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Benjamin Ashby Leavell[1, 2, 3]

Male 1865 - 1929  (63 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Ashby Leavell 
    Born 23 Aug 1865  Fredericksburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Jan 1929  District of Columbia (Washington, DC) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Masonice Cemetery, Culpeper Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5653  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2020 

    Father John Minor Leavell,   b. 28 Mar 1824, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1894, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother 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 
    Family ID F2118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Bacon Oliver,   b. 15 Dec 1871, Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1952, Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 15 Jun 1892  Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Mildred Leavell,   b. 18 Mar 1893, Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1976  (Age 83 years)
     2. John Minor Leavell,   b. 10 Aug 1894, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1980, Berryville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 18 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F2197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    B Ashby Leavell
    B Ashby Leavell
    Evening Star
    Jan 11, 1929

    Documents
    Benjamin Ashby Leavell-Obit
    Benjamin Ashby Leavell-Obit
    Free Lance Star
    Jan 22, 1929
    Death Certificate-Benjamin Ashley Leavell
    Death Certificate-Benjamin Ashley Leavell
    b.ashley leavell.jpg
    Leavell-Oliver Marriage Record
    Leavell-Oliver Marriage Record
    leavell-oliver marriage.jpg
    Benjamin Ashby Leavell-Obit
    Benjamin Ashby Leavell-Obit
    Evening Star
    Jan 11, 1929

    Headstones
    Benjamin Ashby Leavell
    Benjamin Ashby Leavell
    Masonic Cemetery
    Culpeper, Virginia

    Histories
    Benjamin Ashby Leavell
    Benjamin Ashby Leavell
    The Washington Post Feb 19, 1919
    B Ashby Leavell-Arrests Himself
    B Ashby Leavell-Arrests Himself
    The Washington Herald
    Feb 13, 1914
    Benjamin A Leavell-Assistant Trust Officer
    Benjamin A Leavell-Assistant Trust Officer
    The Washington Times
    Jun 19, 1922
    Benjamin Ashby Leavell-Paste Pot Hurler
    Benjamin Ashby Leavell-Paste Pot Hurler
    The Washington Times
    Feb 11, 1914
    Benjamin Ashby Leavell-Must Pay $75 Fine
    Benjamin Ashby Leavell-Must Pay $75 Fine
    The Washington Times
    Mar 6, 1914

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Carter Powell, http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Genealogy/LeavellFam3b.html.

    2. [S27] Carter Powell, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32577743.

    3. [S138] Family History Center.
      Marriage Record

    4. [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X21R-BH3.