Tenth Generation

470. Arthur Henry LEONARD was born on 12 July 1906 in Providence, RI. He died on 23 March 1956 at the age of 49 in Bristol, RI. He was buried on 26 March 1956 in Lot 979, North Burial Ground, Bristol, R.I.. Undertaker was Carpenter-Jencks. Owned bars: Art Leonard's, the Palladium at Rocky Point, was friends with Bob Considine at Narragansett Brewery . The 1930 Census lists the family as living on Pontiac Avenue in Cranston. He was a photographer with his own shop. He is listed as having been born in NJ. His wife was born in RI. In 1950, he was living at 94 Auburn, Cranston, RI.

He later owned a bar on Eddy Street near Weybosset in downtown Providence and another at Rocky Point in Warwick. He was the ultimate extrovert and knew everyone in Providence, from the street sweepers to the mayor. He knew the police particularly well, and it is said he could get a traffic ticket fixed anywhere in New England.

Arthur Henry LEONARD and Lillian Richmond HORSFIELD were married on 21 April 1927 in Providence, RI.^116,117 Lillian Richmond HORSFIELD, daughter of James H. HORSFIELD and MARY, was born on 19 March 1901 in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island. She died on 17 April 1991 at the age of 90 in Cranston, Providence Co., RI. She was buried on 20 April 1991 in Lot 979, North Burial Ground, Bristol, R.I.. Her father was born in RI and her mother in the Irish Free State, according to the 1930 Census.

Arthur Henry LEONARD and Lillian Richmond HORSFIELD had the following children:

+486	i.	Living (private).
+487	ii.	John Edward LEONARD¹¹⁸ was born on 9 August 1935 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He died on 11 December 1998 at the age of 63 in North Kingston, Washington Co., RI. He died from a heart attack while climbing the stairs from the basement while getting Christmas ornaments. Source of info: katylilxo@gmail.com, granddaughter.
+488	iii.	Joyce E. LEONARD was born on 22 September 1938 in Rhode Island.¹¹⁹ She died on 24 June 2011 at the age of 72 in Cranston, Providence Co., RI.