Jeanette <I>Smith</I> Leavitt

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Jeanette Smith Leavitt

Birth
Santa Clara, Washington County, Utah, USA
Death
7 Apr 1911 (aged 65–66)
Bunkerville, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Burial
Bunkerville, Clark County, Nevada, USA
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Realizing that brutal indian captors intended to kill their terrified hostage, Calvin Lazell and Sarah Fish Smith of Parowan Utah, successfully bartered and pleaded for the lamanite child, then soothed the little girl and carried her home, knowing she was preserved for a purpose. They named her Jeanette and commenced to nurture and train her as their own. Jeanette adapted to her new life. She was tidy, sang soprano in the choir, and became a first rate cook and seamstress.


Jeanette, shy in nature, staunchly declared, there is only one man I will marry and that was Dudley Leavitt. As his fourth wife she is known for her kindness and humility. In addition to rearing her own children she was a surrogate mother to others. Jeanette was gentle, steadfast, and aware of a promised blessing that her posterity would bring honor to the Leavitt name and to the church.


Transcription from the rearside of her headstone. Bunkerville Cemetery, Bunkerville, Nevada
Realizing that brutal indian captors intended to kill their terrified hostage, Calvin Lazell and Sarah Fish Smith of Parowan Utah, successfully bartered and pleaded for the lamanite child, then soothed the little girl and carried her home, knowing she was preserved for a purpose. They named her Jeanette and commenced to nurture and train her as their own. Jeanette adapted to her new life. She was tidy, sang soprano in the choir, and became a first rate cook and seamstress.


Jeanette, shy in nature, staunchly declared, there is only one man I will marry and that was Dudley Leavitt. As his fourth wife she is known for her kindness and humility. In addition to rearing her own children she was a surrogate mother to others. Jeanette was gentle, steadfast, and aware of a promised blessing that her posterity would bring honor to the Leavitt name and to the church.


Transcription from the rearside of her headstone. Bunkerville Cemetery, Bunkerville, Nevada

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