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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Charles W. Leonard (November 1, 1844 - November 2, 1941) was an innovator in Textile Manufacturing, Granite Quarry Excavation, as well as Harness Racing and Rail Transport.Leonard was born in Sharon, Mass, the eldest of 7 children. He was the son of Benjamin S. Leonard and Esther (Smith) Leonard. Charles attended Stoughtonham Institute at Sharon. He began work in 1866 as a clerk and salesman with Jackson, Mandell & Daniells of Boston. In February 1880 Charles married Emeline Thatcher Welch. She was the daughter of attorney Wilson Jarvis Welch of Newton Centre, Mass. Educated at Harvard University, the Jarvis family is reputed to have donated the land for Jarvis Field.[1] Emeline was also a Mayflower descendant through her ancestor Josiah Winslow.[2] Her grandfather was Boston dry goods merchant Peter Thatcher.John S. Holden and George F. Leonard acquired a Bennington,Vermont mill in 1889 and started an operation under the name of John S. Holden Manufacturing Co. In 1892 John’s eldest son Arthur joined the company and along with George's brother Charles W. Leonard of Newtonville, Mass., the name was then changed to Holden-Leonard & Co. as dry goods merchants, and began operating both the Bennington Woolen Mills and the Oneko Woolen Mills of New Bedford.With the Holden-Leonard & Company running smoothly, in July 1896 John S. Holden, Charles W. Leonard and George H. Bickford purchased the undeveloped Woodbury Granite Company in Woodbury,Vermont and supplied numerous government buildings with Woodbury Grey that included Chicago City Hall, Cook County Courthouse in Chicago, the Pennsylvania State Capitol, the Providence, Minneapolis and Grand Rapids Post Offices, as well as the state capitol buildings in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Iowa and Idaho.[3],The following year they purchased the Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad as a means of connecting the quarries of the Woodbury Granite Company and the Fletcher Granite Company on Robeson Mountain more directly with the outside world. The stock of the railroad was floated partly by popular subscription, but mainly by the backing of John S. Holden and his associates. Nine miles of track had to be built to reach the quarries (since increased to fifteen miles) and the grades were such that no ordinary engine could be coaxed to climb them. Undaunted, a Shay Locomotive, a geared mountain-climbing engine, was purchased and put into service. Soon railroad operations consisted of quarry switching, main line hauling and yard switching with three Shays and a massive fleet of over 40 flat cars. There was also a quarry-village railroad connection that allowed quarry workers living in the village to commute to work. Monday through Saturday the train left Hardwick at 6:15 a.m. and returned from the quarries at 5 p.m.[4] At the death of John S. Holden on March 23, 1907, Mr. Leonard then became president.In 1918 Mr. Leonard was listed as a Director of the Waltham Watch Company,[5] and in 1919 he served as a Director of the Boston Suburban Electric Companies, a holding company that had purchased the Middlesex and Boston Street Railway in 1910, working alongside highly respected Boston financier James L. Richards. Their children had married in January, 1907.[6] He was also an owner and served on the executive committee of the Readville Trotting Park, located half in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston and half in Dedham, Mass. It would later evolve into the Readville Race Track.[7]Mr. Leonard died on Nov 2, 1941 in New York City.. }

• Charles_Webster_Leonard abstract "Charles W. Leonard (November 1, 1844 - November 2, 1941) was an innovator in Textile Manufacturing, Granite Quarry Excavation, as well as Harness Racing and Rail Transport.Leonard was born in Sharon, Mass, the eldest of 7 children. He was the son of Benjamin S. Leonard and Esther (Smith) Leonard. Charles attended Stoughtonham Institute at Sharon. He began work in 1866 as a clerk and salesman with Jackson, Mandell & Daniells of Boston. In February 1880 Charles married Emeline Thatcher Welch. She was the daughter of attorney Wilson Jarvis Welch of Newton Centre, Mass. Educated at Harvard University, the Jarvis family is reputed to have donated the land for Jarvis Field.[1] Emeline was also a Mayflower descendant through her ancestor Josiah Winslow.[2] Her grandfather was Boston dry goods merchant Peter Thatcher.John S. Holden and George F. Leonard acquired a Bennington,Vermont mill in 1889 and started an operation under the name of John S. Holden Manufacturing Co. In 1892 John’s eldest son Arthur joined the company and along with George's brother Charles W. Leonard of Newtonville, Mass., the name was then changed to Holden-Leonard & Co. as dry goods merchants, and began operating both the Bennington Woolen Mills and the Oneko Woolen Mills of New Bedford.With the Holden-Leonard & Company running smoothly, in July 1896 John S. Holden, Charles W. Leonard and George H. Bickford purchased the undeveloped Woodbury Granite Company in Woodbury,Vermont and supplied numerous government buildings with Woodbury Grey that included Chicago City Hall, Cook County Courthouse in Chicago, the Pennsylvania State Capitol, the Providence, Minneapolis and Grand Rapids Post Offices, as well as the state capitol buildings in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Iowa and Idaho.[3],The following year they purchased the Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad as a means of connecting the quarries of the Woodbury Granite Company and the Fletcher Granite Company on Robeson Mountain more directly with the outside world. The stock of the railroad was floated partly by popular subscription, but mainly by the backing of John S. Holden and his associates. Nine miles of track had to be built to reach the quarries (since increased to fifteen miles) and the grades were such that no ordinary engine could be coaxed to climb them. Undaunted, a Shay Locomotive, a geared mountain-climbing engine, was purchased and put into service. Soon railroad operations consisted of quarry switching, main line hauling and yard switching with three Shays and a massive fleet of over 40 flat cars. There was also a quarry-village railroad connection that allowed quarry workers living in the village to commute to work. Monday through Saturday the train left Hardwick at 6:15 a.m. and returned from the quarries at 5 p.m.[4] At the death of John S. Holden on March 23, 1907, Mr. Leonard then became president.In 1918 Mr. Leonard was listed as a Director of the Waltham Watch Company,[5] and in 1919 he served as a Director of the Boston Suburban Electric Companies, a holding company that had purchased the Middlesex and Boston Street Railway in 1910, working alongside highly respected Boston financier James L. Richards. Their children had married in January, 1907.[6] He was also an owner and served on the executive committee of the Readville Trotting Park, located half in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston and half in Dedham, Mass. It would later evolve into the Readville Race Track.[7]Mr. Leonard died on Nov 2, 1941 in New York City.".