Guy LEONARD[1] 1860 - 1937

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• Birth	23 Jun 1860	Taylor Co. Iowa
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jan 1937	Taylor Co. Iowa
  Buried	Prairie Rose Cemetary, Adams County, Iowa
  		Guy LEONARD & Anna (Ditto) LEONARD Headstone Guy LEONARD & Anna (Ditto) LEONARD Headstone, Prairie Rose Cemetery, Adams County, Iowa
  Person ID	I7	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	Anna Zenia DITTO,   b. 11 May 1857, Mercer Co., Illinois ,   d. 28 Feb 1921, Taylor Co., Iowa
  Married	15 Mar 1880	Taylor Co. Iowa
  Children	1. Daniel JACKSON LEONARD,   b. 09 Aug 1898, Taylor Co. Iowa ,   d. 21 Jan 1970, Sun City, Arizona   2. Jennie LEONARD,   b. Dec 1882,   d. 01 Mar 1960   3. Nettie Ellen LEONARD,   b. 30 Aug 1886, Corning, Adams, Iowa, USA ,   d. 30 Dec 1952   4. Alta Mae LEONARD,   b. 18 Mar 1888,   d. Jan 1972   5. Minnie LEONARD,   b. 18 Nov 1891, Corning, Iowa ,   d. 16 Nov 1979, Lake City, Iowa   6. Ina LEONARD,   b. Abt 1887,   d. UNKNOWN   7. Lydia Ann LEONARD   8. Sarah LEONARD,   b. 18 Jan 1896,   d. Jun 1985
  Family ID	F00009	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 166 - Holt Township The present township officials are: clerk: Louis Cotter; trustees: William Irwin, Guy LEONARD, and N.C. Scott; assessor J.M. Green. Page 517 GUY LEONARD Guy LEONARD is a representative of one of Taylor county's pioneer families and is numbered with the progressive farmers of Holt township. He was born on the Daniel LEONARD homestead, June 23, 1859, and his boyhood days were spent upon his father's farm where stood the old log house which the father had erected in the fall of 1856. The experiences of pioneer life were vividly impressed upon his mind. He attended the district schools and, remaining under the parental roof, afterward assisted in developing the farm until twenty-one years of age. He then started out in life on his own account and the occupation to which he was reared furnished him further employment, for he began cultivating a part of his father's estate. He continued thereon for five years, after which he purchased the farm upon which he now resides. It was a partially improved tract of land but as the years have since gone by he has replaced the old buildings with new and modern ones, has cultivated and developed his fields and it is today one of the finest improved farms of the township. It comprises two hundred and forty acres of rich land, all under a high state of cultivation. Aside from general farming on his own behalf Mr. LEONARD is associated with his father and brothers in the firm of Daniel LEONARD & Sons, pioneer importers and breeders of Shropshire sheep. In this connection they do an extensive business and have done much to improve the grade of sheep raised in this part of the state. On the 15th of March, 1880, Mr. LEONARD was united in marriage to Miss Anna Ditto, who was born in Mercer county, Illinois, May 11, 1857, and is a daughter of A. J. and Ellen (Wright) Ditto, natives of Ohio and late residents of Illinois. The father is now deceased but the mother is still living and resides in Henderson county, Illinois. Mrs. LEONARD was one of a family of seven children. The others are: Bert and LEONARD, who are residents of Kansas; Budd, who is living in Oquaka, Illinois; J. W., whose home is in Conway, Iowa; Mrs. John Wheatley, of Nevada, Missouri; and Mrs. John Duvall, of Gladstone, Illinois. Unto Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD have been born eight children, as follows: Jennie, the wife of Marion Cramer, of Holt township; Nettie, keeping house for her grandfather; Alta, who wedded Wilbert Hurd, of Greene county, Iowa; Minnie, Ina, Sarah and Dan, all still under the parental roof; and Lydia, who passed away at the age of one year. In his political views Mr. LEONARD is a republican and fraternally is a member of the Woodmen of the World, connected with the camp at Corning, Iowa. He is one of Taylor county's most progressive and enterprising farmers, wining success by reason of his close application, earnest purpose and indefatigable energy. Having spent his entire life in this county he is widely and favorably known and is worthy of the highest regard of a large circle of friends and business associates.




• Sources

  [S00194] Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007;). Online publication - Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.