Overlooking the valley to which they came as pioneers, this monument is placed to honor the memory of Jeremiah Leavitt born 10 July 1760 Exeter, New Hampshire to Nathaniel Leavitt and Lydia Sanborn died 1817 Hatley, Quebec, Canada and Sarah Shannon born 1765/1766 Chester, New Hampshire to Thomas Shannon and Anne Rand died 1839/1840 Twelve Mile Grove, Illinois Married 1785 Exeter, New Hampshire.

Their children Weare Leavitt, born 1786 Grantham, New Hampshire. died 3 March 1839, Married first Abigail Cowles 1810, Second Phoebe Cowles 1825. Nathaniel Leavitt, born 1790 Chester, New Hampshire, died 1838. Married first Deborah Delano 1817, second Betty Bear about 1832. Josiah Leavitt, born 14 November 1792. died 1838. Lydia Leavitt, born 1794. died 4 August 1846. Married Thomas Rowell 1817. Jeremiah Leavitt, born 30 May 1796 Exeter, New Hampshire. died 24 August 1846 Bonaparte Iowa. Married Sarah Sturtevant 6 March 1817. Sarah Leavitt, born 10 August 1797. died 4 September 1873. Married William Rowell 1818. John Leavitt, born 27 July 1798. died 17 February 1852 Michigan. Married Lucy Rowell 1822. Rebecca Leavitt, born 27 September 1802, died 27 February 1892 Utah. Married Franklin Chamberlain 1820. Betsey Leavitt, born 23 November 1804. died 1848 Council Bluffs, Iowa. Married James Adams 1821. Hannah Leavitt, born 26 December 1805 St.Johnsbury, Vermont. died 5 November 1876 Parowanm Utah Married Horace Fish 18 March 1824.

Pioneer settlers at Hatley, Quebec, Canada, Jeremiah and Sarah Shannon Leavitt became the progenitors of a large posterity. In 1837, after Jeremiah's death, Sarah, with many of their children and grandchildren, left Hatley bound for Kirtland, Ohio, where they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Continuing their westward trek, many died along the way.Those who survived became colonists of the Great American West.

Placed 12 September in the year 2000 by the Western Association of Leavitt Families