Tenth Generation

6908. Ralph Milton LEONARD²²⁶⁴ was born on 8 February 1905 in Le Mars, IA. He died on 25 September 1970 at the age of 65 in Mobile, AL. He was buried in Memorial Gardens, Mobile, AL. After high school, Ralph worked for a railroad repair crew and helped Cliff Boyd, a boyhood friend, on the Boyd ranch near Pontiac, MT, where Ralph and his bride spent their honeymoon during haying time. He moved on to St. Helens, OR, where he worked in a lumber mill in Columbia City and a paper mill in St. Helens. In 1936 he went to Texas to work in a new paper mill, then moved on to Alabama where he worked in the paper industry.

Ralph Milton LEONARD and Leona Lucille WILLIAMS were married on 22 June 1925 in Missoula, MT. Leona Lucille WILLIAMS²²⁶⁴, daughter of Frank WILLIAMS and Grace SMITH, was born on 21 March 1907 in Jamestown, ND. She died on 26 March 1996 at the age of 89 in Missoula, MT. She was buried in Nine Mile Valley, MT. Her step father was William "Bill" Stewart. He was a World War I veteran and taught music in the Missoula area schools.

Ralph Milton LEONARD and Leona Lucille WILLIAMS had the following children: