John Leonard was born in North Carolina around 1782. He married Mary (last name unknown) in North Carolina and they moved with their family to Dale County, Alabama by 1840, then by 1850 they were in Coffee county, Alabama. It is not known how many children they had but at least two sons came to Alabama with them, Alexander and Thomas Alfred.
Alexander Leonard (b. 1811) married Elizabeth and they resided in Coffee County in 1850. They had seven known children:
Stark Sterling Leonard (b. 1836) married Elizabeth Caroline Blacksher
Mary A. Leonard (b. 1838)
William Leonard ( b. 1842);
Artissia Matilda Leonard(b. 1845);
Julia J. Leonard(b. 1847);
Anzia Amanda Leonard(b. 1849);
Menervera M.Leonard(b. 1859)
John and Mary’s other son, Thomas Alfred, Sr. (b. 1817) married Alice Lucinda Weaver and they had the following children:
Jonathan Leonard ( b. 1845-d. 1862)
William G. Leonard ( b. 1846- d. 1916)
James Henry Leonard (b. 1849- d. 1916) married Nancy E. Harrison
Martha Minerva Leonard (b. 1851) married 1890 Daniel Regan Savage
John Thomas Leonard ( b. 1856 – d. 1901) married Savannah Loretta Thomasson
Hosea Harrison Leonard, SR. (b. 1856- d. 1933) married 1885 Josephine Minerva Hogg
Stark Sterling Leonard (b. 1858- d. 1972) married Katie Melissa Miller
![He wanted to split Dale County in two, even if it had to be done with a broad axe [old pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Graduating-class-at-Haw-Ridge-Rural-School-in-Dale-County-Alabama-ca.-1900-Principal-Mrs.-Read-stands-on-the-right-Alabama-Department-of-Archives-and-History-400x150.jpg "He wanted to split Dale County in two, even if it had to be done with a broad axe [old pictures]")
