Fifth Generation


145. William Henry LEONARD was born on 12 March 1846 in Peterboro, Madison Co.,NY. He died on 17 May 1911 at the age of 65 in Providence, RI.63 He was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Providence, RI. He was known as Henry. He was 21, a druggist, at time of marriage. He had a business at 7 College Street, Providence. He was a retired manufacturer of disinfectants at the time of his death-- Wm. H. Leonard & Co., essences and extracts, 7 College, Providence. He was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Providence. He died of apoplexy and cerebral hemorrhage. He died in his chair. The funeral was at his residence, 250 Massachusetts Avenue.

He was a Civil War veteran, Tenth and Eleventh Regiments and Tenth Battery, Rhode Island volunteers. He was a private in Company C of the Tenth Regiment, serving 3 mos. He was in the Wagoner Co. of the Eleventh Regiment for 3 mos. in 1863, discharged for disability at Camp Metcalf, VA.

William Henry LEONARD and Amy Maria HERRICK were married on 1 January 1867. Amy Maria HERRICK, daughter of George Washington HERRICK and Rebecca BOWERS, was born on 24 April 1848 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.63 She died on 2 November 1906 at the age of 58 in Providence, RI.63

William Henry LEONARD and Amy Maria HERRICK had the following children:

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Alfred Henry LEONARD was born on 21 April 1872 in Providence, RI.63 He died on 1 April 1937 at the age of 64 in Tiverton, RI.63 In the 1930 Census, they were living at 200 Waldo Street, Ward 8, Providence, RI.

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Harriet Arnold LEONARD was born in 1874. She died in 1930 at the age of 56.

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Amy Louise "Lulu" LEONARD was born on 30 September 1876 in Johnston, RI. She died on 2 April 1881 at the age of 4 in 25 Ringgold Street, Providence, RI.

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Mabel Herrick LEONARD was born on 8 June 1878 in RI.63 She died on 20 May 1937 at the age of 58.63