History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries and Institutions (Indianapolis IN: B. F. Bowen) 1914, p. 313. Years ago you could see at Smithville one man doing the community a great service. This was William Leonard. Under his lead they built the Christian Church in 1856. He was a good, true, safe, Christian leader. The annual August meeting in Leonard's Grove may be regarded as an annual memorial of William Leonard.