Melissa Leonard 1845–1920 – Phineas Wolcott Cook Family Organization

Melissa Leonard, 1845–1920 (aged 74 years)

Melissa Leonard

Name: Melissa Leonard
Given names: Melissa
Surname: Leonard

Gender Female

Events of close relatives
Birth	May 14, 1845 29 28 Barry, Michigan, United States Note: Copied from Ancestry.com DNA match Scott Sherman. His ancestors are Mary Ann Cook and Philip Leonard through Melissa (Leonard) Mix.
Birth of a brother	George Augustus Leonard May 6, 1847 (aged 1 year) Barry, Michigan, United States
Burial of a grandfather	Phineas Cook May 1848 (aged 2 years) Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Death of a grandfather	Phineas Cook May 20, 1848 (aged 3 years) Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Birth of a sister	Harriet Leonard February 1850 (aged 4 years) Yankee Springs, Barry, Michigan, USA
Birth of a sister	Olive E. Leonard about 1851 (aged 5 years) Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA
Marriage of a parent	Phillip Leonard — Mary … — View this family about 1852 (aged 6 years) Prob. Barry County, Michigan
Death of a mother	Mary Ann Cook May 3, 1854 (aged 8 years) Hastings, Barry, Michigan, United States
Death of a grandmother	Irene Churchill January 3, 1870 (aged 24 years) Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Birth of a son	Rollin Homer Way February 6, 1874 (aged 28 years) Dickensen County, Kansas, United States
Death of a father	Phillip Leonard February 8, 1885 (aged 39 years) Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States
Marriage of a child	Rollin Homer Way — Emma A — View this family 1894 (aged 48 years) Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States Note: Information copied from Ancestry.com DNA match Scott Sherman. His ancestors are Mary Ann Cook and Philip Leonard through Melissa (Leonard) Mix.
Death of a sister	Harriet Leonard July 6, 1913 (aged 68 years) Alameda, California, United States Note: DEATH DEATH The following submission was listed for Harriet by a family member on FamilySearch Family Tree: "Hattie E. Leonard, age 64, born about 1849, died in 1913 in California." (The reference is "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>. The birth date and place were added, but not documented: 6 July 1913 at Alameda, California. Unfortunately the image is undecipherable. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-L1SL-9TS?cc=1932433&wc=M6PR-XTL%3A228662301%2C228681501 : 27 May 2015), 1905-1929 > Lem, Lep-Rouse, Roy > image 11 of 870; Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.)
Death of a husband	George A. Way April 17, 1915 (aged 69 years) Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States
Death of a brother	George Augustus Leonard September 22, 1915 (aged 70 years) Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States Note: George Augustus Leonard, age 68, was born May 6, 1847 in Michigan. He was the son of Philip Leonard (born in New York) and Mary Ann Cook (born in Connecticut.) He died 22 September 1915 at Stockton, San Joaquin, California. His address was 123 N. Aurora Street, Stockton and he was a widower. Buried in Oakland, California. Undertaker was Warren & Smith, Stockton. ("California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9S6-GSBH?cc=2001287&wc=XY6P-L29%3A285172901%2C285219801 : 20 January 2018), San Joaquin, Stockton > Death certificates 1912-1915 > image 2221 of 2469; California State Archives, Sacramento.)
Death of a sister	Mary Jane Leonard January 6, 1920 (aged 74 years) Middleville, Barry, Michigan, USA
Death	February 10, 1920 (aged 74 years) Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States Note: DEATH DEATH 10 February 1920 at Middleville, Barry, Michigan (Copied from Ancestry.com DNA match Scott Sherman. His ancestors are Mary Ann Cook and Philip Leonard through Melissa (Leonard) Mix.)
Unique identifier	9B1264F2F75246C4B8A9CFACBAF4BA61FB68
Last change	May 18, 2020

