Background
Leavell, William Hayne was born on May 24, 1850 in Newberry District, South Carolina, United States. Son of John Rowland and Elizabeth Jane (Chalmers) Leavell.
Leavell, William Hayne was born on May 24, 1850 in Newberry District, South Carolina, United States. Son of John Rowland and Elizabeth Jane (Chalmers) Leavell.
Educated Newberry College to 1866. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1867-1870. Doctor of Divinity, Austin College, Texas, 1895.
Doctor of Laws, University of Mississippi, 1908.
Ordained ministry, 1870. Pastor various chs., 1870-1905. Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Guatemala, September 1913-1919.
Married Mary George, December, 1874. Children: James George, Robert Hayne, Selden, Kate George.