THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMES LEARY

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                              Don Norman

 

1.JAMES LEARY

 

    James Leary was born about 1787.  He married Barbara ------. 

Barbara was also born about 1787.  The family is listed in the 1850

Randolph County VA (WV) census.

 

Known children of James and Barbara Leary.

 

  2.  (1). Cyrus                   b.c.     1825

 

  3.  (2). Silas Benjamin          b.c.     1825   d.Nov 11 1888

         m.Margaret Roach Jan 23 1853

 

  4.  (3). Mary A.                 b.c.     1828

 

 

3.SILAS BENJAMIN LEARY     1.JAMES LEARY

 

    Silas Benjamin Leary, a son of James and Barbara Leary, was born

in Randolph County VA (WV) about 1825 and died November 11, 1888.  He

married Margaret Roach January 23, 1853.  Margaret, a daughter of

William and Delilah (Carney) Roach, was born February 1, 1835 and died

March 10, 1896.

 

Known children of Silas Benjamin and Margaret (Roach) Leary.

 

  5.  (1). William B.              b.Feb  8 1854   d.May  9 1921

         m.Susan Victoria Candler Jan 10 1883

 

  6.  (2). Calvin "Toud"           b.Apr 21 1856   d.Apr 28 1929

         m.Millie Catherine Chancey May 19 1883

 

  7.  (3). Sarah Delilah           b.Mar 14 1858

         m.Amos B. Mitchell  Dec 20 1880

 

  8.  (4). Conda                   b.May 14 1860

         m.Carrie L. Rhodes Oct 28 1886

 

  9.  (5). John E.                 b.Mar 13 1865

         m.Rosa L. Jarvis Oct 19 1904

 

 10.  (6). Esther                  b.c.     1871

         m.Thomas Abraham Candler Mar 22 1891

 

 11.  (7). Henry B.                b.c.     1873

         m.Maggie Hicks Mar 23 1912

 

 12.  (8). Gregory

 

 

5.WILLIAM B. LEARY     3.SILAS BENJAMIN LEARY     1.JAMES LEARY

 

    William B. Leary, a son of Silas Benjamin and Margaret (Roach)

Leary, was born in Jackson county VA (WV) February 8, 1854 and died

May 9, 1921.  He married Susan Victoria Candler January 10, 1883.

Susan, a daughter of John Wesley and Elizabeth Jane (Knapp) Candler,

was born February 18, 1857 and died March 24, 1927.

 

Children of William B. and Susan Victoria (Candler) Leary.

 

 13.  (1). Nettie Ellen            b.       1885   d.       1966

 

 14.  (2). John B.                 b.       1886   d.       1932

         m.Claudia Belle Boggs Dec 8 1910

 

 15.  (3). Maude Lucretia          b.       1889   d.       1961

 

 16.  (4). Dolah Victoria          b.Apr  3 1897   d.Jun  7 1899

 

 

14.JOHN B. LEARY     5.WILLIAM B. LEARY     3.SILAS BENJAMIN LEARY    

1.JAMES LEARY

 

    John B. Leary, a son of William B. and Susan Victoria (Candler)

Leary, was born in Jackson County WV in 1886 and died in Wood County

WV September 5, 1932.  He married Claudia Belle Boggs December 8,

1910.  Claudia, a daughter of James Edward and Lucinda (Jarvis) Boggs,

was born in Calhoun county WV April 16, 1893 and died in Mason County

WV April 19, 1974.

    John and Claudia were divorced in 1931 and Claudia married Ervin

B. Gibbs December 22, 1936.  Ervin was born November 14, 1882 and died

February 5, 1966.

 

Children of John B. and Claudia Belle (Boggs) Leary.

 

 17.  (1). Howard Clarence         b.       1912   d.       1985

 

 18.  (2). Audra Lee               b.Jan 16 1914

 

 19.  (3). Myrl Frances            b.Jan  9 1916

 

 20.  (4). Roxie                   b.       1917   d.       1975

 

 21.  (5). Carl B.                 b.       1920     d.     1982

 

 22.  (6). Edwin Eugene            b.Feb 10 1922

 

 23.  (7). Madge                   b.Jul 30 1924

 

 24.  (8). John Dearman            b.Nov  6 1927

 

 25.  (9). Billie G.               b.Mar 10 1930

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

"Roane County WV Family History 1989" p.228

Norman, Don, "The Descendants of Thomas Jefferson Candler"