Leonard Family Scrapbook
JAMES LEONARD
born 3-25-1834
died 12-3-1911
Father of Abner Leonard and grandfather of Guy P. Leonard, Grace Leonard Block, Frank V. Leonard, Stella Leonard Libby and Florence Leonard Turner.
STELLA BOYNTON LEONARD
born 9-3-1872
died 2-27-1907
Born in Deer Island, N.B. Eldest daughter of Guy P. Boynton and Joanna Holmes Boynton. Mother of Guy P. Leonard, Grace Leonard Block, Frank Leonard, Stella Leonard Libby and Florence Leonard Turner.
ABNER F. LEONARD
born 6-24-1866
died 3-15-1926
Son of James Leonard and Emma Bizanson Leonard. Father of Guy P. Leonard, Grace Leonard Block, Frank V. Leonard, Stella Leonard Libby and Florence Leonard Turner.
GUY P. LEONARD
Eldest son of Abner and Stella (Boynton) Leonard was born in Eastport, Maine on April 8, 1884. His early childhood was spent in Eastport and Jacksonville, Florida where his father was in the retail fish business. After the death of his mother in 1907 he (with his sisters and brother) went to live with his maternal grandparents on their farm in West Lubec, Maine. After completing grade school he went to live with his aunt Ethel (Leonard) Menard in Boston, Mass. Here he worked for the next few years attending night school to secure a high school education. He was stationed in France during World War I returning at the close of his service to New York State. In 1919 he and Martha Marshall were married. Twin sons were born to this union.
The GI Educational Bill enabled him to complete two years at Syracuse University. After one year of teaching his dream of finishing college and a teaching career was shattered by illness as he had unknowingly contracted tuberculosis while in the service. After his recovery he went into merchandixing. Some years before his retirement he worked during the winter months for the Internal Revenue Service.
After the death of his wife he sold his New York home and returned to Maine the state of his birth to make his home with his sisters Grace Block of Bath, Maine and Stella of LaGrange.
He dide at age 80 on Nov. 25, 1974 at the Veterans Hospital in Togus, Maine.
GUY P. LEONARD [obituary]
BATH - Guy P. Leonard died Nov. 25 at the Veterans Hospital in Togus. Born in Eastport, April 8, 1894, the son of Abner F. and Stella (Boynton) Leonard, he was a veteran of World War I. He is survived by two sons, Guy Jr. of Georgia and Boynton of New York; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Grace Block of Bath, Mrs. Stella Libby of LaGrange, and Mrs. Florence Turner of Long Beach, Calif.
GRACE BLOCK
Grace Boynton (Leonard) Block daughter of Abner and Stella (Boynton) Leonard was born in Eastport, Maine July 18, [1896]. In the spring of 1907 she left her parents Jacksonville, Flovida home to live with her grandparents in West Lubec, Maine. The reason for this move was the death of her mother.
She graduated from grade school and taught for a time in a country school before entering Washington State Normal School from which she was graduated in 1921. She taught in Bath, Maine until her marriage.
On April 26, 1925 she married Henry D. Block a pharmacist from New Jersey. She and Henry made their home in Jersey City, New Jersey where their two children were born. After the death of her husband, she and her two small children (Fred and Stella) returned to Bath, Maine where the children grew up.
Because of an eye problem she did not return to teaching but did food catering for special events from her home and acted as companion to elderly women. She was an active member of her church and club where her artistic talent made many events outstanding.
She lived in her home until crippling arthritis made it impossible for her to live alone. In 1979 she was forced to give up her home and and enter the Plant Retirement Home in Bath, Maine.
FRANK VERNON LEONARD
Frank Vernon Leonard third son of Abner and Stella Boynton Leonard was born September 28, 1899 in Eastport, Maine. At age seven he went to live with his grandparents Guy and Joanna (Holmes) Boynton on their farm in West Lubec, Maine. A few years after completing a grade school education he left the farm to be on his own.
On Oct. 21, 1920 he married Martha Bailey. He and Martha had two children, a daughter Clara born in 1923 and a son Charles born in 1926. They lived for some time in Princeton and East Cornith, Maine before moving to Bangor, Maine where he had a shop in which he sharpened saws and like tools.
