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Bethiah Jane Leonard was born on 10 February 1815 in Massachusetts. Thomas Overton Moore and she were married on 13 November 1830. She died on 8 November 1880 at age 65 in Louisiana.

Bethia and Rebecca lived with their maternal uncle, John Compton and his wife, Amelia Baillio. Rebecca married Gervais Baillio, brother of Amelia.

Thomas Overton Moore was born on 10 April 1804 in Sampston County, North Carolina. He and Bethiah Jane Leonard were married on 13 November 1830. He died on 25 June 1876 at age 72 in Louisiana.

He was governor of Louisiana.

After parents William and Sarah died, Bethiah and Rebecca lived with their maternal uncle, John Compton and his wife Amelia Baillio. Rebecca married Gervais Baillio, brother of Amelia.

Jane Bartlett Leonard was born in 1813. She died on 7 October 1820 at age ~7.

Sarah Rebecca Leonard was born on 23 November 1817 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Gervais Baillio and she were married on 31 January 1833 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. She died on 23 February 1871 at age 53 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Gervais Baillio and Sarah Rebecca Leonard were married on 31 January 1833 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. He died on 1 June 1889 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Gervais Baillio was baptized on 19 June 1811 in Bayou, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

William Leonard was born in 1816 in Louisiana.

Rebecca Leonard was born in 1794 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Oliver Weston and she were married on 22 October 1820 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She died in April 1870 at age ~76 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Rebecca Leonard had person sources.¹

Oliver Weston and Rebecca Leonard were married on 22 October 1820 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Eleanor Leonard was born in 1800 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. John Macomber and she were married on 11 August 1822. She died in 1874 at age ~74.

Eleanor Leonard had person sources.¹

John Macomber and Eleanor Leonard were married on 11 August 1822.

Bethiah Jane Leonard was born about 1797 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Bethiah Jane Leonard had person sources.¹

Ephraim Bartlett Leonard was born on 17 October 1808 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died on 31 January 1809 at age 0. He was buried at Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Ephraim Bartlett Leonard was also known as Ephraim Leonard. Inscription on stone of his mother, who died the month before. He had person sources.¹ He died on 30 November 1809 at age 1 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Abigail Babb Leonard was born on 18 May 1795 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Henry Hollis and she were married on 24 August 1819 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died on 27 September 1859 at age 64 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

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Henry Hollis was born on 15 August 1793 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He and Abigail Babb Leonard were married on 24 August 1819 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died on 9 March 1838 at age 44 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Nathaniel Leonard was born on 30 January 1797. He died on 7 February 1797 at age 0.

Richard West was born about 1644 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. He and Mary Samson were married on 26 October 1693 in Duxbury, Massachusetts.¹ He died before 1 April 1728.

Benjamin Greene Leonard was born on 8 November 1793 in Lewiston, New York. Was he born in VT, NH, or NY? Records have it all ways. He died on 14 January 1845 at age 51 in Chillicothe, Ohio.

ECL: "He was an eminent lawyer. The most remarkable for activity of intellect, accumulation of learning not only in the law but in many of the ancient and modern languages and exact sciences. He was exceedingly eccentric and finally had a melancholly end to his life... He habitually remained locked in his office which was always located as far as possible from the business center. He would scarcely ever admit clients when they called but would do so if the knocking was persistent enough. He would open the door to see who it was, begin with a volume of curses and end by making an appointment where he could consult and advise... In 1840 he went to Washington to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court. He displayed such a wealth of learning and ability that it attracted marked attention from the Court, bar, and statesmen of the day, especially eliciting from Chief Justice Marshall highest compliments. Upon his return he commenced to show marked symptoms of insanity. He died in an asylum in 1845. He was of medium hight, 5 ft. 8 inches tall, slender, boney, angular, dark complexion, dark hazel eyes, very nearsighted... He was eager, restless, impatient, and nervous, his voice was shrill, and when speaking excitedly rose almost to a scream. A good old Methodist describing him added "and Mr. Leonard swore just awful." From the History of Ross County, OH. Benjamin Greene Leonard had person sources.¹

Judge Abiel Leonard was born on 6 May 1797 in Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont. He and Jeannette Reeves were married on 26 June 1828 in Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. He died in 1863 at age ~66 in Missouri.

