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Eli B. LEESON

Eli B. LEESON

Male 1901 - 1984  (82 years)

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  • Name Eli B. LEESON 
    Residence 1919, 20  Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Born 28 Jul 1901  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    • Birthplace given in obituary as Clarksburg, but marriage record states Doddridge County.
    Gender Male 
    Residence Summit Park (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 1 Jun 1984  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Person ID I40787  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2010 

    Father Elisha M. LEESON,   b. 28 Jun 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1945, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Drusilla Jane RICHARDS,   b. May 1881 
    Family ID F15271  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Emma KNIGHT,   b. 22 Sep 1902, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1920, Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years) 
    Married 4 Aug 1919  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F16320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Flossie E. ANCELL,   b. 17 Jan 1902, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1981  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 27 Apr 1921  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Beatrice "Sally" LEESON,   b. 8 Jun 1922, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1978, Clinton, Laurens Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     2. Birtice L. LEESON,   b. 10 Mar 1924,   d. 22 Nov 2006  (Age 82 years)
     3. Virgil Harold "Squirmy" LEESON,   b. 20 Jul 1928, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 2018, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    +4. Living
     5. Robert Lee "Butch" LEESON,   b. 4 Mar 1942, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 2018, Summit Park (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F16322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    40787_EliBLEESON_EmmaKNIGHT_MarriageRecord_4Aug1919.jpg    		40787_EliBLEESON_EmmaKNIGHT_MarriageRecord_4Aug1919.jpg
    40787_EliBLEESON_FlossieEANCELL_MarriageRecord_27Apr1921.jpg    		40787_EliBLEESON_FlossieEANCELL_MarriageRecord_27Apr1921.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    2. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S1681] Obituary - United Hospital Center.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 191.
      Identified as Eli Leeson, single, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Adamston (Harrison Co), son of E. M. & D. J. Leeson; and Emma Knight, single, 21, b. Taylor Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of E. M. & Mary Knight. Married Aug 4 1919 in Clarksburg by J. H. Funk, M. E. Minister.

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 134.
      Identified as Eli B. Leeson, widowed, 22, b. Doddridge Co, res. Adamston (Harrison Co), son of Elisha M. & D. Jane Leeson; and Flossie E. Ancell, single, 19, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of William H. & Cyntha Ancell. Married Apr 27 1921 in Clarksburg by T. E. Garner, Minister of the U. B. Church.