Background
Leonard, Charles Hall was born on September 16, 1822 in at Northwood, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Lemuel and Cynthia (Claggett) Leonard.
Leonard, Charles Hall was born on September 16, 1822 in at Northwood, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Lemuel and Cynthia (Claggett) Leonard.
Educated Haverhill (Massachusetts) Academy, Atkinson (N.H.) Academy, Bradford Seminary. Graduate Theological School, Clinton, New York, 1848. Honorary Master of Arts, 1869, Doctor of Laws, 1905, Tufts.
Doctor of Divinity, St. Lawrence, 1871.
Ordained Universalist ministry, 1848. Minister Church of the Redeemer, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1848-1871. Goddard professor homiletics and pastoral theology, 1869, and dean Division School, 1884, Tufts College (Massachusetts).
Author: Book of Prayer for Church and Home, 1865. Steps in the Religious Life, 1868.
Married Phœbe Ann Bassett, 1846 (died 1872).