Samuel LEVERING

  General Notes:

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 19, Blount, Tennessee; Roll: T623 1559; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 28.
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Peru, Morrow, Ohio; Roll: T9_1053; Family History Film: 1255053; Page: 229.1000; Enumeration District: 123; Image: 0459.

SAMUEL LEVERING, farmer; P. O. Ashley; the grandfather of Samuel Levering was Griffith Levering, a ship carpenter in Philadelphia; his grandmother was HannahGriscom. His son, Thomas Levering, was born in Philadelphia in 1781, and Thomas' wife, Rachel Ann Schofield, was born in North Carolina, in 1798; their marriage occurred in December, 1814, after which they resided in Washington City, D. C., engaged in the grocery business. In 1832 Thomas came to Ohio, and located on lands purchased from Jacob Van Deventer (a still earlier pioneer), near the site of West Liberty. The same year Thomas purchased five quarter sections, whose titles bore the signature of General Andrew Jackson. In 1839 he again went east, locating in Cecil Co., Md., until 1847, when he again came to Ohio. Thomas Levering had two sons, Griffith and Samuel. Griffith born Aug. 10, 1818; Samuel born Sept. 22, 1828, in the City of Brotherly Love. Samuel, the subject of this sketch, settled on what was known as the Joseph Keen farm, in 1850, and the next year made additional purchases. On the 20th of Nov., 1852, he married Miss Ada R. Hathaway, born Jan. 13, 1830, near Milan, Erie Co., Ohio. Samuel has the following children-Rachel Ella, Thomas Henry, a teacher in the Industrial Boarding School, Wyandotte Mission, Indian Territory; Mary Alice, Clara Maria, Laura Letitia, Susanna Matilda, Jennie Eva, Fanny Esther, Ralph Griffith and George Canby. Rachel Ella is the Principal in Alum Creek Academy. In 1856 Samuel erected the stately family mansion he now occupies, he himself being a carpenter by trade. He is an extensive farmer and stock breeder, especially of fine Durham cattle and fine wooled sheep, the latter of which he handles in large quantities. He has paid unusual attention to family education, several members of his family being graduates. He also, in connection with Dr. Townsend, has erected and put into successful operation Alum Creek Academy, which, however, will be treated of in the history of the township at large. He has bestowed great care and expense in beautifying his grounds and surroundings, rendering Sunny Slope, (the name of his home) one of the most attractive in the country. He is a devoted member of the Society of Friends, a church organization which has existed in his locality from the earliest settlement.

Samuel married Phebe Reynolds HATHAWAY, daughter of Caleb HATHAWAY and Rachel WOOD, on 20 Nov 1852 in Ohio. (Phebe Reynolds HATHAWAY was born on 13 Jan 1830 in Milan, Erie Co., Ohio and died after 1900 in prob Tennessee.)