Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Howard Lee Batson    
       Also known as: Lee Batson 1
                Born: Aug-  -1873           2,3,4
                Died: 1920                  3
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: William Harrison Batson   (1832 - 1910) 
              Mother: Diana Fetty   (1842 - 1901) 
                Wife: Martha Bee     
             Married: Oct-31-1895          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
                Born: Jan-  -1876          in Ritchie Co, WV  7,3,4
                Died: 1971                  3
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1936                 in Follansbee, Brooke Co, WV  8
              Census: 1880, 1900, 10       in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1910                 milliner (at home)  9
              Father: Azariah Bee   (1844 - 1936) 
              Mother: Sarah Melvian "Vena" Law   (1849 - 1926) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Tessie M. Batson      
                Born: Sep- 4-1896          in Ritchie Co, WV  10
                Died: Jun-12-1981          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  10
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  10
             Resided:                      in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  10
              Census: 1930                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Clee Leeson  b. Sep-13-1901  d. Mar-23-1980  
             Married: Jun-16-1923          in Ritchie Co, WV  11
           M Child 2: Myron D. Batson      
                Born: Oct-  -1898           7,3
                Died: Jul-  -1977           3
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  5
             Resided:                      in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  12
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           F Child 3: Nannie L. Batson      
         Census name: Nanna L. Batson 9
                Born: 1909                  5
              Census: 1910                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 285. 
(2) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District) 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(6) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Howard L. Batson, 22, of Ritchie Co; and Martha Bee, 19, of Ritchie Co.  Married Oct 31 
1895. 
(7) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(8) Obituary of father. 
(9) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(10) Obituary. 
(11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) 
(12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 







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