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- H. J. LEONARD, glove manufacturer; was born in St. Johnsville,
- N.Y., on Nov. 7, 1839, and came to Wisconsin about 1852,
locating at Beloit; Mr. LEONARD received his education in Beloit
and, in 1866, commenced the manufacture of gloves, in which business
he is still; he enlisted, June 13, 1861, in Co. L, 1st Iowa Cav.,
Col. Fitz Henry Warren, and was engaged in the battles of Prairie
Grove, Pea Ridge, Little Rock, Ark.; Bayou Metoe, Ark.; Jenkins
Ferry, Ark.; Lexington, Mo., and on the road between Little Rock
and Camden; was under fire forty days in succession; the latter
part of the war, he was engaged in scouting; he was mustered
out April 1, 1866. Mr. LEONARD is a member of the Second Congregational
Church at Beloit.
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- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis." (c)1879,
p. 756; lithograph from from "Rock County, Wisconsin, Vol.
I," p. 154.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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