorrowing citizens, including the Judges of the Courts and the members of the bar of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. | William HATFIELD
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| 54 | From "Hupps Regard", p199: Lenora7 HAWKINS (Adah Belle6 LEONARD, Andrew Jackson5, Amanda4 COX, Margaret3 HUPP, George W.2, Everhart1) was born 21 Sep 1911. Lenora died 24 Jul 1993. Her body was interred in Scott Cemetery, Huron OH. She married twice. She married Ralph G. HORNER. Ralph was born 25 Apr 1910. Ralph is the son of William HORNER and Elizabeth DAVIS. She married Joseph FEKETE 1966. Lenora HAWKINS and Ralph G. HORNER had the following children: i. James8 HORNER was born 28 Feb 1935. ii. Phyllis HORNER was born 31 Aug 1937. She married Donald NICKELS. iii. David HORNER was born 15 Dec 1946. | Lenora HAWKINS
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| 55 | From Bedford Times Republican 1July, 1909 Old Settler Gone. Mrs. Daniel Leoanrd, one fo the oldest citizens of the county, died at her home in Holt township, June 23. She came with her husband to Taylor county in 1856, and settled on the farm which was ever after her home. She is sruvived by her husband and six sons. The funeral was held at the home on Friday conducted by Rev. Ackley of Griswold. Anothor obit... Adams County Free Press June 26th 1909 Death came to the relief of the patient suffering of Mrs. Daniel LEONARD, ncc Miss Jane Heath, at her pleasant country home in Holt township, Taylor county, lost Wednesday at 11 O?clock, aged 73 years, 7 months and 21 days. The cause of her death was old age and the results of a siege of pneumonia last spring. The deceased was born at Dayton, O., Oct. 20, 1835, and was married to Uncle Daniel LEONARD, who survives her, at Eden, Delaware county, O., March 25, 1855, They came to Fulton county, III., making the trip overland, where they remained until the fall of 1856 when they made the trip, overland, to this section location on the southeast quarter of section 10, Holt township, where her death occurred. To this union were born nine children, six of whom are living, they being William, Guy, Charles, Arthur, E. S. and J. W. LEONARD, all residing near the old home place. One child died in infancy, one when 13 and one when 14 years of age. The deceased is survive by one brother, Samuel Heath of Astoria, Ill. The aged pioneer had seen this country grow from a wilderness to one of the finest countries in the world and the cactus land to blossom with the rose. She was a lady highly respected by her large circle of acquaintances for her many womanly virtues. The funeral was held from the residence yesterday at 10 o?clock and WM largely attended, conducted by Rev. J. W. Ackley of Griswold. Interment at the Prairie Rose cemetery. --------------------- Abstract of the Bedord Free Press 1 July 1909 states that she married Daniel at Eden, Delaware County, OH. -------------------- Death certificate from Bk. 3, pg. 24, year ending June 30, 1909 City: Conway Full Name: LEONARD, Jane Date of Birth: 30 Sept. 1836 Age: 73 yrs, 7 months, 24 days Married Occupation: housewife Informant: Daniel LEONARD Date of Death: 23 June 1909 Cause of Death: Abscess Attending physician: M.E. Jonson Place of Burial: Prairie Rose Date of burial: 25 June 1909 Undertaker: W.H. McCoy Address: Conway Adams County Free Press, 8-4-1909, apparently reprinted from the Burlington, Ia. Hawkeye: Mrs. Daniel LEONARD, of Corning, was borne to the grave by her six stalwart sons a few days ago. If that had happened in*ancient Grei ee or Rome a few thousand years ago, everybody would be familiar with the story and there would be endleHS references to the proud matron and her fine sons. A.B a mutter of fact, the people of ancient times were exactly like the people of to-day, and the famoua Roman mother; Cornelia, who 13 lauded to the akiea because she pointed out her children as her jewels, is the counterpart of every true mother in our times. And while there are many who pretend to be eminently and purely practical, there is as much romance and as much sentiment in the world as ever before, and the story of the good womaa of Corning, who was borne to her last resting place by the six eons who had delighted in honoring her all the days of their lives, needs but the telling hy the one who has that art to make it as effective and to make it live as long as any of the beautiful tales that have come down ^o us from ancient times.? Burlington Hawkeye. | Jane HEATH
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| 56 | From "A History of the Astoria Area Over the Past 150 Years (K.K. Stevens Publishing Co., Inc., Astoria, Ill. 1987). p. 41 Samuel Heath Farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 21; P.O., Astoria. The above-named gentleman ranks among the good farmers of this township. He was born in Alleghany CO., PA., Dec. 19, 1832. At an early day his parents emigrated to Ohio, where our subject grew to manhood. In 1855 he ventured further west, locating in Astoria township, where he has since followed agricultural pursuits. He joined hands in holy wedlock with Miss Mary Landis in 1862. Five of the 8 children she has borne are living. Their names are, Alta M., Mary f., Wm. H., Frank E., and Ralph A. | Samuel HEATH
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| 57 | From the 1880 Delaware County History, Concord township. William H. the same trade as the elder William, but apparently not his son (according to this article) William DID have a son William H., who would've been three years younger than Jane. THIS William H. is eight years younger than Jane. Check relationship. WILLIAM H. HEATH, blacksmith and wagon-maker; P. O. Delaware; lives in Concord Township; he was born Dec. 18, 1844, in New Jersey. His parents, Benjamin and Pamelia Heath, came to Ohio when William was but a child, and located on the present family homestead ; here the father lived with his family until his death in October, 1879, at the age of 84 years; he had been a leading member of the Baptist Church for forty years, and was, at the time of his demise, a member of the Concord Baptist Church ; his widow and a son, Othia J., are living with Mr. Heath in the old homestead. Although never having served as an apprentice, Mr. Heath is a good mechanic and has a shop on his place. Oct. 4, 1864, he was married to Susan JONES ; they have had eight children, of whom Isaac, born Oct. 2, 1865 ; Sarah E., May 12, 1869 ;William H., Aug. 15, 1871, and George, March 2, 1874, are still living; Abraham and three infants are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Heath are active members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Heath has a brother, Richard R., living in Red Oak. Iowa, a brother, George G., and sister Mary, deceased. Mrs. Heath's parents, Abraham and Sarah JONES, came to Ohio at an early day and purchased 300 acres of land. Mr. JONES became a member of the Baptist Church in early life, and so remained until his death in February, 1866, having served as a Deacon for forty years. Mrs. Heath lived with her parents until her marriage. ----------------------- In the Delaware Co Genealogical Society Library: Code: MA Class: SubClass: Subject: Maps Author: F.W. Beers ... Delaware County, Ohio, Atlas of 1866 Beers, New York -------------------------- Code: MF Class: SubClass: Subject: MICROFORMS Author: ... Delaware County General Index to Probate Files 1850-1932 amd 1932-1951 Donated by Alice Baker 12/4/95 | William HEATH
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| 58 | Notes courtesy Paul Clay, Longwell descendant: Much older then Nancy Thurston Leonard. George had been married twice previously because there are several Hipple children listed in the 1850 Census, Oxford twp, OH with George & Nancy. They are George, 19 born PA, Jackson, 15 born PA, Austin, 13 born PA, Sarah 12 born PA and John, 8 born PA also Hiram Hipple was probably a son from aone of the first of the two previous marriages. Also Nancy's two girls Harriet and Franics Leonard Buried with second wife also name Nancy (maiden name Leonard)at Old Eden Cemetery Kilbourne Ohio. The Hipple family is of Holland-Dutch ancestry and settled in Pennsylvania during Colonial times. Eugene Hipple's great-grandfather was George Hipple. He was born in York County, Pennsylvania, November 27, 1790, and was a farmer by occupation. In 1841, with wagon and team, he moved across the country to Eden, Delaware County, Ohio, and lived on his farm there until his death on December 16, 1876. He first married Elizabeth Bowen, who was born January 8, 1799, and died in Washington County, Pennsylvania, April 30, 1831. For his second wife he married Nancy Leonard, who was born April 17, 1807, and died September 18, 1845. Third wife Nancy (maiden name Thurston) Leonard. George married Elizabeth BOWEN. (Elizabeth BOWEN was born on 8 Jan 1799 in Washington Co., PA. and died on 30 Apr 1831 in Washington Co., PA.) George next married Nancy LEONARD, daughter of Daniel LEONARD and Lucretia JENNINGS. (Nancy LEONARD was born on 17 Apr 1807, died on 18 Sep 1845 in Delaware Co., Ohio and was buried in Old Eden Cem., Kilbourne, Delaware Co. OH.) George next married Nancy THURSTON, daughter of Daniel Greene THURSTON and Francis "Fanny" THAYER, on 30 Jun 1846 in Delaware Co., Ohio. (Nancy THURSTON was born on 10 Apr 1821 in Eden, Brown Twp., Delaware Co., Ohio, died on 14 Nov 1911 in Peru Twp, , Morrow Co., Ohio and was buried on 15 Nov 1911 in Green Mound Cem., Kilbourne, Delaware Co., Ohio.) | George HIPPLE
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| 59 | Notes for ELIZABETH HOGE, courtesy of Anna Harless, "Descendants of William LEONARD" p50. ELIZABETH HOGE January 16, 1920 Elizabeth HOGE was born July 28, 1841 in Green County, PA., and departed this life January 16, 1920 at the age of nearly 79 years. She was baptized by Elder Swinney when about 16 years of age and continued the faith until her death, covering a period of about 63 years. She was married in June 1859 to Archibald LEONARD. They moved to Michigan in 1865, arriving the 4th of March and have lived in this vicinity ever since. To this union were born 10 children, three dying in infancy: Morgan and Ezekiel of Coe., Mrs. Maude Beard of Black Duck, Minn., Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson of Shepherd, Mrs. Lillian Randolph of St. Louis, William of Geson, besides 18 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. One daughter, Villoda and her husband preceded her, Villoda 20 years go and her husband nine years ago. She was a kind and devoted wife and mother. Besides the near relatives she leaves a large number of friends to mourn their loss. The funeral service was held at her home church in Coe Village Sunday afternoon, conducted by Elder Kimberling and the remains laid in the family lot at Coe Cemetery. More about ELIZABETH HOGE: Burial: January 18, 1920, Pleasant Ridge, Coe Cemetery, Coe Twp. Isabella Co. MI Cause of death (Facts Pg): Cerebral Hemorrhage | Elizabeth HOGE
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| 60 | Source: Tipton County Marriages: Mary Horton LEONARD remarried Charles Winders, August 5, 1864 and she died May 11, 1866 Mary (Horton) LEONARD, wid. of Abner; Tipton County IN Marriage Records, Book 2, pg. 29 1844-1870 1850 United States Federal Census about Mary Horton Name: Mary Horton Age: 12 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838 Birth Place: Indiana Gender: Female Home in 1850(City,County,State): Liberty, Tipton, Indiana Household Members: Name Age George Horton 14 Jeremiah Horton 10 Jesse Horton 65 John Horton 16 Joseph Horton 20 Lucinda Horton 8 Mary Horton 12 Mary Horton 42 | Mary HORTON
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| 61 | Notes & photos courtesy Paul Clay, Lonwell descendant: Marion Daily Star Dec. 27, 1915. Mrs. Jackson Hipple is Dead at Delaware Passing of the mother of E.R. Hipple of Marion. After an extended illness with a complication of Deseases, Mrs. Jackson Hipple, aged seventy =seven years, passed away at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at her residence on North Franklin street. Mrs Hipples health had been failing for some time and for the past ten weeks she had been confined to her bed. She is survived by two daughters. Miss Bess Hipple and Mrs. E. W. Carpenter, and three sons, Mr. Harry Hipple, of this city; Mr. Carl Hipple, of Columbus, and Mr. E.R. Hipple of Marion. The Funeral arrangments will be annouced from the pulpits of the various churches at services Saturday and Sunday.- Delaware Gazette. | Susan Elizabeth HUBBELL
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| 62 | From "Hupps Regard," p1: Everhart1 HUPP, son of Philip Casper HUPP and Elizabeth HESSON, was born in Virginia ca 1745. Everhart died 1824 in Washington Co. PA. He married Margaret THOMAS ca 1769. Margaret was born in Culpeper Co. VA 1751. Margaret was the daughter of Michael THOMAS and Elizabeth STAITON. Everhart served in Captain Robert Sweeney's Company, 2nd Battalion of the Westmoreland (Washington) Co. PA Militia 1783 (PA Archives Series VI Vol. 2, pp. 207); also served in Captain John Miller's Co. in the Col. William Crawford Expedition to Sandusky in 1782 during the Revolutionary War. He settled on the north side of Ten Mile Creek not far from the Monongahela River and Millsboro in 1769. Everhart HUPP and Margaret THOMAS had the following children: 2 i. Elizabeth2 HUPP was born 23 Feb 1770 and died 25 Sep 1798. 3 ii. George W. HUPP was born 26 Nov 1772 and died 1854. iii. Annie HUPP was born in Washington Co. PA 26 Feb 1775. Annie died Jan 1880. iv. Rezin (Lewis) HUPP was born in Washington Co. PA 13 Nov 1776. He married Mahala HARRIS (moved to Ohio). 4 v. John HUPP was born 01 Oct 1778 and died 16 Oct 1839. 5 vi. Philip HUPP was born 04 Oct 1781 and died 12 Feb 1865. 6 vii. Francis (Frank) HUPP was born 11 Feb 1784 and is deceased. 7 viii. Michael HUPP was born 04 Nov 1786 and died 17 Sep 1874. ix. David HUPP was born 12 Jan 1789. x. Henry HUPP was born in Washington Co. PA 01 Dec 1790. xi. Margaret HUPP was born in Washington Co. PA 18 Sep 1793. She married Moses TEEGARDEN ca 1815. Moses was born 03 Jul 1788. Moses was the son of George TEEGARDEN and Rachel PRIBBLE. Moses died ca 1825. | Everhart HUPP
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| 63 | From "Hupps Regard," p3: George W.2 HUPP (Everhart1) was born in Washington Co. PA 26 Nov 1772. George died 1854 in Washington Co. PA. He married Eleanor ROBERSON. Eleanor was born ca 1785. George W. HUPP and Eleanor ROBERSON had the following children: i. Mariah3 HUPP. She married ?????? TRIMBLE. ii. Anne HUPP. 14 iii. Margaret HUPP was born 10 Nov 1806 and died 18 Mar 1899. 15 iv. Sarah HUPP was born 21 Sep 1809 and died 03 Mar 1894. 16 v. Clarissa HUPP was born 05 Dec 1814 and died 03 Dec 1876. 17 vi. George W. HUPP Jr. was born 28 Aug 1819 and died 11 Feb 1912. 18 vii. Clarinda Lucinda HUPP was born ca 1820. | George W. HUPP
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| 64 | From "Hupps Regard", p7 Margaret3 HUPP (George W.2, Everhart1) was born in Washington Co. PA 10 Nov 1806. Margaret died 18 Mar 1899. Her body was interred in Horn Cemetery, West Bethlehem Township, Washington Co. PA. She married Andrew COX. Andrew was born in PA 20 Oct 1804. Andrew was the son of Christopher COX Jr. and Kathryn LAULER. Andrew died 26 Mar 1856 in Washington Co. PA. His body was interred in Horn Cemetery, West Bethlehem Township, Washington Co. PA. Margaret HUPP and Andrew COX had the following children: 76 i. Malinda H.4 COX was born 25 Sep 1831 and died 02 Apr 1912. 77 ii. Amanda COX was born 04 Apr 1834 and died 20 Oct 1908. 78 iii. Minerva A. COX was born 1840. 79 iv. Theresa COX was born 21 Mar 1844 and is deceased. 80 v. Andrew Vanemon COX was born 04 May 1847 and died 06 Jan 1902. | Margaret HUPP
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| 65 | Bill Mitchell notes Lucretia's father "Proven" as Dr. Jacob Jennings. Citation unclear. He also lists "unproven" that Dr. Jacob Jennings was the father of Jonathan Jennings, the first governor of Indiana. | Dr. Jacob JENNINGS
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| 66 | William R. "Bill" MItchell says Lucretia's father is "proiven" as "Dr." JENNINGS, probably Dr. Jacob JENNINGS (1744-1813), also unproven that Jonathan JENNINGS was his son, the first governor of Indiana. | Lucretia JENNINGS
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| 67 | Deed Record, Taylor County, IA, Book P, Page 188 March 21, 1872 Sarah John to Margaret A. LEONARD- containing forty acres more or less. Deed Record, Taylor County, IA, Book 2, page 179 April 16, 1881 Margaret A. LEONARD and husband M.B. LEONARD to M.D. McCorkle, in consideration of $300.00, 20 acres N1/2 NE 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Sec 3, Twp Sixty-seven, North Range 34, W. Deed Record No. 11, Taylor County IA., Book 2, page 270 Margaret A. LEONARD purchases land, $550.00, from John A. Clary and wife, Harriet, approx. 30 acres March 22nd, 1890 Deed Record No. 11, Taylor County, IA, page 318 Margaret A. LEONARD, singel to C.B. Corkle, May 8, 1890, sells approx 20 acres Estate of Margaret Ann LEONARD, deceased, Thomas Mathew LEONARD, administrator Administrators Notice: 26th day of October, A.D. 1915 the undersigned was appointed by the clerk of the district court of Taylor County, Iowa, Administrator of the estate of Margaret Ann LEONARD.... Book 3, pg 104, Taylor County, Bedford IA Transcript of Deaths in the County of Taylor: no. 40 LEONARD, Margaret A. born Feb. 5,, 1851, widow, age 64, yrs. 8 mos, 6 days born Indiana, birthplace of father William John, Pennsylvania, mother Sarah Headlee. 25, March 2004 - PICTURE: taken abt. 1894 of Margaret A. LEONARD, children Myrtle Alice, Thomas, Martha Dale, Josie, & Robert I. sent to me by Louise (Fulton) Worster ; PICTURE: of Martha Dale LEONARD George taken about 1894; PICTURE: of Joe, Martha Dale(LEONARD)George, Charles Thomas George, Henry Mary Ann & Robert all GEORGE surname, taken abt. 1912 probably in Knowlton, Montana PICTURE: HEADSTONE OF MARGARET ANN (John) LEONARD, BEDFORD CEMETERY, TAYLOR COUNTY IA, 1851-1915 | Margaret Ann JOHN
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| 68 | 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. | Margaret Susannah KEASLING
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| 69 | William James Keyes was a dentist, son of William H. Keyes and Mary E. Day. Marion County Marriage record: Keyes, William James LEONARD, Zoa Ethel 11/30/1876 Springfield, Ohio Mushingum Co., Ohio Dentist Keyes, William H. Day, Mary E. 5/2/1900 by Rev. Louis E. Durr | William James KEYES
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| 70 | Petition for Administrator or Executor, Taylor County IA, probate #5194, Estate of Sarah M. LEONARD, deceased Mrs. Don Robinson, daughter, petitions for Administrator Heirs of estate: Roy W. LEONARD, son, St. Joseph, MO Mrs. Frank PALMER, daughter, St. Joseph, MO Willard H. LEONARD, son, St. Joseph, MO Mrs. Hattie Grace, daughter, St. Joseph, MO Mrs. Don Robinson, daughter, Bedford, IA | Sarah M. KINNEY
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| 71 | Per Michael David McGurk, eldest son of Donna Mae, she ws born in a family farmhouse four miles north and six miles west of Williamsburg, Iowa County, Iowa. Michael also confirmed his father born in Marengo. From a personal interview between John Rodenmayer and Michael on 16 Nov. 2003. | Donna Mae LANGLAS
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| 72 | Obituary Iowa City Press Citizen Sunday, June 27, 2004 Helen BERANEK, 79 Helen Langlas BERANEK, 79, of Mesa, Arizona, formerly of Mount Vernon, died April 30, 2004, from complications of surgery, at Mesa. Memorial services, 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 1, 2004 at Morgan Funeral and Cremation Choices, Mount Vernon Chapel, by the Reverend Linda Stransky. Helen?s family will greet friends from 1 p.m., until service time at the chapel. Burial of the cremated remains will be at St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Lisbon. Helen is survived by two daughters: Penny (John) Balmer of Iowa City and Julie (Rick) LEONARD of Seattle, Washington, a son Jeffry (Marsha) of Los Angeles, a sister, Donna McGurk of Cedar Rapids; a brother Donald (Lucille) Langlas of Williamsburg, and nine grandchildren. Preceding Helen in death were her husband, Gaillard, a daughter Pamela Iverson; and two sisters, Marjorie Bigbee and Doris Durr. Helen was born January 6, 1925, on the family farm in Iowa County, the daughter of Harry and Nelle CONRAD Langlas. Helen graduated from Marengo High School in 1943, and married Joseph Gaillard BERANEK, April 7, 1947, at Mount Vernon. Joe died in 1984. Helen raised her family and worked with her husband in their businesses, BERANEK?s Hardware and BERANEK?s Vending at Mount Vernon. After Joe?s death, Helen worked in the business office at Kirkwood College, before moving to Leisure World in 1993. A memorial fund has been established. On line condolences: www.morganfuneralchoices.com. --------------------------------------- | Helen Lavera LANGLAS
