Jul-28-2018
Husband: Daniel Mason
Born: ca 1813 1 Census: 1850 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
Wife: Rachel ___ 2
Born: ca 1816 3 (see note 1) Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Thomas Mason Born: ca 1834 in Marion Co, (W)VA 4 Died: 1864 (see note 2) Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Resided: 1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 4 Census: 1850 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA Military: Co F, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 5 Wife: Pleasy Leeson b. Apr- -1824 d. May-17-1906 Also known as: Pleasy Leason 4 Married: Mar-25-1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 6
Sources: (1) 1850 Census, Monongalia County (W)VA. (2) Marriage record of son. (3) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (5) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (6) 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. Event Notes Note (1) Age 30 in 1850 Census would put birth in about 1820, but age in 1860 Census puts it in about 1816. Note (2) Wife Pleasy filed for a widow's pension on Nov 12 1864.Name Index