Sarah (Sturtevant) Leavitt (1798 - 1878)

Born 5 Sep 1798 in Lyme, Grafton County, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Wife of Jeremiah Leavitt II — married 16 Mar 1817 in Barton, Orlean, Vermont

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1878 at age 79 in Gunlock, Washington County, Utah

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Sarah (Sturtevant) Leavitt was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Sarah became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

Biography

Parents: Lemuel Sturtevant and Priscilla Thompson

Spouse and Children:

Jeremiah Leavitt

1. Jeremiah Leavitt (1822 - 1878)
2. Weare Leavitt (1825 - 1847)
3. Lemuel Sturtevant Leavitt (1827 - 1916)*
4. Dudley Leavitt (1830 - 1908)*
5. Thomas Rowell Leavitt I (1834 - 1891)*

Research Notes

Weare Leavitt sources: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L8DN-RDN. He is also shown on the 1840 Census.

Sources

• BYU Nauvoo Community Project
• Pioneer Overland Travel Database-Sara Sturdevant Leavitt
• Find A Grave: Memorial #8804007

1842 Nauvoo Census
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1850 Population Census, Tooele County, Utah Territory https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DRBW-9Z7?i=243&cc=1401638

1860 U.S. Census Mountain Meadows, Washington, Utah Territory http://nauvoo.byu.edu/ViewExtract.aspx?Record=1860Pop&ID=9915

1870 U.S. Census Clover Valley, Washington, Utah https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6Q4S-3RK?wc=M9SM-9T6%3An2048869698&cc=1438024

Florence C. Youngberg, ed. "National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers." Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers. Vol. 1-2. USA: Agreka Books,1999. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/815310?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Volume I https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/326726-redirection

Volume II https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/44141-redirection

Source was a Sturtevant genealogy book located in the North Platte, Nebraska public library prior to 2000.