Leonard Cemetery - Vermilion County Illinois
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Cemetery Name: Leonard Cemetery Location: Newell Township, North-East of Danville GPS Location: 40.22625 -87.59864 (link to Google Map) Description: Leonard Cemetery is surrounded by fields, and when a tall crop like corn is growing, this cemetery is very hard to see from the road - which is probable a reason it has been vandalized more then once. Because of a very caring caretaker, this cemetery is always in good shape. There is a lane off of Bowman Ave. which leads back to the cemetery. There is around 300 burials, with the last in 1990. Cemetery is named for "Squire" Phillip Leonard. Pictures: I took pictures of EVERY stone in this cemetery in August 2007. This was shortly after the site was seriously vandalized (July 2007) - but the carekeeper of this cemetery & other volunteers did a GREAT job in cleaning up this cemetery in the short time. Link to Pictures: 549 pictures (50 on a page, 11 pages)
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some of my family
LEONARD, John Fowler 1924 1834 Jun. 7 (1st burial in this cemetery)
LEONARD, Mary "Polly" Fowler
LEONARD, Matilda
LEONARD, Phillip
LEONARD, William James
LEONARD, Valentine
members here some of them are
LEONARD, John Fowler 1924 1834 Jun. 7 (1st burial in this cemetery)
LEONARD, Mary "Polly" Fowler 1776 1845 Jul. 19
LEONARD, Matilda 1812 May 29 1864 Sep. 29
LEONARD, Phillip 1820 Dec. 20 1890 Sep. 18
LEONARD, William James Jack 1814 Sep. 4 b
LEONARD, Valentine 1763 1853
LEONARD, Valentine
once again Thank YOU
I want to thank those responsible for the condition of this cemetery. I was there a couple weeks ago and was impressed. Only comments (and I have no right to these as I have not done anything to keep the cemetery up) but the flag should be taken down or replaced as it was in pretty bad shape. I have a 3rd great-grandfather (Valentine Leonard) and most of his children buried here.
I do not have unlimited assets but I would be willing to contribute to the upkeep and repair of the cemetery such as repair of broken sign.
Also, is there any history of the area around the Cemetery. Was there a village close by at the time. It seems odd that it is out inthe middle of "nowhere"
Let me know if I can help.
I have ancestors burried in this cemetery. Plan on being there over this coming weekend probally on Saturday 10/18/08