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| 73 | From "Our Langlas Family History" by John Rodenmayer, 3 Oct 2008: Johann "Joseph" Friedrich "Fred" Jachim Heinrich Langlas was the son of Johann Jochim and Georgina Catharina Sophia Maria (Krueger) Langklas. "Fred" was born on 6 Apr 1825 in the village of Glasow, about 40 miles south of Rostock in the Mecklenburg-Schwerin region of Prussia, in what is northern Germany, today. "Fred" was baptized on 11 Apr 1825 in the Buelow-Bristow Church Parish, located a couple of miles southeast of Glasow. "Fred" and Magdalena "Lena" Christina Wilhelmina Wendel were united in marriage on 21 Oct 1853 in the Warnkenhagen Parish. "Lena" was born in the village of Gottin on 11 Aug 1827, the daughter of Christian Johann and Sophia Marie Henrike (HEIDEn) Wendel. "Lena" was baptized on 16 Aug 1827 in the Warnkenhagen Parish. The village of Gottin is about then miles north of Glasow and the Warnkenhagen Parish is about a mile west of Gottin. There have been family stories of children born before they (Fred & Lena) were married. Erma Mae (Hopp) Langlas offered the most plausible explanation. According to what she knows, "Fred" Langlas fathered a daughter, Minnie Langlas, with his neighbor's daughter. The neighbor's daughter's name is not known. After Minnie's birth on 10 May 1851, the neighbor took the baby to Fred Langlas and told him she was his to rear. Erma explained there was another daughter "Lena" Wendell bore out of wedlock, possibly with the name Clara Yur. [This section had me confused until I realized the story-teller, Erma, was saying that Lena had her OWN illegitimate child, Clara. -Ed.] The story goes that Clara came to America with her father's family and they settled in the Chicago, Illinois, area. Erma Mae tells us Clara often traveled to Iowa to visit her mother, "Lena." Another story was that out Great Great Grandmother Langlas, Magdalena "Lena" Christina Wilhelmina Wendel, was a "bondswoman" in Germany. She had two daughters our of wedlock, and either Fred Langlas brought her to America, or (this is just speculation), she became pregnant and her father paid Fred Langlas to marry her and leave for America. It is a proven fact that in 1855 Fred Langlas and "Lena" had a son, who died as an infant that same year. However, from official German church records, we now know that Wilhelmine "Minnie" Langlas was the daughter of Magdalena "Lena" Christina Wilhelmina Wendell and she was born on 10 May 1851 in Gottin. "Minnie's" biological father was Heinrich Schwartz, a Prussian soldier from Doberan, Mecklenburg, Germany. The summer of 1857 "Fred" and "Lena" left Mecklenburg, with their daughter Minnie, and headed for America. "Lena" was pregnant when they left for America. Thier daughter, Magdalena Dora Christina Langlas was born on 28 Oct. 1857 on board the ship Oder out on the Atlantic Ocean. "Lena" wanted to name their daughter Dora Langlas. But, when the ship's captain christened or baptized her, he added Magdalena and Christina. To the best of our knowledge, the ship, the Oder, arrived in New York on 2 December 1857. After the long, tiring trip, the family settled in Scott County, Iowa, near Davenport. Their next four children, William Henry Langlas, George E. "Charles" Langlas, Clara Katherina Langlas and Bertha Minnie Langlas were all born i in Scott County, Iowa between 1861 and 1867. Fred Langlas worked odd jobs for about two years before going into farming in Sumner Township, southwest of Marengo and between 12 June and 2 July 1870 the family moved from Scott County, Iowa to Iowa County, Iowa. Their last son, Henry H. Langlas was born on the farm in Sumner Township on 4 July 1870. Fred Langlas was successful with his farming and obtained two more farms in Sumner Township. Later on in the same volume, Rodenmayer notes that his great-grandmother Magdalena Dora Christina (Langlas) KRUSE could neither read nor write. | Joseph Frederick LANGLAS
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| 74 | From "Our LANGLAS Family History" by John Peter Rodenmayer 3 Oct 2008, p.3 Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Langklas was the first child and first son born to the marriage of Johann Friedrich "Fred" Joachim Heinrich and Magdalena "Lena" Christina Wilhelmina (Wendel) Langlas. Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Langklas was born in Warnkenhagen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany on 23 Dec 1853. Unfortunately, he died on 20 Dec 1855 in Warnkenhagen being only 2 years and 4 days old. | Wilhelm Friedrich Christian LANGLAS
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| 75 | From "Our Langlas Family" by John Rodenmayer 3 Oct 2008, p 3. NOTE: "Minnie's" biological father was a Prussian soldier named Heinrich Schwarz, but she was raised by "Fred" and "Lena" Langlas. Wilhelmine "Minnie" Wendel-Langlas, born 10 May 1851 in the village of Gottin in the Mecklenburg-Schwerin region of Germany, and Claus Hinrich Kruse were united in marriage on 21 Feb 1868 in Davenport, Scott County , Iowa. Claus was an elder brother of Peter Kruse, my great great grandfather, who married "Minnie's" half sister Magdalena Dora Christina Langlas. Six sons and four daughters were born to "Minnie" and Claus' marriage. They included Henry Fredriche Joachim Kruse (1869), Helena "Leana" Dorthy Kruse (1870), Anna Alvina "Verna" Kruse (1873), Herman Fredrick Kruse (1875), Karl "Charlie" Theodore Kruse (1877), Bertha C. Kruse (1880), Bernhard Christian Kruse (1882), Gustav Conrad Kruse (1886), Elizabeth "Lizzie" M. Kruse (1889) and Claus Harry Kruse (1894). "Minnie" and Claus were the ancestors of 19 grandchildren, 38 great grandchildren, at least 72 great great grandchildren and at least 58 great great great grandchildren. Wilhelmine "Minnie" (Wendel-Langlas) Kruse lived 47 years, 10 months and one day, passing on 11 March 1899 in Sumner Township, Iowa County, Iowa. She was buried in the Marengo IOOF Cemetery. Clause Hinrich Kruse, born on 18 Apr 1841 in Krokau, Probstei, Scheswig-Holstein, Germany, lived 62 years, 2 months, and ten days; passing on 28 Jun 1903 in Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa. He was buried in the Marengo IOOF Cemetery next to "Minnie." (Note: Linda Sue (Kruse) Nardini, one of "Minnie" and Claus' great granddaughters has the original copy of "Minnie" and Claus' marriage license/certificate.) | Wilhelmine LANGLAS
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| 76 | 1850 Shelby County, Union Twp. Indiana Federal Census John B. Larrison, age 27, born Ohio Eliz age 23, wife Wm, age 4 George, age 2 Benj F., age 1 Nancy LEONARD, age 46, born OH Robert J. Larrison, age 15 born Indiana George Larrison, age 21, born Indiana Eliza Larrison, age 17, born Indiana Sarah LEONARD, age 50, born North Carolina Joseph S. LEONARD, age 19, born Indiana 1870 Shelby County, Union Twp., Indiana Census John Ray, age 53, born Indiana Nancy Ray, age 62, born Ohio Children: Rebecca, age 14, born Indiana Nancy Larrison LEONARD may remarried to a John Ray - see Indiana census | Nancy LARRISON
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| 77 | Cited as "Capt. Lemon of Arkansas River" by Harriet Leoanrd Fishburn, may have been a relative of Capt LEMON who married Amy's sister Jemima. | Capt. LEMON
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| 78 | Marriage Record Book 2, page 38; for Abner LEONARD and Nancy Duwitt: July 17, 1817 married by Wm Tyner. Later the clerk copied it as Dewitt Wm Tyner is a Baptist minister of Little Cedar Grove Baptist Church about 3 miles south of Brookville IN on US52. Church inactive but building restored and open to the public. Land Deed Abner LEONARD to Abner LEONARD, Jr. dated August 27, 1817, Franklin County Indiana Pg. 189 "This indenture made the twenty seventh day of August between Abner LEONARD of the County of Franklin and State of Indiana of the one part and Abner LEONARD, Junior of the County of Franklin and State of Indiana of the other part." Tract or parcel containing sixty acres of land. "Abner LEONARD together with Mehitable his wife" This deed is signed by Abner LEONARD and Mehetable LEONARD. Land Deed Abner LEONARD, Jr and Nancy LEONARD of County of Franklin State of Indiana and Alexander Fleming of the County of Hamilton, State of Ohio dated September 16, 1819 (Nancy DeWitt, first wife of Abner LEONARD) Court Records, Shelby County, Indiana 1822 to 1862 Probate Order Book B, 1836-1842 Nancy Larrison, widow, app. administratix of estate of Robert Larrison dec. Jan. 6, 1840 Also p. 120 Abner LEONARD and Nancy LEONARD mentioned as adms. of estate of Robert Larrison dec. Nov. 15, 1843 Probate Record Book C, 1839-1845, p. 388 Mention is made that Nancy widow of Robert Larrison dec. and adm. of Robert's estate is now married to Abner LEONARD Death of Abner LEONARD, Jr. Probate Order Book C 1842-1847 p. 329 Nancy LEONARD asks for assignment of her dower in the estate of Abner LEONARD dec. May 16, 1845 Probate Book 3, 1839-1845 p. 698 Heirs mentioned of Abner LEONARD dec'd. in petition to set off dower to Nancy his widow are; Caleb LEONARD, Nancy wife of Benjamin Young, Sally Ann wife of Samson Foster, Isaac LEONARD of Fayette Co. Abner LEONARD of Marion Co. and Mathew LEONARD of Shelby Co. The last two named are minors Aug. 1845 Probate Book D 1845-1847 p. 768 Final settlement made in Abner LEONARD estate. Nov. term 1847 Probate Book H 1851-1852 p. 393 Final settlement made of guardianship of Abner L. LEONARD, minor heir of Abner LEONARD dec. Feb. 1852. Abner J. LEONARD is a son from Abner, Jr's first marriage to Nancy DeWitt. Probate Record Book E, 1850-1852 p. 376 Final settlement made by Thomas Carney of his guardianship of Abner J. LEONARD. His guardianship of Mathew LEONARD continues Feb. 4, 1852 Mathew LEONARD is the son of Nancy Larrison(second wife of Abner) and Abner LEONARD, Jr. Probate Order Book 1 1853-1855 p. 90 Thomas Carney, guardian of Mathew B. LEONARD, minor heir of Abner LEONARD dec. sells his ward's real estate to Thomas Cotton June 16, 1853. | Abner LEONARD
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| 79 | PENNSYLVANIA-WASHINGTON COUNTY "History of Washington County, PA by Boyd Crumrine, pg 932 " The LEONARD family came from New Jersey to Somerset Township, and as early as 1780 were in possession of land here. There must have been a number of brothers, for the record of property transfers shows that a tract of one hundred and fifty-four acres was owned by several of these. It was first owned by Isaac LEONARD, sold by him to Abner LEONARD, by Abner to Caleb LEONARD, and from him was purchased by John Hawkins. Caleb LEONARD married Sarah Burt, and their family numbered seven children, Daniel, Joseph, Zenas, Phebe, Rhoda, Mary and Sarah LEONARD. The sons Joseph and Zenas died in Ohio, and Daniel died in this county. The daughters all married and died leaving families. Edmond LEONARD, living in Fayette County, and Isaac LEONARD, of Washington borough, are descendants of these early settlers" NOTE: The flurry of deeds mentioned above was precipitated by the settlement of the law suit between the Stokeleys and LEONARDs (also Shepherds, and others) Mr. Stokely died, and the title of the land was clear. This Abner LEONARD that appears on the deeds around 1820's and who married Elizabeth Betterman may not be the Abner in this research. As you will note, Abner LEONARD mentioned on this page was in Indiana purchasing land in 1814, but he could have traveled to Washington County PA very easily, signed as a witness on his father's will (see transcription) This researcher suspects the Abner LEONARD who married Elizabeth Betterman is the son of Isaac LEONARD. "The Tenmile County and its Pioneer Families, a Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley" by Howard L. Leckey, Historian, pages 141-143 Published by Closson Press, third printing January 2001 "This Petition is taken from the Papers of the Continental Congress No. 48, and is Folios 251-6. Pages 89-96. "Between the years 1770 and 1780 great feeling existed between Virginia and Pennsylvania as to whom was rightful owner of land between the Laural Hills and to the west as far as the Ohio."...To settle this strife and ill feeling many prominent and influential citizens prepared an elaborate petition and presented it to the Continental Congress, praying that this disputed territory be organized into a new state" ...It stated that since 1768 at least 25,000 families had settled within the lines prescribed....The permanent line was run in 1784 and since Washington County, which at the time included what is now Greene County, was already organized in 1781, the uncertainty postponed the assessment of those living within the borders until that year, thus the tax lists for what is now Greene County begin in 1784. Pennsylvania Archives, Series III, Vol. 22, contains an assessment list for 1781.... One familiar with the settlers can pick out the groups of those living on the Tenmile, or Muddy Creek, or Laurel Run, etc. The grouping of the names suggests that those in charge of getting signers, went from one neighborhood to another, getting permission to enter the names of those living in the vicinity...." PETITIONERS Caleb LEONARD, Silas LEONARD and Abner LEONARD Washington County, PA Tax Lists for 1781, 1783, 1784, 1793 Compiled by Raymond Martin Bell and Katherine K. Zinsser 1782 SOMERSET TOWNSHIP TAX LIST Abner LEONARD value "0" Washington County, PA: A deed recorded as "Widow & Heirs of Thomas Stokely, dec'd to Abner LEONARD This document dated 1825, July 5 Between Elizabeth Stokely widow and..of Thomas Stokely late of Washington County Pennsylvania deceased and Peter Wilson and Frances his wife and Samuel Stokely of Stubenville Ohio Ann and Eliza Stokely of the said County of Washington being the heirs at law..." The deed mentions an Action of ejectment in the Circuit Court of the United States in and for the Western District of Pennsylvania against the said Isaac LEONARD Abner LEONARD Caleb LEONARD Joseph LEONARD Zenus LEONARD and others..." land in dispute two separate and certain tracts on Pigeon Creek of Washington County which was conveyed to Thomas Shepherd and John Shepherd in 1769, survey numbered 037 and 2252..... This deed is about five pages in length, the Stokely widow releases claim on the land and deeds it to Abner LEONARD. This Abner is married to Elizabeth Betterman. I believe this Abner may be the son of Isaac LEONARD, and not the Abner LEONARD, of this research, married to Mehitable SEWARD. The 1810 Washington County Census pg. 644 Somerset Twp lists: Daniel LEONARD Caleb LEONARD Zenus LEONARD James LEONARD Caleb Sr LEONARD Caleb Jr Silas Isaac The 1820 Washington County PA census, pg. 206 Somerset Twp Isaac LEONARD (2) Abner LEONARD (seven)(This is probably Abner who married Elizabeth Betterman) Zenus LEONARD Caleb LEONARD Joshua LEONARD Abner LEONARD's divorce decree mentions 11 children, 6 living as of 1822 and the obit from Western Christian Advocate mentions his 11 years in NC, then Warren County OH and finally, Indiana. NORTH CAROLINA-SURRY COUNTY AND STOKES COUNTY 1784-1796 (approximate time period) 1786 TAX ABLES-located in Captain Krous' District, Surry County (present-day Forsyth County) Page 4, Abner LEONARD, 1 white poll Page 7, Zebediah Billiter, 100 Acres, 2 white polls 1790 Stokes County, North Carolina Census Abner LEONARD, 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16, 4 females Samuel SEWARD, 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16, 1 female Samuel SEWARD, 1 male over 16, 5 females OHIO - WARREN COUNTY 1796-1813 1812 Ohio Tax List - Abner LEONARD Abner LEONARD is witness on land deed and also signed as J.P. on this deed dated April 4th 1810, Warren County Deerfield Township Ohio between John CARSON wife Mary and Michael Tullis Jr. From "Around Mason, Ohio, Warren Co 1810 Rose Marie Springman, page 7: Abner LEONARD on list of people paid taxes on land, also Philip SEWARD 1813- Cincinnati District Vol 1, Franklin County, Indiana Abner LEONARD purchases land NE1/4-S29, November 19, 1813 1814 Land Deed WARREN COUNTY, OHIO; Abner LEONARD to Pentheus J. Halcomb of Hamilton County Signed 14th of September, 1814, Recorded 4th day of Nov, 1814, Signed Abner LEONARD and Mehitable LEONARD, Vol 4, pgs 603-4 The 1820 Indiana Census, Franklin County has Abner LEONARD, head of household 1 male under 10yr 1 male 16-25 1 female under 10yr 1 female 16-25yr 1 female 45 or older LAND DEED DATED: January 23, 1817, Franklin County, Indiana Abner LEONARD to Robert Bradford This Indenture made this twenty third day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventeen between Abner LEONARD of the County of Franklin Indiana Territory of the first part and Robert Bradford of the County of Butler and state of Ohio of the other part Witnesseth that the said Abner LEONARD for and in Consideration of the Sum of One Hundred Dollars to him in hand paid at or before the sealing and delivery hereof by the Said Robert Bradford the Receipt whereof the said Abner LEONARD doth hereby acknowledges and thereof and therefrom doth clearly acquit exonerate and discharge the said Robert Bradford his executors and administrators and administrators have given, granted bargained sold aligned ? en? released conveyed and confirmed, and by those present do fully give, grant bargain sell ? en? Released convey and confirm all that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the county of Franklin and Indiana Territory on the Water Cedar Grove, Beginning at the northeast corner of Section Twenty Nine Township Nine Range One West of the meridian; thence Running West forty poles and a half thence south one hundred and sixty poles to a stake, thence east forty poles and a half to the section line, thence with the Section line to the ? of beginning corner, with all and singular the privileges and appurtenances to the said piece of land belonging in any ? Belonging containing forty and a half acres of land, to have and to hold the before granted premises with the appurtenances and privileges thereunto belonging to the said Robert Bradford and to his heirs and assigns for their own proper use benefit and behoof forever, and the said Abner LEONARD for himself and his heirs, executors and administrators doth the covenant promise and agree unto and with the said Robert Bradford his heirs and assigns that at the time of the unsealing and delivery here of he is the true Sole and lawful owner and is lawfully ? of the same by virtue of a deed from the United States and hath in himself full powers and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner aforesaid and the said Abner LEONARD doth further covenant with the said Robert Bradford his heirs and assigns that all and Singular the premises and land aforesaid unto the said Robert Bradford and to his heirs and assigns against him the said Abner LEONARD his heirs executors administrators and assigns he the said Abner LEONARD and his heirs will well and truly Covenant and forever by these present defend in ? Whereof the said Abner LEONARD together with Metty his wife who hereby relinquishes her right of dower in the premises have hereunto severally set their and affixed their seal the day and year aforesaid Abner LEONARD (mark) Mehitable LEONARD(her mark) Indiana Territory Franklin County This Deed of bargain and sale from Abner LEONARD and Metty his wife to Robert Bradford was acknowledged before me one of the Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid by the said Grantors to be their act and deed for the purposes therein contained and the said Metty being examined apart from her husband, declared that she did voluntarily relinquish her right of dower to the premises without the persuasion or compulsion of her husband Certified under my hand and seal this 25th day of January 1817 Recorded March 4th 1817 Jonathan Strout, JP Abner's son, Abner, married Nancy DeWitt 1817 Franklin County IN and we find land deed Abner, Sr to Abner Jr: LAND DEED DATED: August 27, 1817 Franklin County, Indiana Abner LEONARD to Abner LEONARD, Jr. This indenture made the seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen between Abner LEONARD of the County of Franklin and State of Indiana of the one part and Abner LEONARD, Junior of the County of Franklin and state of Indiana of the other