Eighth Generation


4166. Lewis Herman LEONARD1350,3385 was born on 13 August 1850 in Southport, Fairfield Co., CT. He died in December 1917 at the age of 67. He attended the public schools of Brooklyn and the Eagleswood Military Academy at Perth Amboy, NJ. He began his business career in his father's banking house. Later he became a partner in the firm of J. P. Robinson & Co. in the warehouse and salt business. In 1897 he retired to Owego, NY, where he owned a large stock farm specializing in brown Swiss cattle.

Lewis Herman LEONARD and Elizabeth Dewitt ROBINSON were married on 10 January 1871. Elizabeth Dewitt ROBINSON, daughter of Jeremiah Potter ROBINSON, was born in 1852 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY.

Lewis Herman LEONARD and Elizabeth Dewitt ROBINSON had the following children:

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William Boardman LEONARD.

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Esther Henrietta LEONARD.

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Josephine Buckley LEONARD.

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Mary Bulkeley LEONARD.