Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James Curtis Leigh    
       Also known as: J. Curtis Leigh 1
                Born: Dec- 3-1857           1
                Died: Nov-13-1942          in Sutton, Braxton Co, WV  2,1
              Buried:                      in Queens Lanham Cemetery, Queens, Upshur County, WV  3
              Census:                      in Washington District, Upshur Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Elizabeth May Davis   4  
                Born: May-11-1853          in Mercer Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Nov-  -1923          in Upshur Co, WV  2,1 (see note 1)
              Buried:                      in Queens Lanham Cemetery, Queens, Upshur County, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Washington District, Upshur Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: VanBuren B. Leigh      
                Born: Jun- 2-1877          in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV  2 (see note 2)
                Died: Mar-31-1951          in Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV  5,2
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  2,6,7
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1913                 in Upshur Co, WV  8
          Occupation:                      farmer  9
                Wife: Ethel Ivy Rosier  b. Jan-  -1883  
         Census name: Ethel I. Rosier 
             Married: Apr-24-1913          in Wallace, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  10
                Wife: Bertha Marie Bollinger  b. Mar-21-1908  d. 1966  
             Married: Dec-29-1923          in East Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  11,12

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone:  J. Curtis Leigh. 
(4) Death record of son. 
(5) Obituary - At home. 
(6) Obituary. 
(7) Findagrave.com. 
(8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794891&Type=Marriage. 
(9) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). 
(10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as V. B. Leigh, 28, b. & res. in Upshur Co; and Ethel 
Rosier, 29, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co.  Married Apr 24 1913 at Wallace, W.Va., officiated by J. H. Funk, a 
Minister of the M. E. Church.  Informants for marriage license:  V. B. Leigh & W. M. Rosier, of Upshur & Doddridge 
counties. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794891&Type=Marriage. 
(11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Vanburen Leigh, 38, b. Upshur Co, res. Doddridge Co; 
and Bertha Bollinger, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Dec 29 1923 in East Clarksburg, W.Va., officiated by John 
H. Root, a Minister of the Gospel. 
NOTE:  Although the wedding was held in Harrison County, the marriage is recorded in Doddridge County, residence of the 
bride.  The wife's stated age is four years older than the 1908 birth date reflected in her birth record, and husband's 
stated age is considerably younger than recorded elsewhere. 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795687&Type=Marriage. 
(12) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Death date on headstone is Nov 22 1923, but death record shows it as Nov 26
1923.
Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as July 1880.







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