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Ashby Lee LEESON

Ashby Lee LEESON

Male 1863 - 1950  (86 years)

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  • Name Ashby Lee LEESON 
    Born 29 Nov 1863  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    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 
    Residence 1918  Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation merchant and farmer  [1] 
    Residence Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 11 Apr 1950  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Notes 
    • Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Oct 12 1916, in its entirety:
      "Ashby L. Leeson, a prosperous farmer of Middle Fork, was in the city Thursday; he is now the owner of the John R. Lodge farm."
    Person ID I2469  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2018 

    Father Eli B. LEESON,   b. 10 Jun 1833, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 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 location,   d. 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 1 Araminta E. "Mintie" SMITH,   b. 28 Oct 1870,   d. 14 Mar 1899  (Age 28 years)  [4] 
    Married 20 Jan 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Clarence A. LEESON,   b. 3 Nov 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1913, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
    +2. Alta LEESON,   b. 18 Nov 1891, Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1983, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    +3. Ila Mae LEESON,   b. Oct 1896, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1950  (Age ~ 53 years)
    Family ID F3473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nettie Violet REED,   b. 19 Apr 1892,   d. 22 Apr 1974  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 21 Apr 1925  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District), enumerated in Jan 1920 on Middle Fork:
      Ashby Leeson, 56, farmer, widowed; servant Nettie Reed, 25, single; dau Lela Reed, 5. [4]
    Children 
    +1. Lelia Jane LEESON,   b. 26 Feb 1914, Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 2007, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    +2. Wilma Lee LEESON,   b. 5 Feb 1926,   d. 19 May 1958  (Age 32 years)
    +3. Mansfield LEESON,   b. 8 Feb 1930, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F887  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S643] Obituary of father.

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

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 342.
      Identified as Ashby L. Leeson, 25, b. Doddridge Co; and Minta Smith, 18, b. Doddridge Co. Ceremony held Jan 20 1889 "at J. W. Smith residence before witnesses." Informants: A. L. Leeson & J. W. Smith.

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

    7. [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm).

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 11, p. 401.
      Groom identified as A. L. Leeson, age 58, b. Doddridge Co. Bride identified as Miss Nettie Reed, age 32, b. Doddridge Co. Ceremony held Apr 21 1925 "at A. L. Leeson's."