part Witnesseth that the said Abner LEONARD for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars to him in hand the Receipt Abner LEONARD acknowledges good and lawful money of the United States to him in hand well and truly paid by the said Abner LEONARD the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged Have granted bargained and sold, conveyed and confirmed and by these present to grant, bargain sell convey and confirm unto the said Abner LEONARD his Heirs and assigns forever All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and bounding as follows beginning on the section at Robert Bradford Corner at stake sunning West fifty-nine and three quarters pole to a stake thence south eighty pole to a stake thence east fifty-nine and three quarter pole to a stake thence North along Bradford line Eighty pole to the beginning corner it lying in section Number twenty Nine Range number one township number nine (West) Containing sixty-acres of land together with the appurtenances to have and to hold and all the estate right title interest claim and hereby bargained and sold and every part thereof together with all and singular the rights members privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise? appurtenances and the rents issues and profit thereof To have and to hold the premises aforesaid hereby bargained and sold or meant or interest so to be with appurtenances to the only proper use and behoof of the said Abner LEONARD in and to his heirs and assigns forever and agree to and with the said Abner his heirs executors, administrators and assigns that they are the true and lawful owner of the premises hereby granted have good right full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner and form aforesaid and wither that the said Abner LEONARD for himself his heirs executors and administrators will Warrant and forever Defend the aforesaid premises with these appurtenances and every part and parcel thereof unto the said Abner LEONARD In and to his heirs and assigns against all person or persons whomsoever In witness whereof the Said Abner LEONARD together with Mehitable his wife now hereunto set their hand and affixed their seal the day and year first above written Abner LEONARD (mark) Mehitable LEONARD (her mark) Sealed and Delivered in presence of us Hezekiah Tailor Jacob Lion State of Indiana Franklin County Before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County came personally Abner LEONARD appears in Indiana proven by deed dated 3rd day of January 1817 between Abner LEONARD of the County of Franklin, Indiana Territory and Robert Bradford of the County of Butler and State of Ohio. Abner LEONARD & Mehitable LEONARD wife of the said Abner the above named grantor who severally acknowledged the above Deed of Conveyance to be their voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned The said Mehitable being examined separate and apart from said husband as the law voluntarily relinquishes her right of dower in the premises with the appurtenances In Testimony ? I have ? to set my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of August in the years of our Lord One thousand eight hundred seventeen Recorded May 23, 1818 Conrad Tailor J.P. Witness A. Gardner Robert John Land Deed Franklin County, IN; pg 276 Abner LEONARD to Thomas Shaw NE quarter of Section twenty-nine; Twp Nine, Range one West (legal description)...whereof Abner LEONARD with Mehitable his wife who hereby relinquishes her right of Dower in the above conveyed premises... Abner LEONARD A. Garnder Robert John Recorded 13th October 1818 Land Deed Franklin County, IN; pg 545 16th September 1819 Abner LEONARD and Nancy LEONARD to Alexander Fleming of County of Hamilton, State of Ohio ...Abner LEONARD Junior for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars...land situate lying and being in the county of Franklin State of Indiana Section twenty nine Twp nine Range one west beginning on the south section line of Robert Bradford... signed by Abner LEONARD (his mark_ and wife Nancy LEONARD (her mark) William Drew Eli James Recorded 20th of September 1820 Land Deed Franklin County, IN pgs. 545-546-23rd September, 1819 between Abner LEONARD County of Franklin and Alexander Fleming of Hamilton County Ohio...signed Abner LEONARD(his mark) and Mehitable LEONARD (her mark) Morgan Rupe Eli James William Coulson Recorded 20th September 1820 By 1830 census Abner LEONARD, Sr is in Fayette County IN (see divorce decree) and Abner LEONARD Jr and Nancy are still residing in Franklin County IN ABNER LEONARD AND MEHITABLE DIVORCE AS SEEN BY COURT DOCUMENTS. THE OBITUARY FOR ABNER MENTIONS TWO MORE WIVES. THE 1840 INDIANA CENSUS DOES SHOW TWO FEMALES BETWEEN 40 AND 50, ONE MAY BE WIFE, THE OTHER HIS SPINSTER DAUGHTER, JEMIMA. Records located in Fayette Co. IN There is no Book #on the copy Pg169, July Term 1821: Abner LEONARD vs Mehitable LEONARD On a Bill for a Divorce This day come the said petitioner, Abner LEONARD by Smith and Funk his counsel and filed a Bill in his behalf in open court and __ ___on motion, a writ of Subpoena is awarded against the said defendant ___able to the next term of this court directed to the Sheriff of Franklin County and a general rule if granted to take depositions. NOTE: This marriage to Lucretia Armstrong could be Abner's second wife Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 about Abner, Sr. LEONARD Name: Abner, Sr. LEONARD Spouse Name: Lucretia Armstrong Marriage Date: 2 Sep 1824 Marriage County: Fayette Book: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT OS Page: 0469763 Pg 232-233 March Term 1822: Abner LEONARD vs Mehitable LEONARD On a Petition for a Divorce(Recorded) This day comes the parties aforesaid by their counsel and all a singular? The premises having been fully seen and inspected and by the court fully understood it is considered by the court that the Plaintiffs Bill aforesaid be dismissed at his proper costs and charges; And it is further considered by the court here that the Defendant aforesaid recover of the said plaintiff her costs and charges by about her said defence in his behalf expended and the plaintiff in mercy. Complete Record Book B (Civil) Fayette County Indiana Court Records, 1819-1849, Maurice Holmes Page 12 Abner LEONARD vs Mehetable. Petition for a divorce. He stated that they were married March 18, 1784 in Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. She was Mehetable SEWARD and they had eleven children-six of whom were still living. Mary 36 and married, Sarah 28 and married, Louphenia 25(could be Euphemia) and married, Abner 23 and married, Jemimiah 21 and unmarried. and Isaac 19 and unmarried. He stated that Mehetable left home three years ago while they were living Franklin Co. and took all of their personal property with her. The suit was dismissed. March 25, 1822. CENSUS-INDIANA 1830 Indiana Census; LEONARD, Abner in Franklin County IN 1830 Indiana Census; LEONARD, Abner in Fayette County IN 1840 Abner Jr and wife Nancy Dewitt are in Shelby County IN 1840 Abner Sr is in Johnson County IN 1850 Johnson County, White River Twp., Indiana, p. 61, 204/204 NARA Microfilm M432, roll 155 Abner LEONARD, age 88, born New Jersey Jemima LEONARD, age 57{or 51}, born Kentucky (Jemima is his daughter) own 260 acres Resource: OBITUARY from WESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, Feb 4, 1852, page 24 January 1-At the residence of his grandson Mr. CARSON-Johnson County IN., Rev. Abner LEONARD, in his eighty-ninth year. He was a native of New Jersey. In early life he moved to Pennsylvania; and from there to North Carolina, where he spent eleven years. During that time he embraced religion, and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. Afterward he moved to Warren County, Ohio, where he lived about twenty years, and was there licensed to preach as is supposed-by Rev. John Strange; and for several years his labors were greatly blest, in the salvation of souls. But subsequently he lost his enjoyments, and lived several years out of the Church; during which time he moved to Indiana and settled near Connersville, where under a sermon preached by Rev. James Havens, on the parable of the ten virgins, he was again awakened and restored. He was again licensed to preach; and remained deeply devoted to God and his cause till his death; a period of about twenty seven years. The last fourteen years of his life were spent in the vicinity of where he died. He preached his last sermon about four years since, and through infirmity was compelled to desist. I had the pleasure of once meeting him in the class room, where he spoke of his prospects of heaven, with the clearness of a saint waiting for his change. I visited him only a few hours before his death; found him sitting up in his bed, his mind calm and resigned. When it was intimated his end was near, he said, "I am constantly looking for the messenger" He desired us to sing some of the old Methodist hymns, after which we joined in prayer, in which he joined fervently. Being laid back on his pillow, he said, "I feel very faint!"......He was sixty years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It may be said he died of old age, leaving three children and many friends that will feel his absence. But they will rejoice that he rests from his labors, while his works shall follow him. His body rest beside that of his third wife in a retired and lonely spot of earth... JACOB WHITMAN JOHNSON COUNTY, IN-Sharon LEONARD contracted B. Warren of Johnson County IN March 27, 2002. Results of her research are: Book D pages 523-513, 13 May 1837, grantors William and Dorothy Byram Wilkson of Johnson County IN to grantee Abner LEONARD of Johnson County IN, part of the NE 1/4 of Section 2, Township 13 North, Range 3 East, for $120, twenty-six acres. Specific description: beginning at the NE corner of said section thence south on the section line 66 poles six links to a stake thence west 62 poles eleven links to a stake thence north 66 poles six links to a stake thence east on the township line 62 poles eleven links to the beginning, containing twenty-six acres more or less. No witnesses, attested by Abraham Lowe JP. The fact that Abner was "of Johnson County" indicates he was not a new arrival; had probably been renting until he bought. A pole = 16.5 feet and a lik = 7.92 inches; so the property was 1,093 feet by 1,030 feet, not quite a quarter mile on each side. Book K page 216, 17 Oct 1848, grantor Abner Lenard of Johnson County IN to grantee Jamiah Lenard of Johnson County IN, for $200, same parcel of 16 acres. Witness Margret Conner, attested by Henry Conner JP. No dower acknowledgment indicates Abner had no wife at the time. Book O page 425, 3 Jan 1853, grantor Jemima LEONARD of Johnson County IN to grantees Voluntine {also Valuntine} C. Carter and James V. Dwire{also Dwyer}, for $400, same parcel of 26 acres. States "...she is lawfully seized of the premises as of a sine prole and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple and that she will warrant and defend the same against all claims whatsoever." (Which leads me to believe she is Abner's spinster daughter with no children of her own.} Signed by her mark. Witnesses John Robe JP and Abner J. LEONARD This property is located at the SW corner of the intersection of Smith Valley Road and Hwy 135; two miles south of the Marion County line and five miles east of the Morgan?County line. There is currently an Amoco filling station on the corner that has been there for around fifty years; a fairly new Walgreens drugstore just south of the filling station; a house maybe 80 years old just west of the filling station; and a brand new Big Lots discount store back off the road which is not yet open. The Hwy 135 corridor is mostly business and shopping centers along the highway. The information on the 1850 IN census indicated real estate of "260" which is the valuation of the 26 acres, so in 1850 the real estate was valued at $260.00 having paid $200 for it in 1848 and selling it in 1853 for $400.00. the 1840 Johnson County census index indicates an Abner LEONARD on page 595; one male age 60-70, one female age 40-50, one female age 70-80. There is an 1840 LEONARD estate for Jacob with named widow of Miranda Abner came to Johnson County probably as early as 1838. He had probably remarried after his divorce from Mehitable SEWARD LEONARD. The name of his wife is not known at this time. | Abner LEONARD
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| 80 | Tipton County, IN Marriage Records 1844-1870 (sent to me by Judy Holloway) Mooresville, IN LEONARD, Abner J. m. Mary Horton, 17 May 1853 Book 2, Page 29 Abner, 28, & Mary, 23, 1860 L; Abner d. Feb. 27, 1863 of wounds received at Prairie Grove; in Blanchard ref. it lists his name as "Alfred J. LEONARD" bel.his widow re-m Charles Winders,a 5 Aug.1864; she d. May 11, 1866. 1860 United States Federal Census about Abner J LEONARD Name: Abner J LEONARD Age in 1860: 28 Birth Year: abt 1832 Birthplace: Indiana Home in 1860: Liberty, Tipton, Indiana Gender: Male Post Office: Tipton Value of real estate: View Image Household Members: Name Age Abner J LEONARD 28 Mary LEONARD 23 John Horton 25 Served in Civil War (Union), 26th Reg. Indiana Infantry, died February 7, 1862-1863, Fayetteville, Arkansas Regiment organized at Indianapolis, IN., August 31, 1861. Left state for St. Louis, MO., September 7. Attached to Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1862, Sedalia, MO., Dept of Missouri, to June 1862. District of Southwest Missouri Dept. Missouri, to October 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to June 1863. 1st Brigade, Herron's Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps. Dept of the Tennessee, to August and Dept. of the Gult, to June 1864. District of LaFourche, Dept of the Gulf, to February, 1865. Dept of Mississippi to January, 1866. SERVICE-Fremont's advance on Springfield, MO., September 22-November 3, 1861. Duty at Sedalia, MO guarding Pacific Railroad till July, 1862. Near Shiloh, MO April 11 (Detachment). Moved to Springfield MO Schofield's campaign and operations in Southwest Missouri till December. Occupation of Newtonia October 4. Advance on Fayetteville October 11-December 3. March to relief of Gen. Blount December 3-6. Battle of Prairie Grove, ARK December 7. At Fayetteville till December 27. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren, ARK December 27-29. Capture of Van Buren December 29. Duty at various points in Southwest Missouri till June. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss. June 3. Siege of Vicksburg June 11-July4. Moved to Port Hudson July 23, thence to Carrollton, LA August 28. Expedition to Morganza September 5-12. Atchafalaya River September 9-10. Sterling's Farm September 12. Battle of Stirling's Farm on Bayou Fordoche, near Morganza, September 29. Mostly captured. Moved to Carrollton October 10. Expedition to the the Rio Grande, Texas, October 27-December 2. Duty at Mustand Island, Brazos Santiago and Brownsville, Texas, till March, 1864. Regiment veteranze February 1, 1864. Furlough April and May. Garrison duty at Fort Butler, Donaldsville, LA June 1864 to March 1865. Campaign against Mobile and its defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Duty at Mobile AL Meridian and Macon, Miss till January, 1866. Mustered out January 15, 1866. Regiment lost during service 96 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 265 Enlisted men by disease. Total 364 | Abner J. LEONARD
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| 81 | 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. | Abraham Lincoln LEONARD
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| 82 | Notes courtesy Paul Clay, Longwell descendant: Birth and Name spelling from Joseph Leonard Bible From Longwell Family Paper Thelma Christiansen Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Clear Creek, Jasper, Iowa; Roll: M653_325; Page: 104; Image: 433. Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Clear Creek, Jasper, Iowa; Roll: T9_346; Family History Film: 1254346; Page: 7.1000; Enumeration District: 90; Image: 0238. | Abyram Longwell LEONARD
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| 83 | Birthdates Information based on Census reports of 1860 and 1880. | Adah Belle LEONARD
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| 84 | Notes courtesy Paul Clay, Longwell descendant: Birth from Joseph Leonard Bible From Longwell Family Paper Thelma Christiansen (deceased) BIRTH: 1900 Census Death Cert. Ohio Name: Adinonam J. Leonard Titles: Death date: 26 Feb 1911 Death place: Delaware, Delaware, Ohio Birth date: 21 Jun 1834 Estimated birth year: Birth place: Kilbourne, Ohio Age at death: 76 years 8 months 5 days Gender: Male Marital status: Married Race or color: Caucasian Street address: 166 Park Ave. Occupation: Farmer Residence: Burial date: 28 Feb 1911 Burial place: Cemetery name: Green Mound Cem. Spouse name: Father name: Joseph Leonard Father titles: Father birth place: Washington Co. Penn. Mother name: Nancy Longwell Mother titles: Mother birth place: Ky. GSU film number: 1952772 Digital GS number: 4021053 Image number: 2793 Reference number: fn 8051 Collection: Ohio Deaths 1908-1953 | Adoniam Judson LEONARD
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| 85 | KNOX COUNTY OHIO - Norton's History of Knox County [Chapter IV] Left in original context (http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Knox/Knox1862File01.htm) THE COUNTRY AS SEEN IN 1801. Old Amos LEONARD preached Presbyterian doctrine, and would often say when he commenced, "Now, you had better pay the preacher a coon skin or so." It was with him "poor preach and poor pray." "Once I passed along where he was preaching, with corn on my back, to feed about one hundred hogs that I had about where Norton's mill is, and seeing Walker listening to him, I hallooed to him to come along with me - that he could learn no good from Amos - that he knew nothing; and Walker came along with me. Another Sunday I was out hunting calves with my brother Tom, and when we had found them and were driving them along the road, preacher LEONARD took off his hat and shook it at them, scaring them off, so I told him if he ever did so again, preacher as he was, I would whip the hide off of him; and I would have done it, too, for at that day I could whip anybody; I was little, but never saw the man I couldn't whip. "LEONARD went on to his meeting, and took satisfaction out of me by preaching at me. Captain Walker said to me the next day: 'Oh! You ought to have been at meeting just to hear LEONARD abuse you; he laid it on to you severely.' I thought that may be so. Many a man can whip with the tongue that is afraid to try it with the fist." | Amos LEONARD
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| 86 | History of Wshington County, PA 1926, p 239-41 The late A. JACKSON LEONARD, who died at Deemston on March 18, 1918, was born in this county in 1852, and was a son of Isaac and Amanda (Cox) LEONARD, members of pioneer families here and whose last days were here spent. Isaac LEONARD was a blacksmith, doing business in the Zollarsville neighborhood. Politically he was a democrat, and he and his wife were members of the Lutheran church. A. JACKSON LEONARD was for some years after his marriage engaged in farming and then became connected with the operations of the Monongahela Gas Company and was long employed by that concern, for some time as head timekeeper and later as a field manager. He was a democrazt and had rendered public service as a school director and in other local capacities. | Andrew Jackson LEONARD
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| 87 | Notes for ARCHIBALD LEONARD, courtesy of Anna Harless, "Descendants of William Leoanrd" p50. On a visit to the cemetery on September 02, 2002; Headstones of Archibald and Elizabeth (HOGE) LEONARD shows no deterioration, however Archibald?s is difficult to read. Archibald was the Postmaster of Coe Township, Isabella Co. MI from August 17, 1891 to March 26 1901. Obituary Central Michigan Times May 06, 1910 pp.03, Col. 06 Coe Center Archibald LEONARD, who has been mentioned as being very sick for the past two weeks, passed away Friday evening last. He was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania and when 18 years of age he was baptized in the Church of Christ by Elder White who at the time was holding a revival meeting with Archie's Father. He came to Michigan 45 years ago last March with his family and settled on the farm where he lived to the time of his death. He leaves a wife, three sons and three daughters to mourn his departure. His sons are Morgan and Ezekiel of Coe and William H. of Genoa, IL. His daughters are Mrs. Maud Beard of Minnesota, and Mrs. Ethel Johnson and Lillian Randolph of Coe. There also remains one brother S. J. LEONARD and one sister Mrs. Martha Fordyce of Coe, besides a host of relatives and friends. The funeral was held at the home church Monday at 2 o'clock and interment was made in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. The services were conducted by Elder Wingate of Coe. More about ARCHIBALD LEONARD: Burial: Pleasant Ridge, Coe Cemetery, Coe Twp. Isabella Co. MI Cause of death (Facts Pg): Cerebral Hemorrhage Census: Bet. 1870 - 1880, Coe Twp. Isabella Co. MI Marriage Performed By:: Rev. William W. LEONARD Occupation: Farmer | Archibald LEONARD
