While he is cited in Jon Krakauer's bestseller, Under the Banner of Heaven as a participant in the Mountain Meadows massacre of 1857, Leavitt is said to have never discussed the massacre, except to have remarked later in life, "I thank God that these old hands have never been stained by human blood."
He was the ancestor of several notable Leavitt descendants, including the well-known Meredith, New Hampshire, teacher and almanac maker Dudley Leavitt.
Dudley | Dudley Moore | Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester | Michael Leavitt | Thomas Dudley | Paul Dudley White | Owen Dudley Edwards | Mike Leavitt | Earl of Dudley | Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman | John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland | Jared Dudley | Dudley Sutton | Dudley Randall | Dudley Digges | Dudley College | Bill Dudley | John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley | James B. Dudley High School | Dudley Simpson | Dudley Fitts | Dudley Do-Right | David Leavitt | Chris Dudley | Baron Dudley | William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley | William Dudley Pelley | The Crime at Black Dudley | Michael P. Leavitt | Lewis Leavitt |