Fifth Generation

266. Avery LEONARD³¹ was born on 1 September 1798 in Washington Co., PA. He died in Attica, Venice twp., Seneca Co., OH. He learned the blacksmith trade. He married in 1820 and came to Venice twp with his family in the year 1834.

When his father died in 1814, Avery inherited his farm, but had to wait five years to take possession at age 21. He bought 160 acres in Ohio in 1819, married in 1821, sold the PA farm, and moved with his family and mother to Harrison Co., OH. In 1833, he moved again to 160 acres in Venice twp in far SE Seneca County, OH. That farm is still in the family. (per G. Allan Vaughan, letter, 28 August 2007).

At the time of the 1850 Census, Avery and his family were living in Venice twp., Seneca Co., OH, where Avery was a farmer. In the 1880 Census, he was living with his son, name illegible (looks like Finley -- William called him Fin Leonard), and son's wife Margaret. Hugh Finley, 25, was boarding with the family.

Avery LEONARD and Nancy SMITH were married about 1820. Nancy SMITH¹⁷⁵, daughter of Samuel SMITH, was born about 1803 in Pennsylvania. She died in 1872 at the age of 69 in Seneca Co., OH.

Avery LEONARD and Nancy SMITH had the following children:

+698	i.	Samuel H. LEONARD.
699	ii.	Sarah Ann LEONARD was born about 1823. She died about 1840 at the age of 17.
+700	iii.	William Finley LEONARD.
701	iv.	Verden Waller LEONARD was born in 1828. He died in 1839 at the age of 11 in Venice twp., Seneca Co., OH. He was killed by a falling tree in his 11th year.
702	v.	Hiram S. LEONARD was born in 1831.
+703	vi.	Levi LEONARD.
+704	vii.	Avery H. LEONARD.
+705	viii.	Jonathan LEONARD.
706	ix.	Sarah Angeline LEONARD was born (date unknown). She died at the age of 3 months.