Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Lionel MacClellan Shipley 1,2   
       Also known as: MacClellan Lionel Shipley 3
                Born: Sep- 6-1898          in Harrison Co, WV  4 (see note 1)
                Died: Oct-31-1952          in Harrison Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  1
      Cause of death:                      alcohol poisoning  1
             Resided:                      in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3
          Occupation:                      poultry market owner & operator  1
              Father: George B. MacClellan "Mack" Shipley   (1865 - 1920) 
              Mother: Malinda Elizabeth Hart   (1873 - 1956) 
                Wife: Mary Eva Leeson     
       Also known as: Eva Leeson 5,6,7
             Married: Nov-29-1932           8
         No children:                        3
                Born: May-16-1900          in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  5
                Died: Sep-22-1993          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  9,5 (see note 2)
              Buried:                      in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided:                      in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  10
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV   (see note 3)
          Occupation:                      McNichol Pottery (23 yrs)  5
              Father: Stonewall Jackson "Jack" Leeson   (1866 - 1951) 
              Mother: Martha Alice Haught   (1868 - 1903) 

Sources:
(1) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(2) Obituary of wife. 
(3) Lizabeth Cottrill White, Charleston, WV 25314 . 
(4) Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Lionel McClellan Shipley, b. Sep 6 1898 in Harrison Co, son 
of George B. Shipley (occupation miner, resident of Clarksburg) and Malinda Hart. BR p. 
53. 
(5) Obituary. 
(6) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(7) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(9) Social Security Death Index. 
(10) Obituary of sister. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Death record shows birth date as Sep 16 1898, but birth record states Sep 6
1898.
Note (2) Obituary gives death date as Wednesday, Sep 20 1993, which is incorrect.  The
correct death date was Wednesday, Sep 22 1993, per SSDI and other sources.
Note (3) In 1900, listed without a name as Infant Leeson, a daughter, age less than 1
month, born May 1900.







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