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Josie Iora BALL

Josie Iora BALL

Female 1889 - 1974  (84 years)

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  • Name Josie Iora BALL 
    Born 1 Nov 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1966  Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 17 Apr 1974  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Buried Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (CR 6/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Middle initial given as "O" in obituary, but headstone shows middle name as Iora. Predeceased by one son, two stepsons, and one brother. [1]
    Person ID I23836  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2017 

    Father David Benjamin BALL,   b. 1850, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1912, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane RACE,   b. 1854,   d. 3 May 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Family ID F8910  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Joseph LEESON,   b. 7 Jul 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1920, Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District), enumerated on Apr 26 1910 at Rush Fork of Cove Creek:
      Joseph Leeson, 40, farmer, widowed; dau Shada, 12; son Perry, 10; dau Rubie, 8; dau Vercie, 6; dau Clovie, 4; son Denver M, 2; servant Rebecca Reed, 28, widow, mother of 2 children (both still living).
      NOTE: Rebecca Reed, daughter of William Reed and Rachel Lowther, was the widow of Elijah Lipscomb. In 1911, she married Thomas P. Dean, by whom she had a sone Denver. She at the Kanawah County Poor Farm in 1949.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District), enumerated in Jan 1920 on Middle Fork:
      Joseph Leeson, 50, farmer; wife Josie, 31; son Perry, 20; dau Ruby, 17; dau Vercy, 15; dau Clofy, 13. [6, 7, 8, 9]
    Children 
     1. Joseph Forest LEESON,   b. 31 Jul 1912, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1956, Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    Family ID F11036  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ermin Harold SPURGEON,   b. 24 Sep 1900,   d. Sep 1984  (Age 83 years)  [9, 10] 
    Married 11 Sep 1929  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
     1. Orval Harold SPURGEON,   b. 22 Dec 1930, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 2018  (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F8911  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1966 - Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (CR 6/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    7924_LEESON_Joseph_JosieIoraBall_SpurgeonCem_BearFork_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg    		7924_LEESON_Joseph_JosieIoraBall_SpurgeonCem_BearFork_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg

    Documents
    23836_SPURGEON_JosieOBall_1889-1974_Obit.jpg    		23836_SPURGEON_JosieOBall_1889-1974_Obit.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    5. [S1700] Obituary - Nursing home.
      Britton Rest Home

    6. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    7. [S1604] Death record of son.

    8. [S1633] Obituary of husband's daughter.

    9. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    10. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.

    11. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Participants identified as Ermin H. Spurgeon, age 29; and Josie Leeson, age 39. Married Sep 11 1929. Josie Ball was previously married to Joseph Leeson.