Jul-28-2018Husband: Stonewall Jackson "Jack" Leeson Also known as: Jackson Leeson 1,2 Born: Dec-28-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 3,4 (see note 1) Died: Apr- 9-1951 4 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: 1951 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 6,7 Census: 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1908 in Ritchie Co, WV 8 Census: 1900, 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 9 Father: John P. Leeson (1829 - 1875) Mother: Sophia McIntyre (1844 - 1920) Other spouse 1
Wife: Susie VanHorn Census name: Susan Married: Aug- 2-1908 in Gilmer Co, WV 10 Born: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 11 Died: Jul-27-1926 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 11,12 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4,11 Cause of death: tuberculosis 11 Census: 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Francis M. VanHorn Mother: Margaret Sheets
Sources: (1) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (2) Marriage record of daughter. (3) Obituary. (4) Headstone. (5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (6) Obituary of sister. (7) Obituary of brother. (8) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) (9) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (10) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989), Identified as Stonewall Leeson, widowed, age 42, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Susan Vanhorn, age 46. Married Aug 2 1908. (11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (12) Headstone (year only) Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given as Dec 28 1866 in obituary and on headstone, and age 21 at time of Aug 1888 marriage would also put birth in about 1866 or 1867. But 1900 Census shows his age as 31, with birth date Apr 1869. W.B. Haught's "Genealogy of the Haught Family of America," 1948, pp. 166 and 169, incorrectly identifies him as Jacob Leeson.Name Index