Seventh Generation

2095. Russell J. LEONARD was born on 4 Jul 1801 in Canton, MA. He died on 17 Nov 1875 in Taunton, MA.¹⁰ Russell J. Leonard was a noncommissioned officer in the Crane Guards,Second Regiment, Second Brigade, First Division of the MassachusettsMilitia in 1823 -- per History of Canton, p. 326.

In the 1850 Census, he was a baker living in Taunton with his wife andfamily: Charles, Henry, Frederick, Harriet, and Daniel. He is listed asa machinist at the birth of a child in 1849.

Russell J. LEONARD and Sarah B. Jane GILBERT were married on 15 Jan 1826 in Mansfield, MA.⁹⁶⁴ Sarah B. Jane GILBERT was born about 1806. Russell J. LEONARD and Sarah B. Jane GILBERT had the following children:

+3333	i.	Rebecca G. LEONARD.
+3334	ii.	Charles R. LEONARD.
3335	iii.	Frederick A. LEONARD was born about 1836 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.
3336	iv.	Henry M. LEONARD was born in 1833 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. He died in 1868.
+3337	v.	Harriet J. LEONARD.
3338	vi.	James K. LEONARD was born on 23 Apr 1847. He died on 7 Dec 1848 in Taunton, MA.10
3339	vii.	Daniel Gilbert LEONARD was born on 13 Oct 1849 in Taunton, MA.10 He died in 1850 in Taunton, MA.