Battle of New Orleans 1815

On January 8, 1815 our ancestor, Honore' Leonard, fought in the Battle of New Orleans. 

Honore' was born on July 2, 1771 in New Orleans, Louisiana, son of Louis Leonard and Marie Anne Dardenne. He married Isobel Crause, also recorded as Elisabeth Kraus, on June 27, 1796. He lived to be 90 years old, dying on November 7, 1861 in Iberville Parish, Louisiana.  He and Elisabeth had nine children. Their last child, Marie Eliza Elisabeth Leonard, born October 14, 1819, is our Great Great Grandmother who married Charles Booksh December 18, 1837. Their son, Samuel Walker Booksh (1853-1930) is our great grandfather.

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