tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post6255575762505667533..comments2024-03-28T23:00:10.654-07:00Comments on Heirlooms Reunited: 2 CDVs of S. D. Leavitt, born NH, lived Grass Valley & Nevada CAPam Beveridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-36811016588204560642012-07-16T08:54:48.567-07:002012-07-16T08:54:48.567-07:00Wow - this is great!! I spent a fair bit of time ...Wow - this is great!! I spent a fair bit of time researching Mr. Leavitt back when I made this post, but I hadn't revisited him recently, and there is so much more online now. There was a Samuel Deane Leavitt, born in New Hampshire, who was a lawyer and mayor at Eastport, Maine; "Leavitt" is etched into one of the bricks or stones of what is known as the Leavitt Block. Wonder if the two Samuels are related? By the way, I have the autograph album of the Eastport Samuel's wife, Emily C. White, kept from before they were married in 1860. Thanks so much for your informative comment.Pam Beveridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-13847802672375126352012-07-15T18:01:54.066-07:002012-07-15T18:01:54.066-07:00Hi Pam,
I have also been trying to find more infor...Hi Pam,<br />I have also been trying to find more information on this S D Leavitt. With him being in the Grass Valley/Nevada area in 1860-70 censuses, I would say that he is the same Samuel D who died there "on Tuesday Morning" [from the Daily Evening Bulletin, dated Monday, Feb 26th 1877], having resided in Nevada County 25 yrs. The previous Tuesday would have been then 20th - now, if it had said 'last Thursday', the date of death would match one Samuel D Leavitt born 29 June 1822 in perhaps Effingham, NH, who died 22 Feb 1877 [from the Descendants of Thomas Leavitt, pg 87]. Unfortunately, there is no source listed for these dates, so I haven't been able to verify them. His parents, Morris and Mary (Doe) Leavitt died in 1829 and 1826, leaving Samuel a young orphan. I don't know what happened to him after their deaths, and I don't see in my notes that there was a probate file for them (Effingham was in Strafford County at that time). Sam'l also had a couple of brothers with only birth dates listed in book, and I am still looking to see where they went off to.<br />I looked into Mrs (J?) S Hobbs of Chelsea, and did find a Jeremiah S Hobbs of Boston and later Cambridge, MA. I do not see him or his wife Ann C (Walton) with any Chelsea connection or in street directories, however. Their death records do not give any indication of a Leavitt connection, or to Effingham (Many Hobbs left North Hampton as did the Leavitts to settle in Effingham in the late 1700's).<br /><br />Did you see that Samuel D Leavitt married 17 Oct 1872 in Nevada City to a Grace Patterson/Pattison? I believe they had a son John born ca 1873, as he is there in 1880 census, age 7, a step-son to William T Williams, whose wife's name is Grace (2 children she had while she was a Pattison are also in the household). Record says his father was born in Conn, though, but I've seen worse errors in the censuses!<br /><br />Sorry this info doesn't exactly give you a definite answer to who this "S D" Leavitt was, but hopefully it is the right path!<br /><br />Steve Dow<br />Historian for NALF (National Association of Leavitt Families)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560238761394900652noreply@blogger.com