Leonard Wilson Roane

Photograph of

Leonard Wilson Roane

Date of photograph

~1890s

Location of photograph

Newport News, Virginia, United States

Description

Copy of portrait of Leonard Wilson Roane.

Leonard Wilson Roane (8 September 1874-21 December 1912), the son of Patrick Henry Roane, Sr. and Susan Price, was born on 18 September 1874 in Varina, Henrico County, Virginia, United States. He married Julia Ella Bates on 1 April 1896 in Varina. They were the parents of two daughters Susan "Susie" Julia Roane and Ella Bates Roane. He later married Abigail "Abbie" Smith.

Leonard worked as a shipbuilding engineer in Newport News, Virginia, where he died on 21 December 1912.

He was the 4x great-grandson of Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia and Revolutionary War Patriot.

Type

Photograph

Format

JPG

Rights

Public Domain | All records should be cited as coming from the Center Family History at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

Donated By

The family of Joseph C. Sheffey, Jr. and Barbara Ann Turner