Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Leonard, Jackson September 27, 1834 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

JACKSON LEONARD, farmer, section 20, Ashland Township, was born in Erie Co., 
N.Y., Sept. 27, 1834, and is 

a son of Orrin and Harriet (Richardson) Leonard.  His parents were born in the 
State of New York, of 

Scotch descent.  They went to Chautauqua Co., N.Y., in 1838, where the son 
obtained his education and 

worked on his father's farm until he was 18 years old.

In 1852 Mr. Leonard went to Marion Co., Ind., going thence to Illinois.  He 
came to Michigan in the fall 

of 1857, and in 1859 went to Wisconsin, where he operated as a lumberman two 
years, returning to Michigan 

for a permanent settlement.  In 1869 he located on section 20, where he bought 
80 acres of land, all 

heavily timbered.  Of this he has placed 45 acres under improvements, and 
erected suitable and substantial 

farm buildings.  He was married Feb. 7, 1866, in Muskegon County, to Susan A., 
daughter of Jabez Carter.  

She was born in Oswego Co., N.Y., and came to the county where her marriage 
took place, when she was 17 

years old.

Mr. Leonard belongs to the Masonic fraternity and is a member of Blue Lodge 
No. 331, of Newaygo.  Himself 

and wife are members of Grange No. 545, of Ashland Center, of which he is and 
has been Treasurer.  He is a 

decided and active Republican and has held various township offices.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo Co.

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