Tenth Generation

4865. Charles Eddy LEONARD was born on 14 Jan 1884 in Bristol, RI. He died on 16 Feb 1937 in at his home in East Providence, R.I.. He was in Pharmacist, East Providence, RI, for 40 years, until 1937. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Resided at] [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Funeral] He was buried in East Providence, RI. Medical: In apparent good health until time of death

"Charles E. Leonard, for 40 years engaged in the drug store business inEast Providence and prominent in the Masonic fraternity, died suddenly athis home at 21 Fourth Street, East Providence, at 3 o'clock yesterdaymorning. He was stricken with a cerebral hemorage at 11 o'clock Sunday.Until then he apparently had been in good health.

"He was born in Bristol 52 years ago, a son of Mrs. Mary Eddy Leonard andthe late John H. Leonard. The family came to East Providence whenCharles was a boy, and he spent the greater part of his life in thetown. He was educated in the public schools of the town. For a quarterof a century he was employed in drug stores in East Providence and thepast 15 years he had been the proprietor of a drug store on Warren Avenue.

"In 1916 he married Ada Grace Wells. He was survived by his mother,wife, and two brothers, Walter B. and John H. Leonard. Funeral at J.H.Williams Funeral Home, Taunton Avenue, East Providence." Source:Newspaper Obituary.

My uncle says that he was a 33rd degree Mason.

When registering for the World War I draft on September 12, 1918, he wasresiding at 35 Woodmont Street in Providence, RI, and he was working as adrug clerk for J. G. Johnston at 29 Warren Avenue, East Providence, RI.He was living with his wife, Ada G. Leonard. He was of short, slenderbuild with gray blue eyes and light brown hair.

The 1920 Census lists the family as living with his mother, Mary E.Healey, age 55, his wife, Ada, 24, and a boarder, Charles E. Weeks, 55.Charles E. Weeks was a prominent mason. In the 1930 Census, Charles E.Weeks was lodging with Mary E. Healey at 144 Laurence Street in Cranston.

The 1930 Census has the family living at 21 Fourth Street in EastProvidence. HIs wife was born in New York, her father in Vermont, hermother in New York. He was a pharmacist at a drug store.

Marriage December 4, 1916, to Ada Grace Wells verified AC/VR. Birthverified by viewing Bristol VR. They had no children.

Charles Eddy LEONARD and Ada Grace WELLS were married on 4 Dec 1916 in Providence, RI. Ada Grace WELLS was born on 13 Sep 1895 in New York. She died in Mar 1977 in New Jersey. She was buried in East Providence, RI. Ada was from Ausable Chasm, Upstate New York. Her parents owned thehotel there.

She was living in Bristol, RI, in the 1913-14 Bristol City Directory

She lived with the Angresano's in Northern New Jersey during the lastyears of her life. She had a cousin, Irene, living there in the 1920's.