When Josiah Leavitt was born on 22 December 1823, in Compton, Compton, Quebec, Canada, his father, John Leavitt, was 25 and his mother, Lucy Rowell, was 20. He married Charlotte Lane on 25 December 1851, in Township of Cambria, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Cambria, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States in 1850. In 1869, at the age of 46, his occupation is listed as served as city councilman in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. He died on 24 June 1896, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English:
(of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French leuet ‘wolf cub’ (see Low 3).
habitational name from any of various places in Normandy called Livet. All are of obscure, presumably Gaulish, etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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