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CORNELIUS G. LEAVELL, was one of the most practical and successful farmers of Fayette County, his farm in Madison Township being one of the finest in that vicinity.  His birth occurred Nov. 7, 1825, on the farm where his last days are spent.  He was the son of John and Cynthia (Hedges) Leavell, both of whom were natives of Virginia.  The father was born in 1774, and when thirteen years of age, started for Kentucky in company with his parents.  The Indians being very hostile, the grandmother became alarmed and the party then stopped in Greenbrier County, Va., where the grandfather departed this life.  The next year they floated down the Kanawha River, and located near Lexington, Ky., soon after which the mother met her death by a tree falling upon her.  The grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, serving through the entire conflict.      The father of our subject in 1797 came to Ohio, and located either in Ross or Pickaway County.  He was married in the last-named county in 1822, soon after which he took up his abode in this county.  His estate, which originally comprised ninety-eight acres, was added to from time to time, until at his death Mr. Leavell was the possessor of nine hundred and sixty-eight broad acres.      Of the eight children comprising the parental family, our subject was the third in order of birth.  He was given a fair education in the district school, and, when reaching his majority, began to battle with life on his own account, farming on property which had been given him by his father.  Apr. 17, 1849, he was married to Miss Emma, a daughter of James and Mary (Harr) Phillips, who was born in Chillicothe May 23, 1829.  Mr. Leavell inherited one hundred and forty acres of land from his father and added to that tract until at his death, which occurred Apr. 12, 1892, his estate included seven hundred acres.  On this property is located the old log house which was erected in 1816.       To Mr. and Mrs. Leavell were granted a family of two children: John P., who was born Mar. 25, 1850, is a graduate of the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, but did not long follow his profession on account of ill health, and is now farming Fayette County.   He is married, and has two children.  Benjamin Ward, who was born May 12, 1856, is also engaged in farming in Madison Township, is married and has three children.  He of whom we write in politics was a true-blue Republican, and in township affairs had been Trustee, Clerk and Treasurer, and had represented his party in various county and State conventions. Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 682

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