Family: Thomas MASON / Pleasy LEESON (F40968)
m. 25 Mar 1858-
Father | Male
Thomas MASON
Born CA 1834 Marion Co, (W)VA 
Died 15 Aug 1864 Shenandoah Co, VA Buried PLOT 4276 Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester, VA Married 25 Mar 1858 [1] Doddridge Co, (W)VA [1] Father Daniel MASON | F40969 Group Sheet Mother Rachel DICKEN | F40969 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Pleasy LEESON
Born Apr 1824 Died 17 May 1906 Buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV Father William D. LEESON | F40952 Group Sheet Mother Mary ___ | F40952 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
+ Thomas L. MASON
Born May 1863 Ritchie Co, WV Died 1945 Buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV Spouse Alice GARRISON | F40970 Married 6 Jul 1884 Ritchie Co, WV
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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.
- 1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 24 1860:
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Sources - [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.)
- [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 122 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790607&Type=Marriage.