Husband: John Wesley Dotson
Born: Mar-21-1868 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,2
Died: May- 9-1950 in Ritchie Co, WV 1
Buried: in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV 1,3
Resided: in Ritchie Co, WV 2,1
Census: 1880, 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 1
Father: Oliver M. Dotson (1846 - 1929)
Mother: Mary Ann Waters (1843 - 1929)
Wife: Mary "Sissy" Prim
Census name: Sissy Prim 4
Married: Aug-17-1905 near Stanley, Tyler Co, WV 5
Born: Aug-12-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 6,7
Died: Mar-13-1916 at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 7
Buried: in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV 7,8
Father: Nathan W. Prim (1820 - 1913)
Mother: Keziah Bee (1826 - 1893)
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) Obituary. (4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as J. W. Dotson, 37, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Mary Prim, 34, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Aug 17 1905 "at or near Stanley, W.Va." (Note: The community of Stanley is just over the county line in Tyler County, so it would be possible to be "near" Stanley but still be in Doddridge County. Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as Aug 16 1905.), MR p. 309. (6) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 106. (7) Obituary, The Doddridge County Republican, 3/23/1916. (8) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.