Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Leeson
Born: ca 1837 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 1,2
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1
Census: 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 3
Father: Thomas Leeson (1804 - 1855)
Mother: Nancy Carroll (1819 - )
Wife: Mary Ann Adams
Also known as: Ann 4
Married: Feb-28-1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 5
Born: ca 1830 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6,2
Died: bef 1911 4
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1
Father: William Adams (1805 - 1861)
Mother: Lucinda Wright (1809 - 1852)
Notes
F Child 1: Nancy E. Leeson
Born: Mar- 8-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7,2
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: James F. Lamb b. Apr-27-1861
Married: Dec-30-1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
M Child 2: Thomas Leeson
Born: ca 1863 2
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 3: John M. Leeson
Born: Mar- 1-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,7 (see note 1)
Died: Dec-27-1920 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
Resided: at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 9
Census: 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: blacksmith 10
Wife: Viola Lipscomb b. Feb- 2-1871 d. Oct-18-1963
Also known as: Ola Lipscomb 11
Married: Aug- 3-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
M Child 4: Joseph Leeson
Born: Jul- 7-1869 in Doddridge Co, WV 12,13 (see note 2)
Died: Sep-27-1920 at Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 12,14,13
Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 12
Census: 1910, 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Wife: Margaret Columbia Smith b. Jun-24-1872 d. Apr-23-1908
Also known as: Columbia Margaret Smith
Married: Dec-24-1896 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Wife: Josie Iora Ball b. Nov- 1-1889 d. Apr-17-1974
Also known as: Josie O. Ball 9
Sources:
(1) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(2) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).
(3) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV,
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 239.
(5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John Leeson, 23, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, son
of Thomas & Nancy; and Mary A. Adams, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of William & Lucinda. Married Feb 28
1860 in Doddridge County.
(NOTE: Wife's age is a variance with her age in the 1850 and 1870 Census, both of which show her to have been born in
about 1830, seven or eight years older than in her marriage record.), MR p. 130, line 9 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790841&Type=Marriage.
(6) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District)
(9) Obituary.
(10) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
(11) Obituary of sister.
(12) Headstone.
(13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(14) Dolores Leeson "Dee" Dawson, Circleville, OH .
Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as March 1868, but in obituary as Mar 1 1865.
He was age 3 in the 1870 Census, age 13 in the 1880 Census, and age 24 at the
time of his Aug 1890 marriage.
Note (2) 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.
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