There is "Springfield District Cemeteries of Hampshire Co., WV," by Vicki Horton--do you mean that? The only Lease in it is Edith L. Lease, 1894-1984, in Springfield Hill Cemetery. Martha Grenzeback graymatters2@juno.com On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:45:33 EDT PIECHOCKI@aol.com writes: > I'm told there is a book in the Hampshire Co. Library which is a > compilation of graves in several Hampshire Co. cemeteries. Is there > anyone > on the list that could do a lookup for me? I'm particularly > interested in > the following names, and I can only guess as the dates of death: > > James Lease (middle initial could be T, F, or G; born Mary 1841; > name last > seen on a deed in 1906, but have not been able to locate on any > census after > 1900; fought in Civil War, 7th Virginia Cavalry, Company F; only the > service > record is available but no pension because he was from Maryland and > lived in > Maryland). No death certificate can be found in Maryland or WV. > > Mary Jane Lease (maiden name Criss), wife of James Lease (above); > born June > 1845; name last seen on deed in 1906, but have not been able to > locate of any > census after 1900. No death certificate can be found in Maryland or > WV. > > Silas Lees/Leese; born 1800-1810 in Virginia; all children on the > 1850 census > listed as being born in MD; he was last seen on 1860 census in WV; > no death > certificate found. > > Nancy Leese, wife of Silas, above; born about 1815 in Va. Not found > yet on > any records after 1850. > > Would greatly appreciate any additional information. > Thanks, > Kathy Lease > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.