In 1874 they moved to Illinois and lived near Victoria for fifteen years, then the remainder of her life was spent in and near Williamsfield. Ill. Mr. Bates died Aug 8, 1912. She is also survived by six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mrs. Bates was a woman who loved her home and allways delighted in doing some kindness for any one she saw in need. Her illness was of short furation, having her bedfast only about five days, when she died Christmas night at five minutes of eight o'clock.
Death follows an illness of two years.
She was educated in Pennsylvania and married to John Leonard in 1888. The couple settled in the farming area of Kingston and Herbert in 1898, they came to Belvidere in 1912. The family home was 510 East Ave. Mrs. Leonard was a member of Holly Camp, Royal Neighbors of America. Her husband died in 1949.