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| 88 | History of Taylor County, by the people of Taylor County (sic), 1970 Arthur LEONARD, a successful farmer and sheep raiser of Holt Township, was the son of Daniel and Jane LEONARD. He was born at his father's homestead in Taylor County, September 14, 1868. While attending district school he worked for his father, who was emerging from hardships which surrounded him when he settled in this part of the state. Reared to agricultural pursuits, he continued to follow that vocation and owned 160, acres, which was well improved and cultivated by advanced methods. He was also interested, with his father and brothers, in the importing and breeding of Shropshire sheep. On the 25thof February in 1892, Arthur married Esther Coulter, who was born in Ilinois. To this union three cheldren were born: Harry, Charles Raymond "Ray" and Mae. Arthur served a 4 year term, starting in 1928, as a State Senator of the 6th District. Esther LEONARD passed away in 1942. Arthur LEONARD passed away in 1955. (submitted by Delman LEONARD) 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 584 ARTHUR LEONARD Arthur LEONARD, a successful farmer and sheep raiser of Holt township, is the son of Daniel and Jane (Heath) LEONARD, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. He was born upon his father's homestead in this county, September 14, 1868, and while he attended the district school he worked for his father, who was just emerging from the hardships which surrounded him when he settled in this part of the state. Reared to agricultural pursuits he has continued to follow that vocation from choice and now owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, which is finely improved and cultivated by the most advanced methods. He pursues general farming but is also interested, with his father and his brothers, in the importing and breeding of Shropshire sheep. This industry has won him not only success financially, but also a reputation throughout the state that is really enviable. On the 25th of February, 1892, Mr. LEONARD was united in marriage to Miss Esther Coulter, who was born in La Salle county, Illinois. Her father, John Coulter, now deceased, was one of the agricultural community of Holt township and was widely known. Mrs. LEONARD is a member of the Christian church, but her husband does not affiliate with any denomination. Politically he finds himself in sympathy with the platform of the republican party and has always been active in local affairs. For the past sixteen years he has rendered valuable assistance to the cause of education as one of the school directors and for eight years has served the community as constable. He is also much interested in fraternal matters and active in the various lodges to which he belongs. He has attained to the third degree in Masonry, in the lodge at Corning; belongs to the camp of the Modern Woodmen of America at Iveyville and to that of the Woodmen of the World at Corning. With his wife he is also a member of the Royal Neighbors at Iveyville. Still in the prime of life, he may well look forward to many years of prosperous activity. So far he has been well repaid for his efforts and there is every reason to be hopeful of the future. | Arthur LEONARD
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| 89 | History of Seneca County, Ohio (Warner, Beers & Co. Chicago, 1886) Venice Township p. 1031 AVERY LEONARD, farmer, Attica, one of the early settlers of Venice Township who still survive, was born in Washington County, Penn., July 30, 1798. His parents were natives of Connecticut. The father, Caleb LEONARD, was a descendant from the Puritans that landed on Plymouth Rock, and the mother, Sarah (Hale) LEONARD, was of English descent, being a daughter of Gideon Hale, who served under Gen. Wolfe, when he fell at the taking of Quebec from the French. His father died at the ripe age of eighty-seven, in Washington County, Penn., and the mother in her eighty-second year, in Seneca County, Ohio. Our subject received his education in the common schools, and early learned the blacksmith trade. He was married, in 1820, to Nancy, daughter of Samuel Smith, also a native of Washington County, Penn., being of German and Spanish descent, and who died in 1872, in Seneca County, Ohio. To this union were born nine children-seven sons and two daughters: Samuel H., Sarahann, William F., Verden W., Hiram S., Levi, Avery H.. Jonathan and Sarah Angeline. Verden W. was killed by a falling tree in his eleventh year; Sarahann, died in her seventeenth year, and Sarah Angeline, at the age of three months. The other six are still living-two in this county and four in Huron County-all having been engaged in farming a part of their lives. Three are still active farmers, and three are ministers of the Gospel. Avery LEONARD came to -Venice Township, this county, with his family, in the year 1834, and settled in the woods, where his children were educated in the log-schoolhouse. In politics the father and sons are all Republicans. The subject of this memoir in religion was raised a Presbyterian, and on Christmas day, 1823, under a deep conviction of sin, he gave his hand to the Methodist Episcopal Church as a seeker of the pearl of great price, and in the month of June, 1824, being in his twenty-sixth year, after seven months of terrible struggle, he realized that he was made a new creature in Christ Jesus. He remained a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church until the Methodist Protestant broke off from the mother church, when he became a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. About a year after locating in this township, he and his companion, with five others, united in forming a Methodist Protestant class in the community where they lived, since which time he has changed his church relation to that .of the United Brethren, where he now holds his membership. Mr. LEONARD is now in his eighty-eighth year, enjoying a good old age with his son, W. F., with whom he makes his home. | Avery LEONARD
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| 90 | He married (1) Bridgewater 15 Aug 1715 or 1716 Hannah Phillips, d. ca 1730; dau. of William and Hannah (Gilbert) Phillips of Taunton. On 15 Nov. 1717 Benjamin and Hannah LEONARD of Bridgewater received of "our grandfather Thomas Gilbert of Taunton, administrator of the estate of William Phillips late of Taunton deceased, our father," their share of his estate. He m. (2) Freetown 13 June 1734 Mary Cudworth, b. Freetown 14 Nov. 1702; very prob. d. Morristown NJ 5 Nov. 1778 ae 75; dau. of James and Betsy (Hatch) Cudworth. Benjamin LEONARD, cooper, of Bridgewater sold his homestead in Bridgewater in 1720, and the same year he and wife Hannah sold land in Dighton, set off to her from her father's estate. In 1722 Benjamin bought land in Dighton, and was living in the part which later became Berkley in July 1723 with wife Hannah. Benjamin was of Berkley when he sold land in 1735, and also when he sold his homestead in 1737, wife Mary relinquishing dower. Both he and Mary still of Berkley acknowledged a sale 7 Dec. 1738. His last sale was acknowledged in Berkley 3 Sept. 1739. About 1740 Benjamin and family moved to Mendham, Morris Co., NJ. No probate or land records have been located for either Benjamin or Mary in NJ. References: Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 2; pp. 60-61. VR Bridgewater Dighton VR 1:42 Freetown VR, typescript, pp 17, 79 and marriages p. 40 TAG 46:121 Bridgewater by MITCHELL pp. 247 LEONARD Family pp. 67-8 Cory Ancy 2:1:87-90. Plymouth County LR 38:201 (Benj. LEONARD) Bristol Co. LR 13:139, 565; 15:16, 255; 35:355; 40:276; 57:199 (Benj. LEONARD) ------------------------------------------- [New Jersey+ CT records} Birth and Marriage Records: Caleb LEONARD, born 1725, of Roxiticus {later Mendham}, NJ. Caleb LEONARD married to Jemima Menthorne on 27 Jan 1748. Jemima LEONARD, b. in Taunton, married Henry Axtell in 1737. It is also recorded: the first pastor of the Mendham Presbyterian Church married Sarah LEONARD of Taunton, Mass., granddaughter of the old LEONARD family of Taunton {Mendham, NJ, history}. | Benjamin LEONARD
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| 91 | From the "History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men," edited by Boyd Crumrine (Philadelphia, L.H. Everts & Co. 1882) Seattle Genealogical Society: "The LEONARD family came from New Jersey to Somerset township, and as early as 1780 were in possession of land here. There must have been a number of brothers, for the record of peoperty transfers shows that a tract of one hundred and fifty-four acres was owned by several of these. It was first owned by Isaac Leoanrd, sold by him to Abner LEONARD, by Abner to Caleb LEONARD, and from him was purchased by John Hawkins. Caleb LEONARD married Sarah Burt, and their family numbered seven children,---Daniel, Joseph, Zanas, Phebe, Rhoda, Mary, and Sarah LEONARD. The sons Joseph and Zenas died in Ohio, and Daniel died in this county. The daughters all married and died leaving families. Edmond LEONARD, living in Fayette County, and Isaac LEONARD, of Washington burrough, are descendants of these early settlers." --------------------------------------------------- From Sarah LEONARD (bleonard-cfe@msn.com) 2/5/02 Rick - I won't bother you any more - but must apologize for not reading your previous e-mails carefully. Caleb, Jr. married Sarah Burt - If you write to Uniontown Public Library, they have the Burt Family Bible. I have a copy of the Family Record page and the library has a note stating a copy of Burt Will on file at the Library. There should be much information for you at this library on the Burt surname and Caleb, Jr. The sources the library checked for me were: Cemetery Records Wash Co, Horne Paper Maps, Orphan Court Records Wash Co, Wash Co. Will Books and Births & Marriages 1806-1854-just to let you know the extent of their resources. You will probably be very busy searching the Ohio records also but thought this might be helpful. Good luck in your research. Sharon 2/4/02 Was William married to Jemima Burt? If so, I have some resource info, I think. UnionTown Public Library 24 Jefferson Street Uniontown, PA 15401 They have the Annals of LEONARD-Hutchinson Families by Jennie Hutchinson also have Annals of the LEONARD Family by Fanny LEONARD Koster 1911, not indexed-it has fold out genealogical charts on LEONARDs. and Index to the Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County PA containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of many early settled families by J.H. Beers & Co. pg 970 and 1358 - William LEONARD Sharon ---------------------------- (From 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. 4-Nancy (1784-1863), m Caleb Francis LEONARD (desc. Solomon LEONARD);) DAR Index: Vol XXIX, page 248. [proven] [Source: Stephen Bank author of "The LEONARD History Book"] "The long list of LEONARDs in Morris County of the northern part of New Jersey settled there prior to the Revolutionary War, must have had an origin from several lines of the Massachusetts branch of LEONARDs {see Solomon LEONARD Family of Bridgewater for further details}. " The vicinity of Mendham in Morris county, New Jersey, where the LEONARDS settled was one of the most inviting places for Pioneers pushing to the fertile fields of the interior of the Colony and settlements were made in this township as early as 1715-20. The country around furnished an industrious and growing populations, with rich products of the soil, and abundance of magnetic iron ore, so that mining, manufacturing and farming interests greatly prospered and attracted new comers every year. Caleb and Jemima LEONARD family removed from New Jersey to Washington County in PA. in about 1773-1775. "The LEONARD family came from New Jersey to Somerset township, Washington County, PA, and as early as 1780 were in possession of land there. There were a number of LEONARD sons who recorded Land Property transfers, one particular tract of land of 155 acres was owned by several of these brothers. First owned by Isaac LEONARD, then he sold to Abner LEONARD; Abner sold to Caleb LEONARD, Jr. (perhaps Caleb Francis LEONARD?) ------------------------------------ From SallyAnn Joiner GED file: 1 TITL II 1 NOTE Caleb LEONARD, JR. came from New Jersey to Somerset township as early 2 CONC as 1780. The LEONARD brothers all owned land in Washington County, 2 CONC PA. 2 CONT 2 CONT "The LEONARD family came from New Jersey to Somerset township, 2 CONC Washington County, PA, and as early as 1780 were in possession of land 2 CONC there. There were a number of brothers who recorded property 2 CONC transfers, one particular tract of land of 155 acres was owned by 2 CONC several of these brothers. It was first owned by Isaac LEONARD, sold 2 CONC to him by Abner LEONARD, by Abner to Caleb LEONARD and from him was 2 CONC purchased by John Hawkins 2 CONT Caleb LEONARD married Sarah Burt and had seven children." 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT 1790 CENSUS for Washington County, PA: 2 CONT Caleb LEONARD, Jr. head of household..... 5 m 4 f 2 CONT William LEONARD head of household.......... 2 m 3 f 2 CONT Silas LEONARD head of household............. 3 m 4 f 2 CONT Isaac LEONARD head of household............ 4 m 5 f 1 SOUR @S8@ 1 SOUR @S34@ --------------------------- 2 DATE 1778 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. 0 @F49@ FAM 1 BIRTAccording to Jane Peppler: "Caleb and the Leonards moved to Somerset Twp around 1780 from New Jersey. Caleb Leonard married Sarah Burt, and their family numbered seven children - Daniel, Joseph, Zenas, Phebe, rhoda, Mary, and Sarah Leonard. The sons Joseph and Zenas died in Ohio, and Daniel died in this county (Washington County, PA). The daughters all married and died leaving families. Edmond Leonard, living in Fayette County, and Isaac Leonard, of Washington borough, are descendants of these early settlers." The above may have been from a Somerset Twp newspaper, THE EXAMINER. | Caleb LEONARD
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| 92 | Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. Fifteen James Chilton-Richard More; compiled by Robert Moody Sherman, Robert S. Wakefield, and Lydia Dow Finlay; General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow St., Plymouth, MA. 02360; 1997, pp. 66-67. Children of Benjamin LEONARD by his first wife, Hannah Phillips: i Jemima b. 8 May 1717 ii Lydia b 17 Sept 1718 iii Hannah b 26 Sept 1720 iv Benjamin b 6 Sept 1722 v William b. 17 Dec. 1724 vi Caleb b. 23 Sept 1726 (ref: Dighton Vital Records 1:42, 43 (b. Caleb) Mayflower Families details Benjamin LEONARD's land trasactions, marriage to second wife Mary Cudworth and their six children (total of 12 for Benjamin). ------------------------------------- Memorial, Genealogical, Historical, and Biographical of Solomon LEONARD 1637, of Duxbury and Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants; by Manning LEONARD, Southbridge, Mass; 1897. Details several generations of LEONARD descendants, but conspicupously ignores the generations descended from Benjamin LEONARD. ------------------------------------- From Leonard Family History by G. Allan Vaughan Caleb remarried about 1794 at age 68 after being a widower for 24 years. One can easily suppose there were many grandchildren among those gathered at the ceremony. He lived twenty more years. The bride was Sarah Hale, age 37 born February 17, 1755, and not previously married. She had moved not long before from Connecticut with a brother. Sarah was the daughter of Gideon Hale, and perhaps great-granddaughter of Samuel Hale, born 1610 in Wales, died in Connecticut 1695. Blaine (hsb) wrote, ".... it is written that another to descend from Samuel was Nathan Hale, the martyr spy of the revolution". the children of Caleb and Sarah Lois5 Leonard born about 1795 Eleaner Leonard born about 1797 Avery Leonard b. Sep 1, 1798 48 yrs ygr than bro, m.nancy smith,harrison co,seneca co o When Avery was born Caleb was about age 72 and Sarah was about age 43. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On April 14th, 1998, Sallyann Joiner [SMTP:carver@agate.net] wrote: NOTES...Caleb LEONARD a Mayflower Desc of Pilgrim James Chilton. Caleb and Jemima LEONARD removed to Wash Co in abt 1773-1775. This LEONARD family came from NJ to Somerset township, Wash co, Pa and as early as 1780 were in possession of land there. A number of LEONARD sons who recorded Land Property transfers, one particular tract of land was 155 acres owned by a bro. First owned by Isaac LEONARD, then trans to Abner LEONARD to Caleb LEONARD, Jr and then purch by a John Hawkins, etc," 1790 PA Census [you can look that one up for yourself] History of Wash Co.... tells about Lindley's Fort. Interesting little story. ------------------------------------------ DAR Index: Vol XXIX, page 248. [proven] [Source: Stephen Bank author of "The LEONARD History Book"] "The long list of LEONARDs in Morris County of the northern part of New Jersey settled there prior to the Revolutionary War, must have had an origin from several lines of the Massachusetts branch of LEONARDs {see Solomon LEONARD Family of Bridgewater for further details}. " The vicinity of Mendham in Morris county, New Jersey, where the LEONARDS settled was one of the most inviting places for Pioneers pushing to the fertile fields of the interior of the Colony and settlements were made in this township as early as 1715-20. The country around furnished an industrious and growing populations, with rich products of the soil, and abundance of magnetic iron ore, so that mining, manufacturing and farming interests greatly prospered and attracted new comers every year. Caleb and Jemima LEONARD family removed from New Jersey to Washington County in PA. in about 1773-1775. "The LEONARD family came from New Jersey to Somerset township, Washington County, PA, and as early as 1780 were in possession of land there. There were a number of LEONARD sons who recorded Land Property transfers, one particular tract of land of 155 acres was owned by several of these brothers. First owned by Isaac LEONARD, then he sold to Abner LEONARD; Abner sold to Caleb LEONARD, Jr. (perhaps Caleb Francis LEONARD?) (From 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. 4-Nancy (1784-1863), m Caleb Francis LEONARD (desc. Solomon LEONARD);) ------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME Caleb /LEONARD/ 2 GIVN Caleb 2 SURN LEONARD 1 SEX M 1 NOTE {Source: Washington County History} LEONARD family removed to 2 CONC Western Pennsylvania in the first migration from Morris county in New 2 CONC Jersey. The first twenty families arrived in 1773, claimed the land, 2 CONC and built a fort for protection from Indian raids. The region to 2 CONC which LEONARDs and Carys settled was known as Ten-Mile Creek, near the 2 CONC towns of Amity and Prosperity. They were part of LINDLEY'S FORT. 2 CONC "Demas Lindley and Jack Cook were two of the most prominent and 2 CONC influential men among the early settlers along Ten-Mile creek. They 2 CONC were very active in the frontier movements against the Indians, and a 2 CONC fort was early established upon the property of Mr. Lindley, called 2 CONC Lindely's Fort, and was the rendezvous for the residents in this part 2 CONC of the county." 1 SOUR @S34@ 2 PAGE Pages 932-3 2 QUAY 3 1 SOUR @S77@ 2 PAGE page 410-411 1 BIRT 2 DATE 23 SEP 1726 2 PLAC Dighton, Bristol, MA 2 NOTE DAR Index: Vol XXIX, page 248. [proven] 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1814 2 PLAC Washington Co, PA 2 NOTE [Source: Stephen Bank author of "The LEONARD History Book"] 3 CONC "The long list of LEONARDs in Morris County of the northern part of 3 CONC New Jersey settled there prior to the Revolutionary War, must have had 3 CONC an origin from several lines of the Massachusetts branch of LEONARDs 3 CONC {see Solomon LEONARD Family of Bridgewater for further details}. " 3 CONC The vicinity of Mendham in Morris county, New Jersey, where the 3 CONC LEONARDS settled was one of the most inviting places for Pioneers 3 CONC pushing to the fertile fields of the interior of the Colony and 3 CONC settlements were made in this township as early as 1715-20. The 3 CONC country around furnished an industrious and growing populations, with 3 CONC rich products of the soil, and abundance of magnetic iron ore, so that 3 CONC mining, manufacturing and farming interests greatly prospered and 3 CONC attracted new comers every year. 3 CONT | Caleb LEONARD
