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Clarissa Ann Leavitt Hunt

Clarissa Ann Leavitt Hunt

Born: 1845
Died: 1879
Age: 34 Years
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People Buried Here
Jeremiah Leavitt
Buried Here
10 Feb 1822 - 12 Apr 1878
Eliza Harrover Leavitt
Buried Here
20 Apr 1825 - 7 Jul 1905
Lucy Ann Leavitt Chamberlain
Buried Here
1847 - 1888
Sarah Priscilla Leavitt
Buried Here
1848 - 1864
Mary Ellen Leavitt Maxwell
Buried Here
1849 - 1896
Louise Leavitt Mangum Smith
Buried Here
1853 - 1943
Eliza Jane Leavitt Webb
Buried Here
1855 - 1892
Emma Leavitt Truman
Buried Here
1857 - 1922
Joseph Smith Leavitt
Buried Here
1860 - 1936
Josiah Leavitt
Buried Here
1862 - 1948
Melvina Leavitt
Buried Here
1865 - 1865
Lydia Melissa Leavitt
Buried Here
1867 - 1867
Jeremiah S Leavitt
Buried Here
18 Feb 1882 - 29 Mar 1895
Jeremiah Leavitt
Buried Here
10 Feb 1822 - 12 Apr 1878
Jeremiah Leavitt
Buried Here
7 Feb 1851 - 26 Jul 1931
People Listed
Jeremiah Leavitt, Parent
Mary Ellen Leavitt, Parent
Epitaph

Son Of Jeremiah IV and Mary Ellen

Description

Jeremiah and Eliza were both led from their respective homes in Hatley, Canada and Washington D.C. by their new found faith in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to Nauvoll, Ill. where they met each other and were married Feb. 1, 1845.

During a brief stay at Bonaparte, Iowa they were visted by Father Jeremiah Leavitt II who shortly after his arrival took sick and died. Mother Sarah S Leavitt recorded, "He sang Come Let Us Anew, as long as he had strength to sing and then wanted Eliza to sing it." Come Let Us Anew now stands at the Leavitt family hymn, sung on occasions of both sorrow and joy.

The family moved from Bonaparte to the Kanesville area for several years. They crossed the Plains with their five children, arriving in the Salt Lake Valley on Sept. 15, 1852.

From Tooele, Utah, Jeremiah was called to the Santa Clara Indian Mission on May 22, 1857. Living first in Santa Clara and then in Gunlock they suffered great losses in the flood of 1861-62. As a result of the various struggles associated with frontier life they helped carve out the communities of Mountain Meadows, Clover and Meadow Valleys and Hebron. They finally settled back in Gunlock where Jeremiah built a home and farmed.

Jeremiah was a hard working, good man who live was an example of faithfulness to his friends and family. Eliza's testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith remained with her to the end. It was on the strength of both of their testimonies that they were able to faithfully bring their young family to "Zion" and to settle and survive in Utah's Dixie.

Their earthly tabernacles now rest beside each other in this peaceful cemetery. And while the roots of their posterity are here in Gunlock, their descendants have since branched out in every direction. May their legacy be reflected in our lives and passed to our children for generations to come.

Placed by the Jeremiah Leavitt III Chapter of the Western Association of Leavitt Families. Dedicated 17 June 2006.

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Jeremiah Leavitt
Buried Here
10 Feb 1822 - 12 Apr 1878
Eliza Harrover Leavitt
Buried Here
20 Apr 1825 - 7 Jul 1905
Lucy Ann Leavitt Chamberlain
Buried Here
1847 - 1888
Sarah Priscilla Leavitt
Buried Here
1848 - 1864
Mary Ellen Leavitt Maxwell
Buried Here
1849 - 1896
Louise Leavitt Mangum Smith
Buried Here
1853 - 1943
Eliza Jane Leavitt Webb
Buried Here
1855 - 1892
Emma Leavitt Truman
Buried Here
1857 - 1922
Joseph Smith Leavitt
Buried Here
1860 - 1936
Josiah Leavitt
Buried Here
1862 - 1948
Melvina Leavitt
Buried Here
1865 - 1865
Lydia Melissa Leavitt
Buried Here
1867 - 1867
Jeremiah S Leavitt
Buried Here
18 Feb 1882 - 29 Mar 1895
Jeremiah Leavitt
Buried Here
10 Feb 1822 - 12 Apr 1878
Jeremiah Leavitt
Buried Here
7 Feb 1851 - 26 Jul 1931
BillionGraves.com record for Clarissa Ann Leavitt Hunt (1845 - 1879), BillionGraves Record Gunlock Cemetery, Veyo, Washington, Utah, United States, North America