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This gentleman was for many years one of the prominent and influential citizens of Westchester county. New York. He was born on the old Chadeayne homestead in this county, June 12, 1809, passed his life in this vicinity and lived to a venerable age, his death occurring February 11, 1893.

The Chadeayne family has long been identified with Westchester county. Daniel Chadeayne, the grandfather of Leonard, was one of the f:rst Democrats in this section of the country. His son, David, our subject's father, was born in Westchester county, October 11, 1766, and married Miss Hannah Underbill, whose birth occurred January 6, 1772. The fruits of this union were ten children, three of whom died in infancy, the others being John, Julia, Gilbert, Susan, Ann, Leonard and Sanford. The mother died in 1841, at the age of sixty-nine years; the father, in 1846, at the age of eighty-nine.

Leonard Chadeayne was reared on his father's farm and was engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life. In July, 1847, he married Miss Mary Ann Thorn, a native of Orange county, New York, reared and educated in Ulster county, this state, daughter of Thomas P. and Eliza (Gerow) Thorn. Mr. and Mrs. Thorn were the parents of four children, viz.: Eleanor, wife of John Carpenter; Mary Ann, wife of the subject of our sketch; Esther G. ; and Jane, wife of Amos Brown, of Orange county, New York. Mrs. Thorn died at the age of seventy-six years, and Mr. Thorn was eighty-four when he died. Mr. and Mrs. Chadeayne became the parents of six children, namely: Elizabeth; Hannah, who died at the age of twelve years and ten months; Thomas Thorn, a business man of SingSing, New York, married Harriet E. Young; David, a resident of Yorktown, married Ida Acker, and has one son, H. Leonard; William, a business man of Tarrytown, married Miss Lotta Palmer; and Mary, wife of Anson Lee.

Mr. Chadeayne was a man who throughout his life bore a character that was above reproach. He was broad and liberal in his religious views, and politically, was a stanch supporter of the principles advocated by the Republican party. He was a good citizen, a loving and dutiful husband and an indulgent father, and his death was mourned by many friends. Mr. Chadeayne was a successful financier, and frequently was chosen as executor and administrator m the settlement of estates, etc. He was a most worthy and estimable citizen, and his domestic life stood exemplary of all that belongs to a model husband and father.