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| 93 | L563 LEONARD, Charles, c35yr, declared insane; wife divorced him and lives in Boyd co, Ne. SW 31 Mar 1903 Charles LEONARD named a grand juror from Holt township, 1909. (Crosson, p. 119.) http://www.rootsweb.com/~iataylor/L563-565.htm L563 LEONARD, Charles of Corning wed Elizabeth "Libbie" Huntington of Corning; at DMes. BFP 27 Jan 1914, BTR 29 Jan 1914, BTR 22 Jan 1914 | Charles LEONARD
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| 94 | Adams County Free Press 24 Aug 1989 Daniel Junior LEONARD Daniel Junior LEONARD, 63, son of Daniel Sr. and Lona McFarland LEONARD, was born Oct. 30, 1925. in Taylor County and died Aug. 15, 1989, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Des Moines. He attended country school and graduated from Corning High School in 1943. In the fall of 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served three years in World War II. On Nov. 9, 1946, he married Phyllis Shirk in Greenfield. They lived in Corning for 23 years where he owned and operated LEONARD Produce. The family moved to Des Moines in 1969 where he worked in car sales. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother-in-law, Darrell Powell. He is survived by his wife Phyllis of Des Moines; his daughter. Donna Hogan and her husband Richard of Corning: his son Jim and his wife Kim of Des Moines; five grandchildren; a brother, Arnold and his wife Lorane of Corning; a sister, Arlene Powell of Clarinda; his mother-in-law, Beulah Hunnell and her husband Don; and a sister-in-law, Lucille Shirk all of Des Moines. Services were Friday, Aug. 18, at the United Presbyterian Church in Coming, with the Rev. Kenneth Rummer officiating. Casket bearers were Greg Martin, Kirk LEONARD, Russell Smith, Vern Anthofer, Harold LEONARD and Richard Cantieri. Burial was in Prairie Rose Cemetery, Corning. | Daniel LEONARD, Jr.
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| 95 | 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-index.html Chapter on Somerset Township The Leondard family came from new Jersey to Somerset township, and as early as 1780 were in possession of land here. There must have been a number of brothers, for the record of property transfers shows that a tract of one hundred and fifty-four acres was owned by several of these. It was first owned by Isaac LEONARD, sold by him to Abner LEONARD, by Abner to Caleb LEONARD, and from him was purchased by John Hawkins. Caleb LEONARD married Sarah Burt, and their family numbered seven children,-Daniel, Joseph, Zenas, Phebe, Rhoda, mary, and Sarah LEONARD. The sons Joseph and Zenas died in Ohio, and Daniel died in this county. The daughters all married and died leaving families. Edmond LEONARD, living in Fayette County, and Isaac LEONARD, of Washington borough, are descendants of these early settlers. ****Note: Daniel LEONARD would've been in Washington County (age 18) for the Whiskey Rebellion/Insurrection in 1794, during which President George Washington ordered 12,000 to 13,000 troops to the Washington Pennsylvania area. See: http://www.whiskeyrebellion.org/ ********* Chapter on West Bethlehem Township, pp 969. On Feb. 19, 1803, there was organized at the residence of Joseph Hill, Jr., in West Bethlehem township, a Babtist society called the Lebanon Church, but was still better known as the Plum Run Old Side Babtist Church. ...... Among the organizing members of this church were Joseph and Mary Hill, James Hill, ROSS and Margret Nichols, Daniel and Lucretia LEONARD, Rebecca Welsh, James and Maragret Beatty, Thomas and Rachel Hill, David Evans and wife, Mrs. Sarah Barnes, John Welsh, and James Burgan and family. | Daniel LEONARD
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| 96 | Daniel LEONARD (1830-1913) s/o William and Mary Van Ort LEONARD Daniel LEONARD (b. 23 APR 1830, m. Jane Heath 25 Mar. 1855, d. 30 Mar. 1913), born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, like his father and grandfather before him, was the third of nine children born to William and Mary Van Ort LEONARD of Somerset township. Jane Heath (b. 30 Sept. 1836, d. 23 June 1909) was the daughter of William and Sarah Ann Heath of Delaware County, Ohio. Her father was a wagon-maker. Descendants of Daniel LEONARD Descendants of Daniel LEONARD and Jane Heath LEONARD, based on US Census reports, family records, vital records, and multiple biographical sketches are as follows: 1. William LEONARD b. 2 Nov. 1857, m. Alice Clabaugh 13 Feb. 1887, d. 16 Aug. 1942. a. Eva Irene LEONARD, b. Feb. 1888. b. Ethel May LEONARD, b. Feb. 1893. c. Infant LEONARD d. Henry H LEONARD, b. Feb. 1896. e. Jennie Elizabeth LEONARD, Sept. 1897. f. Lottie Opal LEONARD b. 14 June 1901. g. Lloyd Leslie LEONARD abt. 1908. h. Lee William LEONARD abt. 1909. 2. Guy LEONARD b. 23 June 1860, m. Anna Zenia Ditto 15 Mar. 1880, d. 28 Jan 1937. a. Lydia LEONARD b. unkn, d. in infancy. b. Nettie Ellen LEONARD b. 30 Aug. 1886, m. George Franklin Richards, d. 30 Dec. 1952. i. Maxine Laverne Richards private, m. William Everett Holmes. c. Ina LEONARD b. abt. 1887, m. Ivy Rimmer. d. Alta Mae LEONARD b. 18 Mar. 1888, m. Wilbur Hurd, d. Jan. 1972. i. Cecil Hurd b. 19 Oct. 1909, d. May 1959. ii. Zinna Hurd m. Barney Ford. iii. Martin Hurd b. 03 Aug. 1912, m. Fern, d. Oct. 1981. iv. Eddie Hurd v. Darlene Hurd m. Harold Myers. e. Minnie LEONARD b. Nov. 1891 m. Charles W. Huber, d. Nov. 1979. f. Jennie LEONARD b. Dec. 1882; m. Marion Cramer Feb. 1901; d. Mar. 1980. i. Mae Cramer b. 03 Mar. 1902, m. Harl JACKSON. ii. Anna Elizabeth Cramer b. 19 July 1904, m. Arthur Harden, d. unknown. iii. Guy LEONARD Cramer b. 07 Sept. 1907, m. Edna Schoonover, d. Aug. 1971. iv. Ida Rose Cramer b. 12 Dec. 1912, d. 1916. v. Elda Cramer private, m. Robert I. JONES. vi. Oma Cramer b. 31 Dec. 1918, m. Warren Evans, d. 2004. g. Sarah (Sadie) LEONARD b. 18 Jan. 1896, m. Roy McGrew, d. June 1985. h. Daniel JACKSON LEONARD b. 9 Aug. 1998, m. Lona McFarland 20 Aug. 1920, d. 21 Jan. 1970. i. Arlene LEONARD b. abt. 1923, m. Darrell Powell, d. 2004. ii. Daniel "Junior" LEONARD b. 30 Oct. 1926, m. Phyllis J. 9 Nov. 1946, d. 2000. iii. Arnold LEONARD private, m. Edith Lorane Lynam. 3. Sarah LEONARD b. 25 Mar. 1862, d. 2 July 1863 age 1 year, 4 months. 4. Charles LEONARD b. 3 May 1864, m. Elizabeth Huntington Jan. 1914, d. 25 May 1947. 5. Luzanna LEONARD b. 13 June 1866, d. 1 Aug. 1879 of "inflammation, rheumatism" age 13 years, three months. 6. Arthur LEONARD b. 14 Sept. 1868, m. Esther Coulter 25 Feb. 1892, d. 29 Oct. 1955. a. Harry Wesley LEONARD, b. 18 Mar. 1893, m. Hazel Clara Gillet 21 Jan. 1915, d. 12 Nov. 1995. i. Arthur Dean LEONARD b. 06 Mar. 1916, m. Elizabeth Murle Reimer 28 Sept. 1940. ii. Dorothy Lucille LEONARD, b. 24 Oct. 1917, m. Dean Konecne May 1940, d. 06 May 1975. iii. Harry B. LEONARD b. 1925 stillborn. iv. Drexel Cleo LEONARD private. b. Charles Raymond LEONARD b. July 1898, m. Claudine Shuler, d. 1944 i. Delman LEONARD b. 4 Feb. 1992, m. Claudine Bissel 4 Feb. 1943, d. 26 Aug. 2003. Six children. ii. Harold Gene LEONARD private. c. Mae LEONARD unkn. 7. Harry LEONARD b. 25 Oct. 1870, d. 20 July 1883 killed by a horse at age 13. 8. Elisha Smith LEONARD b. 14 July 1883, m. Myrta Powers 26 Sept. 1906, d. 1950. 9. John LEONARD b. 28 July 1876, m. Martha Cramer, d. 8 April 1942. Census Summaries for Daniel LEONARD 1830 - The US Census of 1830 shows Daniel?s father, William7 LEONARD, living in Somerset township, Washington County, PA., with a wife and three children under the age of five. The 1830 census does not list individual names beyond the head of household, but three children is consistent with the birth dates of Daniel (1830) and his two brothers Edmund8 (b. 1825) and Isaac (b. 1827 or 1830). Later census reports have Isaac?s birth date variously at 1830, 31, and 32. 1840 - The 1840 census shows Daniel?s father in the same location, this time 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. Again, the names are not listed, but 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, Isaac, and Daniel. 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. The family is still residing in Somerset township, Washington County, PA. Daniel, 19, 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 more 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. [Daniel?s entire family, save for Edmund and Isaac, would move to Delaware County, Ohio in 1854. Siblings who moved to Ohio included Daniel, Lydia, William H., Joseph, Mary Jane, James Herron, and Thomas.] 1860 ? By 1860, Daniel, 30, had moved three times, married, and started a family of his own in Washington township, Taylor County, Iowa. He had moved to Delaware County, Ohio with his parents and six siblings in 1854, married Jane Heath in 1855, and then moved to Fulton County, Illinois with her parents in 1856. By September of that year, Daniel and Jane were looking for shelter on the Iowa prairie. The 1860 census shows Daniel, age 30, and Jane, age 25, raising their first child, young William, age two, in Washington township, Taylor County, Iowa. He lists $1200 in real estate and $200 in personal property in his occupation as a farmer. [Daniel?s mother, Mary, died of typhoid in September of 1868. His father re-married Catharine Somerlot in April of 1870.] 1870 ? In 1870, the census misspells Daniel?s surname is as ?Lenard?, but he and Jane are the proud parents of five children: William, age 12; Guy, age 10; ?Charley?, age 8; ?Rosana? (actually Luzanna), age 6; and Arthur, age 4. A sixth child, Sarah, was born in March of 1862, but died sixteen months later. Daniel and the rest of the family live in the same location, but it?s now Holt township, created out of Washington township, Taylor County, Iowa, in 1863. Daniel, still farming at age 40, has $7500 in real estate and personal property worth $1500, both were considerable sums in post-Civil War Iowa. [Daniel was enrolled in the Civil War draft, but never called to serve.] 1880 ? The 1880 census shows Daniel, age 50, still farming in Holt township. Jane has delivered three more sons: Harry, age 9; Smith (Elisha Smith), age 6; and John, age 3. But one daughter, Luzanna (previously listed as ?Rosanna?), had passed away a year earlier at age 13. The remaining seven of their surviving children are all living at home, along with three boarders. In addition to the LEONARDs living in dwelling 189, the census lists Henry Harmon, a divorced cousin and farm laborer, age 43. Two Harman (spelling variation) children, Fay, age 6, and Mary, age 8, are boarding in the Darius Kerns household a short distance away. Also listed in the LEONARD household in 1880 are Nora Dickison, an 18-year-old ?servant? born in Illinois and Frank Randal, a 43 year-old farm laborer born in Ohio. [Daniel?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.] 1890 - The vast majority of census records for 1890, including those for Taylor County, IA., were destroyed in a 1921 fire at the Commerce Department building in Washington, D.C. 1895 ? The Iowa State Census of 1895 caught Daniel, 65, and Jane, 63, living in Corning, Iowa, in Adams County, just a few miles north of the family homestead. Other documents note that Daniel attempted to ?retire? to Corning, an experiment that lasted less than a year. 1900 ? By the turn of the century, Daniel, age 70, has stopped listing his occupation as ?farmer?, but he and Jane are again living on the family homestead in Holt township, Taylor County, Iowa. The census shows them married for 45 years; Jane lists herself as the mother of nine children with six still surviving. Sons Charley and Elisha Smith are still living at home. Sons William, Guy, and Arthur have all married and started families of their own on Holt township land gifted to them by Daniel. Son John has also married and started a family on his father-in-law?s land in Adams County. 1910 ? The census of 1910 shows Daniel, age 80, still living on the old homestead, but son Charles, age 46 is now the head of the household. Wife Jane passed away a year earlier and the surviving six sons have taken to farming the more than one-thousand acres Daniel accumulated in his lifetime. [Daniel LEONARD died at his home on March 30, 1913, three months short of his 83rd birthday. He and Mary are buried in Prairie Rose Cemetery, Adams County, Iowa.] Additional Notes on Daniel LEONARD In references outside of his biographical sketches, the Taylor County Histories of 1881 and 1913 consistently refer to Daniel as ?Uncle Dan? LEONARD, even though he had no nieces or nephews living within the state of Iowa. The nickname suggests Daniel may have had a personality that made him everyone?s ?favorite uncle.? Oral history holds that Daniel was a short but powerfully built man, once walking away from a trading post with a barrel of salt under each arm. The same traditions claim that Frank and Jesse James once slept in Daniel?s barn. While the tale is common among Midwestern farmers and largely unsubstantiated, the author notes that the James brother?s family home (near St. Joseph, Missouri) was 70 miles directly south of the LEONARD homestead and the site of their first train robbery (1873, near Adair, Iowa) was forty miles directly north. Daniel was politically active, attending the county?s first Republican convention in 1856, serving two terms on the Board of Supervisors, and twice appointed rural postmaster (Holt, 1863; Dan, 1870-1867). Daniel served on the board of directors for the county Agricultural Society and as the president of the Bluegrass District Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers Association. In an appearance before the Iowa Railroad Commission in 1894, Daniel claimed to be the largest supplier of sheep to the Chicago stockyards five years running. He also appeared, in person or by proxy, before the Iowa Supreme Court on two occasions. One case involved a neighbor?s fence line and the second involved county maintenance of a bridge on son Guy?s farm access road. Daniel lost both cases. There has been some speculation that Daniel may have been a member or supporter of the Underground Railroad in his earliest Taylor County years. There were known railroad stops in Bedford to the south and Quincy to the north. Logic dictates there should?ve been an intermediary stop in between. There is no direct evidence to date that Daniel was a part of the Underground Railroad, but a newspaper clipping in the personal possessions of son Guy raises the curiosity level considerably. From the Adams County Free Press, circa 1920: An Old Sale Bill Seventy Years Old Guy LEONARD presented the following clipping from a newspaper telling of an old sale bill printed seventy years ago. The old bill was as follows: "Having sold my farm and intending to move to Missouri, I will sell at public sale, 1 mile west and 4 miles south of Harrisburg, Ky. on Saturday, September 26th, 1850 the following described property, to-wit: One (unreadable) nigger, 25 years old, weight 210 lbs.; 4 nigger wenches, from 18 to 24 years old; 3 nigger boys, 6 years old; 13 nigger hoes; 1 fine sled; 6 yoke of oxen, well broke; 10 ox yokes with hickory bows; 2 ox carts, with 6-inch tires; 1 saddle; 3 double-shovel plows; 2 barrels of soap; 2 barrels of kraut; 1 extra good nigger whip; 2 tons of tobacco, 2 years old. Sale will start at 10:30 sharp. Terms cash. I need the money. Col. H.W. Johnson auctioneer, Bill Crawford (unreadable). Joe Cooley, owner." ?Uncle Dan? LEONARD was well documented in local county histories and newspapers of the day, each publication dropping hints of other potential sources of information to be pursued. From the Taylor County Republican, May 9, 1878: Farms and Farmers of Taylor County The hand that holds the plow is the hand that feeds the world Our country rambles lead us through Holt township this week and we still find much to gratify the eye and employ the pencil. From our note book we extract the following accounts of various farms visited and of the farmers who till them. DAN LEONARD It is now 23 years since he whose name heads this paragraph then in the flush of lusty, vigorous manhood, camped for the first time on the spot of ground where now runs the northern limits of his magnificent orchard. Since then, what changes have come over the landscape next morning's sun presented to his view! Far as the eye could see on either side stretched the wild prairies, unmarked save by the wild luxuriance of Nature's profuse county. [ed. note: probably a typo meaning "bounty."] Now rich farms abound on every side, and all around the scene is dotted with the dwellings of thrifty husbandmen. But time has dealt with the animate as well and the inanimate since that day, twenty-three years ago. The erect form of the sturdy pioneer, though yet unbent and vigorous, bears impact of the years; the elastic step of youth has given place to the firm tread of mature manhood; the once smooth, ruddy cheek is now browned and weather-beaten. She who joined her fortunes to his in far off time, who with a girl's enthusiasm entered into all his plans with heart and soul, who stood with him and viewed the glories of that morn on that old camping ground, who, with all a woman's self-abnegation and uncomplaining fortitude, bore the privations and toils of pioneer life, is now a sedate matron, whose motherly care and wifely counsel are the comfort and guide of a numerous household. Three hundred and twenty acres of that then raw prairie, on section 10, now yield the varied products of a cultivated soil to the hand of him who, when his eyes first saw this land had naught to depend on but his own labor. All but forth acres are broke out and that will be done the present season. Mr. LEONARD is chiefly interested in the raising of stock; principally hogs of the Berkshire breed, which branch of farming he has brought to rare perfection. Of the animals he has one hundred and thirteen head, one being a full blooded boar; seven are splendid pedigreed sows, the rest being half and three-quarter bloods. All are in excellent health and the impression of form and breeding in the eye of the connoisseur in such matters. A visit to the pen will well repay any farmer who desires to improve his stock, and a talk with the owner cannot fail to give him many valuable hints of the management and raising of these animals. But Mr. LEONARD does not confine himself to the hog interest alone. He also has fifty head of fine cattle, among them two thoroughbred short horn bulls which have taken premiums at both Bedford and Conway. There are eighteen cows in the herd, three-quarter bloods and several head of other improved stock, mainly young heifers. Of the horse kind there are five work teams, one extra work horse, four spring colts, and eleven other young horses from yearlings to three-year-olds. The grain and hay raised on the place is commensurate with the needs of the family and the stock, and will so continue, but Mr. LEONARD sells but little if any grain off the place, and confines his attention chiefly to stock. It is his intention to introduce sheep raising among his other stock interests, they being valuable not alone for the fleece and increase, but are great destroyers of noxious weeds, especially the wild rose bushes which give so much trouble. Referring again to the subject of the really unusually excellent specimens of the hog kind to be found on this place, we mention the fact that Mr. L has twenty-five brood sows, which will raise pigs this season. For the past two years he has been selling the best-bred Berkshires in these parts in such large numbers that to give the actual figures might challenge belief, and has not had enough to supply the demand. He is better prepared this year to fill orders than ever before. One thing we found by neutral inquiry among those who have bought of him which redounds to his credit, and that is that whatever he tells to a purchaser as to the merits of the pigs sold, can be implicitly relied on. No half bloods are palmed off for fall by Dan LEONARD, but the man who does not know one breed from another is as sure to get the kind of animals he wants as the best judge of breeds in the country. Did space permit, much might be said of other interesting attractions about this farm--of the large well-kept orchard, probably the equal of any in southern Iowa, of the lawn before the house, with