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 1816 — New York Marriage: August 25, 1841 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Marriage: about 1852 — Prob. Barry County, Michigan Death: February 8, 1885 — Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Ann Cook Mary Jane Leonard Melissa Leonard George Augustus Leonard Harriet Leonard Olive E. Leonard Family with spouse Mary … Phillip Leonard 1816–1885 Birth: 1816 — New York Death: February 8, 1885 — Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States
mother	Links Birth: July 15, 1816 29 30 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: August 25, 1841 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Death: May 3, 1854 — Hastings, Barry, Michigan, United States LDS baptism: June 22, 1886 LDS endowment: June 22, 1887 LDS child sealing: June 24, 1887 Burial: Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Phillip Leonard Mary Jane Leonard Melissa Leonard George Augustus Leonard Harriet Leonard Olive E. Leonard Mary Ann Cook 1816–1854 Birth: July 15, 1816 29 30 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: May 3, 1854 — Hastings, Barry, Michigan, United States
Marriage	Marriage: August 25, 1841 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
3 years elder sister	Links Birth: 1844 28 27 — Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA Marriage: January 4, 1896 — Middleville, Barry, Michigan, USA Death: January 6, 1920 — Middleville, Barry, Michigan, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William N. Vanevery Family with spouse Mr. Marsh Mary Jane Leonard 1844–1920 Birth: 1844 28 27 — Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA Death: January 6, 1920 — Middleville, Barry, Michigan, USA
17 months herself	Links Birth: May 14, 1845 29 28 — Barry, Michigan, United States Death: February 10, 1920 — Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse George A. Way Rollin Homer Way Melissa Leonard 1845–1920 Birth: May 14, 1845 29 28 — Barry, Michigan, United States Death: February 10, 1920 — Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States
2 years younger brother	Links Birth: May 6, 1847 31 30 — Barry, Michigan, United States Marriage: July 4, 1873 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Death: September 22, 1915 — Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ruth Matilda Barnes George Augustus Leonard 1847–1915 Birth: May 6, 1847 31 30 — Barry, Michigan, United States Death: September 22, 1915 — Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: February 1850 34 33 — Yankee Springs, Barry, Michigan, USA Death: July 6, 1913 — Alameda, California, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Harriet Leonard 1850–1913 Birth: February 1850 34 33 — Yankee Springs, Barry, Michigan, USA Death: July 6, 1913 — Alameda, California, United States
23 months younger sister	Links Birth: about 1851 35 34 — Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA Marriage: August 2, 1874 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Death: December 24, 1933 — Alameda, California, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William M. Gifford Olive E. Leonard 1851–1933 Birth: about 1851 35 34 — Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA Death: December 24, 1933 — Alameda, California, United States

Father’s family with Mary …
father	Links Birth: 1816 — New York Marriage: August 25, 1841 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Marriage: about 1852 — Prob. Barry County, Michigan Death: February 8, 1885 — Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Ann Cook Mary Jane Leonard Melissa Leonard George Augustus Leonard Harriet Leonard Olive E. Leonard Family with spouse Mary … Phillip Leonard 1816–1885 Birth: 1816 — New York Death: February 8, 1885 — Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States
step-mother	Links Birth: about 1821 Marriage: about 1852 — Prob. Barry County, Michigan Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Phillip Leonard Mary … 1821– Birth: about 1821 Death:
Marriage	Marriage: about 1852 — Prob. Barry County, Michigan

Family with George A. Way
husband	Links Birth: 1839 — New York, United States Death: April 17, 1915 — Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Melissa Leonard Rollin Homer Way George A. Way 1839–1915 Birth: 1839 — New York, United States Death: April 17, 1915 — Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States
herself	Links Birth: May 14, 1845 29 28 — Barry, Michigan, United States Death: February 10, 1920 — Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse George A. Way Rollin Homer Way Melissa Leonard 1845–1920 Birth: May 14, 1845 29 28 — Barry, Michigan, United States Death: February 10, 1920 — Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States
son	Links Birth: February 6, 1874 35 28 — Dickensen County, Kansas, United States Marriage: 1894 — Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States Death: February 22, 1912 — Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States Burial: Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Emma A Rollin Homer Way 1874–1912 Birth: February 6, 1874 35 28 — Dickensen County, Kansas, United States Death: February 22, 1912 — Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States
son	Private –

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Birth	Copied from Ancestry.com DNA match Scott Sherman. His ancestors are Mary Ann Cook and Philip Leonard through Melissa (Leonard) Mix.
Death	DEATH 10 February 1920 at Middleville, Barry, Michigan (Copied from Ancestry.com DNA match Scott Sherman. His ancestors are Mary Ann Cook and Philip Leonard through Melissa (Leonard) Mix.)
Note	BIRTH Copied from Ancestry.com DNA match Scott Sherman. His ancestors are Mary Ann Cook and Philip Leonard through Melissa (Leonard) Mix. In the 1850 Census she was 5 years old. NAME: Taken from the 1860 Census, Melissa. In the 1850 Census she was Melina. 1850 CENSUS: Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, p. 93. Philip Leonard, 37, inn keeper with assets worth $1,500 and Mary Ann Leonard, 34, his wife. Their children are Mary, 6; Melina, 5; George, 3; and Harriet, 1. Also living with them are Candia or Candice Porton or Pordon, 17, born New York and David Wilson, 58, a laborer also born in New York. 1870 Residence in 1970 was Hixton, Jackson, Wisconsin, USA. Post Office: Pole Grove DEATH 10 February 1920 at Middleville, Barry, Michigan. (Copied from Ancestry.com DNA match Scott Sherman. His ancestors are Mary Ann Cook and Philip Leonard through Melissa (Leonard) Mix.) "Find A Grave Index," Melissa J. Leonard Way born 14 May 1845 (no place recorded) died at Middleville, Barry, Michigan; 10 Feb 1920. Buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Middleville. database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG2-29BP : 11 July 2016), Melissa J Leonard Way, 1920; Burial, Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States of America, Mount Hope Cemetery; citing record ID 125229422, <i>Find a Grave</i>, http://www.findagrave.com. Less MARRIAGE Husband is George A. Way. Children are Rolland Homer Way, Byron A. Way, and Gladys Way. Siblings are Mary Jane, George Augustus, Harriet and Olive E. Leonard. (Find A Grave)