On the 1930 Federal Census, Leonard was shown as age 21 and unemployed, living with his family, Charles and Nora Medlin, and his sister Rozelle.
At age 39 in 1940, Leonard was shown on the census to be a tumbler in a steam laundry.
Leonard is recorded in 1946 as having been a Messman for 18 months on board the USSS Cottonwood Creek, which arrived in New York harbor on November 17, 1946 from the port of Bremen, Germany. The record shows he was 38 years old at the time and was 5'3" tall, weighing 140 lbs.
He was the son of Nora Ada Reese and was born five years prior to Nora's marriage to Charles Henry Medlin. Leonard took the Medlin name, though Charles was his step-father, not his biological father,
On the 1930 Federal Census, Leonard was shown as age 21 and unemployed, living with his family, Charles and Nora Medlin, and his sister Rozelle.
At age 39 in 1940, Leonard was shown on the census to be a tumbler in a steam laundry.
Leonard is recorded in 1946 as having been a Messman for 18 months on board the USSS Cottonwood Creek, which arrived in New York harbor on November 17, 1946 from the port of Bremen, Germany. The record shows he was 38 years old at the time and was 5'3" tall, weighing 140 lbs.
He was the son of Nora Ada Reese and was born five years prior to Nora's marriage to Charles Henry Medlin. Leonard took the Medlin name, though Charles was his step-father, not his biological father,
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