He lived and worked in Bangor until 1947 when he was tragically struck down and killed while waiting at a bus stop. The intoxicated driver lost control of his car and ran into Frank. Frank died at the scene of the accident.
born 3-25-1834
died 12-3-1911
Father of Abner Leonard and grandfather of Guy P. Leonard, Grace Leonard Block, Frank V. Leonard, Stella Leonard Libby and Florence Leonard Turner.
STELLA BOYNTON LEONARD
born 9-3-1872
died 2-27-1907
Born in Deer Island, N.B. Eldest daughter of Guy P. Boynton and Joanna Holmes Boynton. Mother of Guy P. Leonard, Grace Leonard Block, Frank Leonard, Stella Leonard Libby and Florence Leonard Turner.
ABNER F. LEONARD
born 6-24-1866
died 3-15-1926
Son of James Leonard and Emma Bizanson Leonard. Father of Guy P. Leonard, Grace Leonard Block, Frank V. Leonard, Stella Leonard Libby and Florence Leonard Turner.
GUY P. LEONARD
Eldest son of Abner and Stella (Boynton) Leonard was born in Eastport, Maine on April 8, 1884. His early childhood was spent in Eastport and Jacksonville, Florida where his father was in the retail fish business. After the death of his mother in 1907 he (with his sisters and brother) went to live with his maternal grandparents on their farm in West Lubec, Maine. After completing grade school he went to live with his aunt Ethel (Leonard) Menard in Boston, Mass. Here he worked for the next few years attending night school to secure a high school education. He was stationed in France during World War I returning at the close of his service to New York State. In 1919 he and Martha Marshall were married. Twin sons were born to this union.
The GI Educational Bill enabled him to complete two years at Syracuse University. After one year of teaching his dream of finishing college and a teaching career was shattered by illness as he had unknowingly contracted tuberculosis while in the service. After his recovery he went into merchandixing. Some years before his retirement he worked during the winter months for the Internal Revenue Service.
After the death of his wife he sold his New York home and returned to Maine the state of his birth to make his home with his sisters Grace Block of Bath, Maine and Stella of LaGrange.
He dide at age 80 on Nov. 25, 1974 at the Veterans Hospital in Togus, Maine.
GUY P. LEONARD [obituary]
BATH - Guy P. Leonard died Nov. 25 at the Veterans Hospital in Togus. Born in Eastport, April 8, 1894, the son of Abner F. and Stella (Boynton) Leonard, he was a veteran of World War I. He is survived by two sons, Guy Jr. of Georgia and Boynton of New York; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Grace Block of Bath, Mrs. Stella Libby of LaGrange, and Mrs. Florence Turner of Long Beach, Calif.
GRACE BLOCK
Grace Boynton (Leonard) Block daughter of Abner and Stella (Boynton) Leonard was born in Eastport, Maine July 18, [1896]. In the spring of 1907 she left her parents Jacksonville, Flovida home to live with her grandparents in West Lubec, Maine. The reason for this move was the death of her mother.
She graduated from grade school and taught for a time in a country school before entering Washington State Normal School from which she was graduated in 1921. She taught in Bath, Maine until her marriage.
On April 26, 1925 she married Henry D. Block a pharmacist from New Jersey. She and Henry made their home in Jersey City, New Jersey where their two children were born. After the death of her husband, she and her two small children (Fred and Stella) returned to Bath, Maine where the children grew up.
Because of an eye problem she did not return to teaching but did food catering for special events from her home and acted as companion to elderly women. She was an active member of her church and club where her artistic talent made many events outstanding.
She lived in her home until crippling arthritis made it impossible for her to live alone. In 1979 she was forced to give up her home and and enter the Plant Retirement Home in Bath, Maine.
FRANK VERNON LEONARD
Frank Vernon Leonard third son of Abner and Stella Boynton Leonard was born September 28, 1899 in Eastport, Maine. At age seven he went to live with his grandparents Guy and Joanna (Holmes) Boynton on their farm in West Lubec, Maine. A few years after completing a grade school education he left the farm to be on his own.
On Oct. 21, 1920 he married Martha Bailey. He and Martha had two children, a daughter Clara born in 1923 and a son Charles born in 1926. They lived for some time in Princeton and East Cornith, Maine before moving to Bangor, Maine where he had a shop in which he sharpened saws and like tools.
He lived and worked in Bangor until 1947 when he was tragically struck down and killed while waiting at a bus stop. The intoxicated driver lost control of his car and ran into Frank. Frank died at the scene of the accident.
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