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John Minor Leavell[1]

Male 1824 - 1894  (70 years)


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  • Name John Minor Leavell 
    • .
    Born 28 Mar 1824  Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Jun 1894  Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Masonic Cemetery Culpeper, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5645  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2018 

    Father Burwell L. Leavell,   b. 11 Apr 1775, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1847, Cloverdale, Spotsylvania County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Anne Goulder Spindle,   b. 30 Jul 1785, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1849, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 1 Dec 1803  Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2133  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Louisa Mildred Amiss,   b. 9 Feb 1827, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1901, Disctrict of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 19 Nov 1846  Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Type: Married by Rev William Thomas Leavell  
    Children 
    +1. William Thomas Leavell,   b. 21 Sep 1849, Rappahannock County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1931, Portsmouth, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. John Shackelford Leavell,   b. 14 Feb 1853, Fredericksburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1932, Carolina County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +3. Nannie Filmore Leavell,   b. 8 Sep 1856, Fredericksburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1946  (Age 90 years)
     4. Lizzie Newton Leavell,   b. 1 Jul 1861,   d. 17 Aug 1959  (Age 98 years)
    +5. Benjamin Ashby Leavell,   b. 23 Aug 1865, Fredericksburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1929, District of Columbia (Washington, DC) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    +6. Jackson Edmund Byrd Stuart Leavell,   b. 18 Mar 1869, Rappahannock, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1956  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2015 
    Family ID F2118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    John Minor Leavell-Obit
    John Minor Leavell-Obit
    Daily Star Jun 19, 1894
    Louisa Mildred Leavell-Obit
    Louisa Mildred Leavell-Obit
    The Richmond Times
    Apr 23, 1901
    John Minor Leavell-Obit
    John Minor Leavell-Obit
    Free Lance
    Jun 19, 1894
    Amiss-Leavell Marriage
    Amiss-Leavell Marriage
    Alexandria Gazette
    Nov 30, 1846

    Headstones
    John Minor Leavell
    John Minor Leavell
    Masonic Cemetery
    Culpeper, Virginia

    Histories
    William T Leavell-Lucky Shot
    William T Leavell-Lucky Shot
    Alexandria Gazette
    May 23, 1860

  • 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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  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Carter Powell, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=leavell&GSfn=john++&GSmn=minor+&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=26595125&df=all&.