Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Joseph Leeson    
                Born: Jul- 7-1869          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Sep-27-1920          at Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV  1,3,2
              Buried:                      in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV  1
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: John Leeson   (1837 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary Ann Adams   (1830 - 1911) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Josie Iora Ball   4,5,6,7  
       Also known as: Josie O. Ball 8
                Born: Nov- 1-1889          in Doddridge Co, WV  8,1,9
                Died: Apr-17-1974          in Doddridge Co, WV  10,1
              Buried:                      in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV  1
             Resided:                      in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  8
             Resided: 1966                 in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV  11
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: David Benjamin Ball   (1850 - 1912) 
              Mother: Mary Jane Race   (1854 - 1892) 
Other spouse 2
Notes 8 
Notes 8 
           M Child 1: Joseph Forest Leeson      
                Born: Jul-31-1912          in Grove, Doddridge Co, WV  12,2,13,14,15 (see note 2)
                Died: Feb- 5-1956          in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV  2,14,15
              Buried:                      in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV  1,2
      Cause of death:                      electrocuted on high tension line  2
             Resided:                      in Sutton, Braxton Co, WV  2
              Census: 1940                 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Resided: 1940                 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  16,13
              Census: 1930                 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      linesman electrician  2
          Occupation: 1940                 farm laborer  17
            Military: Jan- 7-1943 - Nov-25-1945 Pfc, 449th AAA AW Bn CAC, US Army, World War II  18,14,2
                Wife: Virginia Mapel Reed  b. 1912  d. 1998  
             Married: Mar- 5-1940          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  16

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(3) Dolores Leeson "Dee" Dawson, Circleville, OH . 
(4) Marriage record of son. 
(5) Death record of son. 
(6) Obituary of husband's daughter. 
(7) Obituary of wife. 
(8) Obituary. 
(9) Social Security Death Index. 
(10) Obituary - Nursing home, Britton Rest Home. 
(11) Obituary of brother. 
(12) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(13) World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(14) Cemetery marker. 
(15) Headstone (year only) 
(16) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. 
(17) 1940 Census, Gilmer County, WV. 
(18) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster 
General, and National Archives & Records Administration. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in death record as Jul 7 1868, but date on headstone is Jul
7 1869.  Age 10 months in the 1870 Census conforms to the 1869 birth date.
Note (2) Birthplace given as Doddridge County in marriage record, but Gilmer County in
death record.  His birth record shows it to be Grove, in Doddridge County.







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