its evergreens and shrubbery, of the small fruits, the groves, the buildings, and a hundred and one other things in which all farmers are interested, but merely remarking that there are twenty acres of timber on section 14, also Mr. LEONARD's property, we pass to the quarter-section on section 2 owned and worked by....Henry Coulthard (next article). From History of Taylor County, State Historical Company, 1881 p. 714 (portrait on p. 261): LEONARD, D., farmer and stock raiser, section 10, post office Corning, was born June 24th, 1830, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was raised on a farm and received his education in the subscription schools. In the spring of 1854 he moved to Delaware County, Ohio, and after a residence there of about 18 months started west by team, arriving in this county in September of 1856. The following spring he moved to his present farm. At that time his nearest neighbor on the west was four miles, and on the north twelve miles. He was married in the spring of 1855 to Miss Jane Heath, of Delaware County, Ohio. Of their children, seven are living: William, Guy, Charlie, Arthur, Harry, Smith and John. Two, Sarah Anna and Lee Ann (tombstone says Luzanna - ed.), are deceased. Mr. LEONARD owns a farm of 320 acres, beautifully situated, and in a high state of cultivation. He has a fine residence, commodious barn, and a large bearing orchard of 624 trees, being one of the finest orchards in Taylor County. He has a superabundance of small fruits. Mr. L. has experienced all the hardships and privations of pioneer life. Commencing when the county was new, and having little means, he set to work with a determination, and by industry and frugality conquered all obstacles and acquired for himself and family a pleasant home. He has been honored with numerous offices. His official record is without stain - having performed the duties devolved upon him with marked ability, and always with unswerving integrity and unyielding firmness. He is an unassuming man, honest in his dealings, and commands the respect of his fellow men. The interest of Taylor County he has always made a study. From The History of Taylor County, Iowa from earliest times to 1910, Frank E. Crosson, 1910; S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. Chicago p. 392 (portraits of Daniel & Jane pp. 394-5): Daniel LEONARD Few men of Taylor County have endured greater hardships in the early settlement of this part of the state or have born their expectations with greater courage and derived from them a larger share of the prosperity of the world and the gifts of spirit than has Daniel LEONARD, who for more than half a century has farmed in what is now Holt township. The memories of the day on which he arrived here and of the struggles and discouragements of the first few years are still vivid, and sometimes, as he looks back over the past he wonders not so much how he surmounted them, but how his loyal wife, gently born and reared amid luxury, had the courage to brave conditions to which he all unwillingly had to submit her. He was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in June 1830. His father, William LEONARD, was a farmer throughout his live 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 a native of Pennsylvania and lived to be sixty years of age. The family of LEONARD was of English decent 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 that time. However that may be, they were able to transmit to their descendent strong qualities of character which have been the making of him. About three miles from the birthplace of James G. Blaine, Daniel LEONARD opened his eyes upon the world and there grew to maturity. His parents were very poor people and he was able to acquire but a limited education, though he was early initiated into the realm of toil. At the age of 22, he left his home and started life for himself. He went first to Delaware County, Ohio, where he remained for two years and was married, and then moved to Fulton County, Illinois, where he lived for about nine months. In 1856, with a team of horses and all of their household possessions loaded on a wagon, he and his wife started on their journey across the country to Iowa. On the 25th of September, (he) stopped at the place where his home has been ever since and where he pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of government land. No shelter of any kind was to be seen, so they took off the bows and the cover from the wagon, fastening them to the ground so that they would not blow away, for a storm seemed to be rising, and then inverted the wagon box on the ground. Under this the wife crawled, and after handing her a few clothes, Mr. LEONARD crawled under himself. During the night, the threatened storm arrived and although the rain poured down harder than he had ever known it to do before or since, they were as dry and cozy under their improvised shelter as if they were provided with more comforts. Mr. LEONARD had in his pockets only thirty-seven dollars and thirty-seven cents, but with that rare foresight which has distinguished him in his acquisition of land since, he traded his team for ninety acres. [No evidence in land records ? ed.] For four years he managed to do without any horses, although he bought a couple of calves which he broke into work. They were well broken, too, as one incident will show. In the early morning, Mr. LEONARD would take them to the timber, fell a tree, trim it, put the butt and larger limbs together, fasten a chain about them, and then hitch the young oxen to the whole. Forthwith, they would "mozey" to the cabin, where Mrs. LEONARD would "untoggle" the chain, turn them around and start them on the road to the woods which they would reach by themselves. On the next trip, Mr. LEONARD would accompany them, as he went to his dinner, and in the afternoon would bring up the third load. They were also of value in plowing when they were fastened with a yoke eight feet long, and with them he was able to plant his corn. The animals grew to be oxen of mammoth size and when he disposed of them they brought a price of two-hundred and seventy-five dollars. From the trees he felled, Mr. LEONARD build a cabin sixteen feet square, and as the logs were short in this part of the state, he had to splice them to make the cabin large enough. In that rude home he and his wife lived for a number of years, until he erected his present residence, the lumber for which he hauled from St. Joseph, Missouri. But even when their cabin was built their hardships were not lightened very much, and many a time Mr. LEONARD said he wept at the thought of the severity of the life to which he brought his wife so tenderly reared in her girlhood and now bearing the struggle of a pioneersman's wife cheerfully, without complaint. On one occasion he came to the shanty from the fields and found her clad in her nightclothes, washing the only outside garments she had. She was using a brass kettle given her by her mother, the only utensil among the few possessions large enough for the purpose. Mr. LEONARD returned to the fields, sat down in the furrow and cried, heartsick enough to commit suicide. But he thought to himself, "LEONARD, you won't be such a coward. Get up, pull yourself together and get out of this condition." It was a long time, however, before ready money found a place in his pocket. On one occasion, he wrote a letter to his people in Ohio, but could not send it for lack of the price of postage, which in those days would have been fifteen cents. Nor could that amount be found in Taylor County. At different seasons of the year, hogs were gathered together at some place and driven to Ottumwa to be sold. One time Mr. LEONARD had twelve to dispose of, but they weighed three-hundred pounds and were too heavy to drive. Accordingly he butchered them himself and sold the hams in Bedford for two and a half cents a pound, could not sell the shoulders at any price. So he left two with a blacksmith and said he would take their value out in work, later receiving for them a pair of hinges, which anywhere today could be procured for a quarter. That these conditions have passed and that Mr. LEONARD is in the enjoyment of a handsome income are due not only to his capacity for work and his determination to get ahead, but equally to the native sagacity which enabled him to discern the increase in the value of land, for besides the location he chose for his own home, whenever he saw the opportunity he bought land until at one time he held over one-thousand acres, of which he gave generously to each of six sons, whom he assisted in improving their farms and in stocking them. His own farm is situated on an elevation, from which, before the trees were so thick he could look southwest into Missouri, west into Page County, northwest into Montgomery County, north into Adams County, northeast into Union County, east into Ringold County, and southeast and south over Taylor County, obtaining a beautiful view in whatever direction he gazed. In addition to his purely agricultural interests, for more than fifty years Mr. LEONARD has given special attention to the breeding of sheep, and with his sons under the name of Daniel LEONARD & Sons, became the pioneer importers of Shropshire sheep, and they are now noted all over the southwest for the quality of their animals. Farm work and the air from his fields are his life, as he learned when at one time he retired to Corning. It was not long, however, as he was not made for a life of comfort, and he came back to the farm, determined not to relinquish its cares until the last moment. In 1853, Mr. LEONARD married Miss Jane Heath, who was born in Washington County, Ohio, in 1833, and for fifty-six years she was his companion. With the courage that some loving women possess, she never faltered before the difficult life to which her husband brought her, but without complaint assumed her duties. Her example of hard work and her cheerfulness were the encouragement for many, while her virtues and the Christian spirit which prompted her many acts of kindness made her well beloved by all, but especially by her own family. Nine children were born to them: Mary (tombstone says Sarah A. -ed.), who died at the age of eighteen months; William, who is living in Grove Township; Guy, a resident of Holt Township; Charles, who is at home; Arthur, Smith, and J.W., who are living in Holt Township; Luzanne, who died at the age of 14 years; and Harry, who as killed when fourteen years old. Mrs. LEONARD was taken from this world June 23, 1909, but her memory is still a strong factor for good, although she was never a member of any church. In the early days, Mr. LEONARD had helped organize a Methodist church in the neighborhood, of which he became a member and class leader. There were but five professing Christians in north Taylor County then, and his descriptions of the first meeting house contrasts strangely with the edifices prepared for worship today. He says, "It was a log building, one end out for the chimney, the other end for the door, the sides out for the windows. Split lean tree logs on pegs formed the seats." Four fourteen years he regularly attended the services at that church, but his ideas gradually broadened and today he would be considered liberal, subscribing to no creed. His rule of life has always been, "Do as I would be done by," and he says repeatedly, "That if people would follow the Golden Rule, they would need no other religion." It has profited him well in a worldly way and three years ago he was able to take a trip to California and the Pacific Slope, on which his wife accompanied him. Politically Mr. LEONARD is a Republican, attending and participating in the first convention held in Taylor County. Indeed, he has always wielded a wide influence in shaping the public opinion of this section of the state and has been active in the local affairs for time and again he has held township offices and has served on the Board of Supervisors for two terms. Having seen the county grow from its earliest days, it is but natural that he should be actuated by a large public spirit for its welfare. Times have advanced since pioneer days, and he has been largely instrumental in bringing about progress. From the Delaware Olentangy Gazette, Fri. April 13, 1855; ?Married?, p2: In Brown tp. March 25th, by Rev. E.G. Wood, Mr. Daniel LEONARD to Miss Jane Heath. From the Bedford Times Republican, April 14th, 1905: Golden Wedding The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel LEONARD of Holt township, which was to have occurred March 25th but had to be postponed on account of the serious illness of Mrs. LEONARD, was duly observed yesterday, when about one hundred fifty of their friends and neighbors, including persons from Gravity, Corning, Lenox, Clearfield and Bedford, assembled at their home, completely surprising them as to what was intended. A large pavilion tent had been procured for the occasion, in which long tables were spread, laden with the richest vivands the county affords and the market supplies. All ate to their entire satisfaction and huge piles were left to be taken away. Hon. Wm. COBB (State Representative, 1903-1906- Crosson p. 138) had been secured to make the speech of congratulation and present the presents from friends. He began by congratulating them on their good fortune in enjoying so many years of the blessings of marriage associations; spoke of this eventful period of fifty years forming very much of our national history; the change from a half slave to an entirely free government; of the wonderful development of our country in converting the wild waste into luxury and wealth; of comforts of life denied to the pioneer settler now brought to almost every door by our checkered railroad system; of the development of the infant republic of fifty years ago, now one of the... [1-2 lines unreadable] ...and intellectual power; of the wealth of human life not being so much of the character of broad acres of land, numerous and extensive herds, neither in the amount of rich bank account, but in the confidence, honor, and esteem of our fellow beings, especially the reverence and regard of our own household such as is manifest today in the great interest these sons are taking in this demonstration; concluding by an expression of hope that no clouds might overshadow the sky of their future lives and that many more anniversaries might yet come to them. Mr. LEONARD received a beautiful gold headed cane, Mrs. LEONARD a gold watch and chain, the gift of friends and neighbors. Each of them received a beautiful gold ring, the gift of their sons. Mr. James LEONARD, a brother, sent a metal case clock, finished in gold. Also, Mr. Frank Dunning of Bedford sent a unique metal clock finished in gold. Mr. LEONARD was much overcome but managed to extend a hearty expression of thanks and kind regard to all. Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD are among the oldest of Taylor County's residents, having come here from Ohio in September, 1856. The following spring they moved onto the farm where they now live. Mr. LEONARD will be 75 years of age on June 24th next. He was born in Washington County, Pa., where he resided until 24 years of age... [1-2 lines unreadable] ...here he met the woman who was to be his loving companion and true helpmate for half a century, and we hope will be for many years more. The maiden name of Mrs. LEONARD was Miss Jane Heath, and they were married at her home in Delaware County, Ohio, on March 25th, 1855. A little over a year later they bid farewell to home and loved ones and came to what was then the outskirts of civilization, Taylor county. Nine children came to bless their home, of which six remain to comfort their old age. Together Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD fought the battle of life, enduring all the privations and hardships of a pioneer life without a murmur. And now they are meeting with their reward. With a beautiful home, surrounded with all the comforts of life that money can buy, they are going down the hill slowly and contentedly. Respected and honored by all, they have a legion of friends who join The Times Republican in sincere and heartfelt congratulations. From The Taylor County Times-Republican, July 1, 1905; ?Old Settler Gone.?: Mrs. Daniel LEONARD, one of the oldest citizens of the county, died at her home in Holt township, June 23. She came with her husband to Taylor County in 1856, and settled on the farm which was ever after her home. She is survived by her husband and six sons. The funeral was held at the home on Friday, conducted by Rev. Ackley of Griswold. From the Adams County Free Press, Sat. April 5th, 1913, ?Death of a Pioneer?, photo page 1, story page 3: Daniel LEONARD passed away Monday evening at his family residence in north Taylor county after a lingering illness of three years resulting from a stroke of paralysis being practically helpless the past six months. The funeral was held Wednesday at 1 o?clock at the family home conducted by Rev. A.Y. Cupp. Internment was made at Prairie Rose cemetery beside his wife who died June 23, 1909. Daniel LEONARD was born June 24, 1830, near Uniontown, Washington county, Pa., and was 82 years, 9 months and 7 days old, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William LEONARD. He was of a family of eight brothers and one sister, four brothers surviving him. Mr. LEONARD lived in his own native state until 1855 when he went to Ohio where he met and married Miss Jane Heath March 25, the same year. In September, 1856, they came to Iowa and settled on the place where they died. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD, Sarah Ann died in infancy, Louzana died when 14 years old and Harry died when 13. The living children are William, Guy, Arthur, Charlie, E.S. and J.W. and all join the home farm but Will. Besides his four brothers, and six sons he leaves eighteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. When Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD reached their journeys end and settled on the raw prairie land they had a team, wagon, harness, their few household effects and $37. They immediately went to work and erected a small log cabin and planted cottonwoods, small sticks about the size of a man?s forefinger. They were the first trees planted in northern Taylor county. Some breaking was done on the homestead and a little corn was raised, scarcely twenty acres being raised in all of Taylor county that year. Corn meal that winter was made by punching holes with a shingle nail through a piece of tin by which the corn was grated. Mr. LEONARD soon got a few sheep together which was the foundation of his successful career in that line. He and his sons have been associated in the sheep business, raising pure-bred Shropshires and have acquired a valuable business and reputation. For a number of years after the LEONARDs came here Indians roamed at will, often calling on their white neighbors. Judge Barnett then residing near Carbon was his friend and neighbor on the north and there were but few neighbors in a radius of many miles and both often enjoyed a visit from the other. And so we might write volumes of the early days in which he as a pioneer figured, always for the advancement of the new country. From the Adams County Union-Republican, Wed. April 2nd, 1913, ?Obituary?, photo and story page 12: Daniel LEONARD died at the family home in Taylor county at 7:45 Monday evening this week, aged 82 years, 9 months and 7 days. The funeral services will be held at the residence at 1 o?clock p.m. today, conducted by Rev. A.Y. Cupp, and internment will be made in Fairview cemetery. ?Uncle Dan,? as he was familiarly known to a host of acquaintances, was one of the first settlers in Taylor county. At the time of his demise he was probably the earliest living settler of the county. He was born in Washington county, Pa., June 24, 1830, and March 25, 1855, was married to Jane Heath. The couple came to Taylor county in the fall of 1856, settling on the farm where they both passed from this life. To them were born nine children: William, Guy, Sarah, Art, Charles, Louisiana, Harry, Smith and John. Sarah, Louisiana and Harry preceded their parents in death. The other children all reside in Taylor county and like their father are among the most substantial citizens of the community. Mrs. LEONARD died June 23, 1909. All the children were born on the home place, most of them in a log cabin that furnished the home for the family in the early years, before the family knew the prosperity that has been theirs for so along a time. It is probable that no farmer and stockman in this section of the state was better known than Mr. LEONARD. He has been prominent in practically every movement for the bettering of rural conditions, has been one of the most progressive farmers in the state, and his stock business, builded up by himself and his sons under the firm name of Daniel LEONARD & Sons, has won him fame in many states. Their importations of sheep have been sought far and wide. Mr. LEONARD was a good neighbor and a good friend. We have enjoyed his friendship since we were a youth, and we do not recall an instance of the many visits with him where we were not edified and instructed, for Mr. LEONARD?s knowledge was of the practical sort that is of value to one?s friends. The story of the experiences of himself and wife in the early days in this country would make an interesting volume. Those hardships perhaps had much to do with the molding of the sturdy character whose passing we all regret. Until with the last twelve months Mr. LEONARD enjoyed exceptionally good health. About a year ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis, and has gradually failed since then. Beside the immediate family Mr. LEONARD is survived by four brothers, James, of LaRue, Ohio; Thomas, of Lorraine, Ohio; William, of Hallowell, Kans., and Joseph of Oklahoma. We join the many friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved ones. From The Marion Daily Star, Tues. Ap. 1, 1913; ?Daniel LEONARD is Dead in Iowa?, p. 3: Deceased was a brother of James LEONARD, of LaRue La Rue, O. April 1, [Special] ? James LEONARD, of this place, received a message, this morning, notifying him of the death of his brother, Daniel LEONARD, who died at Corning, Iowa, last night at the age of eighty-five years [sic ? age 82. ? ed.. Mr. LEONARD was born in Pennsylvania, but lived in Delaware County about a year, having moved to Iowa in 1857 [sic ? actually 1856.