Seventh Generation

2506. Horatio LEONARD²³⁴³ was born on 4 July 1824 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.²³⁴⁴ He died on 22 September 1879 at the age of 55 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.²³⁴⁵ The family was listed in the 1850 Census in Raynham and also in Taunton, complete with children and living two dwellings from brother Cromwell Leonard and family. Horatio was a moulder and had real estate worth $200.

Horatio LEONARD and Meredia Smith WOOD were married on 26 February 1843 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.¹⁵⁵⁶ Meredia Smith WOOD, daughter of Simeon Sherman WOOD and Lois Hall WETHERELL, was born on 26 December 1822 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 26 January 1896 at the age of 73. In the 1880 Taunton Directory, she was living at 167 Bay. William F. Leonard, brittania worker, was also boarding there.

Horatio LEONARD and Meredia Smith WOOD had the following children:

4245	i.	Julianna LEONARD²³⁴⁶ was born in 1844. She married George Briggs.
4246	ii.	Lydia Maria LEONARD²³⁴⁷ was born on 30 January 1846 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.¹⁰ She died on 29 September 1854 at the age of 8 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.
+4247	iii.	Charles Henry LEONARD.
4248	iv.	May L. LEONARD²³⁴⁸ was born on 16 February 1855.
+4249	v.	William Frank LEONARD.
+4250	vi.	Emma Jane LEONARD.
+4251	vii.	Allen Frank LEONARD.
+4252	viii.	Augustus F. LEONARD.
+4253	ix.	Mervin Silas LEONARD.