William Harrison Leonard

Male17 December 1872–13 October 1951

Brief Life History of William Harrison

When William Harrison Leonard was born on 17 December 1872, in Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States, his father, Harmon Biddie Leonard, was 29 and his mother, Amanda Jane Blaylock, was 19. He married Nellie Wilson on 21 June 1896, in Gentry, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wilson Township, Gentry, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. He died on 13 October 1951, in Stanberry, Gentry, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Stanberry, Gentry, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Harrison Leonard
1872–1951
Nellie Wilson
1878–
Marriage: 21 June 1896
Cecil Wilson Leonard
1897–1988
Eula Fay Leonard
1899–
Eva Marietta Leonard
1901–1978
William Graydon Leonard
1904–1986
Fred Virgil Leonard
1908–1988
Wilma Georgia Leonard
1911–2009
Lela Neal Leonard
1913–2005

Sources (14)

  • William H Leonard, "United States Census, 1900"
  • William Leonard in entry for Oscar J. Olson and Eva M. Leonard, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
  • William H Leonard, "United States Census, 1910"

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  • Marriage
    21 June 1896Gentry, Missouri, United States
  • Children (7)

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    Siblings (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 3

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

    Age 3

    During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 24

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    English; French (Léonard); Walloon (mainly Léonard): from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements leo ‘lion’ (a late addition to the vocabulary of ancient Germanic name elements, taken from Latin) + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’, which was taken to England by the Normans. A Christian saint of this name, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th century, but about whom nothing is known except for a largely fictional life dating from half a millennium later, was popular throughout Europe in the early Middle Ages and was regarded as the patron of peasants and horses. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Italian Leonardo , Polish, Slovenian, etc. Lenart or Lenard , and probably also their derivatives. Compare Larned , Learned , and Yenor .

    Irish (Fermanagh): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhionáin or of Langan .

    German: variant of Leonhard , cognate with 1 above.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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