George Leonard
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George Washington Leonard (1854 - 1933)

George Washington Leonard
Born in Union County, Indiana, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 9 Apr 1885 in Liberty, Union County, Indiana, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 78 in Liberty, Center Township, Union County, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Biography

George was born in 1854.[1] His mother passed away a month after his second birthday.[2] George, his sister, Mary Jane Leonard, and his brother, John Lawrence Leonard, were enumerated at the home of his aunt and uncle in the 1860 census.[3] He passed away in 1933 and is buried in West Point Cemetery on the outskirts of Liberty, Indiana, United States.[1][2][4]

In The News

  • Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Leonard and family enterained Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Lora Coffman and sons, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe. Coddington and daughter Margaret. - from The Liberty Herald, Thursday, July 6, 1919.[5]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Death certificate of George Leonard. Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1933; Roll: 06.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/203335166/george-washington-leonard : accessed 12 May 2021), memorial page for George Washington Leonard (1 Oct 1854–6 May 1933), Find A Grave: Memorial #203335166, citing West Point Cemetery, Liberty, Union County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Alison H (contributor 47405223) . Birth date calculated from inscription on gravestone.
  3. "US Census, 1860", database online. Center Township, Union County, Indiana, USA; pg. 333, family 890, dwelling 910, lines 23-29; July 18, 1860. Reel 0301 - 1860 Indiana Federal Population Census Schedules - Tipton and Union Counties, accessed at archive.org on November 11, 2020.
  4. George Leonard. Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana, USA. May 9, 1933, p. 2. Accessed on Newspapers.com November 11, 2020.
  5. The Liberty Herald; Thursday, July 6, 1919; Liberty, Indiana, United States of America. Accessed at Indiana Library's Hoosier State Chronicles website on July 9, 2020.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 37.2 cM segment on chromosome 3, consisting of Kelly Leonard, GEDmatch kit # AY817142C1, and Bob Wagner, his 3rd cousin, GEDmatch kit # A319340, and RB, his 4th cousin, GEDmatch kit # A753105. (Bob and RB are 4th cousins.) Their most-recent common ancestors are John Marshall and Rachel Debolt, the 3x great grandparents of both Kelly Leonard and Bob Wagner and 3x great grandparents of RB. DNA test taker Kelly Leonard is the great grandson of George Leonard, the son of Eliza Marshall, the daughter of the common ancestors John Marshall & Rachel Debolt.
  • Paternal and maternal relationships are both confirmed due to an AncestryDNA test match between Kelly Leonard and their third cousin, Robert Milton Wagner Sr. (1933-2019). Their most-recent common ancestors are Thomas Leonard and Eliza Ann (Marshall) Leonard, who are the 2nd great-grandparents of both Kelly Leonard and Robert Milton Wagner Sr. (1933-2019). Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd-4th Cousin; Shared DNA: 95 cM across 5 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.




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For your DNA confirmation statement: Because the matching test takers are more distantly related than third cousin, you will need to use triangulation. See this part of the DNA confirmation instructions:

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I've changed the 'confirmed with DNA' entry to 'confident'. Please add the appropriate documentation before changing it back to 'confirmed with DNA'. Thanks!

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