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LEONARD, SAMUEL B. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 9, P. O. White Hall. Samuel Leonard was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, on the 11th of September, 1838, the fifth child of Jeremiah and Jane Leonard; at the age of seven years, his parents moved to Guernsey Co., where the family remained until 1851, when they moved still farther westward, locating in Jersey Co. three miles northwest of Jerseyville, on rented property. One year later, the head of the family passed away to that world of Spirits to which we all are tending, finding a last resting place in Jersey Co.; to the care of his wife who died in 1870, he left a large family of seven children: Hiram, who married Miss Amanda Powell; Thomas, who was killed in the battle during the late Rebellion; Margaret J, who married Dr. E. A. Casey of Jerseyville; Lee K., who died in 1847; Mary Ann, who married Martin Pruitt; John L., and Caroline, who married Albert Taxboy; Mattie, deceased, who died in 1866; Samuel passed his youth in Jersey county, where he followed agricultural pursuits until the war broke out, when he enlisted in Co. F. 14th Ill. Inf. at Jerseyville, for three years; a participant in the battles of Shiloh, Hatchie, Mississippi, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, etc. When the war closed he returned to Jersey Co., where he followed farming, until his location in Greene Co., in 1871, the year of his marriage to Miss Henrietta Deeds, a daughter of Henry and Sarah Jane Deeds. Mr. L. now resides in Tp. 11, R. 13, where he is the owner of forty acres, and ranks among our most industrious citizens. Of this marriage five children were born, three of whom are living, and whose names are in order of birth, Clara B. Jennette and Samuel B.