BIO: William Andrew LEONARD, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 65.
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  WILLIAM ANDREW LEONARD, Huntingdon, Pa., one of the oldest engineers, if 
not the oldest, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was born in Walker township, 
near Mexico, Juniata county, June 22, 1836.  He is a son of Andrew and Sarah 
(Scandreth) Leonard.  Andrew Leonard, a native of Juniata county, was an 
active and well-known farmer of that region.  His wife was born in Perry 
county; both are now deceased.  Their children are:  Mary Adeline, wife of 
J. B. M. Todd, of Patterson, Juniata county; William A.; Martin Charles, an 
engineer of the P.R.R., died in Harrisburg, Pa., in December, 1894; Sarah 
C., wife of John P. Fazett, of Altoona, Pa.
  William A. Leonard was brought up and educated in his native county, 
receiving his first training in the public schools; this was supplemented by 
a course in the Tuscarora Academy.  In his boyhood he drove a team on the 
Penna. Canal.  During the laying of the Pennsylvania Railroad he drove a 
cart for the contractors.  About 1850, he entered the service of the P.R.R. 
Co.; and since October 1, 1861, he has been continuously in their employ in 
the capacity of engineer; he has thus served the company faithfully and 
efficiently for more than forty years.  During the Rebellion, Mr. Leonard 
enlisted as a private in Company E, Two Hundred and First Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, was promoted to corporal and served nine months.  He is a member 
of George Simpson Post, G.A.R.  He also belongs to the I.O. of R.M.; is an 
active member of Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 300, and of Standing Stone Chapter, 
No. 201, F. and A.M., and of Huntingdon Commandery, No. 65, K.T., of 
Huntingdon.  He is a Democrat.
  William Andrew Leonard was married in Harrisburg in 1865 to Caroline, 
daughter of Alexander and Jane Nelson Campbell, natives of Birmingham, 
Huntingdon county.  Mr. and Mrs. Leonard had one daughter, Myra C.  Mrs. 
Leonard died September 22, 1893.  Mr. Leonard has been for twenty-six years 
a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church.