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Below is a sample of a family biography included in the Dent County, Missouri History published in 1889 by Goodspeed Publishing Company. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details in a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

Robert A. Leonard, a successful tiller of the soil and a prominent stock dealer of Norman Township, is the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Walls) Leonard, and the grandson of Robert Leonard, who was one of the pioneers of Dent County, and whose history appears elsewhere in this volume. Joseph Leonard was a native of North Carolina, and came with his parents to what is now Dent County in 1833, where he married, and afterward settled near Salem, where he died in 1878, at the age of sixty-five. He was a carpenter, and built some of the first houses in Salem. He was justice of the peace for many years, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother was born in Tennessee, and came with her parents to Dent County when young. Her father afterward moved to Laclede County, where he died. She is still living, is about seventy-six years of age, and has been a member of the Methodist Church for many years. She is the mother of ten children, five sons and five daughters, Robert A. being the fourth. He was born in Spring Creek Township, Dent Co., Mo., in 1844, and received a good practical education in the common schools. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in Company E, Eleventh Missouri Cavalry, United States Army, and operated mostly in Arkansas and Mississippi. He was in the battle of Brown's Prairie, Ark.; was in many skirmishes, and served until the close of the war. He was mustered out at New Orleans, July 25, 1865. He then returned home, and November 4, 1868, he married Miss Mary McCaupin, a native of Tennessee, who came with her parents to Dent County when a child. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard, who lived in Texas Township until 1882, when they moved to their present farm on Dry Fork. Here they have 320 acres of land, with about 150 under cultivation, and Mr. Leonard has done a great deal in improving the stock of the county. He is a stanch Republican politically, casting his first presidential vote for Gen. U. S. Grant in 1868; is a member of the G. A. R.; Agricultural Wheel, A. O. U. W., and he and wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a great many years. Mr. Leonard has spared no pains in educating his children and in the general up building of the county.

This family biography is one of 63 pages of biographies included in the History of Dent County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. For the complete description, click here: Dent County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

View additional Dent County, Missouri biographies here: Dent County Missouri Genealogy

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