BIO: Leonard Cole, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, page 301.
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  Cole, Leonard, was born in Lancaster, Pa., on November 26, 1825. He 
was left an orphan at six years of age, when he found a home with his 
mother's sister, Mrs. Otto, who lived near Carlisle, Pa. While quite 
young he began to support himself. He learned the shoemaker's trade and 
supported himself at this for a few years. It was while working at his 
trade in Columbia in 1844 that he was converted. He joined the Church 
at once. It was soon discovered that he had gifts, and he was 
accordingly licensed. 
  On May 26, 1847, he married Miss Lucia A. Weeks, who was born near 
Burlington, Vt., but who was teaching school in the vicinity of 
Columbia, Pa., at the time of her marriage. Several children were born 
to them, only three of whom grew to maturity - one son and two 
daughters. Mrs. Cole died at the residence of a son-in-law, Mr. James 
Rittenhouse, in Scranton, Pa., on April 21, 1894, and was buried in 
Forest Hill Cemetery. On November 6, 1895, he married Miss Mary Cooper, 
of Waymart, Pa., since which time he has resided in Thompson, Pa.
  He joined Wyoming Conference in 1853. His pastoral record is as 
follows: 1853, Lehman; 1854, Abington; 1855, Pittston; 1856-57, 
Plymouth, Pa.; 1858-59, Hawley; 1860, Spencer; 1861, Nichols; 1862-63, 
Wyoming and Kingston; 1864-66, Honesdale; 1867-68, Newark; 1869-70, 
Hartwick; 1871, Bethany; 1872-74, Plymouth, Pa.; 1875-76, Providence; 
1877, Montrose; 1878-80, Wyalusing; 1881, Jermyn; 1882-83, Waymart; 
1884, Bethany; 1885-87, Narrowsburg; 1888-89, Thompson; 1899-1903, sd.