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Charles Leonard was born on 30 March 1910 in Calhoun County, Michigan. He died in March 1980 at age ~70 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.

He married and had children, details unknown.

Marguerite E. Leonard was born on 17 November 1914 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. She died in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.

Philip Russel Leonard was born on 27 November 1916 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. He died on 11 August 1997 at age 80 in Pierce, Pierce County, Washington.

Harry Rhoads was born about 1890 in New York. He and Georgia A. Leonard were married.

He was a teacher.

Chauncy P. Leonard was born about 1908 in New York.

Chauncy P. Leonard lived in Sayre Ward 4, Bradford, Pennsylvania, in 1910.

Ruth Laura Smith was born on 21 August 1890. Oliver Allan Leonard and she were married on 18 February 1922 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland. She died on 19 August 1964 at age 73.

Maurice Thurston Leonard, Jr., and Pratt were married.

Leo G. Leonard was born on 1 August 1886 in Troy, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He and Irene Pierce were married on 20 January 1915 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He died on 19 August 1930 at age 44.

Leo was a millwright at the time of the 1920 Census.

Agnes V. Leonard died in 1900.

Ruth Ann Leonard was born in 1890. She died in 1891 at age ~1.

Henry Hotchkiss Leonard and Nina Belle Brown were married on 25 November 1924 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. They had one child.

Jared Leonard was born in 1824 in Rutland County, Vermont.

In the 1850 Census, he was living with his mother Abigail and with Nancy and Jane Leonard (sisters?).

Myron Leonard was born in August 1838 in Rutland County, Vermont. He and Ellen were married. He died on 12 August 1913 at age ~75 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada.

Myron Leonard and Ellen were married.

Henry Lee Leonard was born on 5 June 1841 in Rutland County, Vermont. He and Sophia Marie ("Sarah") Smith were married on 5 January 1868. He died on 10 August 1914 at age 73 in Walnut, Dallas County, Iowa.

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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1896)

HENRY LEE LEONARD is one of the worthy citizens that the Green Mountain State
has furnished to Iowa, and his life illustrates what can be accomplished through
application to business, resolute purpose and a strong determination to succeed.
He was born in Rutland county, Vermont, January 5, 1841, and is a son of Oliver
and Calista (Spaulding) Leonard, both of whom were also natives of Rutland
county. His early childhood days were passed in his native State, but with a
spirit of adventure and a desire to better his financial condition he left his
New England home in September, 1860, and following the "star of empire" settled
in Illinois within twenty-five miles of Joliet, where he worked on a farm
belonging to his uncle. In January, 1861, his parents also became residents of
Illinois. In 1869 Henry L. Leonard left Will county, and came to Iowa, settling
on the farm which is now his place of residence, while his father and mother
went to Chicago and spent their last days in the home of their son in that city.
The father died at the age of seventy years. Of the three children of the
family all are yet living.

Mr. Leonard purchased forty acres of land on his arrival in Iowa, in section
31, Walnut township, Dallas county, and began the development of a farm, which
he has continued to cultivate and improve through the succeeding years until he
now has a very valuable property, comprising 275 acres. The place was in its
primitive condition at the time of his first purchase, not a furrow having been
turned or an improvement made thereon, but with characteristic energy he began
its development and to-day has one of the finest country homes to be found in
this section of the State. In addition to general farming he is extensively
engaged in stock raising, and this branch of his business has proved very
successful.

On the 5th of January, 1868, Mr. Leonard was united in marriage with Miss
Sophia M. Smith, who was born in Ireland and came to the United States at the
age of seven years with her parents, William and Helen Smith. Both are now
deceased, the father having passed away at the age of seventy years, while the
mother died at the age of sixty-five. To Mr. and Mrs. Leonard have been born
eight children, and the family circle yet remains unbroken, while with one
exception all are still under the parental roof. They are as follows: Edward
James, Norman Martin, Helen Calista, Marian Eliza, Joseph Spaulding, William,
Myron, and Emma Savina. Edward is a graduate of the Iowa Normal School, of Cedar
Falls and for several terms has successfully engaged in teaching, while other
members of the family are teachers of recognized ability. The Leonard household
is noted for its hospitality, and the parents and children have the high regard
of all with whom they have been brought in contact.

Mr. Leonard cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln, but is
independent in politics, supporting the man whom he thinks best qualified for
office, regardless of party affiliations. He has filled a number of local
positions with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents, but the
greater part of his time and attention is devoted to his business interests, in
which he has met with signal success. The family are active in church work, and
the accomplished daughters are very prominent in the Sunday-school. They rank
high in social circles where true worth and intelligence are received as the
passports into good society, and in the community where they live they have many
warm friends.

Walter E. Packard: After completing my irrigation census work, I returned toIowa for my marriage to Emma Leonard, a classmate at Ames. It was love at first sight with me. Emmy Lou, as she was called at college, was very active in class activities and always ready to take part in college doings. She was born on a farm near Waukee, Iowa, and had come to Ames to take a domestic science course. We hit it off as good friends from the start. Her father, Henry Lee Leonard, (known affectionately in his home town in Vermont as Hell Let Loose) was a pioneer settler who led the farmers in the area in tile draining the land, selecting seed corn, and in feeding cattle from the range country for shipment to the Chicago market. Once when he was asked to submit a paper at a farmers meeting at Ames he began by saying, "If you want good corn you don t plant popcorn, and if you want good cattle you don t use popcorn bulls." He was an early subscriber to Wallace s Farmer and the Rural New Yorker. He took the Chicago Tribune to keep abreast of the livestock market. He was a member of the Populist party, which was the radical party of his time. In order to get better credit terms for farmers he established a bank in Waukee, where he served as president until his death in 1912. Emma s mother was one of the kindliest persons I have known. She had been a student at Knox College, Illinois, and wanted all of her children to have an education. She raised eight children, all of whom followed her example by joining the local Christian church.
University of California Berkeley (1970)
University of California Bancroft Library / Berkeley
Regional Oral History Office
Walter E. Packard Interview conduced by Willa Klug Baum.

Sophia Marie ("Sarah") Smith was born in May 1842 in Ireland. Henry Lee Leonard and she were married on 5 January 1868. She died in 1947 at age ~105.

Edward Leonard was born on 24 January 1868 in Illinois. He and Zella were married before 1903 in Iowa. He died in 1948 at age ~80.

Norman Martin Leonard was born on 7 May 1870 in Iowa City, Wright County, Iowa. He and Jennie M. Loth were married about 1905. He and Ella Viola Longmire were married in 1923 in Dallas Center, Dallas County, Iowa. He died in July 1963 at age 93.

Helen C. Leonard was born in August 1872 in Iowa City, Wright County, Iowa. She died in 1954 at age ~82.