Cornelius G. Leavell
Cornelius Gaines Leavell, farmer, was born in this township, November 7, 1825, and is the first son and second child of John and Cynthia (Hedges) Leavell. His parents came to Ohio in 1797, from Virginia. To them were born Mary Ann, Cornelius G., John Bolivar, Benjamin Franklin, Nancy, Melinda, and Hannah Elizabeth.
Our subject was married, April 17, 1849, to Emma Harr, youngest daughter of James and Mary Harr, of Ross county. She was born in that county. May 23, 1829. Her parents had born to them six children: Elizabeth, James, William, Mary, Martha, and Emma.
To this union two children have been born: John P., born March 25, 1850, married Frankie Gamble, of this county, June 16, 1878; Benjamin W., born May 12, 1856, married Inez G. Clarridge, October, 1880.
Our subject has resided in this township all his life, and has given his time and energies to hard work and legitimate trade, accumulating a valuable farm, and other representatives of wealth. He owns one hundred and thirty-five acres of land in Union, and five hundred and seventy-six acres in this township, and is one of the heaviest tax-payers of the township. He has, in years past, served the township as trustee, treasurer, and clerk, and in his ofiicial character was noted for honesty and efficiency. He pays considerable attention to affairs of a public character, is a constant reader, and for twenty years past has taken a daily paper. His politics are of the staunch Republican sort, a fact made prominent in all the later years ot his life.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County