Stephen B. Leonard (1793-1876)

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1793 Apr 15

New York City, New York

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Esther Henrietta Sperry (born 1798)

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1818

Owego, New York

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William Boardman Leonard, b. June 17, 1820 at Owego. Married Louisa Bulkley and died on July 2, 1893.
Hermon Camp Leonard, b. 1823 at Owego. Moved to Portland, Oregon, early in life.
George Stephen Leonard, born 1827 at Owego. Married Harriet A. Leach and died in 1907. He was engaged in the clothing business and afterwards, an insurance business.
Henrietta Leonard, born May 20, 1830 at Owego. Married Oliver Bulkley in 1854.
Emily Caroline Leonard, born 1832 at Owego.
Washington Irving Leonard, born March 12, 1835, at Owego. Died in 1874.
Laura Ann Leonard, born April 23, 1839, at Owego.

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1876 May 8

See p. 176 and 212 of Owego. Some account of the early settlement of the village in Tioga County, N.Y., called Ah-wa-ga by the Indians, which name was corrupted by gradual evolution into Owago, Owego, Owegy, and finally Owego, by L. Kingman, 1907. [Link]

Stephen was born on Wall Street in New York City on April 15, 1793. He was a son of Silas Leonard and Johanna Gregory. Silas was a descendant of James Leonard the Ironmaster. Stephen's family moved to Owego when he was ten years old. He was the editor and publisher of the Owego Gazette newspaper. His wife was born in New Milford, Connecticut, daughter of Jared and Esther (Bostwick) Sperry. He died May 8, 1876 and his wife died on April 5, 1879.

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