Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 
1887, Boone Co.

LEONARD W. LASSING was born in Boone County, Ky., December 17, 1826.  He
is the elder of two children born to Morris and Martha Lassing.  Morris
Lassing was born in Bavaria, Germany, August 3, 1800.  He immigrated to
America in 1824, and soon afterward settled in Boone County, Ky., where
he lived the remainder of his life.  In 1826 he married Martha Hamilton,
of Boone County, a member of the well known Virginian family of that
name.  He united himself with the Old School Baptist Church, and was 
baptized by Elder Hume August 13, 1843.  April 29, 1854, he was ordained
to the gospel ministry, and assumed the pastoral charge of the Old 
School Baptist Church at Sardis, Boone Co., Ky., and continued in charge
of said church, faithfully attending to his duties as elder, up to the 
time when his physical imfirmities [sic] rendered him unable to do so.  
He was a man of vast and varied information, read and spoke several 
languages fluently, a fine historian and belles lettres scholar, and a 
close and analytical reasoner and thinker, and whether in German, French
or English literature, there were few authors that he was not intimately
and critically acquainted with.  He died January 9, 1867, at his home 
near Union, Boone County.  His widow still survives him.  Leonard W. 
Lassing was brought up on the farm, and in early life attended the high 
schools of Boone County, and afterward attended the Miami University at 
Oxford, Ohio.  He had devoted his time and attention to agricultural 
pursuits from boyhood, and has for many years ranked among the farmers 
as the "sturdy oak" among forest trees.  He is a man of more than 
ordinary ability, well read and well informed.  In 1872 he was chosen by
the citizens of Boone County to represent them in the Legislature, and 
served in that capacity one term, giving entire satisfaction.  He owns 
what is know as the "White Haven" stock farm, in Boone County, near 
Union, which is one of the finest and best improved farms in the county.
For several years he has been devoting considerable attention to the 
breeding and developing of blooded sheep, horses and cattle.  December 
9, 1858, he married Miss Jennie M. Kennedy, a daughter of Thomas Kennedy
and Louisa (Cleveland) Kennedy, of Kenton County, Ky., and a 
great-granddaughter of Thomas Kennedy, who is identified in the history 
of Kentucky as the first owner and settler of the ground where Covington
is now situated, and sold his farm for $50,000 on which Covington was 
laid out.  Thomas Kennedy, Sr., came from Virginia, and owned and ran 
the Cincinnati ferry until his death when it became the property of his 
son, Samuel Kennedy (grandfather of Mrs. Lassing), who continued to 
operate it until his death, when it was owned and run by his heirs until
the suspension bridge was built across the Ohio River between Covington 
and Cincinnati.  Mrs. Lassing is a lady of fine culture, and a great 
favorite in the community.  Mr. and Mrs. Lassing have one daughter, 
Therese (an only child), a highly accomplished young lady of fine 
artistic taste, who paints well, in both oil and water colors, and whose
pictures are much admired.

Lassing Hamilton Kennedy Cleveland
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Kenton-KY OH VA Germany

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