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Mary Ann ADAMS

Mary Ann ADAMS

Female 1830 - Bef 1911  (~ 80 years)

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  • Name Mary Ann ADAMS 
    Born CA 1830  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Bef 1911  [4] 
    Person ID I9666  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2017 

    Father William ADAMS,   b. 30 Aug 1805, Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Lucinda WRIGHT,   b. 1809, Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1852  (Age 42 years) 
    Family ID F3774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John LEESON,   b. CA 1837, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 28 Feb 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp):
      John Leeson, 33, farmer; Mary A, 40; Nancy E, 9; Thomas, 7; John M, 3; Joseph, 10 months.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 23 1880:
      John Leeson, 44, farmer, medical condition lumbago; wife Mary A, 50, medical condition rheumatism, cannot read/write; dau Nancy E, 19; son Thomas, 17; son John M, 13; son Joseph, 10.
    Children 
    +1. Nancy E. LEESON,   b. 8 Mar 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Thomas LEESON,   b. CA 1863
    +3. John M. LEESON,   b. 1 Mar 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1920, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    +4. Joseph LEESON,   b. 7 Jul 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1920, Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    Family ID F3474  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    2. [S967] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).

    3. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    4. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 239.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 130, line 9 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790841&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John Leeson, 23, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Thomas & Nancy; and Mary A. Adams, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of William & Lucinda. Married Feb 28 1860 in Doddridge County.
      (NOTE: Wife's age is a variance with her age in the 1850 and 1870 Census, both of which show her to have been born in about 1830, seven or eight years older than in her marriage record.)