John Leonard

Born 6 June 1822 at Roxbury, Delaware County, New York

Died 29 January 1899 at Worcester, Otsego County, New York

John was the eldest of 12 children born to Massachusetts native Henry Leonard and Connecticut native Huldah Hull Leonard. He was raised at Roxbury where his father was a farmer. John married to Isabella Smith on 24 March 1843 at Roxbury and they made their home first at that place. They relocated to Callicoon, New York about 1846, where John was first a farmer and later a merchant. He also served as Justice of the Peace. He married many young couples including one marriage that he walked three miles in deep snow for and was paid a bushel of potatoes and twenty-five cents. The family relocated to East Worcester, New York about 1862 where John assisted his brother, Dr. George Leonard, in the practice of medicine. John and Isabella returned to Roxbury about 1864. John and Isabella were the parents of 13 children; John Smith Leonard, Harriet Smith Leonard, George Bruce Leonard, Lucy Bidwell Leonard, Huldah Jane Leonard, Madison Davis Leonard, Ellen Rocelia Leonard, Ida Florence Leonard, twins Oscar Wolcott Leonard and Osmar Wheeler Leonard, Charles Luzerne Leonard, William Henry Leonard, and Truman Smith Leonard. Isabella died just four months after their last child was born. John married next to English immigrant, Mary Fern, sometime between 1867 and 1870. John and Mary made their home at Decatur, New York where he was the owner and operator of a farm and saw mill. John was also Supervisor of the town for eight years. John and Mary had no children. John was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery at Worcester. As Isabella's husband, he is John More Association, Jean line, cousin #M513 and the husband of my second cousin, four times removed.

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