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"Lorraine Leavitt Bridges Collection"

 

AGI-016-08 Lorraine Leavitt Bridges Collection 3B-3-6

This collection consists of papers and pictures of the Leavitt Family donated to the library by Jean Pufhal Vincent. Mrs. Vincent is the cousin of Lorraine Leavitt Bridges, the original owner of these papers.
 

Folder/Item

Contents

1

Photographs
  1. J. M. Leavitt, father of A. F. and Fred Leavitt
  2. ---, J. M. Leavitt, A. F. Leavitt
  3. A. F. Leavitt, J. M. Leavitt, Fred Leavitt

2

Veterans Records for Sylvester Leavitt. These are photocopies of the actual records.
  1. Casualty Sheet
  2. Company Muster and Descriptive Roll
  3. Record of Death and Interment
  4. Claim for Widow’s Pension, with Minor Children
  5. Transcript Record of marriage Sylvester Leavitt & Mary Whittemore, Cashocten, County Ohio
  6. Transcript of Isaac Stafford testimony concerning death of Sylvester Leavitt 2 pages
  7. Physician affidavit concerning birth of Julius M. Leavitt and Sylvester G. Leavitt 2 pages
  8. Cover letter for pension application
  9. Widow’s claim for Increase of Pension 2 pages
  10. Discharge (by reason of death) 2 pages
  11. Notification of Death of Sylvester Leavitt
  12. Letter acknowledging receipt of pension application
  13. Fifteen miscellaneous pages from pension file, mostly copies of above listed papers

3

Photocopies of papers concerning Leavitt Families
  1. Record of service, date of death, location of burial for Sylvester Leavitt
  2. Biographical sketch of Julius M. Leavitt
  3. Affidavit of A. J. Case, undertaker, on burial of Sylvester Leavitt. Also birth/death dates of Daniel Whittemore, Louisa (Goodhue)Whittemore, and Mary (Whittemore) Leavitt
  4. Birth/death dates of Gideon Leavitt, Mary (Sickles) Leavitt, Silvester Leavitt, Hannah Leavitt, Albert Leavitt, Gideon Leavitt, Clarissa Leavitt, Robert Leavitt, John Q. Leavitt, M. E. Leavitt, O. E. Leavitt, Josephine E. Leavitt
  5. Genealogy notes on "Mother’s Family" includes Philip Delaney, John Delaney, Sr.
  6. Letter from J. M. Leavitt to Thomas S. Leavitt dated 18 June 1934

4

Leavitt Family
  1. Military service record Alpheus Felch Leavitt
  2. Death certificate Alpheus Felch Leavitt (certified copy)
  3. Certificate of Honor Alpheus F. Leavitt
  4. Certified copy of Marriage Record Julius M. Leavitt and Florence J. Baldwin
  5. Ancestors of Willard Leavitt
  6. The following pages were taken from Leavitt, Volume IV by Emily Leavitt Noyes c. 1953
  7. Title Page
  8. First Generation Thomas Leavitt pages 19-22
  9. Fifth Generation Peter Leavitt page 53
  10. Sixth Generation James Leavitt page 71
  11. Gideon Leavitt page 116
  12. Silvester Leavitt page 204
  13. Pages 195-96 from History of Polk County Baptist Association biographical sketch Prof. Julius M. Leavitt
  14. Pages 668-69 from unnamed source biographical sketch Prof. Julius M. Leavitt
  15. Pages 770-71, 810-13 from History of Hampton Leavitt information 6 pages, 2 copies of each page
  16. Handwritten miscellaneous notes 3 pages
  17. Family group sheets as follows
  18. Julius Moses Leavitt & Florence J. Baldwin
  19. Wm. Sylvester Leavitt & Mary A. Whittemore
  20. Gideon Leavitt & Mary Sickles
  21. Daniel Bartlett Whittemore & Louise Goodhue

5

Correspondence
  1. Letter to Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Leavitt from Emerson S. Baldwin 14 April 1980 2 pages contains information on descendants of Joseph Davis Baldwin
  2. Photo of Joseph Davis Baldwin
  3. Photo of George Howard Baldwin
  4. Photo of Thomas Hannum Baldwin
  5. Photo of Adam Fordney Baldwin

The back of each photo contains birth, death dates.

6

Correspondence concerning Lorraine Leavitt Bridges application for membership in Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
  1. Thank you to Miss Lorraine Leavitt from Virginia Schooley 22 March 1940
  2. Letter to Mrs. Fahlow from Lorraine Leavitt Bridges 12 Oct 1976 seeking information to help with DAR application
  3. Letter to Mrs. Bridges from Charmaine Leavitt 30 mar 1976 2 pages
  4. Letter to Lorraine from Charmaine 21 Nov 1976
  5. Letter to Lorraine from Charmaine 27 mar 1977
  6. Letter to Lorraine from Dorothy (Rachel Donelson Chapter DAR) 11 Feb 1980
  7. DAR membership certificate for Helene Lorraine Leavitt Bridges
  8. Letter to Lorraine from Glenn 15 Oct. 1979
  9. Letter to Lorraine from Dorothy 14 Sep 1976 2 pages
  10. Letter to Lorraine from Dorothy 1 Aug 1977 contains 2 pages showing books on Leavitt, Leavett, Levett, Levit, etc.
  11. Letter to Lorraine from Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois 3 pages, no date
  12. Letter to Mrs. Bridges from Elizabeth P. White 6 April 1978
  13. Letter to Lorraine from Dorothy 29 May 1978
  14. Letter to Lorraine from Dorothy 15 Aug 1978
  15. Letter to Lorraine from Dorothy 20 Aug 1978
  16. Letter to Lorraine from Dorothy 6 July 1978
  17. Letter to Lorraine from Dorothy 26 Feb 1979 2 pages
  18. Letter to Mrs. Bridges from Elizabeth Edwards 17 July 1979 contains copies of pages 586 & 989 History of the Town of Hampton by Joseph Dow c. 1893
  19. Letter to Lorraine from Dorothy 19 July 1979
  20. Letter to Mrs. Bridges from Elizabeth Edwards 26 Sept 1979
  21. DAR Application for Gretchen Smith Smith 2 pages
  22. List of proofs for DAR application needed for Helene Lorraine Leavitt Bridges

 

 


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