Leonard Family Information
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wife: Nancy A. B. Wear
Children of:
1. William Greenway Leonard
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 11 November 1836 - Alabama
died: 21 February 1900 - Dyer, Gibson County, Tennessee
buried: Bobbitt Cemetery (also called Pleasant Grove) - Gibson County, Tennessee
1850 Census -
1860 Census -
1870 Census - Graves County, Kentucky [William Leonard, age 33]
1880 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [William Leonard, age 42]
married: 12 July 1866 - Talledega County, Alabama
wife: Annie Elizabeth Pound
[daughter of James Jackson Pound and Eppsy Ann Veazey]
born: 25 August 1839 - Georgia or 27 August 1830 - Alabama
died: 16 November 1911 - Gibson County, Tennessee
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buried: Bobbitt Cemetery (also called Pleasant Grove) - Gibson County, Tennessee
1870 Census - Graves County, Kentucky [Annie E. Leonard, age 29]
1880 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Annie Leonard, wife, age 39]
1900 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [Annie Leonard, living with daughter and son-in-law, mother-in-law, widow, age 60]
1910 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [Annie E. Leonard, living with daughter and son-in-law, mother-in-law, widow, age 70]Adopted child:
1.1. Belle Leonard
born: December 1874 - Tennessee
died: 1957
buried: Fairview Cemetery - Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee
1880 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Bell Leonard, ward, age 9]
1900 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [Belle Menzies, wife, age 27]
1910 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [Belle L. Menzies, wife, age 39]
married: c1893
husband: Finis. E. Menzies
born: May 1868 - Tennessee
died: 1934
buried: Fairview Cemetery - Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee
1900 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [F. E. Menzies, Head, age 33]
1910 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [Finis E. Menzie, Head, age 46]
1920 Census -
1930 Census - Shelby County, Tennessee [Finis E. Menzies, Father-in-law, age 64, living with daughter and son-in-law]Children of of Belle Leonard Menzies and Finis. E. Menzies:
1.1.1. Russell P. Menzies
born: May 1894 - Tennessee
1900 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [Russell Menzies, Daughter, age 6]
1910 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [Russell P. Menzies, Daughter, age 15]1.1.2. Frances E. Menzies
born: May 1899 - Tennessee
1900 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [Francis E. Menzies, Daughter, age 1]
1910 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [Frances E. Menzies, Daughter, age 12]
1930 Census - Shelby County, Tennessee [Frances E. Griffin,
married: c1922
husband: Clarence E. Griffin
born: c1890 - Tennessee
1930 Census - Shelby County, Tennessee [Clarence E. Griffin, Head, age 40]1.1.3. Ruth W. Menzies
born: c1905 - Tennessee
1910 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [Ruth W. Menzies, Daughter, age 5]
LEONARD.--Annie E. Pound was born
on August 27, 1839, in Alabama. Her parents died when she was
a child, and she was reared by her uncle, Maj. M. J. Headen, of
Alabama. She was married to Rev. W. G. Leonard on July 12, 1866;
he died on February 22, 1900. The same year they were married
they located at Water Valley, Ky., where they resided five years.
While in this first field of labor--and I use the word "labor"
advisedly, for she ever labored with her husband in the great
work of soul-winning--she developed into a great worker. Their
next home was McKenzie, Tenn. Here they lived eight years. It
was while connected with the work at McKenzie that Sister Leonard
became widely known as one of the workers of the church. After
an absence of one year, nine months of which were spent at Humboldt,
Tenn., and three months at her old home n Alabama, with her uncle,
she returned to McKenzie, and remained there until January 4,
1884. During these years the Woman's Board of Missions was organized,
and she became an active worker in the interest of missions. Sister
Leonard was one of the charter members of the Missionary Society
at McKenzie. The next place to be blessed by her life and works
was Newbern, Tenn. For ten years she lived there. It was in a
period of her life when she was at her very best. With years of
experience and an active body and a sweet and willing spirit,
she did much for the cause of Christ. In November, 1894, she and
Brother Leonard located in Dyer, Tenn. Here her life work ended
on Thursday afternoon, November 16, 1911. A sweet spirit went
from earth, a great worker ended her labors here below and went
home to God. Sister Leonard was a great Sunday school and missionary
worker. In these fields the Bible was her text-book. She kept
in touch with the children and young people of the Church and
community where she lived. This made her a leader of children
and placed her at the head of Endeavor work. She was an advocate
of all reforms that tend toward the betterment of man. So we find
her in the very front ranks of the W.C.T.U. work. She was faithful
in her attendance upon the services in the church, rarely ever
missing a service of any kind. She was not only an attendant upon
the meetings, but a worker in them. In her last years when too
feeble to walk to the church more than once a day she would carry
her lunch with her and spend the entire day at the church. Although
she never enjoyed any children of her own, seventeen at different
times were cared for in her home, one of whom is Mrs. F. E. Menzies,
with whom she spent her last years, and at whose home she died.
Two brothers and two sisters survive her. She was a welcome guest
in every home, and her noble Christian character, loyalty to her
duties, and kindly disposition made for her many friends. The
funeral was conducted Saturday morning, November 18, at the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, by her former pastor, Rev. P. F. Johnson,
after which her remains were laid to rest beside those of her
husband in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. P.
F. Johnson.
McKenzie, Tenn.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian,
December 7, 1911, page 367]