Lee Leavitt (1812 - 1896)

Born 10 Dec 1812 in Turner, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Jun 1896 at age 83 in Maine, United States

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Biography

Lee Leavitt was born at Turner, now Maine in 1812, the son of Isaiah Leavitt and Lydia Ludden.

He married Betsy Briggs Jones at Turner, Maine on 1 Mar 1835.

The 1860 US census for Lewiston, Maine lists residents Lee Leavitt (46), employed "victualing", his wife Betsey (43), George Leavitt (9), a student, Almeda Alden, Lebetia H Jones and Sarah Whitman (24). Note: Almeda Alden is Lee's niece, the daughter of Leonard and Marinda Leavitt Alden.

The 1870 US census for Turner, Maine conducted 29 Jun 1870 lists residents Lee Leavitt (57), a farmer, his wife Betsey B (55), their son-in-law Oscar V Whitman (35), a farmer, his wife (daughter of Lee and Betsey) Rispah J Whitman (32) and their children Lester L (8) and Lizzie M (6), both students. Lee owns real estate valued at $3500 and has a personal estate of $1300.

Lee died in 1896 and is buried at the East Burial Grounds, North Turner, Maine.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCW-7FZ : 18 February 2021), Lee Leavitt, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D8-Z5B : 29 May 2021), Lee Leavitt, 1870.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74465234/lee-leavitt), memorial page for Capt Lee Leavitt (unknown–18 Jun 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74465234, citing East Burial Grounds, North Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA .

• See book "James Ludden - The Old Planter 1611-1692 & Descendants" by Wallace Ludden, 1971. Page 59.