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Below is a family biography included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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GEORGE WILSON LEONARD, blacksmith, Wahsburg, is a son of Wilson and Mary A. (Kennedy) Leonard; was born in Brown County, Ohio, August 9, 1851. His father died when he was an infant, and his mother married Abram Liming. After going through all the hardships incident to the life of an orphan, at the age of about seventeen, he went to learn the blacksmithing trade with his uncle, Aaron Leonard, and after serving an apprenticeship, September 18, 1873, he was married to Mary Jane, daughter of Walter Gooden. After running a shop one year, he came to his present residence, Wahsburg, in 1874, where he has built a nice residence and a good shop, and is doing a prosperous business as a country blacksmith. He and his wife have three children — Lizie C., Robert Warren and Frank. Mr. Leonard and wife are both descended from the pioneers of Ohio, through an honorable line of ancestors. Mr. Leonard is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity, and he and wife of the Christian Church.
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This family biography is one of 992 biographies included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published in 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co. For the complete description, click here: Brown County, Ohio History and Genealogy
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