Rowena Houston and Ebenezer Turner Leverett

EBENEZER TURNER LEVERETT was born October 29, 1832 in Livermore Falls, Androscoggin, Maine,^{4432, 6325} and died October 19, 1911 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa.^{6325, 4432} He is buried in Denmark Cemetery, Lee County, Iowa.^{3451, 4536, 456}

He married ROWENA HOUSTON on May 12, 1858,⁴⁴³² daughter of ELIZABETH RAND EPPS and IRA HOUSTON. She was born November 11, 1831 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire,⁴⁵⁶ and died February 19, 1902 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa.^{3451, 4432} She is buried in Denmark Cemetery, Lee County, Iowa.^{3451, 456}

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Rowena Houston)

Children of ROWENA HOUSTON and EBENEZER TURNER LEVERETT:

1. FRANK LEVERETT, b. March 10, 1859, Denmark, Lee, Iowa;³⁶⁰⁵ m. (1) FRANCIS EVELYN GIBSON on December 22, 1887 in Des Moines County, Iowa³⁴³⁴, m. (2) DOROTHY CHRISTENA PARK on December 18, 1895^{3466, 3434}; d. November 15, 1943, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan.^{3451, 3605}
2. CHARLES WARREN LEVERETT, b. February 19, 1862, Denmark, Lee, Iowa;³⁴⁶² m. FLOTILLA VIOLA RIDDLE on October 15, 1884 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa^{3462, 4432}; d. January 9, 1929, Demopolis, Marengo, Alabama.³⁴⁶²
3. MARY ELIZABETH LEVERETT, b. December 6, 1868, Denmark, Lee, Iowa;⁴⁴³² m. ASA TURNER HOUSTON on April 12, 1899 in Salem, Henry, Iowa^{3412, 3434}; d. February 4, 1943, Denmark, Lee, Iowa.⁴⁵⁶¹



Personal Information

• Ebenezer Turner Leverett and Rowena Houston were members of the Denmark Congregational Church, Lee County, Iowa. ⁷⁴⁸⁴

Work History

Obituaries

The Daily Gate City, October 30, 1911⁴⁵³⁶

OLD RESIDENT OF DENMARK

Death of Ebenezer T. Leverett Brings Sorrow to the Citizens of the Lee County Town.

WAS AN OLD SETTLER

Had Almost Reached the Eightieth Mile Stone in Life's Journey and Was Greatly Respected.

[Special to The Gate City.]

DENMARK, Oct. 30.—The last services of the late Eben Turner Leverett were conducted from the Congregational church at Denmark Saturday, Oct. 21, at 3 p. m. Rev. H. M. Lyman, assisted by Rev. Fox, a former pastor of the church, and Prof. Hervie Hazen each of whom spoke of Mr. Leverett's life as he had had connection with him in business and social life.

The church was beautifully and appropriately decorated. It is beautiful to see a life that has served long years for his fellow man, go out at the falling of the leaves, and that what is left of what was once a beautiful life when it must be placed in the grave, that it shall go to that last long resting place at the setting of the sun, and we feel assured that that one shall live again, that his sun has only set here to rise again.

Rev. A. K. Fox, a former pastor of the Denmark Congregational church, spoke at the funeral of the lat Eben Turner Leverett in the following beautiful manner: We have come here today, dear friends, to hold a service of thankful remembrance for the life of one who has been called away. He was to many of us a truest and dear friend. For more than a score of years it was my privilege to meet and hold intercourse with him almost daily, oftimes several times during the day, until I came to love him as a personal friend. During all this time I never knew him to do a thing or utter a work unworthy of a christian man. As a neighbor we came to regard him and his dear wife as the best neighbors we ever had anywhere. For one thing he was one of the most unselfish men I ever knew. I have never become acquainted with anyone to whom it seemed to give so much happiness to do good as he had opportunity as Eben Turner Leverett, especially where circumstances were such to the favor could not be reciprocated. It was a great blessing to be associated with such a man in life. Dr. Fox here likened the life as lived by Mr. Leverett to the picture of the Sistine Maddonno at Dresden. The more you looked at his life the more beautiful it became as the more maternal loved showed in the face of the painting so love to his fellow men showed in his life. No roads were too muddy, no wind too cold if some one was in need of what Mr. Leverett could supply; was it church, academy or private home, but Mr. Leverett's team was out to supply that need.

