Sarah C. Leonard

Sarah C. Leonard

• Father: William Walter Leonard b. 28 December 1827, d. 4 March 1879
• Mother: Margaret L. Farris b. 12 March 1838, d. 25 March 1884

• Sarah C. Leonard was born on 30 October 1859 in Texas in the vicinity of Bays Chapel/Richards.
• She was known as Sallie.
• William Walter Leonard and Margaret L. Farris appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Plantersville PO, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Sarah C. Leonard, Mary E. Leonard.
• She married John Wooten say 1877.
• Sarah C. Leonard became a widow at the between 1877 and 1880 death of her husband John Wooten.
• She married William Erasmus Rembert, son of Abijah Richard Rembert and Emily Alabama Hale, on 25 December 1895 in Montgomery County, Texas.
• William Erasmus Rembert and Sarah C. Leonard appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Laura Rembert, William Emerson Rembert, Bertie Rembert, Ettie Aline Rembert and Exa Inez Rembert.
• William Erasmus Rembert and Sarah C. Leonard appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Exa Inez Rembert and Zettie Helen Rembert.
• Her husband William Erasmus Rembert became a widower at her death.
• Sarah C. Leonard died in 1918.
• She was interred at Bays Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery County, Texas.
• The following appeared in in a Baptist periodical: On Sunday Sept. 15 we were called to Richards to hold burial services for our friend and brother, Dr. W. E. Rembert. Dr. Rembert was born in Ala. Dec. 4, 1840. Had he lived till his next birthday he would have reached the ripe age of 89 years. When the war between the States came on he went out with the Louisiana first Volunteers serving in Lee’s army thru-out the war. At the breaking out of the war he was a student in Tulane Medical College at New Orleans.
       In 1866 he married Miss Elizabeth Lewis at Mansfield, La. To them were born 8 children, 4 of whom are still living, namely, Mrs. Mae Lathan, Converse, La., W. E. Rembert, Jr., Camden, Ark., Mrs. Bertie Welch, Montgomery, and Mrs. Ettie Welch, Crockett, Texas.
       He came to Texas in 1892, locating at New Waverly, Texas, where his wife died in 1893. Leaving there he moved to Richards in 1894. In 1898 he married Miss Sallie Leonard; to them two children were born, both living, namely, Miss Inez Rembert, Richards, and Mrs. Roland Smith, Goose Creek. In 1918 he was again bereaved of his wife. The writer conducted her funeral.
       Dr. Rembert joined the Baptist church some 50 or 60 years ago. He was one of the charter members of Richards Church.
       Dr. Rembert did a world of charitable work in connection with his practice of medicine. He was a faithful church man. He took great delight in reading his Bible. He loved his Lord, his family and his friends. The writer will never forget when in 1910 he and his family were stricken with flu and the Dr., good friend and brother as he was, came and ministered to us.
       In addition to his church membership he was a faithful and loyal member of the Masonic Lodge. After the funeral the Masons took charge and in their beautiful and impressive way put the body to rest. 
       A number said it was the longest procession ever seen from as small a town as Richards. It no doubt expressed the very high esteem the kind Dr. and family were held by their friends. 
       The writer was assisted in the funeral service by Brother J. Welch, pastor of the Richards Baptist Church. 
       May the Lord bless the bereaved is the prayer of a friend. 
       -- His Former Pastor, N. R. Davis, Normangee, Texas.
  [Note erroneous year of first marriage and misspelled children's names.]

• Last Edited: 30 Mar 2012