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Benjamin Ashby Leavell

Male 1865 - 1929  (63 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Ashby Leavell was born 23 Aug 1865, Fredericksburg, Virginia (son of John Minor Leavell and Louisa Mildred Amiss); died 10 Jan 1929, District of Columbia (Washington, DC); was buried , Masonice Cemetery, Culpeper Virginia.

    Notes:

    258. BENJAMIN ASHBY LEAVELL (JOHN MINOR, BURWELL L., JOHN, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born August 23, 1865 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA, and died January 10, 1929 in Chevy Chase, Montgomery, Maryland, USA. He married ELIZABETH BACON OLIVER. She was born December 1872 in Washington D.C., USA.

    Notes for BENJAMIN ASHBY LEAVELL:
    1900 census Washington, Washington, District of Columbia
    Benjamin Leavell...Aug 1865...34...married 8 yrs. ...VA...VA...VA
    Elizabeth O. Leavell...Dec 1872...27...VA...KY...Washington DC
    Mary M. Leavell...March 1893...7...Wash DC
    John M. Leavell...Aug 1894...5...VA
    Rose Collins...servant...black...March 1855...VA...VA...VA

    1920 - Newport News Ward 4, Newport News (Independent City), Virginia
    Paul Steefer...30...NJ, NJ, NJ
    Mildred Steefer...26...DC, VA, DC
    Elizabeth Steefer...5...VA, NJ, DC
    Paul Steefer...1 6/12...VA, NJ, DC
    Jennie Maguire...14...servant...PA, NC, Ireland
    John Leavell 25...VA, VA, District of Columbia...brother-in-law

    http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#RYK09GLWP
    " Leavell, Elizabeth Oliver - also known as Elizabeth Bacon Oliver; Mrs. B. Ashby Leavell - of Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Washington, D.C. Daughter of John Nicholas Oliver and Mary Elizabeth (Towers) Oliver; married to B. Ashby Leavell. Democrat. Activist in woman suffrage movement; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1928. Female. Member, League of Women Voters. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

    Children of BENJAMIN LEAVELL and ELIZABETH OLIVER are:
    696.....i.....MARY MILDRED LEAVELL, b. March 1893, Virginia, USA.
    .....ii.....JOHN MINOR LEAVELL, b. August 10, 1894, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA; d. December 1980, Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, USA.

    Benjamin married Elizabeth Bacon Oliver 15 Jun 1892, Washington, DC. Elizabeth was born 15 Dec 1871, Washington, DC; died 2 Jun 1952, Washington, DC; was buried , Masonic Cemetery, Culpeper, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Mary Mildred Leavell was born 18 Mar 1893, Washington, DC; died 24 Apr 1976; was buried , H Warren Smith Memorial Cemetery Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
    2. John Minor Leavell was born 10 Aug 1894, Culpeper County, Virginia; died 9 Dec 1980, Berryville, Virginia; was buried , Warrenton Cemetery, Virginia.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Minor Leavell was born 28 Mar 1824, Culpeper County, Virginia (son of Burwell L. Leavell and Anne Goulder Spindle); died 13 Jun 1894, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Masonic Cemetery Culpeper, Virginia.

    Notes:

    http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Genealogy/LeavellFam2.html

    69. JOHN MINOR LEAVELL (BURWELL L., JOHN, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born March 28, 1824 in Culpeper County, Virginia, USA, and died June 13, 1894 in Spotslyvania County, Virginia, USA. He married LOUISA MILDRED AMISS November 19, 1846 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA, daughter of ELIJAH AMISS and ELIZABETH ROYSTON. She was born February 27, 1827 in Virginia, USA, and died April 21, 1901. They were married by Rev. William Thomas Leavell in the Protestant Episocopal church.

    1850 CENSUS Rappahannock, Virginia (21 Sept 1850)
    301...301
    Leavel, John M. ...26...merchant...$1700...VA
    Leavel, Louisa M. ...23...VA
    Leavel, William T. ...9/12...VA
    Leavell, Benjamin L. ...24...clerk...VA
    Heaney, Thadeus...13...VA
    Amiss, Thomas B. W. ...11...VA

    Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Rappahannock, Virginia; Roll: M653_1374; Page: 154; Image: 169; Family History Library Film: 805374.
    John M Leavell...36...VA...farmer...$8100 real, $8548 personal
    Louisa Leavell...33...VA
    Wm T Leavell...10...VA
    John S Leavell...5...VA
    Nannie F Leavell...3...VA
    Thos B Amiss...22...VA...physician...$8000 personal
    Nannie Amiss...19...VA...$8500 personal
    Fannie E Amiss...2...VA...$3000 personal
    Edward S Amiss...15...VA...$3000 personal

    Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Jackson, Rappahannock, Virginia; Roll: M593_1674; Page: 125B; Image: 254; Family History Library Film: 553173
    Jno M Leavell...46...VA...farmer...$4000 real, $1000 personal
    Louisa M Leavell...42...VA
    John S Leavell...15...VA
    Mannie F Leavell...13...VA
    Lizzie W Leavell...8...VA
    Benjamin A Leavell...4...VA
    Byrd J Leavell...1...VA
    Reata Amiss...30...VA
    Fannie E Amiss...22...VA
    Charles Shomsell...24...B...VA
    Lucy Shomsell...31...B...VA
    William Shomsell...6...B...VA
    Franklin Shomsell...5...B...VA
    Lena Shomsell...3...B...VA
    Henry E Shomsell...1/12...B...VA
    Lucy A Corbin...18...VA...white
    Lidia Johnson...11...B...VA

    1880 Census Place Stevensburg, Culpeper, Virginia
    Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
    Jno. M. Leavell...Self...M...Male...W...56...VA...Salesman In Store...VA...VA
    Louisa M. Leavell...Wife...M...Female...W...53...VA...Keeping House...VA...VA
    Lizzie N Leavell...Dau...S...Female...W...18...VA...At Home...VA...VA
    B. Ashby Leavell...Son......Male...W...14...VA...At Home...VA...VA
    J. E. B. S. Leavell...Son...S...Male...W...11...VA...At Home...VA...VA
    Anna B. Farish...Cousin...S...Female...W...18...VA...At School...VA...VA
    Fannie E. Amiss...Niece...S...Female...W...30...VA...At Home...VA...VA
    Kate O. F. Amiss...Cousin...S...Female...W...36...VA...Teaching School...VA...VA
    Rebecca Green...Other...S...Female...B...23...VA...Cook...VA...VA
    Albert Green...Other...S...Male...B...2...VA...VA...VA

    Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Center, Fauquier, Virginia; Roll: 1708; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 26; FHL microfilm: 1241708.
    Elison S Blackwell...50...Oct 1849...VA, VA, VA...married 22 years...farmer
    Nannie L Blackwell...42...Sept 1857...VA, VA, VA...married 22 years...6 children, 6 living...
    Agnes N Blackwell...20...Oct 1878...VA, VA, VA...dau
    Louise S Blackwell...18...Jul 1881...VA, VA, VA...dau
    Nannie L Blackwell...17...Oct 1882...VA, VA, VA...dau
    Joseph M Blackwell...11...Apr 1889...VA, VA, VA...son
    Edwin S Blackwell...8...Sept 1891...VA, VA, VA...son
    John D Blackwell...3...Apr 1897...VA, VA, VA...son
    Lizzie N Leavell...38...Jul 1861...VA, VA, VA...single...sister-in-law...school teacher
    Louise M Leavell...73...Feb 1827...VA, VA, VA...widowed...mother-in-law
    Virginia Willis...45...Mar 1855...B...VA, VA, VA...servant
    Jacob Butler...25...Apr 1875...B...VA, VA, VA...servant
    Randolph Walker...70...Jan 1830...B...VA, VA, VA...widowed...servant
    Robert Cary...39...Oct 1860...B...VA, VA, VA...servant

    WASHINGTON POST, 22 April 1901
    ...On Sunday, April 21, 1901, at 2:49 p.m., at the residence of her son, B. Ashby Leavell, 1749 corcoran street northwest, Louisa Mildred Leavell, widow of John Minor Leavell, of Culpeper, Va.
    ...Interment Tuesday at 3 P.M. at Culpeper, Virginia.
    (Culpeper, Warrenton, and Fredericksburg papers please copy.)

    CULPEPER: CEMETERY RECORDS - MASONIC CEMETERY
    Cemetery Location: .5 mile north of Culpeper, Virginia on Route #685 east side of road. Culpeper Co.
    Louise Mildred
    wife of John M. Leavell
    Born Feb. 29, 1827
    Died Apr. 21, 1901

    John M. Leavell
    Born March 28, 1824
    Died June 13, 1894

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    John married Louisa Mildred Amiss 19 Nov 1846, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Louisa (daughter of Elijah Amiss and Elizabeth Royston) was born 9 Feb 1827, Virginia; died 21 Apr 1901, Disctrict of Columbia; was buried , Masonic Cemetery, Culpeper, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Louisa Mildred Amiss was born 9 Feb 1827, Virginia (daughter of Elijah Amiss and Elizabeth Royston); died 21 Apr 1901, Disctrict of Columbia; was buried , Masonic Cemetery, Culpeper, Virginia.

