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  1. John McDowell Leavitt: Birth: 10 May 1824 in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio. Death: 1909

  2. Edward Howe Leavitt: Birth: 18 Nov 1829 in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio. Death: 22 Jun 1888 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio

  3. Francis Johnston Leavitt: Birth: 4 Jan 1834 in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio. Death: 14 Mar 1895


Notes
a. Note:   �b�Jan Schurmann wrote to JVL of WALF:�/b� �b�Hello, My name is Jan Schuermann, Beethovenstrasse 2, 49143 Bissendorf, Germany. (email: [email protected], [email protected]) I am searching for the family of Emilie Schuermann (Schurmann, Shurman). Emilie was born in 1835 in Benares, Ganges River, India. Her Father was Rev. John Adam Schurmann, Missionary for the London Mission Society in Benares India. He translated the Bible into Hindi. John Adam Schurmann died in Beanres 1 October 1852, 42 years. He was a brother of my great great grandfather. Emilie married missionary Leavitt (perhaps 1856) who had studied also law. He was the son of a magistrate. They went "back to Amerika" in 1856. I don't have further information. I wonder and would be delighted if you can give me further information. Kind regards Jan Schuermann �/b� Jolene Passey, WALF researcher, found the following, 7 Dec 2007: Humphrey Howe Leavitt (June 18, 1796 - March 15, 1873) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Suffield, Connecticut to an old New England family involved in the purchase of the Western Reserve (Ohio) from the state of Connecticut, Leavitt moved to the Northwest Territory in 1800 with his parents, who settled in what became Trumbull County, Ohio. (�b�The town of Leavittsburg in Trumbull County had been named for the family�/b�.) He completed preparatory studies. He attended an academy in western Pennsylvania. He taught school. Clerked in a store. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Cadiz, Ohio. He moved to Steubenville in 1819. He served as prosecuting attorney of Jefferson County 1823-1829. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1825 and 1826. He served in the State senate in 1827 and 1828. He served as clerk of the common pleas and supreme court of Jefferson County in 1828. Leavitt was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John M. Goodenow. He was reelected to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses and served from December 6, 1830, until July 10, 1834, when he resigned to accept a judicial position. He was appointed by President Jackson to be United States judge of the district court for the district of Ohio on June 30, 1834, and served until March 31, 1871, when he resigned. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1855, when the State was divided into two Federal districts. He returned to Springfield in 1871. He engaged in literary pursuits. He was a member of the World's Convention on Prison Reform in London in 1872. He died in Springfield, Ohio, March 15, 1873. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
b. Note:   NF4848
Note:   From: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1355; Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume, 1607-1896 (Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Inc., 1967), 378; Judges of the United States. 2d ed. (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1983), 289: In December, 1821, Leavitt married Maria Antoinette McDowell, youngest daughter of Dr. John McDowell of Steubenville, Ohio. They were the parents of three sons: Edward H., Francis I., and John. Judge Leavitt died on March 15, 1873, at Springfield, Ohio, where he moved after his retirement. His body was interred at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.


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