Leonard, Abiel, S.T.D., an army chaplain and Congregational minister, was born at Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 5, 1740; graduated at Harvard College in 1759; and was ordained pastor of the original Church in Woodstock, Conn., in 1763. In 1775 he was appointed chaplain in the Revolutionary army, and was in the service of his country until 1778, when he went home on a furlough to see his sick child. Having remained longer than the appointed time, he found, upon his return, that he was superseded, which news so affected him that he put an end to his life in the western part of Connecticut, Aug. 14, 1778. Dr. Leonard was an elegant speaker, and published two sermons. See Contj. Qiiur. 1861, p. 350.
Leonard, George (1), a Congregational, and sub- sequently an Episcopal, minister, was born in Bliddle- borongh, Mass., April 6, 1783; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1805; studied with Dr. Perkins, of West Hartford; and was ordained over the Church in Can- terbury, Conn., in 1808. After two years he was dis- missed, and preached in various places in Massachu- setts. In 1817 he was ordained a deacon in the Episco- pal Church by bishop Griswold; admitted to priest's orders the following year at Marblehead; and was rec- tor of Trinity Church, Cornish, N. IL, and of St. Paul's, Windsor, Vt., until his death, which took place at the house of his sister in Salisbury, N. IL, June 28, 1834. "Disinterested and judicious counsellor, open-hearted and honest man, and a sincere Christian." Several of his sermons were published. See Coiif/. Qttai: 1859, p. 354. Leonard, George (2), a Baptist minister, was born in Kaynliam, Bristol Co., Mass., Aug. 17, 1802; entered Brown University in September, 1820; graduated in 1824; and after being for some time a subordinate in- structor in the Columbia College at Washington, went to the Newton Theological Institution to study theologv. In August, 1826, he was ordained pastor of the Second liaptist Church of Salem, Mass., and while there filled also the office of secretary of the Salem Bible Transla- tion and Foreign Mission Society; but his health com- pelled him to resign that position iu 1829. Having
somewhat recovered, he became pastor of the Church in Portland, Me., in October, 1830. Here he labored faithfully and successfully until his death, Aug. 11, 1831. He wrote a Dissertation on the Duty of Churches in ref- erence to Temperance (published in the Christian Watch- man, 1829). The year after his death (1832), a small volume containing twelve of his Sermons, together with the sermon delivered on the occasion of his death bj' the Pev. Dr. Babcock, was published under the direction of his widow.— Sprague, A nnals of the A mer. Puljnt, vi, 729.
Leonard, Josiah, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Kingsborough, IST. Y., April 15, 1816. He grad- uated from Union College in 1837, and finished his the- ological course in Union Seminary. He was ordained to the ministry in 1840, and was pastor of the following churches successively: Mexicoville, N. Y., 18i0-42; Oswego, 1842-45 ; Delhi, 1845-48 ; Fulton, 111., 1856-71. In 1872 he became stated supply at Clinton, la., where he died, Feb. 22, 1880. (W. P. S.)
Leonard, Levi Washburn, D.D., a Congrega- tional minister, was born at S. Bridgewater, INIass., June 1, 1790, and was educated at Harvard L^niversity, where he graduated in 1805. He then studied theology at Cambridge, and Sept. 6, 1820, became pastor at Dii'bhn, N. H., where he continued until 1854. He died at Ex- eter Dec. 12, 1864. He published several school-books and other works of general interest only. — Drake, Diet, of A merican Biography, s. v. ; Appleton, A mer. Annual Cyclopcedia. 1864, p. 623.
Leonard, Zenas Lockwood, a Baptist preach- er, was born at Bridgewater, Mass., January 16, 1773. In June, 1790. he was converted, and shortly after joined the church in ]\Iiddleborough. In May, 1792, he entered the sophomore class of Brown University, and graduated with honor in 1794. On leaving college he commenced a course of theological study with Rev. W. Williams, of Wrenthani, Mass. In 1796 he was ordained pastor of the Baptist church in Sturbridge, Mass. The next year he opened a grammar-school, which he continued for sev- eral years. Mr. Leonard was active in procuring a divi- sion of the Warren, R. I., Baptist Association, Nov. 3, 180 1 , and the formation of the Sturbridge Association, Sept. 30, 1802. He was particularly active in promoting promi- nent benevolent objects, especially the Sabbath-school, the temperance cause, African colonization, and missions. On Oct. 13, 1832, he was, by his own request, dismissed from the charge of his congregation. For six terms he represented his district in the councils of the state. Sir. Leonard manifested supreme deference to the authority, truth, and spirit of the Gospel; stability of purpose; un- compromising advocacy of the cause of freedom, right- eousness, and public virtue; and unwearied activity in performing the various duties of his profession. His pie- ty was of steady progress, ripening continually until his death. He died June 24, 1841. The only printed pro- ductions of his pen, with the exception of contributions to various periodicals, are the Circular Letters to the Association for the years 1802, 1810, 1822, and 1825.— Sprague, Annals of the Anier. Pulpit, vi, 347 sq.
Leonardo da Porto Maurizio, a noted mission- ary priest and the founder of the Brotherhood of the Heart of Jesus, was born in Liguria in 1676. While yet a youth he became a pupil of the Jesuits, and a member of the Order of the Reformed Franciscans. He was especially active in promoting the doctrine of the immaculate conception. He died about the middle of the 18th century, and was sainted by Pius VI in 1796.