Elisha Smith LEONARD 1873 - 1950

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• Birth	14 Jul 1873	Taylor Co, Ia
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Jun 1950	Los Angeles, CA   [1]
  Buried		Elisha Smith (1873-1950) was the eighth of Daniel and Jane Heath Leonard's nine children. Elisha Smith (1873-1950) was the eighth of Daniel and Jane Heath Leonard's nine children. Status: Located
  		Elisha Smith Leonard (1873-1950) and Myrta Powers (1878-1951) Elisha Smith Leonard (1873-1950) and Myrta Powers (1878-1951), Methodist Grove Cemetery, Adams County, Iowa.
  Person ID	I13	Leonard
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	Daniel LEONARD,   b. 23 Apr 1830, Washington Co., PA ,   d. 30 Mar 1913, Taylor Co., Iowa
  Mother	Jane HEATH,   b. 30 Sep 1836, Dayton, Delaware Co., Ohio ,   d. 23 Jun 1909, Taylor Co., Iowa
  Married	25 Mar 1855	Delaware Co., Ohio
  Family ID	F00005	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Myrta POWERS,   b. 1878, Taylor Co. Iowa ,   d. 1951
  Married	26 Sep 1906
  Family ID	F00012	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  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).




• Sources

  [S00110] Death Record - Elisha Smith LEONARD - Los Angeles, CA, California Death Index, 1940-1997, (Name: death 27 Jun 1950; mother's maiden name: Heath;).