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Benjamin Leonard

Birth	:	4 Apr 1836 Niagara County, New York, USA
Death	:	28 Sep 1918
Burial	:	Concord Cemetery, Garner, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.0891991, -93.5971985
Plot	:	Block 3 Lot 90 Grave 6
Description	:	From the 1883 History of Iowa--Franklin and Cerro Gordo Counties. compiled and contributed by Susan Steveson Benjamin Leonard, Jr., Benjamin Leonard, Jr., came to Cerro Gordo county in 1875. His farm is on section 5, Clear Lake township, on which he took up his abode in the fall of 1882. He was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., April 4, 1836. When he was fourteen his father, Benjamin Leonard, Sr., removed to Wisconsin, and is still living in Green county in that State. Benjamin Leonard became a soldier in the hour of his country's sore need, enlisting twelve days after,... Read More	From the 1883 History of Iowa--Franklin and Cerro Gordo Counties. compiled and contributed by Susan Steveson Benjamin Leonard, Jr., Benjamin Leonard, Jr., came to Cerro Gordo county in 1875. His farm is on section 5, Clear Lake township, on which he took up his abode in the fall of 1882. He was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., April 4, 1836. When he was fourteen his father, Benjamin Leonard, Sr., removed to Wisconsin, and is still living in Green county in that State. Benjamin Leonard became a soldier in the hour of his country's sore need, enlisting twelve days after, the firing on Fort Sumter, in the 3d Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He was with General Pope in the Shenandoah Valley, and received a severe gun-shot wound in the right arm at Antietam, two years after his enrollment. The result was his discharge. He went to Wisconsin, where he was married to Lavina Brayton, a native of Illinois. In 1871 he went to Kansas, where he resided four years. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard have four children- Walter J., Flora A., Lily May and Imogene. Mrs. Leonard's brother, Charles Brayton, resides on the same section. In 1878 he bought his farm of W. G. Ettles. He is a native of McHenry Co., Ill., born in 1838. He went to Wisconsin, and, in 1862, enlisted as a soldier of the civil war, in the 31st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and was in the service three years. In 1868 he located north of the lake from which the township is named. Mrs. Brayton is a native of Illinois. They have three children= Ed, Elna and Hattie.

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Benjamin Leonard's memorial is located at: Concord Cemetery, Garner, Hancock County, USA.
When did Benjamin Leonard death?
Benjamin Leonard death on 28 Sep 1918 in
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Latitude: 43.0891991
Longitude: -93.5971985

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Lovina Brayton Leonard

(1847 - 1927)

Siblings

Emma C Leonard McClarrinon

(1851 - 1888)

Children

Walter James Leonard

(1868 - 1945)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Concord Cemetery
Garner, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 43.0891991, -93.5971985

2. Saint Boniface Cemetery
Garner, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1055984, -93.6418991

3. Peace Reformed Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0536000, -93.6153000

4. Saint Johns Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1300011, -93.5168991

5. Liberty Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0292015, -93.6544037

6. Calvary Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0018997, -93.6046982

7. Saint John Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1055984, -93.7177963

8. Clear Lake Township Cemetery
Ventura, Cerro Gordo County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1234000, -93.4772000

9. Ellington Prairie Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1719017, -93.5357971

10. Faith Lutheran Cemetery
Miller, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1844406, -93.5994415

11. Ellington Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2002983, -93.5372009

12. Saint Patricks Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0828018, -93.7742004

13. Forest Lawn Memorial Garden
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Coordinate: 43.1403008, -93.4207993

14. National Hobo Memorial
Britt, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1003500, -93.7913500

15. Evergreen Cemetery
Britt, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 43.0993996, -93.7921982

16. Madison Township Cemetery
Madison Township, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2411003, -93.6371994

17. Pilot Knob Cemetery
Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2417000, -93.5192000

18. Amsterdam Cemetery
Goodell, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9235992, -93.5894012

19. Grant Center Cemetery
Cerro Gordo County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2285995, -93.4505997

20. Clear Lake Cemetery
Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1422195, -93.3658295

21. Saint James Catholic Cemetery
Forest City, Winnebago County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2641983, -93.6517029

22. Old Amsterdam Cemetery
Kanawha, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9517700, -93.7571500

23. West Lake Cemetery
Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9403000, -93.7369003

24. Oakland Cemetery
Forest City, Winnebago County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2764015, -93.6346970