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Jacob LEESON

Jacob LEESON

Male 1825 - 1887  (62 years)

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  • Name Jacob LEESON 
    Born 1825  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1832. But birth date on headstone is 1825.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Died 20 Nov 1887  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    Buried Leeson Cemetery, Middle Fork btwn Grove & Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I32658  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2014 

    Father William D. LEESON,   b. 5 Nov 1798, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Nancy WISE,   b. CA 1810, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1896  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Family ID F3481  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Avaline A. WISE,   b. 30 Mar 1837, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1911, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 21 Aug 1861  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census of Doddridge County, Southwest District:
      Jacob Leeson, 54, farmer; wife Evaoline Leeson, 40; dau Jacobina A. Leeson, 8; boarder Jackson Leeson, 50, farmer; servant Saleka S. Cain, 14.
      (Note: Salome Saleka Cain, who was the orphaned out-of-wedlock daughter of Nancy Cain, married John Eli Hart in 1889.)
    Children 
     1. William Jackson LEESON,   b. 20 Jan 1864,   d. 8 Jan 1871  (Age 6 years)
    +2. Anna Jacqueline LEESON,   b. 5 Jan 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1932  (Age 60 years)
    Family ID F12701  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

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

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S5] Headstone.

    6. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.