Leonard and Mary Eckert
Information comes from the family files at the Campbell County Historical & Genealogical Society in Alexandria
and A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians by E Folk Johnson Vol II submitted 8 Oct 2011
Leonard Eckert, (1769-1822) with his young wife landed at old Fort Limestone, now Maysville, on Christmas Eve 1789*, having come down the Ohio River from Fort Pitt (Pittsburgh) in a little boat constructed by him and his accompanying relatives. As might have been expected their journey was a perilous one in many respects and was enlivened by several encounters with the Indians, who occasionally challenged their progress. They wife referred to was Mary Cheshire, a daughter of Colonel William Cheshire, who not long before had fallen while serving his country as an officer in the Revolutionary War. She was a first cousin to Richard M Johnson, vice president of the United States during the administration of Martin Van Buren, and likewise she was first cousin to Kentucky's prime hero, Daniel Boone. She and her husband had gone from Lancaster Pennsylvania to Fort Pitt, the former having been the husband's birthplace. His parents, George and Susan Eckert, were natives of Berlin Prussia, but migrated to Lancaster. Leonard Eckert died 22 Sep 1822 in Alexandria and was buried in the Old Baptist Church Cemetery. Mary died 26 Sep 1834 in Alexandria and was also buried in the Old Baptist Church Cemetery in Alexandria.
*Note: Leonard Eckert does not show on any tax record in Kentucky until in Campbell County in 1800 so the date may be incorrect.
Court
orders of the Eckert Family
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Children of Leonard Eckert and Mary Cheshire
1. Catherine Eckert b-1790 in Newport; m-Wright
Donley 17 Feb 1812 in Newport
2. Sarah Eckert b-3 June 1800 in Newport; d-11 Jan 1890 in Alexandria; br-Alexandria
Cemetery; m-James
Madison Thomasson
7 July 1818 in Alexandria
3. Mary Eckert b-1802 in Newport; d-before 1837; m-Samuel Fisher 22 June 1820
4. Leonard M Eckert b-1807 in Newport; m-Mary Miles 13 Oct 1831; (2) Lucy
5. Thomas F Eckert b-12 July 1809 in Alexandria; m-Alice
Varden Thomasson 10 July 1828 (2) Matilda Smith 9 July 1834, daughter of
Isaac and Nancy Smith (the date may be off some since Alice died in 1835)
6.
John Eckert
7.
William Eckert
8.
Martha Eckert
9.
Susannah Eckert b-1809 in Newport; m-Reuben Lightfoot 18 Mar 1827 in Newport
10.
Elizabeth Eckert b-1811 in Newport; m-Thomas Fugate 10 July 1828
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Children of Mary Eckert and Samuel Fisher
1. Susannah Fisher b-1822 in Newport
2. Mary C Fisher b-1824 in Newport
3. Elizabeth Fisher b-1826 in Newport
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Leonard Jacob Crawford is one of the able and distinguished members of the Kentucky bar. He is a native of the city of Newport, which is the present scene of his activities. The date of his nativity was 29 Apr 1860, and his father was Jacob Howard Crawford, in whose veins were mingled the Scotch, Irish, French and English elements. The grandfather, Joshua Crawford was born in Fleming Co KY where his father, James Crawford, a veteran of the war of 1812, was a well known farmer and a citizen of consideration in the community. The father was born in Fleming county and subsequently found his way to Newport, which was his home while he pursued this occupation of an Ohio river pilot, running from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh. His untimely demise occurred in 1860 when but 29 years of age, in the very years of the subject's birth. The elder Mr. Crawford's mother's name was Mary Howard and she was a daughter of Jacob Howard, who was a Virginian and of English descent. Mr. Crawford's mother was Mary Elizabeth Eckert.
Children of Leonard M Eckert and Mary Miles
1. Sarah Ann Eckert b-1833 in Newport
2. Mary Elizabeth Eckert b-1835 in Newport; m-Jacob Howard Crawford 15 Feb 1856
in Newport
3. William M Eckert b-1839 in Newport
4. George F Eckert b-1846 in Newport; m-Jennie Raymond 30 Nov 1869 in Newport
5. Thomas Henry Eckert b-16 May 1850 in Newport; d-17 Oct 1920 in Cold Spring;
br-Methodist Church Cemetery in Cold Spring; m-Martha in 1874
6. Belle Eckert b-1856 in Newport
7. John Eckert b-1 Dec 1857 in Newport; d-Oct 1932 in Dayton; Persimmon Grove;
m-Lena Eichocher
8. Henry Eckert b-1860 in Newport
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Children of Mary Elizabeth Eckert and Jacob Howard Crawford
1. Leonard Jacob Crawford b-29 Apr 1860 in
Newport; m-Ella J Horner, daughter of Charles H Horner 16 Jan 1883
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Children of Thomas Henry Eckert and Martha
1. Leonard Eckert b-1875
2. Alberta Eckert b-1877
3. Thomas Eckert b-1880 in Cold Spring
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Children of John Eckert and Lena Eichoffer
1. George Eckert b-20 Sep 1882; d-16 Jan 1924 in Newport; br-Evergreen