This was the Abiel Leonard who fought a duel after the admission of Missouri into the Union (1820?), "which at the time created great excitement, notably the duel between Taylor Berry and Abiel Leonard, which was fought on an island below New Madrid near Point Pleasant, in which Berry was wounded and of which wounds he finally died."

ECL: pp. 26-29: He attended Dartmouth, but dropped out because of his eyesight. He was a lawyer, the leader of the Whig party in Missouri prior to 1857, and justice of the Missouri Supreme Court. He came to Missouri in 1819, making the entire journey on foot, arriving with 25 cents in his pocket. He taught school. He lived in Boonville and old Franklin until 1833, when he took a farm where Fayette is now and built a log house there. In 1836 he replaced it with a brick house that still was standing as of 1929. After he built the brick house, he sent for his father, Capt. Nathaniel Leonard, who came and lived with him until 1844 when he died. His father was buried in Fayette.

ECL: Abiel Leonard was a small man, never weighing more than 100 pounds, but he was a brave man. In the 1850's, a horse thief was lodged in the Fayette jail, and Emph. Taylor, from whom the horse was stolen, came to town with a big mob to lynch the thief. Leonard, alone, opposed Taylor and the mob and declared that the law must take its course. Taylor drew a pistol and threatened to shoot Leonard. Leonard said: "Shoot and be damned but you can't have that prisoner while I am alive." As the argument progressed, the thief hanged himself in the jail.

ECL: In 1824, Leonard was prosecuting attorney of Howard County and it was then that he fought his famous duel with Taylor Berry of Franklin. Leonard was prosecuting Berry for forging and perjury. During a recess of the Court Berry hit Leonard with a whip. Leonard at once sent him a challenge by the hand of T. J. Boggs, brother of Lillum Boggs, afterward Governor of Missouri, to fight a dual. Berry accepted but asked for time to put his affairs in order. Leonard gave him the time asked for and in the meantime practiced shooting at a candle flame. The duel was fought near New Madrid. At the first fire, Berry fell and died a few days later. It was against the law then to issue a challenge to a dual in Missouri, and Leonard was fined and disenfranchised, but the next Legislature restored him by a special act to all rights of citizenship.

Leonard was a slave owner and for many years kept a slave girl, Fanny by name, whom he took as a fee for legal services. She became a favorite in the family. When she grew up and was to get married, she demanded a separate house for herself. In the attic of the Leonard house Dr. Culmer found a letter Leonard had written home from St. Louis where he was attending Court saying,"Let Fanny be indulged with a separate house and let her have a closet in it as she desires." Fanny married but insisted on keeping the name Leonard and made her husband take that name. All the Negroes in Fayette and vicinity named Leonard are descendants of her.

When Abiel died in 1863, he owned 50,000 acres of the best land in Howard, Sabine, and other counties. Judge Abiel Leonard had person sources.¹

Jeannette Reeves was born on 24 December 1812 in Christian, Kentucky. Judge Abiel Leonard and she were married on 26 June 1828 in Fayette, Howard County, Missouri.

Jeannette Reeves was also known as Jeanette Reeves.

Mary F. Leonard was born on 4 February 1833 in Old Franklin, Howard County, Missouri. Horace Everett and she were married on 14 July 1851 in Fayette, Howard County, Missouri.

Mary F. Leonard had person sources.¹

Horace Everett was born on 8 February 1819 in Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont. He and Mary F. Leonard were married on 14 July 1851 in Fayette, Howard County, Missouri.

They lived in Council Bluffs, IA. They had 7 children.

Martha Leonard was born about 1837 in Fayette, Missouri.

Martha Leonard had person sources.¹

The Copley portrait of Abiel Leonard was in this family.