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4716. Glenford Sigsbee LEONARD was born on 10 Apr 1898 in Lenawee County, MI. He died on 23 Dec 1974 in Kissimmee, Florida.1104 He was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Scottville, MI. The middle name, Sigsbee, comes from the commander of the battleshipMain, when it was sunk in Havana Harbor, Cuba, on February 15, 1898. Hismother died within hours of his birth. Per Kathleen Rodegeb, e-mail, 4February 2006.

In the 1920 Census, they were living in Victory, Mason Co., MI. Glenfordwas a farmer.

Glenford Sigsbee LEONARD and Margaret Elizabeth GUNN were married on 15 Jun 1918 in North Woodward M.E. Church, Detroit, MI. Margaret Elizabeth GUNN (daughter of Robert Burnside WILEY and Rose BEEBE) was born on 21 Sep 1896 in Wiley, MI. She died on 27 Nov 1983 in Kissimmee, Florida.1105 She was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Scottville, MI. She was born Olive May Wiley, but adopted when she was 2 and given a newname. Glenford Sigsbee LEONARD and Margaret Elizabeth GUNN had the following children:

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Alton Lewis LEONARD.

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Glenford Sigsbee LEONARD.

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Beulah May LEONARD.

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Charles Wesley LEONARD.

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Alan Hugh LEONARD.

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David Augustus LEONARD was born on 26 Aug 1930 in Mt. Morris, Genessee Co, MI. He died on 13 Jun 1952 in Korea. He was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Scottville, MI. As an Army corporal, he died of wounds by a missile during the Koreanconflict, probably on Old Baldy.