sical health was remarkable.   Up to his last illness in July, 1881, he had never to his recollection been so sick as to call a physician.   Once he said to Dr. Blanchard, a former physician of Marshfield, and a close friend and parishioner, "I think, doctor, I never sent for you to come and see me; not even when I had my sore throat."   "No," replied the doctor, "you used to come and see me."
   Mr. Leonard was a busy writer.   He left a large number of manuscript sermons and some printed ones.   In 1870 he published a pamphlet entitled, "Marshfield Sixty Years Ago," and he left a written manuscript, "History of the Town of Marshfield from Its Settlement in 1632 to the Year 1850," but it was never published.   He left diaries and journals, beginning at the time of his fitting for college in 1816.   These records of his life cover a period of nearly seventy years, and are extremely interesting.   Later they may be incorporated into a larger biography.   His chosen wife proved a faithful helpmeet through his long life, able, intelligent and efficient, "ready in every good word and work."   She died in 1884, three years after the death of her husband.
   Mr. Leonard held offices of trust and honor in the town, and served on the School Committee twenty years.   After an illness of only two weeks he passed away in his Marshfield home, July 9, 1881, only one day after the death of his daughter Maria.
   A fitting close to this little sketch may be the inscription on his tombstone, which reads as follows:   A faithful and beloved minister.   A preacher direct and sincere in speech.   An affectionate husband; a kind father.   An honored and trusted citizen.   His memory will be a legacy of honor and inspiration to the community.