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Alta LEESON

Alta LEESON

Female 1891 - 1983  (91 years)

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  • Name Alta LEESON 
    Born 18 Nov 1891  Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 4 Oct 1983  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Person ID I9664  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2018 

    Father Ashby Lee LEESON,   b. 29 Nov 1863, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1950, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Araminta E. "Mintie" SMITH,   b. 28 Oct 1870,   d. 14 Mar 1899  (Age 28 years) 
    Family ID F3473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Junie Herschel SPURGEON,   b. 17 Jun 1886, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1965, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 26 Jun 1910  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9] 
    Children 
     1. Paul SPURGEON,   b. 30 Jul 1911, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1974, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    +2. Cletha Helen SPURGEON,   b. 26 Jan 1913, Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 2004, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     3. Harlen Cleveland SPURGEON,   b. 10 Dec 1915, Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1993, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     4. Linden SPURGEON,   b. 3 Feb 1920, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Feb 1920, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +5. Eldridge SPURGEON,   b. 16 Aug 1922, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1981, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F5776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 197.
      Identified as Alta Leeson, b. Nov 18 1891 at Middle Fork, dau of Ashby Leeson (age 27, farmer) & Minta (Anninta ?) Smith (age 21). The Middle Fork location is at variance with the Bear Fork location indicated in her obituary.

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S472] Dolores Leeson "Dee" Dawson, Circleville, OH .

    4. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    5. [S1721] Funeral card.

    6. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 8, p. 326.
      Groom identified as Junie H. Spurgeon, age 23, b. Doddridge. Bride identified as Alta Leeson, age 18, b. Doddridge. Ceremony held Jun 26 1910 "at South Fork near Oxford, W. Va."

    8. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    9. [S110] Obituary of husband.