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bor, Xew York. He graduated at Yale Col-
lege and settled at Danville, Vermont, about
1784. residing there many years. He mar-
ried (first) July I, 1761. Catherine, widow of
Culi)eper Frisby, and daughter of John
Conkling. of Suffolk county, Xew York,
lie married (second) Eunice Sperry. Dr.
IVederick Leavenworth, son of Colonel
Jesse and Catherine (Conkling-Frisby)
Leavenworth, was born September 4, 1766,
in W'aterbury, where he engaged in the
practice of medicine, and also in manufac-
turing, and died May 17, 1840. He mar-
ried. May 19, 1796, Fanny, daughter of Ab-
ner and Lydia (Bunnell) Johnson, of Wat-
erbury, born February 28, 1766, died May
14, 1852. Abner Johnson Leavenworth, sec-
ond son of Dr. Frederick and Fanny (John-
son) Leavenworth, was born July 12, 1803,
in W'aterbury, and died February 12, iS6g,
in Petersburg, \"irginia. He graduated at
Amherst College in 1825, studied theology
at Andover Seminary, and was licensed to
preach, April 22, 1828. He was ordained
pastor of the Congregational church at Bris-
tol, Connecticut, December 16, 1829, and
continued two years in that charge, when he
removed to Charlotte, North Carolina, and
became pastor of the Presbyterian church
there. He also established a young ladies'
school, of which he was principal, and was
very active in ecclesiastical affairs in the
state. By lectures, newspaper articles and
the distribution of tracts, he endeavored to
stimulate the interest of the people of that
state in public education. In 1838 he re-
moved to W'arrinton, Virginia, where he es-
tablished a school. One year later he went
to Petersburg to take charge of the new
High Street Church, leaving his school at
W'arrinton in charge of his wife. For four
years he was pastor of the High Street
Church, and also established a school at
Petersburg, which attained a very great
success, previous to the civil war. That
struggle interfered with the school, but it
was resumed, and again took high place
among the educational institutions of the
state. Mr. Leavenworth was engaged here,
as in North Carolina, in educational work,
and at the time of his death was correspond-
ing secretary of the Virginia Educational
Association, in whose organization he was
an active jjarticipntor. He married. June 14,
1831. h'lizabeth Manning Pcabody. of Salem.
Massachusetts, born March 30. 1809, died
June 25, 1841. daughter of John and Eliza-
beth (Manning) Peabody. She was of great
assistance to him in his school work, and
left an impress upon educational matters
of the state. Children : Frederick P., born
June 13, 1833, was a railroad engineer, and
resided at Shreveport, Louisiana ; Helen
Elizabeth, above mentioned as the wife of
John (2) McGill ; Abner Augustus and Mary
Frances, died in infancy. The children of
John (2) McGill were: John and Frederick,
died during the civil war ; Helen Leslie, wife
of Alexander Hamilton, of Petersburg;
Fanny Page, Mrs. F. R. Lassiter, died Jan-
uary I, 1906; William L., of Petersburg,
married Otelia Mahone ; Dora Stuart, wife
of Thomas B. Scott, of Richmond ; ^lary
Peabody. Mrs. Thomas A. Johnson, of
Rochester. New York; Elisha Leavenworth,
of further mention ; Grace Leavenworth,
wife of Iredell Jones, of Columbia, South
Carolina.
(HI) Dr. Elisha Leavenworth McGill, son of John (2) and Helen Elizabeth (Leav- enworth) McGill, was born May 12, 1875, in Petersburg, and was educated in the cele- brated McCabe's School of that city, and the \"irginia Military Institute, from which he graduated in 1897. Following this he en- tered the medical department of Columbia University, New York, from which he was graduated in 1901. After a valuable ex- perience in the City Hospital on Black- well's Island, New York, he was for some time associated with the Children's Hospi- tal on Randolph Island. In 1904 he estab- lished a practice in his native city, where he has gained success and popularity. His standing in the profession is indicated by his membership in numerous medical asso- ciations, including the Petersburg IMedical Faculty, the oldest medical society in Vir- ginia, the Southside Medical Society, the Medical Society of Virginia, the Southern Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. He is also a member of the Kappa Alpha college fraternity. He attends the Presbyterian church of Peters- burg.
Dr. McGill married, October 2, 1907. at Berryville, \'irginia. Helen McGill Page, a native of that place, daughter of Robert Powell and Martha (Hardee) Page. Robert Powell Page was throughout his life a phy- sician at Berryville, was a member of Ma- hone's brigade during the civil war, and died
