Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Thomas Mason    
                Born: ca 1834              in Marion Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: 1864                   (see note 1)
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: 1858                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1
              Census: 1850                 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  
            Military:                      Co F, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  2
              Father: Daniel Mason   (1813 -     ) 
              Mother: Rachel ___   (1816 -     ) 
                Wife: Pleasy Leeson     
       Also known as: Pleasy Leason 1
             Married: Mar-25-1858          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  3
                Born: Apr-  -1824           4
                Died: May-17-1906           5
              Buried:                      in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1870, 1880, 1900     in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: William D. Leeson   (1798 - 1876) 
              Mother: Mary ___   (1794 - 1863) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Thomas L. Mason      
         Census name: T. L. Mason 
                Born: May-  -1863          in Ritchie Co, WV  4,6,7
                Died: 1945                  6
              Buried:                      in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1870, 1880, 1900     in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
                Wife: Alice Garrison  b. Nov-  -1869  d. 1937  
             Married: Jul- 6-1884          in Ritchie Co, WV  7

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(2) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National 
Archives & Records Administration. 
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Thomas Mason, 24, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of 
Daniel & Rachel Mason; and Pleasy Leason, 24, b. Greene Co Pennsylvania, res. Doddridge Co, dau of William & Mary 
Leason.  Married Mar 25 1858 in Doddridge County.  (NOTE:  Wife's age 24 would put birth in about 1834, but age 23 in 
1850 Census puts it in about 1827, while 1870, 1880 & 1900 censuses indicate 1824.  The 1900 Census specifies April 
1824.  All censuses indicate a birthplace of (West) Virginia.), MR p. 122 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790607&Type=Marriage. 
(4) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Wife Pleasy filed for a widow's pension on Nov 12 1864.







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