Preston Jerome Leonard ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   Another name for Preston was Bud Leonard.^{9 10}

   FamilySearch ID: KLGL-1CH.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Cause of Death: heart disease, 8 Mar 1925, Lexington, Davidson, NC. ⁷

2. Occupation: farmer on 8 Mar 1925 in Lexington, Davidson, NC. ⁷

3. Obituary: Greensboro Record: obituary of Preston Leonard on 12 Mar 1925 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁹ LEXINGTON, March 12 -- Preston J. Leonard, better known to hundreds of friends as "Bud," died at his home on the Lexington and Winston-Salem highway, near the old Ebenezer school, at 10:30 Sunday night, after a critical illness of several days which came as a climax to gradually declining strength due to the weight of years that had been evident to his family and friends for several months.

4. Obituary: News and Observer: P. J. Leonard Dead, Leaves 14 Children on 12 Mar 1925 in Raleigh, Wake, NC. ¹⁰ LEXINGTON, March 11 -- Preston J. Leonard, better known to hundreds of friends as "Bud," died at his home on the Lexington and Winston-Salem highway, near the old Ebenezer school, at 10:30 Sunday night, after a critical illness of several days which came as a climax to gradually declining strength due to the weight of years that had been evident to his family and friends for several months.
The deceased was about 75 years old and was one of the county's best known citizens, with his kin in Davidson and adjoining counties numbering in the hundreds. He had fourteen living children, twelve of them married, and the two youngest sons at home. All live in Davidson county but three, who reside in Rowan. There are fifty-two grandchildren, it is said, with fifteen great grandchildren.

Preston married Julia Ann McCrary on 21 Apr 1870 in , Davidson, NC.¹ (Julia Ann McCrary was born on 16 May 1851,^{11 12} died on 2 Aug 1891 in , , NC ^{11 12} and was buried in Trading Ford: Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Rowan County, NC ^{11 12}.)