Leonard, Della Gurtrude

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: LEON.D003
• _FGRAVE: 24037117

Family/Spouse: Bateman, George Francis. George was born in 1876; died in 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bateman, L. Benard was born in 1902 in Illinois; died in 1971; was buried in Orchard Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois.

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• Reference Number: LEON.N001
• _FGRAVE: 23964441
• Military Service: United States Civil War, Company B, 63rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America

Notes:

A Confederate in Lee's Army. A Rebel, if you will. He was born in Bristol, Virginia in 1844, the son of Henry and Eliza Barger Leonard and with the advent of the Civil War, he took up the cause of the South. In all probability he took part in the battle of Gettysberg. He served well and was honorably discharged at the close of the war.

(Nicholas B. Leonard was in 63 Virginia Infantry (McMahon's Regiment) Company B on the Confederate side.
File Number M382 roll 33.)

He married Jeanetta Ross around 1869 in Bristol, VA and 8 children were born to this union. Two of the children, Emma Dora and James Edward preceded him him death. The others who survived him were Nannie May Gibson, Pearl Bell Knowles, Delia Gurtrude Bateman, Walter Leonard, Sallie Myrtle Fehrenbacher, and Grover Leonard.

Military Service:
With the advent of the Civil War, he took up the cause of the South. In all probability he took part in the battle of Gettysberg. He served well and was honorably discharged at the close of the war.

(Nicholas B. Leonard was in 63 Virginia Infantry (McMahon's Regiment) Company B on the Confederate side.
File Number M382 roll 33.)

Nicholas + Ross, Jenettie Cathrin 'Nettie'. Jenettie was born in 1852; died on 22 Apr 1940; was buried in Ingraham Cemetery, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: ROSS.J004
• _FGRAVE: 23964447