John Leonard
John Leonard (deceased) was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, March 8, 1815; son of George and Margaret (Hoftman) Leonard, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively. George Leonard, who was reared, educated and married in Washington County, Penn., was a farmer and also a carpenter and joiner. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. On coming to Ohio he first settled in Mahoning County, as did his parents. He then moved to Paris Township, this county, in 1832, and here died in the fall of 1843, aged fifty-five years. His widow died in Michigan in 1860, aged seventy-four years. Eight of their twelve children survive: Nancy, Henry, Catherine, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Sarah and Hannah. Of these, Joshua and Aaron served through the late war of the Rebellion. John Leonard, the subject of this sketch, was married, September 1, 1835, to Fanny, daughter of James and Susan (Shaffer) Patterson, natives of eastern Pennsylvania and early settlers of Trumbull County, Ohio. To this union was born one child—Lura L., who died in 1871, aged twenty years. Mr. Leonard died March 16, 1885, of heart disease. He was a consistent member of the Congregational Church at Newton Falls. He followed farming, and at his death was owner of 241 acres of good land. He filled several of the township offices of trust.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885