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Show An old folks party at the Bunkerville Old Rock Church sometime before 1908. Standing left: Lister Leavitt, Parley Hunt, Wier Leavitt, Mary Ellen Leavitt, , Lydia Leavitt Hughes, Walter Hughes. Seated left: William E. Abbott, Mary Jane Leavitt, James E. Hughes, Mrs. Hughes, Nephi Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, Mariah Leavitt, Mary Leavitt, Dudley Leavitt, Thirza Leavitt, Janet Leavitt, Martha Hughes Leavitt, Ithamar Sprague, Annie Leavitt Sorague. Rear of table: _, Standing right: Hubert A. Leavitt, _, Arthur Hughes, OrillaL. Hughes, Samuel Reber, Ella Abbott Leavitt. Seated right: Susan Hunt, , , Mary Ann Hafen,. i Viola Earl, Joseph Earl, Lovisa Abbott, Myron Abbott, Minty Bunker, Edward Bunker, Jr. Near end of table: Brother White and Lemuel Leavitt. Dudley Leavitt with his wives Mary (left) and Mariah (right) and their youngest children, Daniel, born in 1879, and Ira, born in 1882. This handsome brick home in Mesquite, Nevada, was built by Franklin S. Leavitt and later sold to Mary Elenor Leavitt. During the last years of her life Thirza slept here and walked the few blocks to her own small rock house each day. "Our Crowd," the young ladies of Bunkerville ca. 1895. Front row: Elmira Leavitt, daughter of Helena and Orange, married A. J. Barnum, Jr.; Mary Elizabeth Waite, married Calvin, son of Janet and Dudley, and after his death, she married W. C. Bowman; Sarah (Sadie), daughter of Dudley and Mariah, married John Hanson and, later, Andrew Pulsipher; Lillie May Barnum Leavitt, wife of Charles Albert Leavitt (son of Dudley and Mariah), with Charles, Jr.; Bertha Hafen, married Edgar Leavitt, son of Dudley, Jr. Second row: Theressa Leavitt, youngest daughter of Dudley and Thirza, married Solon Edwin Huntsman; Ellen Leavitt, daughter of Alfred Wier Leavitt and Idella Hunt, married Albert Hafen; Nora Leavitt, daughter of Dudley and Mariah, married Nephi Hunt; Edith Knight, daughter of Laura Melva Leavitt and Samuel Knight, married Harmon Wittwer; Sarah Waite, married Andrew Pulsipher, died childless; Orilla Leavitt, daughter of Thomas D. and Luella Abbott Leavitt, married Arthur Hughes; Annie Barnum, daughter of Ann Pulsipher and James Barnum, married Christopher Lister Leavitt, son of Dudley and Thirza. Lister Leavitt, Charles Albert Leavitt, Andrew Pulsipher, Medora Leavitt Waite, Lydia Leavitt Hughes, Mary Barnum Leavitt. Dudley Leavitt and Mariah Huntsman Leavitt. Thomas S. Terry and Louisa Hannah Leavitt with their children: David Dudley, Maud Etna, Mary Elsie, and Jedediah Merkins. Four generations: Mary Huntsman Leavitt, left; Louisa Hannah Leavitt Terry, right; Mary Elsie Terry Bunker, top; and Elphine Bunker, bottom. Dudley Leavitt, Jr., and Mary Elizabeth Pulsipher with their children: Orson Welcome, Zerah Royal, Dudley Edgar, and twins Mable Lydia and Martha Minerva. m f UP 1 \ v -«L fe *^ i ^ * » ^ i ImWrn # • | *s> «•» • nn David Leavitt, second son ot Dudley and Mary, died unmarried. Alonzo Thomas Leavitt and Udora Hunt with their children Ralph and Roxey. Franklin Samuel Leavitt and Franklin Samuel Leavitt and Malinda Hunt with their first son, Ernest. Aaron Huntsman Leavitt and Mary Jane Leavitt and William Clarissa Ellen Hughes with daughter Abbott with one of their children. Leora. Standing, Martha Hughes. Mabel Lillian Leavitt and Herbert W. Daniel Lemuel Leavitt and Penelope Waite with their children Vinda (Nello) Burgess, and Velma. vm The family of Elsie Leavitt and Samuel Hooper ca. 1912. Back row: Bertha Mariah, Thomas Dudley, Medora, John Albert, Orilla; front row: Lydia Ellen (Nellie), WilliamR., Mother Elsie Leavitt, Walter Jay, Father Samuel Hooper, Duane, Samuel Melvin. Sarah Maria Leavitt and John Peter Hansen and their children, Mariah Christina, Annie Charlotta, andElmina. Hubert Arthur Leavitt and Sarah Elizabeth Canfield. Medora Leavitt and Jesse Waite with their children: standing, Hazel, Jesse Leroy, William Noble, Laprele; seated, Guy and Iris. Nora Leavitt and Jonathan Nephi Hunt. Nora Leavitt and Jonathan Nephi Hunt on their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Jeremy Leavitt and Martha M. Hughes. Ira Dudley Leavitt and Josepha Abbott with sons Ira Curtis and Clausen. Three sons of Dudley and Thirza: Christopher Lister, Alfred Wier, and Dudley Henry. Alfred Wier Leavitt and Idella Hunt with their children Parley, Ellen (standing rear), and Alice. Franklin S. Leavitt and his wife Malinda Hunt, Wier Leavitt, Alonzo Leavitt, Mother Susan Hunt, boys Nephi and George Hunt, Idella Hunt, wife of Wier, and UdoraHunt, wife of Alonzo. Thirza Helen Leavitt, daughter of Thirza and Dudley, married a cousin, Orange D. Leavitt. Mary Elenor Leavitt joined her sister as the second wife of Orange D. Leavitt, one of few second generation poly gamists. Dudley Henry Leavitt and Mary Hafen Leavitt. Theressa Leavitt and Solon Huntsman. Emma Lorena Leavitt and Charles Milton Hardy. Betsy Leavitt and Heber H. Hardy with their sons Merlin, Dudley, and Warren. Wedding picture of Betsy Leavitt and Heber H Hardy. Golden wedding family picture. Bottom row: Lucinda Nelson, Donetta Potter, Father Christopher Lister Leavitt, Mother Annie Barnum Leavitt, Lister H. Leavitt. Middle row: Ha May Justin, Barnum Leavitt, NellL. Granger, Jack Leavitt, Stella Pingle, Jacob H. Leavitt. Top row-: Gene Leavitt, James Gilbert Leavitt, Glen H. Leavitt, Ross Leavitt, Evan Leavitt, Theron Leavitt. Janet Smith Leavitt, taken before or at the time of her marriage to Dudley. From an old tintype. Back row: Jeannetta Minerva, Virginia, James Murray, Calvin Dudley, Naomi; front row: Verneth, Father A. James Barnum, Mother Sara Jane Leavitt, Sarah Ann. Back row: Father Ithamar S. Sprague, Ithamar Dudley, Oliver, Mother Annie Maria Leavitt; front row: Milo, Orson, Harvey. Wedding picture of Calvin Smith Leavitt and Mary Elizabeth Waite, May 26,1891. Martha Hughes Pulsipher Leavitt. Lydia Leavitt Hughes. The author is grateful for the help of the following individuals in locating these valuable family pictures: Selena H. Leavitt, Ralph Huntsman, Cleone Sheffer, Daisy Reber, Clara Terry, Mary H. Leavitt, Jessie Hunt, Carol D. Hardin, and LeOra Reber. |
