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3126. Mary J.
E. LEONARD was born on 23 Aug 1836 in Coburg, Ontario, Canada. Mary
J. E. LEONARD and Rev. John NATE were married in Dec 1855 in Chicago, Cook Co.,
IL. Rev. John NATE (son of John Matthew
NATE and Ellen PROSSER) was born on 15 Sep 1832 in Gloucester, England.
HISTORY OF EARLY CHICAGO
MODERN CHICAGO AND ITS SETTLEMENT
EARLY CHICAGO, AND THE NORTHWEST BY ALBERT D. HAGER
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REV. JOHN NATE, Methodist Episcopal clergyman, was born in England in1832, son
of John M. and Ellen Nate. His parents came to America in hisinfancy, and located
in New York in 1836 then removed to Ilinois. Thesubject of this sketch received
his education at the Mt. Morris Seminary.In 1852 he was licensed to exhort, and
in 1853 as a minister. He joinedthe illinois Conference in 1855, and was transferred
to the Rock RiverConference in 1856, and in October, 1859. or-dained elder. His
first workin the ministry was as agent of the American Bible Society: his firstcharge
was Mechanics-burg, and his first charge in the Rock RiverConference was at Rochelle,
Ill., where he located the Church and built aparsonage. In 1857, at Wheaton.
he located the present Church of thatplace. His next charge was at Naperville
and Turner's Junction. In 1860and 1862, he was stationed at Kaneville and McHenry.
In the latter partof that year he accepted the chaplaincy to the seamen at Milwaukee,
Wis.,uuder the charge of the Western Seamen's Friends Society. He founded thefirst
Seamen Church in Milwaukee. In 1864 he was appointed districtsecretary and superintendent
of Missions for the West, including theterritory lying west of Detroit, with
headquarters at Chicago. Heremained in that position for ten years his residence
during the timebeing at Evanston. In 1874 he organized a Church and erected a
churchbuilding at Ravenswood. He was appointed to the Market-street Mission inChicago,
and for four years held tim position of temperance missionary.In 1880 he was
stationed at Crete, Ill., in 1881-82 at Manteno, and inthe fall of 1882 at Burrington,
his present charge. He has always been anearnest temperance worker and an ardent
prohibition advocate. He wasmarried in 1855 to Miss Mary J. E. Leonard, daughter
of Rev. J. H. andSusannah (Lockwood) Leonard. The issue of the marriage has been
sevenchildren, five of whom survive--John I., Mary S., Ada E., Joseph C. andRaymond
J. He is a member of the Grand Division of the Sons ofTemperance, and Past Grand
Worthy Patriarch. Mary J. E. LEONARD and Rev. John NATE had the following children:
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