Meek Kelly Leard and Mary E. Pownell

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Husband Meek Kelly Leard ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Apr 1856 - Young Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Father: Zachariah Leard (1823-1900) 1 2
         Mother: Jane Kelly (      -1863) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 1910 4

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Wife Mary E. Pownell ⁴

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            AKA: Mary Elizabeth Pownall 1
           Born:  - Lancaster Co, PA
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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Meek Kelly Leard

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He was educated in the public schools, and as a youth began farming, operating a tract of two hundred and twenty-six acres until 1910, his agricultural activities general in nature. In that year he moved to Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and became a member of the firm of Moser & Hough, the name of which was changed one year later to the Hough, Leard Lumber Company, Mr. Leard becoming secretary and treasurer.
While a resident of Blacklick township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Mr. Leard took an active interest in public affairs, and for nine years was a member of the township school board. Always a loyal Republican, he was for two terms a member of the state legislature, sitting in that body from 1899 to 1903. With his wife he was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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

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