Truman LeonardAge: 61 years1784–1846
- Name
- Truman Leonard
- Name suffix
- Sr.
| Birth | March 23, 1784 28 22 |
| Marriage status | Roxanna Allis — View this family MARRIED yes |
| Birth of a brother | Prentice Leonard October 20, 1786 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a mother | Hannah Marsh about 1787 (Age 2 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Ezra Leonard — Rachel Branch — View this family about 1788 (Age 3 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Ezra Leonard — Dorcas Brown — View this family March 4, 1793 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Mervin Leonard August 11, 1795 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Rachel Leonard October 30, 1796 (Age 12 years) |
| Christening | June 13, 1799 (Age 15 years) |
| Christening of a sister | Lois Leonard June 13, 1799 (Age 15 years) |
| Christening of a brother | Prentice Leonard June 13, 1799 (Age 15 years) |
| Christening of a half-sister | Rachel Leonard June 13, 1799 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Abigail Herrick February 14, 1811 (Age 26 years) |
| Marriage | Roxanna Allis — View this family June 1, 1811 (Age 27 years) Note: Married at New Canaan, Columbia, New York or Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts
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| Birth of a daughter #1 | Emeline Leonard March 16, 1812 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Ebenezer Leonard September 7, 1813 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Ezra Leonard February 28, 1815 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Dorcas Leonard April 5, 1817 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Lavinia Leonard January 22, 1819 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Truman Leonard September 17, 1820 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a father | Ezra Leonard April 15, 1823 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Roxanna Alice Leonard July 2, 1823 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Benjamin Franklin Leonard June 5, 1825 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Harriet Amelia Leonard February 7, 1827 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lois Leonard March 2, 1830 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Louisa Parthenia Leonard April 24, 1830 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a son #11 | John Chatfield Leonard December 5, 1831 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #12 | Sarah Ann Leonard January 6, 1833 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Harvey Edwards — Dorcas Leonard — View this family April 10, 1836 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Sidney Nickerson — Emeline Leonard — View this family September 15, 1836 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ebenezer Leonard — Elizabeth Wetherbee — View this family February 12, 1837 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ezra Leonard — Elvira Weston — View this family January 30, 1843 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Daniel B. Olcott — Lavinia Leonard — View this family January 1, 1844 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Truman Leonard — Ortentia White — View this family January 1, 1846 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a wife | Roxanna Allis February 24, 1846 (on the date of death) |
| Death | February 24, 1846 (Age 61 years) |
| LDS baptism | March 30, 1886 (40 years after death) |
| LDS endowment | March 31, 1886 (40 years after death) |
| LDS spouse sealing | Roxanna Allis — View this family March 31, 1886 (40 years after death) |
| LDS child sealing | September 2, 1948 (102 years after death) Family: Ezra Leonard + Hannah Marsh |
| Burial | |
| Title | Sr. yes |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Ezra Leonard Birth: June 30, 1755 37 33 — Preston, New London, Connecticut Death: April 15, 1823 — Williamsfield, Ashtabula, Ohio |
| mother |
Hannah Marsh Birth: about 1762 — of Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts Death: about 1787 — of Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts |
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Marriage: about 1780 — of Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts |
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2 years elder sister |
Lois Leonard Birth: June 3, 1782 26 20 — Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts Death: March 2, 1830 |
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22 months himself |
Truman Leonard Birth: March 23, 1784 28 22 — Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts Death: February 24, 1846 — Chatham, Medina, Ohio |
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3 years younger brother |
Prentice Leonard Birth: October 20, 1786 31 24 — Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts Death: February 8, 1870 |
| Father’s family with Rachel Branch |
| father |
Ezra Leonard Birth: June 30, 1755 37 33 — Preston, New London, Connecticut Death: April 15, 1823 — Williamsfield, Ashtabula, Ohio |
| step-mother |
Rachel Branch Birth: calculated 1754 — Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts Death: February 13, 1792 — Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts |
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Marriage: about 1788 — Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts |
| Father’s family with Dorcas Brown |
| father |
Ezra Leonard Birth: June 30, 1755 37 33 — Preston, New London, Connecticut Death: April 15, 1823 — Williamsfield, Ashtabula, Ohio |
| step-mother |
Dorcas Brown Birth: about 1755 Death: October 16, 1841 |
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Marriage: March 4, 1793 — Griswold-Preston, New London, Connecticut |
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2 years half-brother |
Mervin Leonard Birth: August 11, 1795 40 40 — Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts Death: April 16, 1862 — of Williamsfield, Ashtabula, Ohio |
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15 months half-sister |
