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John LEESON

John LEESON

Male 1837 -


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  • Name John LEESON
    Birth CA 1837  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Person ID I9665  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 May 2017

    Father Thomas LEESON,   b. CA 1804   d. 5 Feb 1855 (Age ~ 51 years)
    Mother Nancy CARROLL,   b. 19 Feb 1819
    Family ID F3475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann ADAMS,   b. CA 1830, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1911 (Age ~ 80 years)
    Marriage 28 Feb 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp):
      John Leeson, 33, farmer; Mary A, 40; Nancy E, 9; Thomas, 7; John M, 3; Joseph, 10 months.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 23 1880:
      John Leeson, 44, farmer, medical condition lumbago; wife Mary A, 50, medical condition rheumatism, cannot read/write; dau Nancy E, 19; son Thomas, 17; son John M, 13; son Joseph, 10.
    Children 
    +1. Nancy E. LEESON,   b. 8 Mar 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Thomas LEESON,   b. CA 1863
    +3. John M. LEESON,   b. 1 Mar 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1920, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    +4. Joseph LEESON,   b. 7 Jul 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1920, Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    Family ID F3474  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S967] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).

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

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 130, line 9 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790841&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John Leeson, 23, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Thomas & Nancy; and Mary A. Adams, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of William & Lucinda. Married Feb 28 1860 in Doddridge County.
      (NOTE: Wife's age is a variance with her age in the 1850 and 1870 Census, both of which show her to have been born in about 1830, seven or eight years older than in her marriage record.)