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Samuel James Leonard

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Birthplace: Illinois, United States
Death: January 16, 1910 (66)
Greenway, Arkansas, United States
Place of Burial: Greenway, Piggott, Arkansas
Immediate Family:

Son of Samuel H Leonard and Mary Jane Leonard
Husband of Alice Eastman
Ex-husband of Martha Magdeline Russel and Mary A Leonard
Father of George Martin Leonard; John Thomas Leonard and Charles Hartwell Leonard
Brother of George W Leonard

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About Samuel James Leonard

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Pension records show that he was in Hickman, Fuelin, Ky in Sept 1862. - That on June 20th 1890 in Columbus, Hickman, Ky that he married an Alice. - He was in Greenway, Clay Ark on Sept. 4th, 1892, although Belmont, Miss., Mo is crossed out on this form. - He was in Wolf Island, Mississippi, MO. in May 1897. - He was in Belmont, Miss. Co., Mo. on May 2, 1900 through March 10th 1902. - He moved from Belmont to Greenway in December 1904. - He was in Greenway, Clay Ill until Jan 1906. - He was in Wolf Island Miss Co., Mo in May 1907 - He was in Greenway, Clay Ark In March 1908 - where he died in 1910 -

August 09, 1862 Enlisted Civil War Bethel, Ill
November 1862 Cairo, Ill. had measles that left him with a disease of the eyes.
September 1862 through Dec in Hospital in Jackson, Tenn.
January 15, 1863 Jackson, Tenn disc. Hosp.
January 1863 Jackson, Tenn still sick
March 1863 Jackson, Tenn back in Hospital
June 1863 Jackson, Tenn released from Hospital
July 1863 to August present in Jackson, Tenn with his Unit
September 1863 to June, 1864 present at Look Out Valley, Tenn
November 1864 Raliegh, NC absent from unit/ listed as a teamster
January 1865 to June at Raliegh, NC present as a teamster
January 18, 1865 near Washington DC mustered out
April 1865 Thrown from wheel mule and mule fell on him
Feb 1876 Martha filed for divorce in Greene Co., Il.
Mar 1877 Divorce granted



In an interview with Maxine Miller 3/13/1993, she said Samuel James Leonard was engaged to Kate.
He was made to marry Martha because her Step Mother had her on the floor with a chain sitting on her.
He took her away from her and took her to Kate's and he was out overnight with her.

Place of Burial: Mitchell Cemetary, Greenway, Piggott, Arkansas

Birth: May 3, 1843
Illinois, United States
Death: January 16, 1910 (66)
Greenway, Arkansas

Son of Samuel H. Leonard and Mary Kitts
Husband of Martha Magdeline Russel and Alice Eastman
Father of John Thomas Leonard, Charles Hartwell Leonard, Eva Leonard and George M Leonard


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Samuel James Leonard's Timeline

1843
May 3, 1843
Illinois, United States
1860
1860
Age 16
Beardstown, Cass, Illinois
1867
November 1867
Meredosia, Morgan Co, IL
1868
January 16, 1868
1870
1870
Age 26
Shoemaker
1872
May 5, 1872
Meredosia, Morgan, Illinois, United States