The Afro-American (Baltimore, Md.), 7 July 1934.
Accounts of the Wilson Braves are frustratingly stingy with the names of the team’s players. Here, we learn that “Leach” was the third baseman and that Charlie Leonard, whom we met as a crack shortstop on the 1925 Braves team, was both pitcher and manager.
Wilson Daily Times, 15 September 1938.
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In the 1922 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Leonard Saml (c) lab h 617 Darden al
In the 1925 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Leonard Saml (c) porter h 617 Darden al
In the 1928 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Leonard Saml D (c) porter The Market Store h 512 Church
In the 1930 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Leonard Saml D (c; Annie) driver The Market Store h 512 Church
Samuel David Leonard died 13 September 1938 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 12 February 1872 in Columbus, Georgia, to Hiram and Margarett Leonard; was married; worked as a laborer; and was buried in Wilson [likely, Vick Cemetery.] Informant was Annie Leonard.