Leonard, Fred Churchill – Lesueur, Alexander A
Leonard, Fred Churchill
lawyer, merchant, congressman, was born Feb. 16, 1856, in Elmer, Pa. He received his education in the State Normal school, in the Willeston seminary; and in 1883 graduated from Yale college. He is a successful lawyer of Coudersport, Pa., and also interested in the lumbering business. He served with distinction as member of the fifty-fourth congress He has filled numerous a as a republican. minor offices; and has served his party as chairman of the county committee.
Leonard, George
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1698 in Massachusetts. He was a member of the Massachusetts council in 1741, and chief justice in 1746. He died in 1778 in Massachusetts.
Leonard, George
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born July 4, 1729, in Norton, Mass. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1789 to 1793, and from 1795 to 1797. He died July 26, 1819, in Raynham, Mass.
Leonard, John Edwards
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 22, 1845, in Chester county, Pa. He settled in Louisiana and practiced law; and was for a time district attorney. He was appointed a judge of the supreme court of the state; and was elected a representative from Louisiana to the forty-fifth congress. He died March 15, 1878, in Havana, Cuba.
Leonard, Levi Washburn
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 16, 1773, in Bridgewater, Mass. He contributed extensively to the secular and religious press, superintended the compilation of the History of Dublin, and wrote a literary and Scientific Class-Book; North American Spelling Book; and Sequel to Easy Lessons. He died Dec. 12, 1864, in Exeter, N. H.
Leonard, Moses G
public official, congressman, was born in Connecticut.
He was a representative in congress from New York from 1843 to 1845; and was for several years commissioner of emigration in the city of New York.
Leonard, Stephen B
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1835 to 1837, and again from 1839 to 1841.
Leonard, William Andrew
bishop, author, was born July 15, 1848, in Southport, Conn. He is the fourth protestant episcopal bishop of Ohio; and the author of Via Sacra; The Christmas Festival, Its Origin, etc.; Summary of Herbert Spencer's First Principles; and Brief History of the Christian Church.
Leonowens, Mrs. Anna Harri-
ETTE [CRAWFORD], educator, author, was born Nov. 5, 1834, in Wales. She is an Englishwoman who was governess in the royal family of Siam for four years, came to New York in 1867, and has since taught there. She is the author of The English Governess at the Siamese Court; The Romance of the Harem; Life and Travels in India; and Our Asiatic Cousins.
Leovy, Henry Jefferson
soldier, journalist, lawyer, was born May 17, 1826, in Augusta, Ga. For many years he was the owner of The New Orleans Delta, which was seized by General Butler in 1862. He served with gallantry in the confederate army during 1861-65; and in 1870 was elected city attorney of New Orleans.
LE PLONGEON, MRS. ALICE [DIX- ON], author, was born in 1851 in England.
She is the wife of the archæologist and explorer, Dr. Le Plongeon; and the author of Here and There in Yucatan.
Leroy, Alcide
business man, was born Oct. 12, 1862, in Ascension parish, La. He is prominent in the business affairs of his native city; and takes an active part in the public affairs of his county and state.
Le Roy, William Edgar
naval officer, was born March 24, 1818, in New York city. He served in the United States navy during the civil war; and in 1874 was commissioned rear-admiral. He died Dec. 10, 1888, in New York city.
Lesley, John Peter
geologist, author, was born Sept. 17, 1819, in Philadelphia. He is a Philadelphia geologist of distinction; and the author of Man's Origin and Destiny from the Platform of the Sciences; Coal and Its Topography; and The Iron Manufacturer's Guide.
Lesley, John Thomas
stock raiser, state senator, was born in 1835, in Madison county. In 1876 he was elected to the Florida house of representatives; and in 1878-85 was a member of the state senate.
Leslie, Charles Robert
artist, was born Oct. 19, 1794, in England. He has attained success as an artist. Among his best known works are: e: Uncle Toby and the Widow; May Days in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth; The Dinner at Mr.
Page's House; and Sancho Panza and the Duchess. He died May 5, 1859, in London.
Leslie, Eliza
author, was born Nov. 18, 1787, in Philadelphia. She was a Philadelphia writer of tales and sketches whose work was extremely popular in her day. Among her writings are, Domestic Cookery; Mrs. Washington Potts; The Behavior Book; Pencil Sketches; American Girl's Book; and The Dennings.
She died Jan. 2, 1857, in Gloucester, N. J.
