Grace Stutira (Bragg) Leavitt (1879 - 1962)

Born 1 Aug 1879 in Stacyville Town, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Wife of Harry Leon Leavitt — married 1 Oct 1898 in Island Falls, Aroostook, Maine, United States

Died 20 Mar 1962 at age 82 in Patten, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Biography

Grace was born at Stacyville, Maine in 1879, the daughter of Josiah Bates Bragg (1847-1888) and Carrie Frances Elliott (1856-897).

She married Harry Leon Leavitt at Island Falls, Penobscot County, Maine on 1 October 1898. Their marriage record shows they were both residents of Stacyville, Maine and it was a first marriage for both. Harry was age 22 and employed as a painter; Grace was age 19 and employed as a domestic. They filed a marriage intention on 25 September 1898 and were married by Z.M. Miller, Island Falls clergyman. They were the parents of nine known children.

Grace passed away in 1962 and is buried at the Sherman Mills Cemetery, Sherman Station, Maine.

Obituary

Grace Leavitt

Patten- Mrs. Grace Leavitt, 82, wife of Harry Leavitt, died at a local nursing home Tuesday afternoon after a long illness.

She was born at Stacyville August 1, 1879, daughter of Joseph [sic] and Carrie (Elliott) Bragg.

Her parents were among the original settlers of Braggville, the section of town now known as Sherman Station. She could recall many events of the early life of the town, including the building of the Bangor and Aroostook Railway, the first train passing through town and the great forest fire of the early 1900's which lay waste the greater part of Braggville. More than sixty years ago she married Harry Leavitt and most of their life was spent in Stacyville.

She is survived by Mr. Leavitt; six sons, Adelfred, Odber, Steadman, and Ardel all of Sherman Station, Fremont of Patten and Woodrow of Plainsville [sic], Conn.; two daughters, Mrs. Vivian Townsend, and Mrs. Margaret Markey of Mattawamkeag.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the home of Fremont Leavitt, 60 Gardner Street, Patten, the Rev. Vaughn McKinney, pastor of the Baptist Church is Sherman Station, officiating. Friends may call at the residence after 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Published Bangor Daily News 21 Mar 1962, page 23

Sources

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• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLB-Z6V : Fri Oct 06 21:11:15 UTC 2023), Entry for Harry L Leavette and Grace S Leavette, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR36-26D : Thu Oct 05 19:08:01 UTC 2023), Entry for Harry Levett and Grace Levett, 1910.

• "Maine, World War I Draft Registration Index, 1917-1919", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HM-5BMZ : Tue Oct 03 08:04:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Harry Leon Leavitt and Grace L Leavitt, 1917-1919.

• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZT-LY7 : Fri Dec 08 02:24:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Harry Leavitt and Grace S Leavitt, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMDH-SM8 : Fri Oct 06 14:11:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Harry L Leavitt and Grace S Leavitt, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMM5-68N : Tue Nov 28 17:47:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Harry L Leavett and Grace S Leavett, 1940.

• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMP-DS1K : Thu Oct 05 06:51:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Harry Levitt and Grace Levitt, April 7, 1950.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249312180/grace_stutira-leavit), memorial page for Grace Stutira Bragg Leavitt (1 Aug 1879–20 Mar 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 249312180, citing Sherman Mills Cemetery, Sherman Mills, Aroostook County, Maine, USA.