Thomas Liverton LEONARD[1] 1844 - 1929

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• Birth	12 Dec 1844	Washington Co., PA.   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1928	Lorain, Ohio(?)   [2]
  Died	06 Nov 1929	Lorain, Ohio   [1]
  		Thomas Leonard Death Certificate Thomas Leonard Death Certificate Status: Located
  Buried		Leonard Plot, Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, OH. Leonard Plot, Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, OH.. Burial site for Thomas Leonard, Molly Thornburg, William T., Daisy, and Lula Belle Leonard.
  		Thomas Liverton Leonard (1844-1929) Ninth of nine children born to William Leonard and Mary Van Ort, m. Mollie Thornburg, eight children. Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, North Ridge Rd., Lorain, OH. Status: Located
  Person ID	I50	Leonard
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	William LEONARD,   b. 17 Apr 1803, Washington Co. PA ,   d. 26 Oct 1881, Marion Co., Ohio (buried Waldo cemetary, Waldo)
  Mother	Mary VAN ORT,   b. 08 Jun 1804, Washington County, PA. ,   d. 29 Sep 1868, Marion Co., Ohio (buried Waldo)
  Married	01 Jan 1824	Washington Co. PA
  Family ID	F00001	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mollie THORNBURG,   b. 13 Oct 1857, Morrow Co., Ohio ,   d. 03 Mar 1928, Lorain, Ohio
  Married	25 Dec 1873  [3]
  Children	1. Mattie Ethel LEONARD,   b. Abt 1874   2. William T LEONARD,   b. 06 Sep 1875, LaRue, Ohio ,   d. 22 Jun 1948, Lorain, Lorain, Ohio   3. John T. LEONARD,   b. 22 Oct 1879, LaRue, Ohio ,   d. 26 Nov 1945, Avon Lake Village, Lorain, Ohio   4. Daisy LEONARD,   b. 25 Apr 1883, LaRue, Ohio ,   d. 10 Jan 1952, Lorain, Ohio   5. Leland LEONARD,   b. Abt 1885, LaRue, Ohio ,   d. 12 Jul 1954, Avon Lake Village, Lorain, Ohio   6. Lula LEONARD,   b. 08 Nov 1887, LaRue, Ohio ,   d. 28 Dec 1905, Lorain, Loraine, Ohio   7. Zanza G. LEONARD,   b. 15 Dec 1894, LaRue, Ohio ,   d. 20 Aug 1949, Lorain, Loraine, Ohio   8. Jennie LEONARD,   b. 1878
  Family ID	F00044	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas L. LEONARD (1844-1928) s/o William and Mary Van Ort LEONARD Thomas L. LEONARD (b. 12 Dec. 1844, m. Mollie Thornburg Dec. 25, 1873, d. 6 Nov.1928), born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, like his father and grandfather before him, was the ninth of nine children born to William and Mary Van Ort LEONARD of Somerset township. Little is known of Mollie Thornburg (b. Oct. 1857, d. 4 Mar 1928), other than her birth in Ohio. She may or may not have been the daughter of Samuel and Lucinda Thornburg of New Market township, Highland County, Ohio. Descendants of Thomas L. LEONARD Children of Thomas L. LEONARD and Mollie Thornburg, based on US Census reports of 1850-1930: 1. Mattie E. LEONARD b. abt. 1874. 2. William T. LEONARD b. abt. Sept. 1875. 3. Jennie LEONARD b. abt. 1878. 4. John LEONARD b. abt. Oct. 1879. 5. Daisy LEONARD b. abt. April 1882 6. Leland LEONARD b. abt. April 1885 7. Lula LEONARD b. abt. Nov. 1886. 8. Zanza LEONARD b. abt. Dec. 1894. Census Summaries for Thomas L. LEONARD 1850 - The 1850 census lists Thomas? family in Somerset township, Washington County, PA. His father William7, 45, is a farmer, mother Mary is also 45. They list $1780 in real estate. Thomas, 6, is listed as one of six children still living at home. Oldest brother Edmund (b. 1825) has married and moved away from home. Brothers Isaac (b. 1827 or 1830) and James Herron (b. 1842) are missing in this census, but would reappear later. [Thomas? father William would move the entire family, save for Edmund and Isaac, to Delaware County and later Marion County, Ohio in 1854. Siblings who moved to Ohio included Daniel (b. 1830), Lydia (b. 1833), William (b. 1836), Joseph (b. 1837), Mary Jane (b. 1840), James Herron (b. 1842), and Thomas (b. 1844).] 1860 ? Thomas, 15, is one of three children living at home in Pleasant township, Marion County, Ohio in July of 1860. The others are Mary Jane, 20, and James Herron LEONARD, 19. William, still farming, and Mary LEONARD list $400 in personal property, but no real estate. Older brother Daniel has married and moved to Taylor County, Iowa, sister Lydia has married and moved to Waldo township, Marion County. Brothers William and Joseph have vanished from census reports, but may have been living in Kansas and Indian (Oklahoma) Territories, respectively. [Thomas? mother, Mary, died of typhoid in September of 1868. His father re-married Catharine Somerlot eighteen months later.] 1870 ? By 1870, Thomas, age 24, has moved in with his older brother James Herron LEONARD and his wife Mattie in LaRue, Montgomery township, Marion County Ohio. He is still single, clerking in his brother?s dry good store, and shows personal property worth of $400. [Thomas married Mollie Thornburg on Christmas Day, 1873.] 