-ed.]. He was the first settler in Taylor county, Iowa [sic ? he wasn?t first. -ed.]. He was very prominent in that state, and with his sons owned 2000 acres there. He was the breeder of Shropshire sheep and was frequently sent by the governor of his state to Sheep Breeders associations in other states. He is survived by a widow and six sons [sic ? no record of Daniel re-marrying, Jane died in 1909. ?ed.]. Sources for Daniel 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 where available. 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 ? Family Notes 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. A transcribed letter from Arthur LEONARD, son of Daniel and grandson of William and Mary, to Wilbur LEONARD, grandson of Edmund LEONARD, details Daniel?s descendants. US Census Reports of 1830-1910: Washington and Fayette Counties, PA; Delaware and Marion Counties, OH; Taylor County, IA. 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. History of Taylor County, State Historical Company, Des Moines, Ia. 1881. Biographical sketch of Daniel LEONARD on p. 714. The History of Taylor County, Iowa from earliest times to 1910, Frank E. Crosson, S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. Chicago, 1910. Biographical sketch of Daniel LEONARD on pp. 394-5. Delaware Olentangy Gazette, Fri. April 13, 1855; ?Married?, p2 Taylor County Republican, May 9, 1878. Article on the Dan LEONARD farm. Taylor County Times-Republican, July 1, 1905; ?Old Settler Gone.? Bedford Times Republican, April 14th, 1905. Article on Daniel and Jane?s 50th Wedding Anniversary. Adams County Free Press, Sat. April 5th, 1913, ?Death of a Pioneer?, photo page 1, story page 3. Adams County Union-Republican, Wed. April 2th, 1913, ?Obituary?, photo and story page 12. The Marion Daily Star, Tues. Ap. 1, 1913; ?Daniel LEONARD is Dead in Iowa?, p. 3 Record of Appointment of Postmasters, Taylor County, Iowa, 1832-1971, U.S. Post Office Department. National Archives and Records Administration, micropublication M841, page 465. Post Office Records of Site Locations 1837-1950, Taylor County, Iowa, National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M1126, roll 186, no page numbers Daniel and Guy LEONARD, Appellants v. A.B. Wakeman; et al., Apellees, (No case number), April 1903, Supreme Court of Iowa, appealed from Taylor County District Court, Hon. R.L.Parrish, Judge. Daniel and Guy LEONARD, Appellants v. James McDonald, Apelle, (No case number), October 1903, Supreme Court of Iowa, appealed from Taylor County District Court, Hon. R.L.Parrish, Judge. Seventeenth Annual Iowa Railroad Commission Report, 1894, pp. 159-61. Probate Records of William LEONARD of Marion County, Ohio, 1881. ----------------------------------------------- Funeral/Headstone Undertaker: Ralph W. Roland (from death certificate) buried 4/2/1913, died march 31. Daniel elected to the Taylor County Agricultural Society's board of director on the first Saturday of December, 1877, for the year 1878. (Crosson, p. 67.) Daniel elected to the Board of Supervisors, 1865. (Crosson, p. 139) There is no record of county election returns from 1854-1866. (Crosson, p. 104 & 135) John Hayden, commissioner of schools 1857, County clerk, treasurer, and recorder 1851 (Crosson, p. 138, 139). First settler in Holt township, 1850. (Crosson p. 163) Daniel LEONARD, in building his cabin, broke his ax. Bedford was the nearest point where he could purchase one. If a physician was needed it frequently meant a long trip in the night, where now thephone is called into use, and time an travel saved. Such men as J.S. Bpyd, A.J. Litteer, Daniel LEONARD, S.S. Patch, and William Hindman can appreciate these conveniences, much more than can the later generation, who rave if the phone gets out of order or the weather prevents delivery of the mail. (Crosson, [p. 142-143) Railroads, mail, stage coaches (Crosson, p. 161); Game, shooting matches, p 162 Severe winter of 1856 (Crosson, p. 166) RESEARCH NOTES: 1/4/02 ********"The Story of Nevin (Iowa)" by J. Loran Ellis (1901) recounts the attempt to establish a Bostonian "colony" near the present-day Nevinville in NE Adams County. It describes, among other things, a horrendous snowstorm in Dec. of 1856 and a disaterous thunderstorm the following spring. Referenced by Cydni's List under Iowa Documents: History and Geneaology; http://www.kinyon.com/iowa/nevin/title.htm **********Check with local Clerk on death records, which may be quicker/cheaper than state vital records. DONE Taylor County Clerk County Courthouse Bedford, IA 50833 (712) 523-2095 Iowa Department of Public Health 321 E. 12th, 4th Floor Des Moines, IA 50319 (515) 281-4944 recording **************Old newspapers that may have a marriage notice for Dan/Jane Heath. From the Ohio Newspaper Index (searchable database) at http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/newspaper/home.cfm and available for inter-libray loan: Microfilm Roll /Title /City Roll 8799 /Olentangy Gazette /Delaware 3 / 14 / 1851 - 12 / 14 / 1855 ***************************** ________________________________ Notes From: 1) "Daniel LEONARD"; The History of Taylor County, Iowa from earliest times to 1910; by Frank E. Crosson; copywrite 1910; S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. Chicago 2) "Uncle Dan"; The History of Taylor County; State Historical Company, 1881; Unigraphic Inc. Evansville, Ind. c. 1975 3) "Holt Township"; The History of Taylor County, Iowa from earliest times to 1910; by Frank E. Crosson; copywrite 1910; S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. Chicago 4) "Account of Farm"; Taylor County Republican, May 09, 1878 5)"Gold Wedding" from Bedford Times Republican, April 14th, 1905 6 "Holt Township News," Taylor County Rebulican, May 9, 1878 1) "Daniel LEONARD" (The History of Taylor County, Iowa from earliest times to 1910) Few men of Taylor County have endured greater hardships in the early settlement of this part of the state or have born their expectations with greater courage and derived from them a larger share of the prosperity of the world and the gifts of spirit than has Daniel LEONARD, who for more than half a century has farmed in what is now Holt township. The memories of the day on which he arrived here and of the struggles and discouragements of the first few years are still vivid, and sometimes, as he looks back over the past he wonders not so much how he surmounted them, but how his loyal wife, gently born and reared amid luxury, had the courage to brave conditions to which he all unwillingly had to submit her. He was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in June 1830. His father, William LEONARD, was a farmer throughout his live 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 a native of Pennsylvania and lived to be sixty years of age. The family of LEONARD was of English decent 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 that time. However that may be, they were able to transmit to their descendent strong qualities of character which have been the making of him. About three miles from the birthplace of James G. Blaine, Daniel LEONARD opened his eyes upon the world and there grew to maturity. His parents were very poor people and he was able to acquire but a limited education, though he was early initiated into the realm of toil. At the age of 22, he left his home and started life for himself. He went first to Delaware County, Ohio, where he remained for two years and was married, and then moved to Fulton County, Illinois, where he lived for about nine months. In 1856, with a team of horses and all of their household possessions loaded on a wagon, he and his wife started on their journey across the country to Iowa. On the 25th of September, (he) stopped at the place where his home has been ever since and where he pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of government land. No shelter of any kind was to be seen, so they took off the bows and the cover from the wagon, fastening them to the ground so that they would not blow away, for a storm seemed to be rising, and then inverted the wagon box on the ground. Under this the wife crawled, and after handing her a few clothes, Mr. LEONARD crawled under himself. During the night, the threatened storm arrived and although the rain poured down harder than he had ever known it to do before or since, they were as dry and cozy under their improvised shelter as if they were provided with more comforts. Mr. LEONARD had in his pockets only thirty-seven dollars and thirty-seven cents, but with that rare foresight which has distinguished him in his acquisition of land since, he traded his team for ninety acres. For four years he managed to do without any horses, although he bought a couple of calves which he broke into work. They were well broken, too, as one incident will show. In the early morning, Mr. LEONARD would take them to the timber, fell a tree, trim it, put the butt and larger limbs together, fasten a chain about them, and then hitch the young oxen to the whole. Forthwith, they would "mozey" to the cabin, where Mrs. LEONARD would "untoggle" the chain, turn them around and start them on the road to the woods which they would reach by themselves. On the next trip, Mr. LEONARD would accompany them, as he went to his dinner, and in the afternoon would bring up the third load. They were also of value in plowing when they were fastened with a yoke eight feet long, and with them he was able to plant his corn. The animals grew to be oxen of mammoth size and when he disposed of them they brought a price of two-hundred and seventy-five dollars. From the trees he felled, Mr. LEONARD build a cabin sixteen feet square, and as the logs were short in this part of the state, he had to splice them to make the cabin large enough. In that rude home he and his wife lived for a number of years, until he erected his present residence, the lumber for which he hauled from St. Joseph, Missouri. But even when their cabin was built their hardships were not lightened very much, and many a time Mr. LEONARD said he wept at the thought of the severity of the life to which he brought his wife so tenderly reared in her girlhood and now bearing the struggle of a pioneersman's wife cheerfully, without complaint. On one occasion he came to the shanty from the fields and found her clad in her nightclothes, washing the only outside garments she had. She was using a brass kettle given her by her mother, the only utensil among the few possessions large enough for the purpose. Mr. LEONARD returned to the fields, sat down in the furrow and cried, heartsick enough to commit suicide. But he thought to himself, "LEONARD, you won't be such a coward. Get up, pull yourself together and get out of this condition." It was a long time, however, before ready money found a place in his pocket. On one occasion, he wrote a letter to his people in Ohio, but could not send it for lack of the price of postage, which in those days would have been fifteen cents. Nor could that amount be found in Taylor County. At different seasons of the year, hogs were gathered together at some place and driven to Ottumwa to be sold. One time Mr. LEONARD had twelve to dispose of, but they weighed three-hundred pounds and were to heavy to drive. Accordingly he butchered them himself and sold the hams in Bedford for two and a half cents a pound, could not sell the shoulders at any price. So he left two with a blacksmith and said he would take their value out in work, later receiving for them a pair of hinges, which anywhere today could be procured for a quarter. That these conditions have passed and that Mr. LEONARD is in the enjoyment of a handsome income are due not only to his capacity for work and his determination to get ahead, but equally to the native sagacity which enabled him to discern the increase in the value of land, for besides the location he chose for his own home, whenever he saw the opportunity he bought land until at one time he held over one-thousand acres, of which he gave generously to each of six sons, whom he assisted in improving their farms and in stocking them. His own farm is situated on an elevation, from which, before the trees were so thick he could look southwest into Missouri, west into Page County, northwest into Montgomery County, north into Adams County, northeast into Union County, east into Ringold County, and southeast and south over Taylor County, obtaining a beautiful view in whatever direction he gazed. In addition to his purely agricultural interests, for more than fifty years Mr. LEONARD has given special attention to the breeding of sheep, and with his sons under the name of Daniel LEONARD & Sons, became the pioneer importers of Shropshire sheep, and they are now noted all over the southwest for the quality of their animals. Farm work and the air from his fields are his life, as he learned when at one time he retired to Corning. It was not long, however, as he was not made for a life of comfort, and he came back to the farm, determined not to relinquish its cares until the last moment. In 1853, Mr. LEONARD married Miss Jane Heath, who was born in Washington County, Ohio, in 1833, and for fifty-six years she was his companion. With the courage that some loving women possess, she never faltered before the difficult life to which her husband brought her, but without complaint assumed her duties. Her example of hard work and her cheerfulness were the encouragement for many, while her virtues and the Christian spirit which prompted her many acts of kindness made her well beloved by all, but especially by her own family. Nine children were born to them: Mary (tombstone says Sarah A. -ed.), who died at the age of eighteen months; William, who is living in Grove Township; Guy, a resident of Holt Township; Charles, who is at home; Arthur, Smith, and J.W., who are living in Holt Township; Luzanne, who died at the age of 14 years; and Harry, who as killed when fourteen years old. Mrs. LEONARD was taken from this world June 23, 1909, but her memory is still a strong factor for good, although she was never a member of any church. In the early days, Mr. LEONARD had helped organize a Methodist church in the neighborhood, of which he became a member and class leader. There were but five professing Christians in north Taylor County then, and his descriptions of the first meeting house contrasts strangely with the edifices prepared for worship today. He says, "It was a log building, one end out for the chimney, the other end for the door, the sides our for the windows. Split lean tree logs on pegs formed the seats." Four fourteen years he regularly attended the services at that church, but his ideas gradually broadened and today he would be considered liberal, subscribing to no creed. His rule of life has always been, "Do as I would be done by," and he says repeatedly, "That if people would follow the Golden Rule, they would need no other religion." It has profited him well in a worldly way and three years ago he was able to take a trip to California and the Pacific Slope, on which his wife accompanied him. Politically Mr. LEONARD is a Republican, attending and participating in the first convention held in Taylor County. Indeed, he has always wielded a wide influence in shaping the public opinion of this section of the state and has been active in the local affairs for time and again he has held township offices and has served on the Board of Supervisors for two terms. Having seen the county grow from its earliest days, it is but natural that he should be actuated by a large public spirit for its welfare. Times have advanced since pioneer days, and he has been largely instrumental in bringing about progress. -30- 2) "Uncle Dan" (The History of Taylor County; State Historical Company, 1881) p. 714 LEONARD, D., farmer and stock raiser, section 10, post office Corning, was born June 24th, 1830, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was raised on a farm and recieved his education in the subscription schools. In the spring of 1854 he moved to Deleware County, Ohio, and after a residence there of about 18 months started west by team, arriving in this county in September of 1856. The following spring he moved to his present farm. At that time his nearest neighbor on the west was four miles, and on the north twelve miles. He was married in the spring of 1855 to Miss Jane Heath, of Deleware County, Ohio. Of their children, seven are l iving: William, Guy, Charlie, Arthur, Harry, Smith and John. Two, Sarah Anna and Lee Ann (tombstone says Luzanna - ed.), are deceased. Mr. LEONARD owns a farm of 320 acres, beautifully situated, and in a high state of cultivation. He has a fine residence, commodious barn, and a large bearing orchard of 624 trees, being one of the finest orchards in Taylor County. He has a superabundance of small fruits. Mr. L. has experienced all the hardships and privations of pioneer life. Commencing when the county was new, and having little means, he set to work with a determination, and by industry and frugality conquered all obstacles and acquired for himself and family a pleasant home. He has been onored with numerous offices. His official records is without stain - having performed the duties devolved upon him with marked abiity, and always with unswerving integrity and unyielding firmness. He is an unassuming man, honest in his dealings, and commands the resoect of his fellow men. The interest of Taylor County he has always made a study. 