Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Hiram Sears Dotson    
       Also known as: Hiram Sayre Dotson 
                Born: Sep-21-1823          in Wood Co, (W)VA  1,2,3
                Died: Sep-25-1899          in Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Buried:                      in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  4
          Occupation:                      farmer  5
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
            Military:                      Civil War  6
              Father: Emanuel Dotson   (1798 - 1880) 
              Mother: Hannah Sayre   (1803 - 1862) 
Other spouse 1
Notes 
                Wife: Melvina Pool     
             Married: Aug-23-1864          in Ritchie Co, WV  7
                Born: Jun-13-1835          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,3
                Died: May-12-1913           3
              Buried:                      in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Father: Thomas Pool   (1804 - 1887) 
              Mother: Anna Waldo   (1806 - 1891) 
           M Child 1: Daniel Dotson      
           M Child 2: John Wesley Dotson      
                Born: Aug-22-1865          in Ritchie Co, WV  8,9,10
                Died: Dec- 8-1931          in Doddridge Co, WV  8,9
              Buried:                      in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  4,8
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1893                 in Ritchie Co, WV  10
          Occupation:                      farmer  8,11
                Wife: Melzena Florence Clevenger  b. Jan-10-1867  d. bef Nov 1893  
         Census name: Melzine F. Clevenger 
             Married: Jul- 4-1888          in Ritchie Co, WV  12
                Wife: Hattie Odell Miller  b. Jun-16-1872  d. Feb-16-1956  
             Married: Nov-23-1893          in Ritchie Co, WV  13
           M Child 3: Thomas Jefferson Dotson      
         Census name: T. J. Dotson 14
                Born: Jan- 3-1869           1,3
                Died: Apr- 5-1958           3
              Buried:                      in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1934, 1945           in Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  15
              Census: 1920                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
                Wife: June Taylor  b. Jun- 1-1889  d. Nov- 3-1921  
       Also known as: Juna Taylor 1
             Married: Nov-14-1908          in Ritchie Co, WV  1
           F Child 4: Anna Belle Dotson      
       Also known as: Annie B. Dotson 1
                Born: Feb- 4-1872          in Ritchie Co, WV  8,16,1
                Died: Apr-18-1930          at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  8
              Buried:                      in Ellenboro Masonic Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  4 (see note 1)
      Cause of death:                      sciatic rheumatism  8
              Census: 1910                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  17
             Husband: Marion Bukey Nutter  b. Jul- 3-1867  d. Mar-13-1939  
         Census name: Bukey Nutter 18
             Married: Feb-26-1891          in Ritchie Co, WV  1

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(2) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 468. 
(7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Hiram S. Dotson, widowed, 40, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Manuel & Hannah; and Melvina Pool, 29, b. Harrison Co, 
res. Ritchie Co, dau of Thomas & Anna.  Married Aug 23 1864. 
(8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(11) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). 
(12) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as John W. Dotson, 22, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and 
Florence Clevenger, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co.  Married Jul 4 1888 in Ritchie County, officiated by E. J. 
Taylor. MR p. 66, Line 58 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11540387&Type=Marriage. 
(13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John W. Dotson, 28, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Hattie 
Miller, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Nov 23 1893 "at the residence of H. S. Dotson."  (Note:  The wedding 
apparently took place in Ritchie County, residence of the groom's father, Hiram Sears Dotson.), MR p. 
353. 
(14) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(15) Obituary of half-sister. 
(16) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(17) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) 
(18) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Death record indicates burial at Toll Gate, cemetery not specified.  But
"Ritchie County Cemeteries through 1993" reports a headstone for her and her
husband at the Ellenboro Masonic Cemetery.







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