Individual Details

Levi was listed as 8 months old at the time of the 1870 Census.

Iowa Delayed Birth Certificate.
Affidavit by Leavitt C. Learner, age 74, who had known Earnest Ronald Learner for 70 years. Leavitt lived in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana. Earnest was born in Shellrock, Butler Co, Iowa on the 22 of Feb 1876. His father was Benjamin F. Leaner, age 32, b. Howard Co, IN, a farmer. His mother was Mary Elmity Adamson, age 27, b. Delaware Co, IN, housewife. He stated Earnest was four and a half year younger and he is his brother with a vivid recollection of his birth. Dated 15 Jan 1944.

Married Cora Goodwin, 16 Aug 1891, Howard Co, IN

1950 Census. East Baton Rouge, LA, Hh 361
5806 Highland Road
Leavitt C. Learner, 80, b. IN
Cora M., wife, 79, b. IN
next door in Hh 362 is their son:
Charles F. Learner, 42, b. IN, Laboratory Assistant, Oil Refinery
Mildred P., wife, 39, b. LA
Donald F., son, 18, b. LA
Emile A., dau, 14, b. LA

Kokomo Tribune, Wednesday, 2 Feb 1955, p. 2 "Deaths"
Leavitt C. Learner
Leavitt C. Learner, 85, descendant of a pioneer Howard County family, died at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Gates, 313 W. Taylor St. Although in declining health for several years, he had been bedfast for only one week.
Most of his adult life was spent in Louisiana where he had worked for the State Highway Department and later as the official tester for the Dairy Improvement Association of Baton Rough Parish. He went to that state in 1914, and farmed for several years.
He was the son of Benjamin F. and Mary Emily (Adamson) Learner of Howard Township. He was born Oct 6, 1869 on the farm of his grandfather, Barnhardt Learner, who settled here before the county was formed as a governmental unit.
On Aug. 16, 1891, he was united in marriage to Miss Cora Goodwine who survives with the daughter previously mentioned and a son, Charles Franklin Learner of Baton Rouge. Another daughter, Emma Margaret, died in 1907 at the age of 2 1/2.
Mr. Learner was one of nine children, four of whom preceded him in death. His surviving brothers are Ellis M., Dr. Harry W. of East Aurora, NY, and Donald of Anderson. Mrs. Harrison Copp, Kokomo, Rural Route 6, is a sister.
He is survived also by four grandchildren, one of whom is Mrs. E. Fennimore of Kokomo, and four great grandchildren.
His church membership was with the University Methodist Church of Baton Rouge.
Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Dwight L. Patterson Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the late residence, 313 W. Taylor St. and burial will be in the Salem Cemetery, four miles east of Kokomo, in the family lot. The body will be returned from the Jacobs funeral home to the residence where friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday.

Birth	6 Oct 1869	Howard County, Indiana
Death	2 Feb 1955	Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana

Father	Benjamin Franklin Learner (1842 - 1925)
Mother	Mary Emily ADAMSON (1847 - 1929)
Sibling	Ulysses Aaron Learner (1867 - 1943)
Sibling	Lillian Learner (1871 - 1874)
Sibling	Ernest Ronald Learner (1874 - 1948)
Sibling	Pearl Harold Learner (1876 - 1913)
Sibling	Ellis Moulder Learner (1883 - 1962)
Sibling	Harry Wendell Learner (1886 - 1973)
Sibling	Donald Hartley Learner (1891 - 1970)
Sibling	Ruth Thelma Learner (1897 - 1990)