Sixth Generation

259. Benjamin Smith LEONARD was born about 1806 in Brunswick Co., NC. In the 1850 Census, Benjamin, his wife, Mary, and his daughters were living in Gainesville, Hancock Co., MS, along with Dr. Thomas Leonard and his son, Thomas, William Caston, 15, and Austin Reedy, 52.

Was his middle name Smith or Samuel?

Benjamin Smith LEONARD and Mary A. UNKNOWN were married before 1830. Mary A. UNKNOWN was born about 1828 in MS.

Benjamin Smith LEONARD and Mary A. UNKNOWN had the following children:

408	i.	Mary L. LEONARD was born about 1830.
409	ii.	Alice R. LEONARD was born about 1847.
410	iii.	Florence Lucinda LEONARD was born about 1849.
411	iv.	Ada LEONARD was born about 1851.
412	v.	Ella Z. LEONARD was born in 1853. She died in 1936 at the age of 83.
413	vi.	Gertrude LEONARD was born in 1856.
414	vii.	June B. LEONARD was born in 1860.
415	viii.	Thomas H. LEONARD was born in 1865.