Seventh Generation

2174. Russell J. LEONARD²¹⁵⁶ was born on 4 July 1801 in Canton, Norfolk Co., MA. He died on 17 November 1875 at the age of 74 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.¹⁰ Russell J. Leonard was a noncommissioned officer in the Crane Guards, Second Regiment, Second Brigade, First Division of the Massachusetts Militia in 1823 -- per History of Canton, p. 326.

In the 1850 Census, he was a baker living in Taunton with his wife and family: Charles, Henry, Frederick, Harriet, and Daniel. He is listed as a machinist at the birth of a child in 1849.

Russell J. LEONARD and Sarah B. Jane GILBERT were married on 15 January 1826 in Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA.²¹⁵⁷ Sarah B. Jane GILBERT was born about 1806 in Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA.

Russell J. LEONARD and Sarah B. Jane GILBERT had the following children:

+3793	i.	Rebecca G. LEONARD.
+3794	ii.	Charles R. LEONARD.
3795	iii.	Frederick A. LEONARD was born about 1836 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.
3796	iv.	Henry M. LEONARD²¹⁵⁸ was born in 1840 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. He died in 1868 at the age of 28.
+3797	v.	Harriet Josephine LEONARD.
3798	vi.	James K. LEONARD²¹⁵⁹ was born on 23 April 1847. He died on 7 December 1848 at the age of 1 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.¹⁰
3799	vii.	Daniel Gilbert LEONARD²¹⁶⁰ was born on 13 October 1849 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.¹⁰ He died in 1850 at the age of 1 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.