Sixth Generation

1590. Lester LEONARD was born on 8 Dec 1815 in Parma, NY. He died in 1889 in Lenawee Co., MI. He was buried in Weston Cemetery, Weston, Lenawee County, MI. He arrived in Lenawee Co., MI, sometime before or about 1844. In the1850 Census, he, wife Cynthia, and children Silas, Anson, and Lucinda(latter all born in MI), were living in Dover, Lenawee Co., MI. Lesterwas 34 and Cynthia, 26, both born in NY. Lester was a farmer.

In the 1870 Census, Lester and Cynthia were living in Fairfield, LenaweeCo., MI. Lester was 54 and Cynthia 46. Lester was a well-to-do farmer.Lucinda, 22, Harriet, 20, and Charles, 18, were living at home. I can'tfind an Anson Leonard born in MI in the 1870 Census, although there is aLanson Leonard, 26, farmer, wife Martha, 26, and daughter Florence, 8,living in Fairfield. There is no Silas Leonard, and there is no HarrisonLeonard born in Michigan in the 1870 Census.

In the 1880 Census, Lester, 64, farmer, and Cynthia, 55, were living inFairfield. Daughters Lucinda, 32, and Hattie, 30, were living withthem. Next door were Anson Leonard, 35, wife Florence, 35, and daughtersFlorence, 13, and Bessie, 2.

Cynthia HARTZ was born in Jul 1824 in NY. She died in 1901 in Weston, Lenawee Co., MI. She was buried in Weston Cemetery, Weston, Lenawee County, MI. Maiden name possibly Hare. A Jane Hare was living with them in the 1850Census. Anson as a name runs in the Hare family (?). Lester LEONARD and Cynthia HARTZ had the following children:

2703	i.	Silas LEONARD was born in 1844 in Lenawee Co., MI. He died on 20 Feb 1865 in Huntsville, AL. He died in a Civil War battle in Huntsville, AL, according to KathleenRodegeb (e-mail, 4 February 2006). He enlisted in Co. DE, 4th ReorgInfantry Regiment, Michigan, on September 20, 1865. He apparently died20 February 1865 in Huntsville. He may be buried in the ChattanoogaNational Cemetery, TN.
+2704	ii.	Anson M. LEONARD.
2705	iii.	Lucinda LEONARD was born in 1848 in Lenawe Co., MI. She died in 1901 in Lenawee County, MI. She was buried in Weston Cemetery, Weston, Lenawee County, MI. She died unmarried, according to Kathleen Rodegeb (e-mail, 4 February2006). She may have become insane or perhaps had Downs Syndrome.
2706	iv.	Harrison LEONARD was born in 1850.
+2707	v.	Harriet LEONARD.
+2708	vi.	Charles Augustus LEONARD.