Leavitt married Agnes Shaw, daughter of Alexander Shaw and Elizabeth Ferguson, on 24 Nov 1868. (Agnes Shaw was born on 25 Feb 1850 in Miny Mailer, Cadder, Lanark, Scot., christened on 20 Apr 1850 in Cadder, Lanark, Scot., died on 6 Dec 1917 in Elsinore, Sevier County, UT and was buried on 8 Dec 1917 in (Elsinore City Cemetery), Elsinore, Sevier County, UT.)