Leonard Timmons (abt. 1807 - bef. 1860)

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Ann Hoskins — married 1834 in Pickaway, Ohio, United States

Died before 1860 before about age 53 in Sparland, Marshall, Illinois, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Heather Timmons [send private message]

Biography

Leonard Timmons was born about 1807 in Ross County, Ohio. He first married Phebe Crabb and then married Sarah Hoskins. In 1850, Leonard and Sarah are living next door to her parents, Josiah and Ann Hoskins, in Marshall County, IL with ten children: James, Phebe, Stephen, Mary, Elizabeth, John, Josiah, Sarah, Susan and Leonard. It is commonly thought that Leonard died before 1860 as he is not found in the 1860 Census. It is believed that Leonard and his wife were likely buried in Sparland Cemetery in Sparland, IL where there are a large number of broken headstones including Hoskins and Timmons that are in disrepair or have been stacked together on the cemetery grounds.

https://museum.bmi.net/STEPS%20PEOPLE/timmons.htm cites his father as Leonard Sr. and grandfather as Abraham Timmons; the exact parentage is unclear.

Sources

"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3NB-T9S : 8 March 2018), Leonard Timmons in entry for David Callon Timmons, 04 Aug 1920; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,570,225.

"Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDHS-TLD : 19 June 2020), Leonard Timmons, 1827.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85Z-6GC : 19 December 2020), Leonard Timmons, Marshall, Clark, Illinois, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

https://museum.bmi.net/STEPS%20PEOPLE/timmons.htm