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Jesse LEESON

Jesse LEESON

Male 1847 - 1915  (67 years)

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  • Name Jesse LEESON 
    Born 21 Jun 1847  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Pvt, Co F, 15th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  [3] 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1892  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4, 5] 
    Died 5 Jun 1915  [1] 
    Buried Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I9669  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 May 2017 

    Father Thomas LEESON,   b. CA 1804,   d. 5 Feb 1855  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Mother Nancy CARROLL,   b. 19 Feb 1819 
    Family ID F3475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Juana Fernandes REED,   b. 12 Mar 1847, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 8 Mar 1865  Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp), enumerated on Sep 3 1870:
      Jesse Leeson, 22, farmer; Juana F, 23; Levi, 3; Andrew, 1

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 4 1880:
      Jesse Leeson, 32, farmer; wife Juan F, 33; son Levi, 14; son Andrew, 11; boarder Victora Pearce, 6
    Children 
     1. Levi LEESON,   b. 30 Aug 1866, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Andrew LEESON,   b. 31 Jan 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1923, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     3. Susannah LEESON,   b. 2 Feb 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     4. Eliza E. LEESON,   b. 3 Sep 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
    +5. Edward Jackson LEESON,   b. 1 Nov 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1947, Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F14792  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Susannah Frances FLEMING,   b. 7 Dec 1867,   d. 15 Nov 1952  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 3 Aug 1892  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
    +1. Kenneth Fleming LEESON,   b. 26 Mar 1901, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1977  (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F3476  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    3. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com).

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

    5. [S2020] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S2277] Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV, MR p. 131 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11630380&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Jesse Leeson and Jane Fernandes Reed. No further identifying information. Married Mar 8 1865 in Barbour County. Ceremony performed by G. A. Compton. (Note: This record appears actually to be a ledge-style index. In the Remarks column is a reference to Book 1-1/2, Page 20, which may be the location of the original record.)

    8. [S1877] Barbour County WV Marriages 1843-1892, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Apr 1986)).
      Identified as Jesse Leeson & Juan F. Reed, ages and parents not specified. Married Mar 8 1865.

    9. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Jesse Leeson, widowed, age 45, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Susie Fleming, age 23, of Ritchie Co. Married Aug 3 1892.