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Leona Priscilla <I>Jones</I> Leasure

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Leona Priscilla Jones Leasure

Birth
Glouster, Athens County, Ohio, USA
Death
28 Jan 1923 (aged 20)
Ohio, USA
Burial
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LEONA LEASURE

GLOUSTER--Following an illness dating from the birth of a babe about
five weeks ago, Mrs. Tyllmon Leasure (Leona Jones) died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jones, Sr., in this city at 12:10 Sunday morning. Mrs. Leasure was 20 years of age on March 10 and is survived by her husband and little babe. Prior to her marriage to Mr. Leasure on Oct. 26, 1921, she taught in the Trimble township schools, her last school being the one at Taylor Ridge.

Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 in charge of the pastor, Rev. Landsittel. Interment will be in the Maplewood Cemetery.

The Athens Messenger
Jan. 29, 1923, Page 5
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Leona was the daughter of Isaac and Sarah Whiteman Jones. She married Tyllmon Warren Leasure on 26 Nov 1921 in Washington Co, Ohio. After Leona's death in 1923, Tyllmon moved to Oregon and remarried. He died on 19 Dec 1988 in Marion Co, Oregon.

***Special thanks to contributor Julie Knox/Graves-Birkhimer for providing information on Tyllmon's burial location. In the 1930 Census he was in Salem, Marion Co, Oregon with wife Garnette L and his birth place is given as Ohio.

Sources: Oregon Death Index 1903-1998;
Ohio County Marriages 1789-1997;
Ohio Birth Index 1841-2003
LEONA LEASURE

GLOUSTER--Following an illness dating from the birth of a babe about
five weeks ago, Mrs. Tyllmon Leasure (Leona Jones) died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jones, Sr., in this city at 12:10 Sunday morning. Mrs. Leasure was 20 years of age on March 10 and is survived by her husband and little babe. Prior to her marriage to Mr. Leasure on Oct. 26, 1921, she taught in the Trimble township schools, her last school being the one at Taylor Ridge.

Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 in charge of the pastor, Rev. Landsittel. Interment will be in the Maplewood Cemetery.

The Athens Messenger
Jan. 29, 1923, Page 5
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Leona was the daughter of Isaac and Sarah Whiteman Jones. She married Tyllmon Warren Leasure on 26 Nov 1921 in Washington Co, Ohio. After Leona's death in 1923, Tyllmon moved to Oregon and remarried. He died on 19 Dec 1988 in Marion Co, Oregon.

***Special thanks to contributor Julie Knox/Graves-Birkhimer for providing information on Tyllmon's burial location. In the 1930 Census he was in Salem, Marion Co, Oregon with wife Garnette L and his birth place is given as Ohio.

Sources: Oregon Death Index 1903-1998;
Ohio County Marriages 1789-1997;
Ohio Birth Index 1841-2003


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