History
Born in Suffield, Connecticut to an old New England family involved in the purchase of the Western Reserve from the state of Connecticut, Leavitt moved to the Northwest Territory in 1800 with his parents, Capt. John Wheeler Leavitt and Silence (Fitch) Leavitt, who settled in what became Trumbull County, Ohio. (The town of Leavittsburg in Trumbull County was named for the family.) While still an adolescent, Leavitt served in the United States Army during the War of 1812.
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