MS Co-Pilot Timeline Report for James H. Leitch and Cynthia M. Depriest, my 2nd-great-grandparents

·         October 28, 1845: James Henry Leitch was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

·         About 1843: Cynthia Mildred Depriest was born in Virginia.

·         August 6, 1850: Cynthia Mildred Depriest appeared in the 1850 census as a member of Robert Depriest and Jemimah Ramsey's household in Augusta County, Virginia. The household consisted of:

o    Robert Depriest (54, Shoemaker, Real Estate $230, Birthplace VA)

o    Jemima Depriest (52, Birthplace VA, cannot read or write)

o    Julia A. Depriest (22, Birthplace VA)

o    Robert Depriest (20, Laborer, Birthplace VA)

o    Charles A. Depriest (18, Laborer, Birthplace VA)

o    Hannah I. Depriest (16, Birthplace VA)

o    Sarah F. Depriest (14, Birthplace VA)

o    Elizabeth C. Depriest (10, Birthplace VA)

o    Cynthia Depriest (7, Birthplace Virginia).

·         September 11, 1860: Cynthia Mildred Depriest appeared in the 1860 census as a member of Robert Depriest and Jemimah Ramsey's household in Augusta County, Virginia. The household consisted of:

o    Robert Depriest (64, Shoemaker, Birthplace VA)

o    Jemima Depriest (62, Birthplace VA)

o    Julia A. Depriest (32, Birthplace VA)

o    Robert Depriest (30, Laborer, Birthplace VA)

o    Charles A. Depriest (28, Laborer, Birthplace VA)

o    Hannah I. Depriest (26, Birthplace VA)

o    Sarah F. Depriest (24, Birthplace VA)

o    Elizabeth C. Depriest (20, Birthplace VA)

o    Cynthia Depriest (17, Birthplace Virginia).

·         1860: James Henry Leitch appeared in the 1860 census as a family member in the household of John B. Leitch in St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The household consisted of:

o    John B. Leitch (55, Farmer, Real Estate $785, Personal Estate $575, Birthplace VA)

o    James H. Leitch (12, attended school, Birthplace VA)

o    Rebecca Leitch (10, attended school, Birthplace VA)

o    Charles Leitch (8, attended school, Birthplace VA)

o    Joanna Simpson (14, stepdaughter from John's second wife Elizabeth Simpson, Birthplace VA)

o    Aaron Pryor (16, black man, laborer, Birthplace VA).

·         November 4, 1866: James Henry Leitch and Cynthia Mildred Depriest were married in Augusta County, Virginia. James was 21 and Cynthia was 23.

·         July 30, 1870: They appeared in the 1870 federal population census in Mount Sidney, Augusta County, Virginia. The household consisted of:

o    James Henry Leitch (24, farmer, Birthplace VA)

o    Cynthia Mildred Depriest (27, keeping house, Birthplace VA)

o    Mary J. Leitch (6, Birthplace VA)

o    Ella J. Leitch (3, Birthplace VA)

o    Samuel D. Leitch (7/12, born in December 1869, Birthplace VA).

·         June 5, 1880: They appeared in the 1880 federal population census in Beverly Manor, Augusta County, Virginia. The household consisted of:

o    James Henry Leitch (34, farmer, Birthplace VA)

o    Cynthia Mildred Depriest (37, Birthplace VA)

o    Mary J. Leitch (16, attended school, Birthplace VA)

o    Ella J. Leitch (13, attended school, Birthplace VA)

o    Eva Lulu Leitch (6, attended school, Birthplace VA)

o    Samuel D. Leitch (10, attended school, Birthplace VA)

o    Preston Thompson Leitch Sr. (4, Birthplace VA)

o    Austin W. Leitch (2, Birthplace VA)

o    Celestine Leitch (7 months, born in Nov 1879, Birthplace VA)

o    Franklin Leitch (26, nephew, single, helped out on the farm, Birthplace VA).

·         July 21, 1893: James Henry Leitch died from a fever in Beverly Manor District, Augusta County, Virginia. He was 47.

·         September 8, 1897: Cynthia Mildred Depriest died from a fever, possibly Typhoid Fever, in Augusta County, Virginia. She was 54.

Other significant events:

·         April 14, 1863: Mary J. "Mollie" Leitch was born in Virginia. She later married George Scott Brooks on December 29, 1886, in Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia, and died on August 28, 1893, in Augusta County, Virginia.

·         August 1867: Ella J. Leitch was born in Virginia. She married Amos N. Pearson before 1892 and died on October 21, 1915, in Covington, Alleghany County, Virginia.

·         December 27, 1869: Samuel D. Leitch was born in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia. He married Susan I. Wolfrey on December 5, 1895, in Augusta County, Virginia, and died on March 2, 1957, in Petersburg (City), Virginia.

·         May 20, 1872: Bertie Mildred Leitch was born in Beverly Manor, Augusta County, Virginia. No further information is available about Bertie.

·         December 17, 1873: Henrietta Leitch was born in Beverly Manor, Augusta County, Virginia. No further information is available about Henrietta.

·         April 11, 1875: Eva Lulu Leitch was born in Augusta County, Virginia. She married Nicholas Trout Whitlock on January 21, 1895, in Washington, D.C., and died on February 6, 1958, in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia.

·         October 10, 1875: Preston Thompson Leitch Sr. was born in Beverly Manor, Augusta County, Virginia. He married Bettie Isabelle Carr around 1903 and died on March 4, 1964, in Roanoke (City), Virginia.

·         July 4, 1877: Austin W. Leitch was born in Virginia. He married Ella Linora Thomasson on October 27, 1897, in Staunton, Rockingham County, Virginia; Alice Southard on September 1, 1927, in Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia; and Melba Elizabeth Fetty on July 29, 1940, in Hanover County, Virginia. He died on August 30, 1954, in Charlottesville, Charlottesville (City), Virginia.

·         November 4, 1879: Celestine Leitch was born in Virginia. She married Albert Henry Kutsch in 1910 and died on April 2, 1971, in Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey.

·         September 10, 1881: Rebecca C. Leitch was born in Beverly Manor, Augusta County, Virginia. She died from a sore throat on October 27, 1884, at the age of 3 in Augusta County, Virginia. She was also known as Catharine C. Leitch.

·         March 14, 1885: Nina S. Leitch was born in Virginia. She married Robert Sidney Paxton on June 23, 1904, in Alleghany County, Virginia, and died on November 4, 1962.