Living + Living Kandel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dear Dawn Aragon:

Hunter Leaf suggested I get in touch with you. That you might be able to help in my research .

I am writing a book about how the 107th Infantry Regiment broke the Hindenburg Line in 1918 , during World War One. One of the heroes of the 107th was Hunter's father, Hunter Leaf, a private in Company A. There was also a Morris Leaf in
Company. I wonder if they were brothers? Morris was

killed before the battle.

I am hoping you can tell me about the Leaf family, and especially Hunter. Perhaps he wrote l etters to your side of the family while he was in the 107th, beginning with his days at the o ld Seventh Regiment Armory in New York City (the Seventh
later became the 107th) and then at Camp Wadsworth in Spartanburg, SC, and then on through th e war.

Thank you. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Stephen L. Harris

I have a photo of Hunter Leaf if you would like me to duplicate it and "snail" mail it to you . My youngest daughter remembers him as being a very kind and gentle person. My oldest daughter remembers the opposite about him. He was, of course, elderly when he married my Mother, so his "gruffness" was indeed a part of his character. He had two children: a son, Hunter Leaf, Jr. and a daughter, Nancy. Hunter Leaf, Jr.' s wife was JoAnn. Don't know anything else about his daughter. These children were from his first marriage. His first wife died. My Mother knew her, as they were involved in some of the same church activities. Hunter died from an aneurysm. He had chronic asthma and bronchitis. Pam Blum

I knew Hunter Leaf very well. We visited with him constantly, as he was married to my Mother . My entire family knew him. My youngest daughter knew him as her "Gaa-Gaa" (Grandfather) . We all lived in Savannah, GA together (very close proximity to each other). Pam Blun

107th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division

The 107th was originally the 7th, and was manned by sons of New York City society, including the Van Burens, Van Rensselaers, Vanderbilts, Roosevelts , Harrimans, Tiffanys, etc. The famous 7th Regiment Armory, paid for by private funds, is to this day still privately owned. It stands on plush Park
Avenue, a block from Central Park.

I don't know Hunter Leaf at all. I was reading an account of the battle, and came across this line by the author Ben Franklin. "My pal Hunter Leaf jumped over to me and at the risk o f his own life pulled me into a shell-hole, where he bandaged my face and made me comfortable."

Stephen L Harris

Hunter married Josephine Banghart on 25 Sep 1923 in Staten Is, Richmond, NY. Josephine was born on 20 Jul 1900 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania; died in Dec 1974 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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father worked for the electric company

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Full Context of American Civil War Soldiers

Richard Leaf
Enlist Date Enlist Place Enlist Rank Enlist Age
12 September 1862 Priv
Served Pennsylvania Enlisted E Co. 11th Inf Reg. PA Mustered Out at Harrisburg, PA on 25 Se ptember 1862

Source: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865
Abbreviation: PARoster
Published by on 1870

Richard T Leaf
Enlist Date Enlist Place Enlist Rank Enlist Age
06 July 1863 Comm Sergeant
Served Pennsylvania Enlisted S Co. 42nd Inf Reg. PA Mustered Out on 12 August 1863

Source: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865
Abbreviation: PARoster
Published by on 1870

Richard T Leaf

Enlist Date Enlist Place Enlist Rank Enlist Age
06 July 1863 Priv
Promoted to Full Comm Sergt on 06 July 1863
Served Pennsylvania Enlisted I Co. 42nd Inf Reg. PA Mustered Out on 12 August 1863Transferre d on 06 July 1863from Company I to Company S

Source:

Abbreviation: PARoster

Published by on 1870
Reading, Pennsylvania Directories, 1887-90
Name, Occupation, Location, City, State, Year
Richard T. Leaf clerk 150 N 4th Reading PA
Richard T. Leaf clerk 150 N 4th Reading PA 1888
Richard T. Leaf clerk 150 N 4th Reading PA 1889
Richard T. Leaf iron mfr 150 N 4th Reading PA 1890

Richard married Leonora C Hunter on 1 Jun 1876 in St Gabriel's Episcopal Church, Douglassville, Berks, PA. Leonora was born on 8 Feb 1851 in Moselem Springs, Berks, Pennsylvania; died on 15 Dec 1933 in Muhlenberg, Berks, Pennsylvania; was buried on 18 Dec 1933 in Episcopal Church plot 2-A-33, Douglassville, Berks, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lived for a time on Staten Island, along with Hunter Sr.

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