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1984. Rev. Dr.
Raymond Henry LEONARD was born on 2 Feb 1815 in In or near Prescott,
Ontario, Canada. He died on 1 Aug 1895 in Elyria, OH.
His early studies for the Presbyterian ministries were undertaken atRochester,
NY, in 1837. From 1840 to 1844, he and his wife were inCincinnati as student
and houseguests of Professor C. E. Stowe and hiswife, Harriet Beecher Stowe (author
of Uncle Tom's Cabin). He studied atLane Theological Seminary from 1844 to 1848
when the Madison Presbyteryordained him. Hanover College awarded his Doctor
of Divinity degree in1888. He was a frequent visitor to Chicago where he stayed
with hisbrother, Rev. Joseph Helmer Leonard.
"The Rev. R. H. Leonard, D.D., died on August 2 at the home of hisdaughter
in Elyria, Ohio, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He waswell known and
greatly beloved in this region, where he did his lastminiterial work in charge
of the Fourth and Elmwood Churches. He enteredthe ministry nearly a half century
ago and was identified with the NewSchool body until the period of the reunion.
He was a true Christianman, evangelical in his belief, warm-hearted and sympathetic,
full ofdevotion to Christ and unswerving in his loyalty to the PresbyterianChurch.
He was a member of the Cincinnati Presbytery and was one of theoldest ministers
in the body. Dr. Leonard graduated from Lane Seminaryin 1848 and was ordained
by the Presbytery the same year. For twentyyears he was secretary of the Western
Seaman's Friend Society and for thefollowing six years was pastor in East Cleveland.
In 1873 he took chargeof the church of Ludlow, KY, remaining with them for two
years. Sincethen, or for twenty years, his home has been in Cincinnati, where
he hasbeen loved and where he will be lovingly remembered." From the Heraldand
Presbyter of Cincinnati as it appeared in the Elyria Democrat, August8, 1895. Rev.
Dr. Raymond Henry LEONARD and Margaret COWAN were married on 25 Jan 1837.
Margaret COWAN (daughter of John COWAN and Jane MCMILLAN)
was born on 10 Feb 1818 in Kingston, Canada. She died on 6 Jan 1894
in Elyria, OH. Rev. Dr. Raymond Henry LEONARD and Margaret COWAN
had the following children:
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