Eighth Generation

4714. Eugene Spencer LEONARD³⁶⁶⁸ was born on 19 January 1854 in Chester, VT. "He was educated at Chester Academy. He began his business life as a clerk in the post office at Chester Depot. In 1877 he came to Bellows Falls, VT, and for a time was clerk in the railroad company's office, afterward in the office of the Fall Mountain Paper Company. In 1887 he opened an insurance office, representing both fire and life insurance companies, and he has built up a large and flourishing business. He is a director and vice-president of the National Bank of Bellows Falls and trustee of the Bellows Falls Savings Institution. In politics he is a Democrat." per New England Families, Historical and Genealogical, Vol. 3, p. 1342.

Eugene Spencer LEONARD and Addie Priscilla STONE were married on 14 December 1893. Addie Priscilla STONE, daughter of Orlando STONE and Emma CHURCH, was born on 6 February 1858 in Westminster, VT.

Eugene Spencer LEONARD and Addie Priscilla STONE had the following children:

+6181	i.	Richard Spencer LEONARD.
+6182	ii.	Eugene Stone LEONARD.
6183	iii.	Lawrence Coy LEONARD³⁶⁶⁹ was born on 27 December 1900. He was a major in the US Army. He was a Massachusetts Institute graduate, 1928.
6184	iv.	Ida Framces LEONARD³⁶⁷⁰ was born (date unknown).
6185	v.	Abbie T. LEONARD³⁶⁷¹ was born (date unknown). DAR #65446

Eugene Spencer LEONARD and Mary Lena RISLEY were married on 20 February 1919 in Windham Co., CT. Mary Lena RISLEY was born in 1864 in Norwich, CT. She died on 12 November 1937 at the age of 73 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT.