When Mariah Huntsman was born on 20 February 1841, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, James William Huntsman, was 34 and her mother, Hannah Ralston Davis, was 25. She married Dudley Leavitt on 12 August 1855, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Mohave, Arizona, United States in 1880. She died on 30 July 1922, in Mesquite, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Bunkerville, Clark, Nevada, United States.
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