Third Generation

28. Benjamin LEONARD was born on 15 February 1806 in PA. He died on 12 February 1877 at the age of 70 in Stewart, Fayette Co., PA. In the 1850 Census, the family was living in Wharton, Fayette Co., PA. Benjamin was a farmer, and Amos was a chair maker. After Constant died, Benjamin went to live with his maternal grandparents, the Thorps.

Sarah (Harbaugh) Leonard
was born on Nov. 18, 1810 in or near Rockwood, PA, the daughter of Leonard and Elizabeth (Pritts) Harbaugh.
When Sarah was a girl, her mother died. A few years later, when she was about nine, her father then married young widow Martha (Minerd) Imel, who became Sarah's step-mother.
Sarah married Benjamin Leonard (1806-1877) and lived near Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA.
The Leonards had 11 children -- Eli Leonard, Isaac Leonard, Rev. Amos Potter Leonard, Samuel Leonard, Annie Young, Reuben H. Leonard, Rebecca Farmer, Christmas Leonard, Mary Potter, Martha Turney and Robert Bacom Leonard.
Benjamin and his son in law, George Perry Potter, were "the first to manufacture splint chairs on Meadow Run," says the 2000 book, The Explorer's Guide to the Youghiogheny River Gorge, Ohiopyle, & S.W. Pennsylvania's Villages, by Marci McGuinness and Bill Sohonage.
When the federal census of 1860 was taken, Sarah and Benjamin and their eight children dwelled in Farmington, Fayette County. Benjamin's occupation was recorded as "farmer" and eldest son Amos's as "carpenter."
In the 1870 census all but two of the Leonard children had moved out of the family home. Sarah and Benjamin are living in Stewart Township, Fayette County thier Daughter Mary (age 21) and son Robert (15) were the only two children living at home. Living just a few households away was the Leonards' future son in law, Civil War veteran George Perry Potter and his first wife Elmira.
Sarah died on Aug. 18, 1876, at the age of 66.
Benjamin passed away just six months later, on Feb. 12, 1877. He was age 71. His grave marker is seen at right, still legible when photographed in May 2001.
They are buried at the Irwin Memorial Cemetery (formerly known as Belle Grove Cemetery) near Ohiopyle.
Benjamin's sons Reuben and Christmas "kept his business going long after his death

Benjamin LEONARD and Sarah "Sallie" HARBAUGH were married on 12 September 1830 in Fayette Co., PA. Sarah "Sallie" HARBAUGH, daughter of Leonard HARBAUGH and Elizabeth PRITTS, was born on 18 November 1810 in Somerset Co., PA. She died on 18 August 1876 at the age of 65 in Fayette Co., PA.

Benjamin LEONARD and Sarah "Sallie" HARBAUGH had the following children: