Leard, John Hitchcock

J.H. Leard was a Methodist clergyman who served in the Union Army as chaplain of the the First Arkansas Infantry. After the end of hostilities, he remained in the state as agent for the American Union Commission. His hard working attempts to relieve the extreme difficulties the war had brought to the people, especially the families of loyal Arkansans helped many but at the cost of his physical and mental health. He recovered to renew his preaching career in the West, moving to California for his health and them to Spokane in Washington Territory. He was active in religious and civic affairs in Spokane but his health broke down again and he died of lung congestion. He was fifty-four years old and left a wife and two children. (By John Osborne)
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    John Hitchcock Leard
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
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    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
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    1
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    2
    Occupation
    Military
    Clergy
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Church or Religious Denomination
    Methodist
    Government
    State legislature
    Military
    Union Army
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