Rachel Leonard Birth: October 30, 1796 41 41 — Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts Death: April 16, 1862 |
| Family with Roxanna Allis |
| himself |
Truman Leonard Birth: March 23, 1784 28 22 — Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts Death: February 24, 1846 — Chatham, Medina, Ohio |
| wife |
Roxanna Allis Birth: September 15, 1786 39 29 — Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts Death: February 24, 1846 — Chatham, Medina, Ohio |
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Marriage: June 1, 1811 — New Canaan, Columbia, New York |
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9 months daughter |
Emeline Leonard Birth: March 16, 1812 27 25 — Middlesex, Yates, New York Death: December 13, 1865 |
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18 months son |
Ebenezer Leonard Birth: September 7, 1813 29 26 — Middlesex, Yates, New York Death: April 19, 1894 |
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18 months son |
Ezra Leonard Birth: February 28, 1815 30 28 — Middlesex, Yates, New York Death: April 21, 1901 |
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2 years daughter |
Dorcas Leonard Birth: April 5, 1817 33 30 — Middlesex, Yates, New York Death: March 14, 1901 |
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22 months daughter |
Lavinia Leonard Birth: January 22, 1819 34 32 — Middlesex, Yates, New York Death: 1898 |
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20 months son |
Truman Leonard Birth: September 17, 1820 36 34 — Middlesex, Ontario, New York Death: November 20, 1897 — Farmington, Davis, Utah |
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3 years daughter |
Roxanna Alice Leonard Birth: July 2, 1823 39 36 — Middlesex, Yates, New York Death: January 7, 1888 |
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23 months son |
Benjamin Franklin Leonard Birth: June 5, 1825 41 38 — Middlesex, Yates, New York Death: October 8, 1884 |
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20 months daughter |
Harriet Amelia Leonard Birth: February 7, 1827 42 40 — Middlesex, Yates, New York Death: August 1905 |
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3 years daughter |
Louisa Parthenia Leonard Birth: April 24, 1830 46 43 — Middlesex, Yates, New York Death: October 3, 1856 |
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19 months son |
John Chatfield Leonard Birth: December 5, 1831 47 45 — Middlesex, Yates, New York Death: November 21, 1857 |
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13 months daughter |
Sarah Ann Leonard Birth: January 6, 1833 48 46 — Middlesex, Yates, New York Death: September 26, 1894 |
| Note | Truman Leonard: Pioneer Mormon Farmer Publication: Utah State Historical Quarterly, Summer 1976, Volume 44, Number 3 |
| Marriage | Married at New Canaan, Columbia, New York or Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts |
| Note | Life Sketch of Truman Leonard, Sr. and Roxanna Allis: Truman Leonard, Sr. was born on 23 March 1784 in Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, the son of Captain Ezra Leonard and Hannah Marsh Leonard. He was one of three known sons born to this union. On 1 June 1811 he married Roxanna Allis, the daughter of Lemuel Allis and Rebeckah Davis. Roxanna Allis is also believed to be from Hampshire County, Massachusetts as family records indicate she was born there on 15 September 1786. She was the fifth of six known children, three boys and three girls. Truman and Roxanna were the parents of twelve children: seven girls and five boys, all of whom lived to adulthood. Their names were: Emeline, Ebenezer, Ezra, Dorcas, Lavinia, Truman, Roxanna Alice, Benjamin Franklin, Harriet Amelia, Louisa Parthenia, John Chatfield, and Sarah Ann Leonard. All are recorded as having been born in Middlesex, Yates, New York. Sometime in 1811, probably before his marriage, Truman Leonard, Sr. left Massachusetts and moved to Ontario County, New York, where, like so many other New Englanders, he sought a new life of economic opportunity. At Middlesex, among the Finger Lakes, the family was only a few miles from the center of early Mormon activities. Stories of a gold bible, discovered in a hillside by one Joseph Smith, Jr., spread by word of mouth throughout the district. Excerpts of the translated record soon appeared in Obediah Dogberry’s Palmyra Reflector in 1830 and then the book itself was offered by missionaries going door to door. The new religion, however, did not catch up with the Leonard family in New York. In 1835 Truman Leonard, Sr., sold his improved 148-acre farm for $4,221 and moved on to Chatham, in Medina County, Ohio, where he started over again on a 396-acre spread. It would be another eight years before his investigations and the visit of Noah Packard, an itinerant Latter-day Saint preacher, would lead some members of the family to accept baptism. Packard’s proselytizing apparently attracted the interest first of Harvey Edwards, husband of one of Truman’s daughters, Dorcas. His son, Truman, was baptized in the Black River on 25 March 1843, followed quickly by a younger son, John. In the ensuing months, others of the family followed these three into the Mormon Church. Eventually Truman Leonard, Sr., probably his wife, and five or six of their other eleven children became members. A growing number of believers in Chatham soon created the need for a regular church organization. Therefore, a small branch was formed in September 1843, with Truman Leonard, Jr., as presiding elder. Then only four months later, he answered a missionary call to Ohio and New York and left the branch presidency to his father. While his son, Truman, later moved on with the saints to Nauvoo, Truman Leonard, Sr. and his wife Roxanna, stayed behind in Ohio where both later died there in 1846. Much of the information used to compile this sketch of Truman Leonard, Sr., came from the article, “Truman Leonard: Pioneer Mormon Farmer,” written by Glen M. Leonard which appeared in the summer 1976 edition of the Utah Historical Quarterly. |