The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-17
CHAS. LEONARD DIES
At AGE IF NINETY
Prominent Petersburg Citizen Expires
suddenly at His Home After
Brief Illness.
OIL Is FOUND TO BIZ RICH
Analysis shows That sample Is Richer
I'm Ethauc and Methane Than Gas
From Cherry Run Wells in Penn
syiVania--C. T. Bassitcr Heads
Chamber.

Chamber.
Petersburg Va, July l6.-Charies
Leonard Fetersbarg'S oldest mel, hant
and one q the. mos, prominent ana
esteemed citizens OF Southside VII
gina, died at his home at High and
Davis Streets This morning, aged
ninety years Mr. Leonard was born
In CampbellweU London. bat came
70 America when quite a young man.
He engaged IN business as gun and
locksmlth in West Bank Sire 1T in
fsS5, Esventy-one years aRo. and at
the time OF his death was president
OF the Charles Leonard Hardware
Company. one of the largest whole
sale and retail hardware firms in the
South.
Mr.. Leonard was man OF quiet
and unassuminE manners, probably as
wad@1y and favoraOly known as any
man IN southsde Virginia lie was
as much devoted 20 his business in
late years az In early life and though
unable TO perform any manual duties.
he was n constant visitor to the store
until his recent illness Several years
ago he Incorporated his large bust
ness. making each Of his employees
stockholder. with Frank NJ Hobbs, a
prominent young Petersburger, as gem
eraI manager He had several chill
dren all Of whom died some years
ago bat is survived by his wife and
ono niece. Mrs. Charles <. Brown, or
Colonial Heishts
The funeral arrangements have not
been completed
Joseph +. Vaughan Dead.
Joseph L. Vaughan, a well known
citizen of Chesterfield County, ~ ed at
D. the Petersburg Hospital about 5
{ clock last evening, after a brief III
ness Mr. Vaughan was forty-two
< years OF age, and had many friends
p in Petersburg Besides a widow, who
WAS Miss Matte Wathall. he is sur
!. Vived by five children, one brother and
: one sister. Robert j. Vaughan, of King
$ and Queen County. and Mrs John /.
r Mum, OF Watkerton. The funeral
Y will be conducted from the MatoacA
& Baptist Church Al q o'clock tomorrow
/ afternoon, and iutorment Will DO made
81 in the Matoaca Cemetery.
! Gas and Oil Rich.
Promoters of the Virginia Natural
] Gas and OIL Company and owners
of stock In the corporation are en-
thusiastic over the receipt of a tele-
= gram from chemists In Gh CITY Pa,
l. yesterday 70 the effect that an analy-
r are of sa NIPPLES sent them showed that
= there are both oil and gas underlying
the James Ryer, opposite Perdue
l. island, near Dutch Gap, and that both
a Ina I'll l,.
70 sis, according 10 the report Of tbs
= chemists. shows that the sample il
= richer in ethano and methane thar
@ the gas from the Cherry Run Wells
!. in Pennsylvania. recognized every
= where as standard. Following ls tht
q analysis reported, oxygen, PA; nitro
n gen. 1885; ethane. S.0S carbon didx
: ide, As; methane, 1916; specific
: gravity. 65.
7 The chief Constituent Of natural IA,
d - mtthane, which is the fire damp
Do found in coal mines, and which Is FIRE
l. qucntly the cause OF terrible explo
sions
/ General Manager Owen, of the Wiz
= elnla Gas and OH Company, espresso!
Is great satisfaction with the analysts
n Mr. owen studied the feld aroun(
u Perdue Island FOR months before h,
& got together twenty PetersburEers
IS who formed the Virginia Gas and Oi
company. with a capital stock o
4 10000 paid in. The company ha
IS leased large amount of acreage II
$ chesterfield County near Perdu
k Island. where drilling operations vii
st he commenced at an early date.
Select New president.
The board OF governors of the loca
j. Chamber OF Commerce, composed .
* Messrs. j. Gordon Bohannon, Rober
4 s.. t.. T,h