Blessing, Leonard

1849 - 1924  (75 years)

• Name	Blessing, Leonard
  Birth	1849	Germany   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census		1880 Census, Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 08 1880 United States Federal Cen/sus, Clay City, Illinois, (District 155) (Clay City Township), image 08, page 8d
  Occupation	Merchant  [1]
  Reference Number	BLES.L001
  Death	2 Dec 1924  [3]
  Burial	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [3]
  Person ID	I22814	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 1	?, Hannah,   b. UNKNOWN   d. yes
  Family ID	F10111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Farr, Rachel Amanda,   b. 29 Aug 1845, Wayne County, Illinois d. 1914 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1879  [2, 4]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 30 years and 5 months - She : 33 years and 9 months.
  Children	1. Blessing, Hanna M.,   b. 1876 + 2. Blessing, Frank M.,   b. 1 Apr 1882, Illinois d. 2 Jan 1970 (Age 87 years)   3. Blessing, Otto,   b. 1886   d. 30 Mar 1898 (Age 12 years)
  Family ID	F8238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1849 - Germany Burial - - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1508] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 10B, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00627&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2). [S16656] https://www.ancestry.com/, 1880 Census, Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 08, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4240459-00198?usePUB=true&_phsrc=HhE2&pId=29391704). [S6220] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Blessing, Leonard and Rachel A., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24197865/rachel-amanda-blessing) (Reliability: 2). [S6221] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Blessing, Rachel Amanda Farr, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=161&GScid=105163&GRid=24197865&), none. (Reliability: 2).