    Notes:

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    Children:
    1. William Thomas Leavell was born 21 Sep 1849, Rappahannock County, Virginia; died 8 Oct 1931, Portsmouth, Virginia.
    2. John Shackelford Leavell was born 14 Feb 1853, Fredericksburg, Virginia; died 3 Mar 1932, Carolina County, Virginia; was buried , Leavell Family Cemetery, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    3. Nannie Filmore Leavell was born 8 Sep 1856, Fredericksburg, Virginia; died 13 Nov 1946; was buried , Warrenton Cemetery Warrenton, Virginia.
    4. Lizzie Newton Leavell was born 1 Jul 1861; died 17 Aug 1959; was buried , Masonic Cemetery Culpeper, Virginia.
    5. 1. Benjamin Ashby Leavell was born 23 Aug 1865, Fredericksburg, Virginia; died 10 Jan 1929, District of Columbia (Washington, DC); was buried , Masonice Cemetery, Culpeper Virginia.
    6. Jackson Edmund Byrd Stuart Leavell was born 18 Mar 1869, Rappahannock, Virginia; died 17 Jan 1956; was buried , Masonic Cemetery Culpeper, Virginia.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Burwell L. LeavellBurwell L. Leavell was born 11 Apr 1775, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 28 Dec 1847, Cloverdale, Spotsylvania County, VA; was buried , Leavell Family Cemetery, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

    Burwell married Anne Goulder Spindle 1 Dec 1803, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Anne was born 30 Jul 1785, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 9 Jul 1849, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Leavell Family Cemetery Spotsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Anne Goulder Spindle was born 30 Jul 1785, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 9 Jul 1849, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Leavell Family Cemetery Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    Children:
    1. Edmund S Leavell was born 20 Oct 1804, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 17 Nov 1858, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Snow Hill Plantation Cemetery .
    2. Ann Elizabeth Leavell was born 8 May 1806, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 18 Jul 1852; was buried , Amiss and Alsop Graveyard Rappahannock County, Virginia.
    3. William S Leavell was born 7 Sep 1807, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 29 Apr 1813, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    4. Byrd Carter Leavell was born 8 Sep 1810, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 23 Jan 1855, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Leavell Cemetery, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    5. Rev. William Thomas Leavell was born 11 Sep 1813, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 25 Aug 1899, Berkeley, West Virginia; was buried , Zion Episcopal Churchyard Charles Town, West Virginia.
    6. Andrew Jackson Leavell was born 11 Jun 1816, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 10 Apr 1886, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    7. Margaret E. Leavell was born 20 Apr 1818, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 5 Sep 1829, Virginia.
    8. Hugh Corrin Leavell was born 13 Jul 1820, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 8 Apr 1862, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    9. Evelina Letitia Frances Leavell was born 24 Apr 1822, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 2 Jan 1890, Texas; was buried , Pebble Mound Cemetery Burnet County, Texas.
    10. 2. John Minor Leavell was born 28 Mar 1824, Culpeper County, Virginia; died 13 Jun 1894, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Masonic Cemetery Culpeper, Virginia.
    11. Benjamin Long Leavell was born 14 Feb 1826, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 10 Apr 1886, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Leavell Family Cemetery Spotsylvanis County, Virginia.
    12. Lucy Maury Leavell was born 15 Jan 1828, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 27 Jun 1828, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    13. Caroline Matilda Leavell was born 2 Jun 1829, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 18 Jul 1829.

  3. 6.  Elijah Amiss was born 21 May 1792; died 2 Jan 1852, Rappahannock, Virginia; was buried , Amiss and Alsop Graveyard Rappahannock County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Notes for ELIJAH AMISS:
    1850 Rappahannock County, Virginia Census:
    Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: , Rappahannock, Virginia; Roll: M432_972; Page: 106; Image: 210.
    Amiss, Elijah, 38, farmer, b. VA
    Amiss, Ann E., 44, b. VA
    Amiss, John B., 16, b. VA, student
    Amiss, Thomas B., 11, born VA
    Amiss, ?, female, 7, b. VA
    Amiss, Amanda, 7, b. VA
    Amiss, Joseph M., 6, b. VA
    Amiss, Edmund L., 5, b. VA
    Amiss, Eliza S., 4, b. VA
    Amiss, Fannie E., 3, b. VA
    Leavel, Littleton, 52, b. VA, overseer
    Mcguire, Georganna, 17
    Mcquire, Sarah, 26

    Elijah married Elizabeth Royston 1822. Elizabeth was born 1792; died 1831. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Royston was born 1792; died 1831.
    Children:
    1. Lavinia Hamit Amiss was born 27 Jun 1825; died 22 Apr 1861, Slate Mills, Virginia .
    2. 3. Louisa Mildred Amiss was born 9 Feb 1827, Virginia; died 21 Apr 1901, Disctrict of Columbia; was buried , Masonic Cemetery, Culpeper, Virginia.
    3. Dr. William Henry Amiss was born 12 Nov 1829; died 8 Aug 1903, Sperryville, Virginia; was buried , Saint Paul's Episcopal Churchyard Rappahannock County, Virginia.