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Martha Jane LEESON

Martha Jane LEESON

Female 1849 - 1943  (~ 94 years)


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  • Name Martha Jane LEESON
    Birth CA 1849  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birthplace given in the 1860 Census and in her marriage record as Gilmer County, but in her death record and daughter Ella's birth record as Doddridge County. Martha's age in her marriage record puts her birth in about 1853, but age 11 in the 1860 Census puts it in about 1849. Birth/death dates 1845 and 1949 on her headstone are incorrect. Her death record shows that she died on 22 Dec 1943, but it incorrectly states that she was born in West Union on 10 May 1843. Informant for her death record was her daughter Ella Statler.
    Gender Female
    Census 1860  Calhoun Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1869  Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870, 1880  Sheridan District, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 22 Dec 1943  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Stonewall Park Cemetery, Stonewood, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I76142  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2026

    Father John LEESON,   b. CA 1800, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Hulda STOUT,   b. CA 1815
    Family ID F40954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cornelius Martin G. KELLEY,   b. Apr 1850, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7]
    Marriage 11 Mar 1869  Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    >1. Ara Ann KELLEY,   b. 8 Oct 1884   d. Bef Nov 1919 (Age 35 years)
    +2. Sarah Belle KELLEY,   b. 28 Mar 1887   d. 6 Nov 1966, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +3. Ella KELLEY,   b. 23 Nov 1893, Bull River, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1981 (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F32503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2583] 1860 Census, Calhoun County, (W)VA.

    2. [S1851] Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV.

    3. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1983740&frame=01353.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    6. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    7. [S1590] Death record of daughter.