Tenth Generation

4864. John Henry LEONARD was born on 18 Apr 1882 in Bristol, RI.¹⁰⁹⁸ He died on 25 Aug 1938 in New York City, NY. He was buried on 29 Aug 1938 in North Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Employed] [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Funeral] Wife: Margaret A. Leonard of Norwich, CT, where he was living when hedied (second wife). He died of a heart attack while in New York City ona business trip. He was good friends with the President of Kmart,according to my uncle. He was listed as a salesman in a textile store inthe 1930 Census, living with wife Margaret and stepson Frank Caskey.

Former President, Dodge Textile Company; President, Leonard Division,Wentworth Corporation. He had a factory in Norwich, CT, thatmanufactured dresses and aprons.

Funeral was at J.H. Williams Funeral Home, East Providence, RI , SecondBaptist Church, East Providence, RI
Bearers at funeral: John Sitemen, William Anthony, William P. Considine,Harold Riley, Joseph Hull, and Alonzo Dodge.

He was buried in North Burial Ground in plot with son Arthur and hiswife, Lillian Horsfield, and his mother, Mary E. Healey.

He was reputed to be a very good salesman. He did not leave a goodreputation with his first family.

At the time he registered for the World War I draft (September 18, 1918),he was living at 46 Arnold Avenue in Cranston, RI with his wife, AliceVaughan Leonard and working for Bergoffen & Philip at 12 West 21stStreet, New York City, as a salesman of wearing apparel. He was ofmedium height and medium build and had blue eyes and black hair.

Nickname: Jack

John Henry LEONARD and Alice Maude VAUGHAN were married in Manhattan, New York City, NY. Alice Maude VAUGHAN (daughter of Edward VAUGHAN and Charlotte DOW) was born in 1877 in New Jersey. She died in 1952 in RI. She was born in New Jersey, according to her son in the 1930 Census andher own record. She was head of household in the 1930 Census and livingat 158 Melrose Avenue in Providence with her three daughters, Vivian,Violet, and Gwendolyn. Her father was from Wales and her mother born inNew York. She was unemployed at Census time, as were her daughters.

She met her husband while on vacation on Block Island. She was therewith her mother. John Henry LEONARD and Alice Maude VAUGHAN had the following children:

+5182	i.	Arthur H. LEONARD.
+5183	ii.	Muriel LEONARD.
+5184	iii.	Vivien LEONARD.
+5185	iv.	Violet LEONARD.
+5186	v.	Gwendolyn LEONARD.

Margaret CASKEY was born in 1897 in CT. She had a son from a previous marriage named Frank Caskey, b. 3 April1917, d. 3 November 1962 in Norwich. He resided in Ledyard, New London,with wife Marion T., having lived previously before 1959 at 52 Otis St.,Norwich. He was a salesman.