Jul-28-2018
Husband: Thomas Leeson
Born: ca 1804 1
Died: Feb- 5-1855 2
Census: 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Nancy Carroll
Married: Apr-18-1836 2
Born: Feb-19-1819 2
Census: 1870 in Fetterman District, Taylor Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Barbour Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
Other spouse 2
M Child 1: John Leeson
Born: ca 1837 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 3,4
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 3
Census: 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 5
Wife: Mary Ann Adams b. ca 1830 d. bef 1911
Also known as: Ann 6
Married: Feb-28-1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7
M Child 2: Jesse Leeson
Born: Jun-21-1847 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 8,9
Died: Jun- 5-1915 8
Buried: in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 10
Census: 1910 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV
Resided: 1892 in Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 4,5
Military: Pvt, Co F, 15th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 11
Wife: Juana Fernandes Reed b. Mar-12-1847 d. Jan-25-1891
Also known as: Joana F. Reed 12
Married: Mar- 8-1865 in Barbour Co, WV 13,14
Wife: Susannah Frances Fleming b. Dec- 7-1867 d. Nov-15-1952
Also known as: Susie Fleming 15,16,17,18
Married: Aug- 3-1892 in Ritchie Co, WV 19
Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Barbour County, (W)VA.
(2) Dolores Leeson "Dee" Dawson, Circleville, OH .
(3) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(4) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).
(5) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).
(6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV,
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 239.
(7) 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.
(8) Headstone.
(9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)
(10) Findagrave.com.
(11) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(12) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.
(13) Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV, Identified as Jesse Leeson and Jane Fernandes Reed. No further
identifying information. Married Mar 8 1865 in Barbour County. Ceremony performed by G. A. Compton. (Note: This
record appears actually to be a ledge-style index. In the Remarks column is a reference to Book 1-1/2, Page 20, which
may be the location of the original record.), MR p. 131 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11630380&Type=Marriage.
(14) Barbour County WV Marriages 1843-1892, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Apr 1986), Transcribed from
the WPA records located in the State Archives at Charleston, WV. Identified as Jesse Leeson & Juan F. Reed, ages and
parents not specified. Married Mar 8 1865.
(15) Death record of mother.
(16) 1910 Census, Wood County, WV.
(17) 1920 Census, Wood County, WV.
(18) 1930 Census, Hancock County, WV.
(19) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as
Jesse Leeson, widowed, age 45, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Susie Fleming, age 23, of Ritchie Co. Married Aug
3 1892.
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