Background
Leavitt, Halsey B. was born on July 25, 1878 in Essex Junction, Vermont, United States. Son of Julius A. and Isabel (Brown) Leavitt.
Leavitt, Halsey B. was born on July 25, 1878 in Essex Junction, Vermont, United States. Son of Julius A. and Isabel (Brown) Leavitt.
Educated Ewing College.
Reporter, editor, correspondent newspaper, Havana, Cuba, 1899-1920. President Leavitt Insurance Company, Incorporated., Asheville, North Carolina, since 1921. Sergt., 9th Illinois Infantry, Spanish-American War.
Member North Carolina General Assembly, 1929-1930. Masonic Temple Company. Member Naval and Military Order of Spanish-American War.
Member Society of Mayflower Descendants.
Mason (33°).; Clubs: Optimist (past president, International district governor), Wild Life.
Married Elizabeth Elder, October 4, 1906. Children: Halsey Brown, Junior.