William Henry Levitt, son of Michael and Mariah Nanning Levitt, was born
in Posey county, Indiana, on October 3, 1844. At the age of 7 years, he came
with his parents to Illinois and settled in Clay county on Levitt Prairie,
near Sailor Springs.
On October 27, 1875, he was united in marriage
to Drusilla Wammack, to which union came six children: Frank, of Clay City,
Illinois; Cora, of Canton, Ohio; Alta, of Chicago, Illinois, and William,
Delbert and Eldridge, of Sailor Springs, who with the faithful wife, 22
grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, other relatives and a host of friends
and neighbors, are left to mourn his going away, which occurred at the home
of Eldridge, on the morning of February 6, 1930, aged 85 years, 4 months and
3 days.
In early manhood Brother Levitt began the Christian life and
continued faithful to his belief of immortal life and a home prepared for
all God's children and with love could say:
So long thy power hath
blest me, sure it still will lead me on; o'er moor and fen, o'er crag and
torrent, till the night is gone; and, with the morn, those angel faces
smile, which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
Extracted 12 Jun 2017 by Norma Hass from 1930 Pictures and Biographical Sketches of the Business Men of Clay City, Illinois.
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