Jeanette Leavitt

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Realizing that brutal Indian captors intended to kill their terrified hostage, John Calvin Lazelle and Sarah Fish Smith of Parowan Utah, successfully bartered and pleaded for the Lamanite child, then soothed the little girl and carried her home, knowing she was preserved for a purpose. They named her Jeanette and commenced to nurture and train her as their own. Jeanette adapted to her new life. She was tidy, sang soprano in the choir, and became a first rate cook and seamstress.

Jeanette, shy in nature, staunchly declared, there is only one man I will marry and that was Dudley Leavitt. As his fourth wife she is known for her kindness and humility. In addition to rearing her own children she was a surrogate mother to others. Jeanette was gentle, steadfast, and aware of a promised blessing that her posterity would bring honor to the Leavitt name and to the church.

Transcription from the rearside of her headstone. Bunkerville Cemetery, Bunkerville, Nevada

Adoptive Parents:

John Calvin Lazell Smith (1821 - 1855)

Sarah Fish McGregor (1828 - 1905)

Spouses:

Dudley Leavitt (1830 - 1908)

Children:

Anna Miriah Leavitt Sprague (1861 - 1911)

Calvin Smith Leavitt (1865 - 1894)

Adelbert Leavitt (1865 - 1866)

Sarah Jane Leavitt Barnum (1868 - 1945)

Helaman Leavitt (1870 - 1871)

Clarence Dudley Leavitt (1872 - 1946)

Marinda Leavitt Hooper (1874 - 1964)

Rosena Leavitt McKnight (1888 - 1932)

Benjamin Heber (dates unknown)

Oliver (dates unknown)

Deborah (dates unknown)

Rozena (dates unknown)

Maintained by: For My Girls

Originally Created by: gabby bug

Record added: Oct 10, 2006

Find A Grave Memorial# 16133843

Jeanette, shy in nature, staunchly declared, there is only one man I will marry and that was Dudley Leavitt. As his fourth wife she is known for her kindness and humility. In addition to rearing her own children she was a surrogate mother to others. Jeanette was gentle, steadfast, and aware of a promised blessing that her posterity would bring honor to the Leavitt name and to the church.

Transcription from the rearside of her headstone. Bunkerville Cemetery, Bunkerville, Nevada

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via father John Calvin Lazell Smith by SmartCopy: Jun 13 2015, 13:03:05 UTC

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Realizing that brutal indian captors intended to kill their terrified hostage, Calvin Lazell and Sarah Fish Smith of Parowan Utah, successfully bartered and pleaded for the lamanite child, then soothed the little girl and carried her home, knowing she was preserved for a purpose. They named her Jeanette and commenced to nurture and train her as their own. Jeanette adapted to her new life. She was tidy, sang soprano in the choir, and became a first rate cook and seamstress.

Jeanette, shy in nature, staunchly declared, there is only one man I will marry and that was Dudley Leavitt. As his fourth wife she is known for her kindness and humility. In addition to rearing her own children she was a surrogate mother to others. Jeanette was gentle, steadfast, and aware of a promised blessing that her posterity would bring honor to the Leavitt name and to the church.

Transcription from the rearside of her headstone. Bunkerville Cemetery, Bunkerville, Nevada

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 31 2016, 3:23:01 UTC
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 31 2016, 3:52:19 UTC

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• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Aug 11 2017, 20:41:31 UTC