Kings County Biographies

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler


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LEO LEONI
 
One of the successful farmers of Hanford and vicinity is Leo Leoni, who was born 
in Canton Ticino, Switzerland, in 1865. He remained in his native land until 
1884, when he came to California and located in what is now Kings county. For 
five years after his arrival he was employed as a farm hand, then renting land 
in various parts of the county at different times, engaged in grain farming for 
himself. After several successful years he made his first purchase of land, 
consisting of twenty acres near Grangeville, which he set out to fruit and 
grapes. As he prospered he kept adding to his holdings from time to time, 
buying, improving and selling, and in 1906, purchased forty-two and one-half 
acres west of the city limits of Hanford, which is now known as the Pfeil tract. 
At intervals he sold a greater part of this acreage, retaining his home place, 
which he now occupies with his family. Mr. Leoni buys and sells real estate, is 
a stock�holder in the Farmers' and Merchants' bank of Hanford, has other 
interests of various kinds, and in many ways shows his public spirit.
In 1906 Mr. Leoni was united in marriage with Lena Onesti, a daughter of A. 
Onesti, and a native of Tulare county. They are the parents of two children, 
Milton and Verna.
 
History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches - 
Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913
pp. 665