We thank God for the example of Brother Leverett, that tender love which showed itself in service. Not many years ago when Hallowe'en was likely to be unusually annoying at the academy and school house, he went out unbeknown to anyone, dispersed the crowd, and alone watched the buildings till past midnight and the only report you could get from him the next day was: "You would be astonished to see who was there, not small boys, but voters were doing the work." Thus did our Dear Brother go about from one thing to another doing good as he had opportunity. It has often been remarked that if Uncle Even had been able to work our town pump it would not have been in the condition it has for the past two years. Every communi[t]y needs such an one to look after those things nobody else attends to, and the earnest question is upon whose shoulders is his mantle to fall? Who is to take up the work he can do no more? In Uncle Eben we have the life which proves, that it is the quiet every day life lived in a christian manner that counts for more than all else and may we not be fulfilling the noblest mission in the noblest way by doing quietly, joyfully and thankfully the little every day duties of life.

One of the oldest and most beloved residents of Denmark, Ebenezer T. Leverett, passed away Thursday night, October 19, 1911, after a short illness at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Asa T. Houston. He had been a resident of Denmark since 1857, and always took an active interest in promoting the welfare of the village and its institutions. For many years he was a trustee of Denmark academy and a member of the board of directors of the Congregational church. Until 1886 he lived on a farm adjoining the village, but since that year, excepting a year spent with his two sons in Michigan, he has been a village resident.

He was born at Livermore Falls, Maine, October 29, 1832, and he lacked but ten days of reaching his seventy-ninth birthday anniversary. His parents moved from Maine to Quincy, Ill., in 1834, and on a farm near that city his boyhood and early manhood was spent. In 1858, the year after coming to Denmark, he was married to Rosena Houston, who was his faithful companion for forty-four years, her death occurring in 1902. He is survived by two brothers, James and George Leverett, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Boone, and by his two sons, Frank and Charles, and his daughter, Mary, also six grandchildren. His children were all present at the time of his death.

Those from a distance who attended the funeral of Mr. E. T. Leverett: Prof. Frank Leverett, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mr. CHarles Leverett, Ypsilanti, Mich.; Mr. George Leverett and daughter, Irene, Edwardsville, Ill.; Mrs. Boone and son Frank, Warren, Ill.; Mr. Will Turner, Quincy, Ill.; Mrs. Jennie Bradbury Long, Quincy, Ill.; Mr. George Blake and Herman Blake, of Mediapolis, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Joy and daughter and Mrs. Alice Dewing of Keokuk, Iowa; Mr. W. Leverett, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mr. Joe Fry, Mr. and Mrs. Gibson and Allen Gibson of Des Moines county; Mr. Charles Shedd, Lincoln, Neb.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
September 11, 18501712	Division 28, Lee, Iowa	Ira Houston Elizabeth Rand Epps Ira Houston Rowena Houston Albert P. Houston
August 5, 18701708	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	Ebenezer Turner Leverett Rowena Houston Frank Leverett Charles Warren Leverett Mary Elizabeth Leverett
June 11, 18803408	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	Ebenezer Turner Leverett Rowena Houston Frank Leverett Charles Warren Leverett Mary Elizabeth Leverett
June 15, 19003416	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	Ebenezer Turner Leverett Rowena Houston Rachel Epps Houston
April 15, 19103463	Pittsfield, Washtenaw, Michigan	Charles Warren Leverett Flotilla Viola Riddle Letha Pearl Leverett Ruth Rowena Leverett Olive Frances Leverett Harold Riddle Leverett Ebenezer Turner Leverett