Jul-28-2018
Husband: John P. Leeson
Born: Nov-12-1829 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,2
Died: Mar-16-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
Cause of death: consumption 3
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: William D. Leeson (1798 - 1876)
Mother: Mary ___ (1794 - 1863)
Wife: Sophia McIntyre 4
Also known as: Sophia Machential 5
Married: Nov-24-1859 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 6
Born: ca 1844 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7 (see note 1)
Died: Jan-31-1920 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,4
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 20 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1859 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 10
Father: Charles McIntyre
Mother: Elizabeth Griffith
F Child 1: Virginia Leeson
Also known as: Jennie Leeson 11
Born: Feb-10-1862 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 12,13
Died: Mar-16-1954 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12,13
Buried: in Bethel EUB Cemetery, Tuckers Creek Rd, Morristown, Wirt Co, WV 9
Resided: in Belpre, Washington Co, OH 12
Resided: 1951 in Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV 14,11
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: George Gray b. 1863 d. 1939
Married: Jan-22-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
M Child 2: William Leeson
Born: ca 1863 15
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 3: Charles L. Leeson
Born: Dec- 5-1865 in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 16,17
Died: Jan- 6-1955 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 18,8
Buried: in Hart Cemetery, Taylor Drain Rd, Oxford, Doddridge Co WV 9,16
Resided: in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 16,14,11
Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 20 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Wife: Nancy V. Husk b. May-12-1868 d. Nov- 6-1904
Married: Mar-1-1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 19
Wife: Minnie Jane Gaston b. Oct-24-1894 d. Oct- 5-1979
Married: Nov-1-1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 20,17
No children: 21,22
M Child 4: Stonewall Jackson "Jack" Leeson
Also known as: Jackson Leeson 23,24
Born: Dec-28-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 16,9 (see note 2)
Died: Apr- 9-1951 9
Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 25
Resided: 1951 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 14,11
Census: 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1908 in Ritchie Co, WV 26
Census: 1900, 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 27
Wife: Martha Alice Haught b. 1868 d. May-26-1903
Also known as: Alice Haught 7,28,9,29,27
Married: Aug-12-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
Wife: Susie VanHorn b. 1860 d. Jul-27-1926
Census name: Susan
Married: Aug- 2-1908 in Gilmer Co, WV 30
M Child 5: Leroy Leeson
Born: May-28-1869 in Doddridge Co, WV 16,31,13
Died: Feb- 1-1951 in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV 18,13,22
Buried: in Hart Cemetery, Taylor Drain Rd, Oxford, Doddridge Co WV 9
Resided: in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV 16
Resided: 1951 in Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV 14
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Wife: Mimi Jane "Sis" Richards b. Feb-22-1877 d. Feb- 6-1959
Also known as: Jemima Jane Richards 4
Married: Aug-19-1900 in Doddridge Co, WV 32 (see note 3)
F Child 6: Cornelia Leeson
Born: Mar- 1-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
Died: Jan- 2-1951 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 18
Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 16
Census: 1940 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1935 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 33
Census: 1880, 1900, 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: Thomas Irvin Critchfield b. Mar-23-1861 d. Sep- 7-1946
Also known as: T. I. Critchfield [Crihfield] 34
Married: Jul-18-1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 35,7
M Child 7: John O. L. Leeson
Born: Aug-23-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Died: Jun- 9-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
Cause of death: brain disease 3
Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/doddridge/vitals/birth.txt.
(2) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.
(3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.
(4) Dolores Leeson "Dee" Dawson, Circleville, OH .
(5) Obituary of son.
(6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John P. Leeson, 25, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co,
son of William & Mary Leeson; and Sophia McIntire, 15, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Charles & Elizabeth
McIntire. Married Nov 24 1859 in Doddridge County. MR p. 128 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790787&Type=Marriage.
(7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(8) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(9) Headstone.
(10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(11) Obituary of brother.
(12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(13) Headstone (year only)
(14) Obituary of sister.
(15) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).
(16) Obituary.
(17) W. Guy Tetrick files.
(18) Obituary - At home.
(19) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Ceremony performed at the home of the minister, Eli M. Gaston.
Bride's last name misspelled, Nancy V. Hurst, and groom identified as Charley Leeson. MR Bk 5, p.
187.
(20) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Charles Leeson, 49, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and
Minnie J. Gaston, age 21 as of Oct 24 1915, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Nov 1 1915 "at the residence of
the Bride" by John M. Gaston, a Minister of the Gospel. MR Bk 9, p. 445.
(21) Obituary of husband.
(22) Obituary of wife.
(23) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).
(24) Marriage record of daughter.
(25) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(26) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989)
(27) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District)
(28) Obituary of daughter.
(29) Death record of daughter.
(30) 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.
(31) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District)
(32) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Leroy Leeson, 29, of Doddridge Co; and Jemima Richards, 23, of Doddridge Co. Married Aug 19
1900.
(33) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV.
(34) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 394.
(35) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, He was identified as Thomas I. Crihfield (sic), age 28, b. Doddridge
Co, resident of Roane Co; and she as Cornelia Leeson, age 16, b. & residing in Doddridge Co. Ceremony was held at
residence of M. Clezigan (sp ?). Persons providing info for the record: Thomas I. Crihfield and Sophia Leeson. MR Bk
3, p. 394.
Event Notes
Note (1) 1870 Census of Doddridge Co, WV (South West Twp) gives age as 24, putting
birth in about 1846, and age 15 at time of Nov 1859 marriage would put birth
date at about 1844. But headstone reads 1848-1920. Since her first child was
born in 1861, the earlier dates are considered more likely.
Note (2) 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.
Note (3) Husband's obituary incorrectly gives marriage date as 1905.
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