3) "Holt Township" (The History of Taylor County, Iowa from earliest times to 1910) ......These early settlers of Holt were happy and contented. They were carving out homes for their families in a section of the county where the soil is rich and the lay of the country such that the landscape presents a view that is inspiring. Small wonder that so many of the first settlers or their descendents still remian in the township. These people suffered inconveniences and endured hardships that would be the dispair of the young people of the present day. Imagine, for instance, Uncle Dan LEONARD's sons, who reside in the township, confronted suddenly by the conditions their father had to face back in the "50's." When Uncle Dan, late in the fall of 1854, before his house was completed, broke his ax. He was compelled to make a trip to Bedford (15 miles), on foot to buy a new one before he could go on with his work..... -30- 4) "Account of the Farm" (Taylor County Republican, May 9, 1878) AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK -------------------------------------------- Farms and Farmers of Taylor County -------------------------------------------- "The hand that holds the plow is the hand that feeds the world." -------------------------------------------- Our country rambles lead us through Holt township this week and we still find much to gratify the eye and employ the pencil. From our note book we extract the following accounts of various farms visited and of the farmers who till them. DAN LEONARD It is now 23 years since he whose name heads this paragraph then in the flush of lusty, vigorous manhood, camped for the first time on the spot of ground where now runs the northern limits of his magnificent orchard. Since then, what changes have come over the landscape next morning's sun presented to his view! Far as the eye could see on either side stretched the wild prairies, unmarked save by the wild luxuriance of Nature's profuse county. [ed. note: probably a typo meaning "bounty."] Now rich farms abound on every side, and all around the scene is dotted with the dwellings of thrifty husbandmen. But time has dealt with the animate as well and the inanimate since that day, twenty-three years ago. The erect form of the sturdy pioneer, though yet unbent and vigorous, bears impact of the years; the elastic step of youth has given place to the firm tread of mature manhood; the once smooth, ruddy cheek is now brownded and weather-beaten. She who joined her fortunes to his in far off time, who with a girl's enthusiasm entered into all his plans with heart and soul, who stood with him and viewed the glories of that morn on that old camping ground , who, with all a woman's self-abnegation and uncomplaining fortitude, bore the privations and toils of pioneer life , is now a sedate matron, whose motherly care and wifely counsel are the comfort and guide of a numerous household. Three hundred and twenty acres of that then raw prairie, on section 10, now yield the varied products of a cultivated soil to the hand of him who, when his eyes first saw this land had naught to depend on but his own labor. All but forth acres are broke out and that will be done the present season. Mr. LEONARD is chiefly interested in the raising of stock; principally hogs of the Berkshire breed, which branch of farming he has brought to rare perfection. Of the animals he has one hundred and thirteen head, one being a full blooded boar; seven are splendid pedigreed sows, the rest being half and three-quarter bloods. All are in excellent health and the impression[?] of form [?] and breeding in the eye of the connoisseur in such matters. A visit to the pen will well repay any farmer who desires to improve his stock, and a talk with the owner cannot fail to give him many valuable hints of the management and raising of these animals. But Mr. LEONARD does not confine himself to the hog interest alone. He also has fifty head of fine cattle, among them two thoroughbred short horn bulls which have taken premiums at both Bedford and Conway. There are eighteen cows in the herd, three-quarter bloods and several head of other improved stock, mainly young heifers. Of the horse kind there are five work teams, one extra work horse, four spring colts, and eleven other young horses from yearlings to three-year-olds. The grain and hay raised on the place is commeserate with the needs of the family and the stock, and will so continue, but Mr. LEONARD sells but little if any grain off the place, and confines his attention chiefly to stock. It is his intention to introduce sheep raising among his other stock interests, they being valuable not alone for the fleece and increase, but are great destroyers of of noxious weeds, especially the wild rose bushes which give so much trouble. Referring again to the subject of the really unusually excellent specimans of the hog kind to be found on this place, we mention the fact that Mr. L has twenty-five brood sows, which will raise pigs this season. For the past two years he has been selling the best-bred Berkshires in these parts in such large numbers that to give the actual figures might challenge belief, and has not had enough to supply the demand. He is better prepared this year to fill orders than ever before. One thing we found by neutral inquiry among those who have bought of him which redounds to his credit, and that is that whatever he tells to a purchaser as to the merits of the pigs sold, can be impicitly relied on. No half bloods are palmed off for fall by Dan LEONARD, but the man who does not know one breed from another is as sure to get the kind of animals he wants as the best judge of breeds in the country. Did space permit, much might be said of other interesting attractions about this farm--of the large well-kept orchard, probably the equal of any in southern Iowa, of the lawn before the house, with its eve | Daniel LEONARD
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| 97 | SuEllen Holmes writes that the "JACKSON" in Daniel JACKSON LEONARD probably came from Anna Ditto's father. "The JACKSON was for Anna Ditto's father, I think you probably already have this, right? They were from Illinois." e-mail 2-1-04 quilted@comcast.net | Daniel JACKSON LEONARD
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| 98 | 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. | Edmond Thomas LEONARD
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| 99 | Edmund LEONARD (1825-1900) s/o William and Mary Van Ort LEONARD Edmund LEONARD (b. 8 June 1825, m. Sarah Hatfield 1 Mar. 1849, d. 12 April 1900), born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, like his father and grandfather before him, was the first of nine children born to William and Mary Van Ort LEONARD of Somerset township. Sarah (b. 26 Nov. 1826, d. 19 Aug. 1891) was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Gadd Hatfield of Redstone township, Fayette County. William Hatfield was variously listed as a farmer, saddler, and construction contractor. Descendants of Edmund LEONARD Known descendants of Edmund LEONARD and Sarah Hatfield LEONARD, according to Fayette Co. Vital Records, Jennie LEONARD Hutchinson files (death dates, grandchildren), G. Allan Vaughan, and supported by US Census reports of 1850, 1860, and 1880: 1. William9 Henry LEONARD b. 1849, d. 1850 in infancy. 2. Mary Elizabeth LEONARD b. 26 Mar. 1852, never married, d. Nov. 1930, 3. Howard Malcolm LEONARD b. 12 July 1854, m. Ella Sampsell, d. 20 Sept. 1904. a. LaMott10 LEONARD d. 3 Dec. 1947 i. Charles11 Russell LEONARD ii. Betty LEONARD Butz Labato iii. Robert Howard LEONARD b. James Clark LEONARD i. McClellan H. LEONARD 4. Hickman Wintermute LEONARD b. 22 Jan. 1857, m. Margaret Thomas, no children, d. 7 June 1904. 5. Ewing Allison LEONARD b. 15 Feb. 1860, m. Mary Dunseath, d. 4 Mar. 1893. a. Elizabeth B. LEONARD Uniontown, PA. b. Marguerite LEONARD Martin unkn. i. Marjorie Martin Fairmont, W.V. 6. William JACKSON LEONARD b. 4 June 1862, married Anna L. Williams, d. unkn. a. Ralph L. LEONARD b. June 1891, d. unkn. b. Wilbur L. LEONARD b. Oct. 1893, d. 10 Oct. 1960, married Helen B., Boca Raton, Fla., no children, d. unkn. c. Eleanor R. LEONARD, b. Apr. 1896, m. William J. Wisdom, two daughters, d. Boca Raton, Fla. d. Edgar Dewey LEONARD b. May 1898, d. unkn. 7. McClellan LEONARD b. 13 Aug. 1864, never married, d. 7 June 1937. 8. James Thomas LEONARD b. 19 Dec. 1866, married Ida Klein, d. 1919. 9. Jennie LEONARD b. 22 June 1871, m. 30 June 1892 to Harmer Denny Hutchinson, d. 5 Feb. 1953. a. Hildred Hutchinson b.20 May 1893 married Dr. W.S. Frankenburger, d. unkn. b. Harold Debond Hutchinson b. 18 Sept. 1894, married Frances Whyel, d. 14 Dec. 1951. i. Martha C. Hutchinson, Uniontown, PA. ii. Harry D. Hutchinson, Uniontown, PA. Census Summaries for Edmund LEONARD 1830 - The US Census of 1830 shows Edmund?s father, William7 LEONARD, living in Somerset township, Washington County, PA. with a wife and three children under the age of five. The 1830 census does not list individual names beyond the head of household, but three children is consistent with the birth dates of Edmund8 (b. 1825) and his two younger brothers Isaac (b. 1827 or 1830) and Daniel (b. 1830). 1840 - The 1840 census shows Edmund?s father in the same location, this time 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. Again, the names are not listed, but 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, Isaac, and Daniel. 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. By this time, Edmund, now 25, has married and moved just across the Monongahela River near Brownsville, in Fayette County. His name is erroneously spelled ?Edmon? in the census, but it clearly shows his wife Sarah and son William H., nine months old at the time of census on August 12th. William would die within a few days. Edmund?s occupation is listed as ?saddler?, the same as his father-in-law. He shows no real estate value. [Edmund?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 H., Joseph, Mary Jane (b. 1840), James Herron (b. 1842), and Thomas (b. 1844).] 1860 - The 1860 census finds Edmund (name misspelled ?Edmond?) living in Redstone township, Fayette County, with a post office address of ?Searights?. At age 35, he now has $500 in real estate and his occupation has changed to ??opper?. (The occupation may be ?cropper? as in ?sharecropper? or a misspelling of ?cooper? or barrel-maker. The handwriting is difficult to read, but final five letters are definitely ??opper?. Several individuals have this occupation in this census. It is different, however, than ?farmer?, which is also listed in several places.) Edmund and Sarah now have four children (William H. has died): Elizabeth age 7, Howard age 5, Hickman age 4, and Ewing age two months. [Thomas Searight?s The Old Pike, A History of the National Road, notes that Edmund bought the old Moxley House in Menallen township, Fayette County in 1865. Edmund?s mother, Mary, who had moved to Ohio, died of typhoid in September of 1868. His father re-married Catharine Somerlot in April of 1870.] 1870 - In 1870, neither Edmund nor any member of his immediate family appear anywhere in the US Census of the United States. It?s possible the entire family may have been away from home at the time of census. Edmund and family may have been visiting his father and his new bride when the census was taken in June-July. It?s also possible, though unlikely, that a census taker or transcriber misspelled the name LEONARD by adding a different first letter. 1880 - By 1880, Edmund (name spelled ?Edmond?), 54, and family are listed Menallen township, Fayette County. ?Dwelling House 109? listed in the census is most likely the old Moxley House described in Thomas Searight?s The Old Pike, A History of the National Road. Edmund?s occupation is listed as ?farmer? (the 1880 census no longer lists real estate values). Seven of Edmund?s remaining eight children are living at home, Howard Malcolm LEONARD having married and moved to Uniontown to work in a flour mill. The remaining children living at home, their ages and occupations (where appropriate) are as follows: Elizabeth, age 26; Hickman, age 23, apprentice machinist; Ewing, age 20, dry goods merchant; William J., age 18, farm laborer; McClelland (incorrect spelling of ?McClellan), age 15, farmer laborer; Thomas, age 13; and Jennie, future family historian, age 9. [Edmund?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.] 1890 - The vast majority of census records for 1890, including those for Fayette County, PA., were destroyed in a fire at the Commerce Department building in Washington, D.C. on 10 Jan. 1921. 1900 ? Edmund LEONARD died 12 April 1900 at his home, Connellsville St. and Mifflin Avenue, Uniontown, PA., prior to completion of the US Census of 1900. Wife Sarah had passed away nine years earlier, 19 Aug. 1891, at their home in Menallen township. They are buried side by side in the Oak Grove Cemetery west of Uniontown on Highway 40. Additional Notes on Edmund LEONARD From the Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania editorially managed by John M. Gresham, assisted in the compilation by Samuel T. Wiley, A Citizen of the County. Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co., 407-425 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 1889. p357 EDMUND LEONARD, a farmer of Menallen township, is a son of William LEONARD and Mary Van Ort LEONARD, and was born near Bentleyville, Somerset township, Washington County, Penna, June 8, 1825. Caleb LEONARD, great grandfather, was a native of England and died at 103 years of age. He came from New Jersey to Washington County, where his son Daniel LEONARD married Miss Lucretia, a daughter of Dr. Jennings. They reared a family of several children. One of their sons, William LEONARD, father of Edmund LEONARD, was born in 1803, and was a farmer and a Methodist. His wife was a daughter of Richard Van Ort. They had nine children. Edmund LEONARD was educated in the limited schools of that day. His first business was in saddle and harness making which he followed for fifteen years then relinquished it for his present occupation of farming. March 1, 1849, he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of William Hatfield, an associate judge of Fayette County from 1861 to 1865. The have nine children: William H LEONARD (dead), Howard M LEONARD, born July 13, 1854, carpenter; Hickman W LEONARD, born January 22, 1857, at Pittsburgh; Ewing A LEONARD, February 10, 1860, Pittsburgh grocer; Mary E LEONARD, March 26, 1862; William J LEONARD, June 4, 1863, oil driller; George McClard LEONARD, August 13, 1864, carpenter; James T LEONARD, December 9, 1866; Jennie G LEONARD, June 22, 1871. Edmund LEONARD is a pronounced democrat and has held various township offices. He has been a member of Uniontown Baptist church since 1846, and several years ago was elected deacon. He began life as a poor boy, but by prudence and frugality has become a man of some means. He is an earnest man and engages in any enterprise with a determination to win. From Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Vol II. John W. Jordan & James Hadden, editors. Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1912. Edmund LEONARD was born in Somerset township, Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1825, died in 1900, aged seventy-five years. He was a saddler, and during the days of prosperity on the old "National Pike" followed his trade; later, he became a farmer on the old Hatfield farm in Redstone township, Fayette County; later still he moved to the old "Halfway House," also known as the Motley Farm, and lived there several years. He then came to Uniontown, where he died. He was a man of energy and high standing, an active member, with his wife, of the Redstone Baptist church. He was a Democrat and active in public affairs. He married Sarah , born in 1826 in Redstone township, Fayette county , died in 1891 , daughter of William Hatfield , a construction contractor and a descendant of Matthias Hatfield , who came from Scotland , settling at Elizabethtown, New Jersey , in 1665 (a sketch of the Hatfield family with genealogy of one branch may be found in this work). William Hatfield erected the toll gates on the National Pike between Cumberland, Maryland, and Wheeling, West Virginia; also built a section of the Erie Canal in New York state, but retaining his home in Redstone township, Fayette county, where he was accidentally killed. He served one term as associate judge of Fayette County and was a man of prominence. Children of Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD: Elizabeth Howard, Hickman, Ewing, William, McClellan, of whom further; Thomas, Jennie. From The Old Pike : A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon / by Thomas B. Searight. Originally Published: Uniontown, Pa. by the author, 1894. Three miles west of Uniontown is an old tavern stand known in late years as the Moxley House. It is a long log and frame building, situate on the south side of the road, with a porch extending along its entire frontage. This house was first kept as a tavern by Bazil Wiggins, an uncle of Harrison Wiggins, the old fox hunter before mentioned, next by John Gray, grandfather of the old and popular conductor from Uniontown to Pittsburg on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and now for many years deceased. Its next occupant, and from 1836 to 1838, was William Cox, a brother-in-law of E.W. Clement, the famous swearer. In 1838 the property was purchased by Thomas Moxley, who went into possession and continued it as a tavern stand down to the year 1863, when Henry Clay Rush bought it and occupied it until the year 1865, when he sold it to Edmund LEONARD, its present occupant. When Moxley took charge of this old tavern, he gave it the name of "The Halfway House," for the reason that its location is about midway between Cumberland and Wheeling. It was always a well conducted tavern, and did a large business, mainly in the line of wagon custom. From the Commercial Gazette (Uniontown, PA.) April 15, 1900: THE DEATH ROLL Edmund LEONARD Edmund LEONARD, who died last Thursday morning at his home, corner Coolspring and Grant avenues, Uniontown, PA. bore the distinction of being a school companion of the late James G. Blaine, with whom he had spent his boyhood days, and at one time was his assistant as teacher of the public schools at Brownsville, PA. Mr. LEONARD was born near Bentleyville, Washington county, PA. June 26, 1825. At the age of eighteen he removed to Washington [sic, Fayette] Co. and soon after became engaged in the saddlery and harness business on the National Pike, near Brownsville, the birthplace of his famous companion. After having established himself in business, he was married to Sarah Hatfield, daughter of the late Hon. William H. Hatfield, judge Fayette Co. They had a family of seven sons and two daughters, all of whom survive with the exception of one son, William H. LEONARD, who died some years ago. At the death of his wife nine years ago, Mr. LEONARD relinquished his business interests and removed to Uniontown, PA. to spend the remainder of his life in retirement. At the close of the civil war in 1865, Mr. LEONARD became the owner of ?Moxley?s Road Stand?, a famous historical country inn, then located on the National Turnpike, to which Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and other eminent gentlemen of those days made frequent visits. Mr. LEONARD was a member of the Uniontown Baptist church. He possessed all the qualifications of a stout, sturdy and strictly conscientious man. The surviving members of his family are: Howard. W. LEONARD, Ewing A. LEONARD, J. Thomas LEONARD, William J. LEONARD, Hickman W. LEONARD, all of Pittsburgh, PA. and McClellan LEONARD, Lizzie LEONARD, both of Uniontown, and Mrs. Jennie Hutchinson of Woodville, O. The funeral services will be held at his late home this afternoon. From the Daily News-Standard (Uniontown, PA.), April 14, 1900: Edmund LEONARD Edmund LEONARD died at his home, corner Connellsville St. and Mifflin Ave, Uniontown, Thursday, April 12, 1900 at 2:30 am. He had been in poor health for some time and his death was due to general debility. He was born June 26th, 1825, and was in his 75th year at the time of his death. He lived many years in Menallen township. His wife, Sarah Hatfield LEONARD, died in 1891. They had eight children, six sons and two daughters, viz: Howard M., H>W>< E>A>< W>J>< J.T., M.M., Lizzie and Mrs. H.D. Hutchinson, all of whom are living. Mr. LEONARD has five brothers, all living in the west. He was a member of the Baptise church. Funeral at his late residence Saturday afternoon at 2 o?clock; internment in Oak Grove. Sources for Edmund 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 where available. 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 ? Family Notes 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. Two pages of hand-written notes, marked as ?Informed as of May 1970?, detail additional names, dates, and details of Edmund and Sarah LEONARD?s descendants. US Census Reports of 1830-1900: Washington and Fayette Counties, PA; Delaware and Marion 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. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania editorially managed by John M. Gresham, assisted in the compilation by Samuel T. Wiley, A Citizen of the County. Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co., 407-425 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 1889. Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Vol II. John W. Jordan & James Hadden, editors. Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1912. The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon / by Thomas B. Searight. Originally Published: Uniontown, Pa. by the author, 1894. Probate records of William LEONARD?s estate, Marion County, Ohio, 1881. Daily News-Standard (Uniontown, PA.), April 14, 1900. Commercial Gazette (Uniontown, PA.) April 15, 1900. | Edmund LEONARD
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| 100 | 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 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). | Elisha Smith LEONARD
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