Zachariah Leard and Jane Kelly

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Husband Zachariah Leard ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Zachariah Laird 3 4
           Born: 3 Jan 1823 - Young Twp, Indiana Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 3 Jan 1900 - Blacklick Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Ebenezer Presbyterian Cemetery, Lewisville, Indiana Co, PA

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         Father: John Leard (1796-1858) 2 5 6
         Mother: Mary Ann "Polly" Elder (1800-      ) 2 3 5 6

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       Marriage: 8 Apr 1850 or 1852 1 7

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Wife Jane Kelly ^{1 2 4}

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           Born:  - White Twp, Indiana Co, PA
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           Died: 10 Feb 1863 1 7
         Buried:  - Ebenezer Presbyterian Cemetery, Lewisville, Indiana Co, PA

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         Father: Meek Kelly (1770-1843) 2 4 8
         Mother: Jane Moorhead (      -      ) 1 7 9 10

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Children

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1 F Sarah Augusta Leard ^{1 2}

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2 M Meek Kelly Leard ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Apr 1856 - Young Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Mary E. Pownell (      -      ) 11
           Marr: 1910 11

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3 F Mary Jane Leard ^{1 2}

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General Notes: Husband - Zachariah Leard

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He was born in Young township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and was six years old when the family settled in Blacklick township, where he grew to manhood and received his early education, attending public school at Roaring Run. He studied surveying there. Settling on the homestead place, he engaged in general agricultural pursuits, but he also gave much time to surveying in Indiana and Westmoreland counties, and he was frequently called upon to settle up estates, draw up deeds, etc. His proved integrity held the confidence of all his fellow citizens, and he was not only called upon to help them adjust their personal affairs, but he was also honored with public trusts of various kinds, serving as school director, assessor, etc. A Republican in politics, he was a valued supporter of that party in his neighborhood. In religious matters he was a Presbyterian, and a prominent member of the Ebenezer Church of which his family had been leading members for so long; he served as trustee and as a member of the building committee which had charge of the construction of a new church. [HIC 1913, 823]

He was educated in the common schools of the day, in young manhood mastering the surveyor's profession through his own efforts and continuing in its practice during his active years. In addition to his work in this line he owned and cultivated a farm, always devoting a part of his time to agricultural pursuits. He held numerous positions in the public service, among them the office of school director, and was frequently impressed by his neighbors in the preparation of contracts, papers of sale, and other legal documents, although he persistently refused the office of justice of the peace. A thorough knowledge of legal procedure and a strict and unbending sense of honor were the factors that determined his appointment as executor in the settlement of numerous estates, all of which he closed in a prompt and business-like manner, to the satisfaction of all concerned. [GPHWP, 566]

1 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 823.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 566.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 200.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 413, 522.

5 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 503.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 823, 961.

7 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 522.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 265.

9 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 971.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 266.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 567.