Doddridge County Roots

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Pleasy LEESON

Pleasy LEESON

Female 1824 - 1906  (~ 82 years)

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  • Name Pleasy LEESON 
    Born Apr 1824  [1
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 17 May 1906  [2
    Buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I92489  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2014 

    Father William D. LEESON,   b. 5 Nov 1798, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Mary ___,   b. CA 1794, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1863  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Family ID F40952  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas MASON,   b. CA 1834, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1864, Shenandoah Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Married 25 Mar 1858  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 24 1860:
      Thomas Mason, 26, b. Va, farmer, value of real estate $1200, value of personal property $662; Plesy, 27, b. Va; William, 1.

      1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 21 1870:
      Pleasy Mason, 46, b. Va now WVa, value of real estate $1500, value of personal property $300; Thomas L, 7, b. Va now WVa.

      1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 5 1880:
      Pleasy Mason, 56, b. Va, widowed; son Thomas L, 17.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 1 1900:
      T L Mason, 37, b. May 1863, farmer, married 15 yrs; wife Alice, 30, b. Nov 1869, married 15 yrs, mother of 5 children (all still living); son Creed, 15, b. Apr 1885; son N E, 13, b. Nov 1886; dau Dollie A, 11, b. Aug 1888; dau Emma, 9, b. Mar 1891; son W G, 2, b. Jun 1897; mother Pleasy, 76, b. Apr 1824 in Va, widowed, mother of 2 children (1 still living); boarder J. C. Cunningham (male), 63, b. Feb 1837, single.
    Children 
     1. Thomas L. MASON,   b. May 1863, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1945  (Age ~ 81 years)
    Family ID F40968  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 122 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790607&Type=Marriage.
      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.)