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Thomas D. LEESON

Thomas D. LEESON

Male 1831 - 1882  (50 years)

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  • Name Thomas D. LEESON 
    Born 21 Jun 1831  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1877  [3] 
    boot maker 
    Census 1880  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation County Assessor  [4, 5] 
    Occupation farmer  [6, 7] 
    Died Jan 1882  [1] 
    Buried Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I57594  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2021 

    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 Rosetta DAVIS,   b. 1835, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1896  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 27 Jun 1854  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      Thomas Leeson, 29, farmer; Rosetta Leeson, 26; A. Leeson (male), 3; L. Leeson (male), 21, farm laborer.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 14 1880:
      Thos. D. Leeson, 48, farmer; wife Roseda Leeson, 45; son Amaziah D. Leeson, 17; dau Nancy A. Leeson, 16; dau Dolly H, 11; aunt Nancy Leeson, 77, single, b. Va. (father b. Ireland, mother b. Va.); mother Nancy Wise, 66, b. Pa. (both parents b. Pa.).
      (NOTE: For Thomas Leeson and the elder Nancy Leeson, the column was checked to indicate that they were "Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden, or otherwise disabled." Also for the elder Nancy Leeson, the entry "Infirm" was entered in the column labeled "Is the person [on the day of the Enumerator's visit] sick or temporarily disabled, so as to be unable to attend to ordinary business or duties? If so, what is the sickness or disability?" It is noted that her death occurred two months later.)
    Children 
    +1. Amaziah D. LEESON,   b. 20 Feb 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Nancy Ann LEESON,   b. 1 Apr 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1922, Canton, Stark Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    +3. Dolly Hannah LEESON,   b. 18 Jan 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Early LEESON,   b. 20 Aug 1880, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F23833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
    1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV    		1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S2201] City Directory.

    4. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    5. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    6. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    7. [S2147] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 110 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790852&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Thomas D. Leeson, 23, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of William & Nancy Leason; and Rosetta Davis, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Peter W. & Ann Davis. Married Jun 27 1854 in Doddridge County.