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Cornelia LEESON

Cornelia LEESON

Female 1871 - 1951  (79 years)


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  • Name Cornelia LEESON
    Birth 1 Mar 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1880, 1900, 1930  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1935  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1940  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 2 Jan 1951  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I6352  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2012

    Father John P. LEESON,   b. 12 Nov 1829, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    Mother Sophia MCINTYRE,   b. CA 1844, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1920, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years)
    Family ID F3468  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Irvin CRITCHFIELD,   b. 23 Mar 1861, Roane Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1946, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Marriage 18 Jul 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Notes 
    • Obituary of daughter Dorothy identifies her as the "daughter of the late Thomas Forest and Carnelia Leason Critchfield." Thomas Forest Critchfield was actually Dorothy's brother. Marriage record has his name as Thomas I. Crihfield [sic], while obituary of wife identifies him simply as Thomas Critchfield. His own death record identifies him as Thomas Irven Critchfield Sr. and incorrectly identifies his father as Thomas Irvin Critchfield.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District):
      Thomas I. Crichfield, b. Mar 1861, married 11 yrs; wife Cornelia, 27, mother of 5 children (all still living); dau Dollie H, b. Jun 1890; son Homer, b. Sep 1892; son Earnest, b. Dec 1894; son Forest, b. Feb 1897; dau Dortha, b. Aug 1899.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District):
      Thomas I. Crihfield, 58; wife Cornelia, 28; son Forest, 22; son Hilton, 15; son Porter, 13; dau Willie C, 11; son Thomas I, 9.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District):
      Cornelia Critchfield, 52, married; son Thomas I, 19, single.
    Children 
    +1. Dollie H. CRITCHFIELD,   b. 5 Jun 1890, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1970, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +2. Homer CRITCHFIELD,   b. 25 Sep 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1964, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    >3. Ernest C. CRITCHFIELD,   b. 5 Dec 1894, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1960, Deerfield, Portage Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +4. Thomas Forrest "Foxy" CRITCHFIELD,   b. 23 Feb 1897   d. 1962 (Age 64 years)
    +5. Dorothy Virginia CRITCHFIELD,   b. 5 Aug 1900, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1978, Fairfax, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +6. Hilton Hayward CRITCHFIELD,   b. 3 Feb 1904, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1986 (Age 81 years)
    +7. Franklin Porter CRITCHFIELD,   b. 3 Feb 1906, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1993, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +8. Willa Cornelia CRITCHFIELD,   b. 19 Aug 1908, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1979, San Bernardino Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +9. Thomas Irven "Bus" CRITCHFIELD,   b. 3 Nov 1910, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1996, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F2238  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S2641] 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV.

    3. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 394.
      He was identified as Thomas I. Crihfield (sic), age 28, b. Doddridge Co, resident of Roane Co; and she as Cornelia Leeson, age 16, b. & residing in Doddridge Co. Ceremony was held at residence of M. Clezigan (sp ?). Persons providing info for the record: Thomas I. Crihfield and Sophia Leeson.

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