Son of Jeremiah Leavitt and Sarah Studevant
Married Laura Melvina Thompson, 12 Aug 1850, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Mary Craig, abt 1852, (widow with 5 children)
Married Betsy Amelia Speckler, 13 Oct 1863
Married Mary Ann Morgan, 17 Nov 1873, St. George, Washington, Utah, (widow with 2 sons).
Married Rebecca Gibbons Waite, (widow with 6 children), abt 1878, Bunkerville, Nevada. She died 1889, Bunkerville, Nevada.
Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, volume 2 - Lemuel and his family were baptized into the Church and followed wherever the church members were driven. As a young man, he went with his parents to Illinois, where he became acquainted with the Prophet. His father died, leaving him to take care of his mother and her children. He left his mother and siblings at Trade Point in the fall of 1858, while he went on to the Valley to prepare a home for them. When they came the next year, he had a log cabin waiting. He married his first wife about this time. He was called to go to Dixie and help settle that area. His life was not to be easy, as he lost all but one of his wives, plus some of his children. He was an honest and humble and prayerful man. He lived to be 89 years old. He gave as much love to his adopted children as to his own and was loved by them in return.
Son of Jeremiah Leavitt and Sarah Studevant
Married Laura Melvina Thompson, 12 Aug 1850, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Mary Craig, abt 1852, (widow with 5 children)
Married Betsy Amelia Speckler, 13 Oct 1863
Married Mary Ann Morgan, 17 Nov 1873, St. George, Washington, Utah, (widow with 2 sons).
Married Rebecca Gibbons Waite, (widow with 6 children), abt 1878, Bunkerville, Nevada. She died 1889, Bunkerville, Nevada.
Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, volume 2 - Lemuel and his family were baptized into the Church and followed wherever the church members were driven. As a young man, he went with his parents to Illinois, where he became acquainted with the Prophet. His father died, leaving him to take care of his mother and her children. He left his mother and siblings at Trade Point in the fall of 1858, while he went on to the Valley to prepare a home for them. When they came the next year, he had a log cabin waiting. He married his first wife about this time. He was called to go to Dixie and help settle that area. His life was not to be easy, as he lost all but one of his wives, plus some of his children. He was an honest and humble and prayerful man. He lived to be 89 years old. He gave as much love to his adopted children as to his own and was loved by them in return.
Inscription
Father, Spouse: Mary Ann Leavitt
Gravesite Details
New tombstone has incorrect death year. Tombstone reads 1926, but he died in 1916.
Family Members
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Laura Melvina Leavitt Knight
1851–1922
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Lemuel Sturtevant Leavitt Jr
1852–1883
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Edward Washington Leavitt
1854–1931
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Deborah Jane Leavitt Lay
1856–1914
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Thomas Dudley Leavitt Sr
1857–1933
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Orange Decatur Leavitt
1859–1918
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Lovisa Leavitt Abbott
1861–1917
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Mary Matilda Leavitt Abbott
1865–1919
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Lorenzo Calvin Leavitt
1874–1957
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Mary Ann Leavitt
1884–1937
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Alonzo Rowell Leavitt
1887–1966
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