1880 ? The census of 1880 finds Thomas, 35, and Mollie, 28, in their own home in LaRue, Montgomery township, Marion County, Ohio. They have four children: Mattie E., age 6; William T. age 4; Jennie, age 2; and John, age 7 months. Thomas is a working in his brother?s dry goods store. [Thomas? father, William, died on October 26th, 1881, making James Herron LEONARD his executor and naming all nine children in his will.] 1890 - The vast majority of census records for 1890, including those for Marion County, Ohio were destroyed in a 1921 fire at the Commerce Department building in Washington, D.C. 1900 ? By 1900, Thomas, 55, and Mary (Mollie), 48, are living in Black River township, Lorain County, Ohio, on Lake Erie west of Cleveland. Thomas is running the boarding house where the family and seven unrelated boarders live. Thomas and Mollie have four more children: Daisy, age 18; Leland, age 15; Lula, age 13; and daughter Zanza, age 5. Son John, 20, is also living at home and working as a clerk, the remaining children have moved away. The family has one servant, Maud Claus, age 20. The census reports Thomas and Mollie are the parents of eight children, all eight still surviving. They have been married 28 years. 1910 ? In 1910, Thomas, 64, and Mollie, 56, have moved to Sheffield township, Lorain County, Ohio. Thomas lists his occupation as ?constable.? Sons William T., 33, and John T., 30, are living at home, as are daughters Daisy Sipple, 28, and Zanza, 15. Daisy is listed as the divorced mother of one, one surviving. A grandson, William LEONARD, age 5, is living in the house, as are boarder Joseph Parson and servant Lydia Howard. Mollie is the mother of eight children, but one has died since the last census. 1920 ? In 1920, Thomas, 75, and Mollie, 67, are living on East 29th Street in Lorain, Sheffield township, Lorain County. Son William T., 44, is living with them and working in a steel mill, as are most of their neighbors. [Thomas L. LEONARD died on 06 Nov. 1929, age 84, ten months and 23 days. Mollie died 4 Mar. 1928. Both in Lorain County according to the Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002. Both are buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, Ohio.] Additional Notes for Thomas L. LEONARD Thomas? death certificate lists him as a ?retired justice of the peace? living at 1424 (or 14 W) Lake View Blvd., Lorain, OH., probably the home of his some William T. LEONARD. Diabetes Mellitus listed as the cause of death, compounded by Diabetic gangrene and arterial sclerosis. Sources for Thomas L. LEONARD Some Ancestors and Descendants of Avery LEONARD of Seneca County, Ohio, Harry S. Blaine, Press of Gordon A Blaine, 1933. Page 18 contains a list of William LEONARD and Mary Van Ort?s children, their birth dates, spouses, and wedding dates. Copies available through the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Ind., among others. Annals of the LEONARD-Hutchinson Families, Jennie LEONARD Hutchinson, 1949. Page 44 contains a list of William LEONARD and Mary Van Ort?s children, birth, marriage, and death dates where available. Jennie was a daughter of Edmund LEONARD, William and Mary?s oldest child. She was also the children?s librarian at the Uniontown (Fayette Co., PA.) Free Public Library founded by her brother McClellan LEONARD. Jennie exchanged information with Harry S. Blaine and was duly credited for such in his work. Copies of Annals available through the Uniontown Public Library, Uniontown, PA., among others. Jennie LEONARD Hutchinson Special Collection ? Notes of Wilbur LEONARD Jennie left a collection of letters, photographs, and assorted items to the Uniontown Public Library. Other family members have added notes, transcriptions, and information in the years since her death in 1953. US Census Reports of 1840-1930: Washington County, PA; Delaware, Marion, Lorain Counties, OH. Available through LDS Family History Centers, National Archives and Records Administration, most libraries, and online at Ancestry.com. LEONARD Family History, Nine Generations Descending from Solomon LEONARD and Sarah Chandler LEONARD, Granddaughter of James Chilton, Mayflower Pilgrim, G. Allan Vaughan, 1994-2005. Extensive documentation on the Eighth Generation from Solomon, among others. A work still in progress. The History of Marion County, Ohio, and It?s Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by J. Wilbur Jacoby, A.M., Marion, Ohio, 1907, James Herron LEONARD biographical sketch, p. 483 Probate records for William LEONARD, Marion County, Ohio, 1881. Ohio Death Certificates 27295 (Mollie) & 71664 (Thomas), Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002




• Sources

  [S00273] Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002, Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006;). Online publication - Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Ohio. Division of Vital Statistics. Death Certificates and index, December 20, 1908-December 31, 1953. State Archives Series 3094. Ohio Historical Society, Ohio. Ohio Department of Health. Index to Annual Deaths, 1958-2002. Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus, OH, USA. . [S00143] G. Allan Vaughan, LEONARD Family History, G. Allan Vaughan, (Name: self-published;), p. 18. [S00221] Marion County marriage records. LEONARD, Thomas L. Thornburg, Mollie 12/25/1873 - License obtained by A. D. Matthews Rev. A. D. Matthews - Methodist