Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Isaiah S. Dotson    
                Born: Aug-  -1858           1
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1910                 dairyman  2
          Occupation: 1880                 farm laborer  3
              Father: Matthias Dotson   (1823 - 1906) 
              Mother: Amy Doak   (1831 - 1897) 
                Wife: Mary A. Ellen Chipps     
       Also known as: Ellen Chipps 
             Married: Mar-18-1879          in Doddridge Co, WV  4
                Born: ca  1855              5 (see note 1)
                Died: Sep-30-1928          in Wood Co, WV  6
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  
              Father: David Scott Chipps   (1824 -     ) 
              Mother: Sara Catharine Russell   (1826 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Manford M. Dotson      
                Born: Mar-  -1880           3
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 2: Manford H. Dotson      
                Born: Mar-  -1880           3
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 3: Cisco Dotson      
                Born: Nov-23-1882          in Doddridge Co, WV  7,8 (see note 2)
                Died: Apr-15-1943          in Wood Co, WV  7,8
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  8
              Census: 1930                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  9
                Wife: Laura J. Doak  b. ca 1887  
             Married: Apr- 5-1903          in Ritchie Co, WV  10
                Wife: Lola Beatrice Leggett  b. Jun-10-1893  d. Dec-12-1970  
             Married: Nov-11-1918           
           F Child 4: Hettie Octavia Dotson      
                Born: ca 1884              in Doddridge Co, WV  11
              Census: 1910                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
             Resided: 1909                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  11
             Husband: Charles Tenny  b. ca 1889  
             Married: Sep-25-1909          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  11
           M Child 5: Stanley Dotson      
                Born: ca 1886               2
              Census: 1910                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
           M Child 6: Okey A. Dotson      
                Born: ca 1893               2
              Census: 1910                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
           F Child 7: Nellie May Dotson      
                Born: ca 1897              in Doddridge Co, WV  11
             Resided: 1915                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  11
              Census: 1910                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
             Husband: Ernest E. Nestler  b. ca 1894  
             Married: Nov- 6-1915          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  11

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(2) 1910 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(3) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(4) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(5) 1860 Census, Monongalia County, (W)VA. 
(6) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(8) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(9) 1930 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Cisco Dotson, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Laura 
J. Doak, 16, b. & res. in Ritchie Co.  Married Apr 5 1903 at Lloyd Washburn's, officiated by Minister Franklin 
Doak. 
NOTE:  Lloyd Washburn was the husband of Laura Doak's sister Mary.  Franklin Doak and Laura Doak were first cousins. 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11536556&Type=Marriage. 
(11) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age given at marriage would put birth date at about 1857, and 1900 Census
shows her birth date as Mar 1852, age 48.  But she was age 5 in 1860 Census,
identified as Mary E. M. Chipps.
Note (2) Birth date given as Nov 1881 in 1900 Census.







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