Orville Rinaldo Leonard | |
Office: | Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada |
Term Start: | 1877 |
Term End: | 1889 |
Predecessor: | Warner Earll |
Successor: | Michael A. Murphy |
Birth Date: | 13 November 1834 |
Birth Place: | Gaysville, Stockbridge, Vermont |
Death Place: | Woodstock, Vermont |
Education: | Attended Dartmouth College (1858–1860) |
Occupation: | Lawyer, Judge |
Spouse: | Eliza B. Sylvester (m. 1868; died) Grace Welles (m. 1894) |
Orville Rinaldo Leonard (November 13, 1834 – September 22, 1894)[1] [2] was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1877 to 1889.
Born in Gaysville, Stockbridge, Vermont, Leonard was the son of John and Lois Leonard, his father being a farmer. Leonard attended Dartmouth College from 1858 to 1860, though he did not graduate, leaving in his junior year.[1] He then went to California, where he read law under Judge Isaac S. Belcher of San Francisco.[2] gained title=Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada|before=Warner Earll|after=Michael A. Murphy|years=1877–1889}}