Husband: Joseph Forest Leeson
Born: Jul-31-1912 in Grove, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4,5 (see note 1)
Died: Feb- 5-1956 in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV 2,4,5
Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 6,2
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 7,3
Census: 1930 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: linesman electrician 2
Occupation: 1940 farm laborer 8
Military: Jan- 7-1943 - Nov-25-1945 Pfc, 449th AAA AW Bn CAC, US Army, World War II 9,4,2
Father: Joseph Leeson (1869 - 1920)
Mother: Josie Iora Ball (1889 - 1974)
Wife: Virginia Mapel Reed
Married: Mar- 5-1940 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 7
Born: 1912 in Gilmer Co, WV 5,7
Died: 1998 5
Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 6
Census: 1940 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV
Resided: 1940 in Lewis Co, WV 7
Father: Nathan Edward Reed (1890 - 1968)
Mother: Bessie B. Matheny (1892 - 1989)
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) Cemetery marker. (5) Headstone (year only) (6) Headstone. (7) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (8) 1940 Census, Gilmer County, WV. (9) 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) 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.