JOHN R. LEAVENS, son of Peter E. Leavens, married Sarah M. Hill on May 18 1858. Their child, Frances, born in 1870 at Galesburg Michigan.
John R. Leavens says: — "On the 15th day of Aug. 1861 I went out in the late war, Co. B, 16th Iowa; through such battles as Shiloh, Corinth, Holly Springs, Champion Hill, Iuka the 19th day of Sept. '62, the second battle of Corinth 3rd and 4th of Oct. '62, the siege of Vicksburg which lasted 47 days. In '64 I returned home nearly exhausted weighing about 100 pounds."
SOURCE: Abstracted from Philo French Leavens, The Leavens Name Including Levings, p. 76
