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Hattie LEESON

Hattie LEESON

Female 1875 - 1954  (79 years)


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  • Name Hattie LEESON
    Census 1900, 10, 20, 30  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 20 May 1875  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1878, and in an undated obituary clipping as May 29 1878, with death occurring on "Tuesday, Oct. 5" at age 76. That date in 1954 did fall on a Tuesday, but there still remains the 3-year discrepancy of the birthdate as compared to her birth record, which clearly states that she was born on May 20 1875.
    Gender Female
    Residence Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Residence 1950  Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Death 5 Oct 1954  Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 8] 
    Burial South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9] 
    Person ID I21623  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2012

    Father Eli B. LEESON,   b. 10 Jun 1833, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1918, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Mother Clarinda L. MCINTYRE,   b. 27 Feb 1839, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F1996  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henry Joseph SMITH,   b. Jul 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1961, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 87 years)  [10, 11]
    Marriage 24 Nov 1901  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
     1. Clifferd SMITH,   b. 27 Oct 1902   d. 27 Oct 1902 (Age 0 years)
     2. Clive SMITH,   b. 27 Oct 1902   d. 27 Oct 1902 (Age 0 years)
    +3. Carsie Oman SMITH,   b. 30 Oct 1903, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1978, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     4. Famie T. SMITH,   b. 30 Mar 1905   d. 6 Nov 1993 (Age 88 years)
    +5. Eula SMITH,   b. 4 Aug 1906, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1985, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    >6. Kelsie Oral SMITH,   b. 16 Apr 1908, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1976 (Age 68 years)
     7. Mancil SMITH,   b. 10 Jul 1916, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1986 (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F7993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 74.
      Identified as Hattie C. Leeson, dau of Eli B. & Clarinda L. Leeson. Born May 20 1875. Person providing information for the record identified as Ida E. Leeson, sister of the child.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S14] Obituary.

    4. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    5. [S643] Obituary of father.

    6. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    7. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    8. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    9. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    10. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 251.

    11. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    12. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 399 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793933&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Henry J. Smith, 27, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Hattie Leeson, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Nov 24 1901 at the bride's residence.