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2557. Charlotte LEONARD1397 was born on 7 March 1806. She died on 3 March 1855 at the age of 48.

Charlotte LEONARD and William P. THOMASSON were married on 25 March 1828. William P. THOMASSON was born (date unknown). He volunteered as a boy to fight in the War of 1812. He became a lawyer and had a practice in Corydon, IN, in 1817. He was a member of the Legislature of that State before he came of age. In 1841, he removed to Louisville, KY, and was soon elected to Congress as a Whig, serving from December 1843 to March 1847. He practiced law in Chicago for a time and at the break out of war in 1861 entered the Union Army as a Colonel of an IL regiment. He was wounded at the first battle of Bull Run.

Charlotte LEONARD and William P. THOMASSON had the following children:

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Charles Leonard THOMASSON was born on 1 February 1829. He died on 19 September 1863 at the age of 34 in Chicamauga. He was a Federal soldier and for meritorious services was promoted Major of the 5th Kentucky Regiment. He was killed at the Battle of Chicamauga in 1864.