James E. Leonard - 1879

LEONARD, GRANT, HIGGINS, THOMPSON

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Date: 5/9/2009 at 21:51:21

JAMES E. LEONARD, proprietor of saloon, Sabula; born in New London, Conn., August, 1828; his parents, James and Elizabeth K. Leonard, came to Sabula in 1838; at that time, the family consisted of his father, mother, himself and sister Elizabeth Leonard, now the wife of Mr. James Grant, of Davenport; his father was one of the prominent pioneers of Jackson Co.; he was a member of the Territorial Legislature in 1844, but died before the close of that session; his mother resides at Davenport; Mr. James E. Leonard entered a farm in Iowa Township, where he lived for many years. He married Maria Higgins, of Scott Co.; they had four children -Bessie G., Henry, Edwin and Mary; his wife died, October, 1869. His present wife was Elizabeth Thompson, of Jackson Co.; they have two children-William and Ellen. – 1879 History of Jackson County Iowa, Pg 697-98.