HINGHAM, Massachusetts Hingham is a southeast suburb of Boston. It was the second home of John Leavitt. At nineteen, he was a runaway engli...

As the Pioneers started their settlement in the valley they built forts to house and protect the people. The first fort known as the Old For...

In 1846 Phoebe and her son and daughters started west . By mid-May more that 12, 000 members had crossed the Mississippi River. Phoebe and h...

With the expulsion of members of the church from Missouri, they had to reestablish themselves in another location. They were initially recei...

Weare and the other Leavitt families are reported to have arrived at Twelve-Mile Grove on September 19, 1837. They obviously decided or were...

Finally, with their preparations complete, the Leavitt family left Hatley on July 20, 1837. Juanita Brooks reports that the train of seven w...

Juanita Brooks, in her history of Dudley Leavitt, notes that after the death of Jeremiah I, Sarah Shannon Leavitt continued to be a strong i...