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==Birth==
Leonard Alverson was born on August 21, 1808, in [[Berne]] to [[Issac Alverson]] and his wife, Sarah ________.

==Occupation==
Leonard was a Deacon.<ref name="Obit">Obituary of Elizabeth Alverson, Published in The Middleburgh News, April 21, 1898</ref>

==Marriage & Children==
Leonard married [[Elizabeth Wilber]] circa 1832, and they had seven known children born at [[Huntersland]]:

*[[Sarah Alverson ]] (B. 1830)
*[[William B. Alverson]] (B. 1832)
*[[Delina Alverson]] (B. 1833)
*[[Elizabeth Alverson]] (B. 1836)
*[[John Amasa Alverson]] (B. 1838)
*[[Joseph W. Alverson]] (B. 1841)
*[[James K. Alverson]] (B. 1845)

==His Life==
Leonard was reared on a farm in Duanesburg, N. Y.<br> He learned the blacksmith's trade, which he subsequently followed in Berne, not far from Hunter's Land. In Berne he afterward settled on a farm, and also carried on a grocery store and conducted a hotel, being very popular as a landlord.<br> In politics he was a sound Democrat. He served as Assessor of Berne and as Supervisor, and for a number of years he was a Deacon of the Christian church.<br> He subsequently purchased a farm in Hunter's Land, on which he engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, at the age of sixty-five years. <br>He married Elizabeth Cutter, or, as she was familiarly known in her girlhood, Betsey Wilbur, who was born in Duanesburg, a daughter of Esquire Wilbur. Her father was a well-to-do farmer and an expert fox hunter. He reared four children, namely: Sarah, wife of Seth Owens; William B.; Elizabeth, Mrs. Alverson, deceased; and Joseph W.<ref name="Biographical Review"> Biographical Review Volume XXXIIIContaining Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York</ref>

==Death==
Leonard died in February 17, 1874 at 65 years of age. He was buried in [[Huntersland Christian Cemetery]] in [[Huntersland]].

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