Leslie, Frank
publisher, was born March 29, 1821, in England. In 1848 he emigrated to the United States; and in 1854 began the publication of The Gazette of Fashion, and The New York Journal. In 1855 he published the first number of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper; and he subsequently established the following publications: The Chimney Corner; The Boys' and Girls' Weekly; The Lady's Journal; The Budget of Fun; The New World; Pleasant Hours; Popular Monthly; Sunday Magazine; The Chatter-Box; The Illustrated Almanac and the Comic Almanac. He died Jan. 10, 1880, in New York city.
After his death the business was continued by his wife, who, by legislative act, took the name of Frank Leslie. :
Leslie, James Perry
educator, journalist, lawyer, was born Dec. 28, 1857, in Mantua, Texas. He received his education at the Mantua seminary, and at the Agricultural and Mechanical college of Texas. For several years he taught school; and in 1884 established The Enterprise of Van Alstyne, Texas. He subsequently was admitted to the bar, and has attained success in his profession at Sherman, Texas.
Leslie, Mrs. Miriam Florence
author. She is the author of From Gotham to the Golden Gate.
Leslie, Preston Hopkins
lawyer, state senator, governor, was born March 8, 1819, in Clinton county, Ky. He represented Monroe county, Ky., in the legislature in 1844 and 1850; and was state senator from 1851 to 1855. He removed to Barren county; was again senator from 1867 to 1871; and in 1869 was chosen speaker of the senate, and acted as lieutenant-governor. In 1871 was elected governor for four years.
Leslie, Thomas Jefferson
soldier, was born Nov. 2, 1796, in England.
In 1865 he was brevetted colonel and brigadier-general for faithful performance of duty during a continuous period of fifty years. He died Nov. 25, 1874, in New York city.
Lesquereux, Leo
paleontologist, author, was born Nov. 18, 1806, in Switzerland. He was a Swiss paleontologist who came to America in 1848 and settled in Columbus, Ohio. He was the author of Catalogue of the Mosses of Switzerland; Musci Americani Exsiccati; Icones Muscarum; Land Plants in the Lower Silurian; The Tertiary Flora; and The Coal Flora; Manual of North America. He died in 1889.
Lester, Charles Edwards
journalist, lecturer, author, was born July 15, 1815, in Griswold, Conn. He was a journalist and littérateur of New York city, at one time consul at Genoa. He was the author of Life of Vespucius; The Napoleon Dynasty; Artists of America; The Glory and Shame of England; My Consulship; Condition and Fate of England; Samuel Houston and His Republic; Life of Charles Sumner; Our One Hundred Years; America's Advancement; The Mexican Republic; History of the United States; and Stanhope Burleigh, a novel; with several translations of standard Italian authors. He died in 1890.
Lester, Charles Smith
lawyer, jurist, was born March 15, 1824, in Worcester, Mass. He was district attorney in 1859-62 at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; county judge in 1870-76; and has been also supervisor of the town of Saratoga, president of the village of Saratoga Springs, and president of the board of education.
Lester, Nicholas
soldier, poet, was born March 29, 1842, in Canada. During the civil war he served in the one hundred and tenth New York volunteers. He is the author of a number of poems.
Lester, Posey Green
clergyman, journalist, congressman, was born March 12, 1850, in Floyd county, Va. In 1876 he was ordained to the work of the gospel ministry in the Primitive or Old School Baptist church, since which time he has been principally engaged in traveling and preaching in eighteen states. Since 1883 he has been associate editor of Zion's Landmark, one of the periodicals of his church. He was elected to the fifty-first and fifty-second congresses as a democrat.
Lester, Rufus E
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 12, 1837, in Burke county, Ga. He entered the military service of the confederate states in 1861; and remained in the service till the end of the war. He was state senator from the first senatorial district of Georgia in 1870-79; and was president of the senate during the last three years of service. He was elected to the fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a democrat.
Lesueur, Alexander A
soldier, journalist, state legislator, public official, was born Nov. 25, 1842, in St. Louis, Mo.
He served gallantly through the civil war; was promoted to sergeant-major of battalion; and captain commanding the third Missouri field battery. He settled in La Fayette county, Mo.; was a member of the Missouri house of representatives in the thirtieth general assembly; and was the author of the penitentiary law. In 1888 he was elected secretary of state of Missouri; and was re-elected in 1892 and in 1896.
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