Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
Charles Edward Leonard
LEONARD, CHARLES EDWARD (1839–1916), inducted by 1915
Born on Ravenswood Farm, Cooper County, Missouri, and educated at the University of Missouri, Charles Leonard continued to build the Shorthorn herd that his father had established, with cattle from George Renick of Kentucky. Leonard’s greatest achievement as a breeder was the production of the dam of Americus, an animal that sold in Argentina for $38,000 in gold in 1908. Leonard helped form and finance the American Shorthorn Record. From 1882 to 1906, he was a director of the American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association and its president from 1898 to 1902. Later in life, he was president of Central National Bank.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 127