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Mr. Linus Leonard, of Sturbridge, Mass., committed suicide on the 12th inst., by hanging himself by a rope from a beam in the upper part of a shed adjoining his barn. Intimations were given to his family of such a purpose after one of the assessors of the town had been with him taking the names of these subject to draft. Mr. Leonard was an extensive farmer, had acquired a large property, and was much respected. He was 48 years of age, and caves a wife and two young sons.
The Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1862. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. August 27, 1862. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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