(2nd son of Samuel & Betsy Rossier)

Born:          May 9, 1886

Died:          April 26, 1983

Occupation:    Farmer

Leonard was born in Montgomery Center, Vermont. He was baptized at the Montgomery Baptist Church by Rev. George S. Ropes, a very close friend of the Rossier family. Leonard later moved to Coventry with his parents when they purchased the Hiawatha Dairy Farm.

In 1906, he and his father went to San Francisco to work as carpenters after the great earthquake. In 1919, he took a job in Lancaster, Ohio at the Boy's Industrial Military School. He was an instructor and in charge of the dairy farm there.

Leonard spent most of his life in Coventry on the farm. After his father died, he purchased the farm, along with two rental houses in Newport, Vermont. It seemed people always took advantage of Leonard. The farm was virtually lost through bad business dealings. One of his houses burned, the other was condemned by the city and had to be torn down.

Leonard spent several years in a nursing home in Newport. He never married. He died April 26, 1983 at the age of 97. He is buried in the East Main Street Cemetery in Newport, Vermont.

My Childhood Memories Of Leonard
by his nephew, Gifford

Uncle Leonard was a bachelor and a rather odd character. He was kind-hearted and meant well but his odd ways provided a lot of amusement for the younger generation of relatives.

He tried to run for President of the United States in 1936 and went to the World's Fair in New York City to campaign. Needless to say, his campaign didn't get off the ground.

He always talked of getting married and often bought things for his bride-to-be. He had a ladies watch, necklace, bracelet, and other jewelry very carefully wrapped and kept in his father's safe. Uncle Leonard even had a pair of fancy high heeled shoes trimmed with gold colored sequins. He lived to be 97 years old, but he never did find his Cinderella.