Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Oliver M. Dotson    
                Born: Nov-  -1846           1
                Died: Dec-30-1929          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Buried: (unmarked)           in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  4
              Father: J. S. Dotson 
                Wife: Mary Ann Waters     
                Born: Dec-  -1843          in Pennsylvania  1
                Died: bef Dec 1929          5
              Buried: (unmarked)           in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: John Waters 
           M Child 1: John Wesley Dotson 3     
                Born: Mar-21-1868          in Ritchie Co, WV  6,7
                Died: May- 9-1950          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Buried:                      in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  6,8
             Resided:                      in Ritchie Co, WV  7,6
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  6
                Wife: Mary "Sissy" Prim  b. Aug-12-1871  d. Mar-13-1916  
         Census name: Sissy Prim 9
             Married: Aug-17-1905          near Stanley, Tyler Co, WV  10
           M Child 2: William L. Dotson      
                Born: Jan-  -1870           1
             Resided: 1950                 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  11
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           M Child 3: Commodore Porter Dotson      
       Also known as: Porter Dotson 3,11
                Born: Jul-18-1872          in Ritchie Co, WV  8,1
                Died: Oct-30-1957          near Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  12
              Buried: (unmarked)           in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  3,8
             Resided:                      near Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  8,11
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           F Child 4: Olivenia Dotson      
         Census name: Aladenia Dotson 1
                Born: May-  -1875           1
             Resided: 1950                 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  11
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           M Child 5: Sylvanus O. Dotson      
                Born: Dec-  -1878           1
             Resided: 1950                 in Mannington, Marion Co, WV  11
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           F Child 6: Miranda S. Dotson      
                Born: Jul-  -1881           1
              Buried: (unmarked)           in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Resided: 1950                 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  11
              Census: 1900                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           F Child 7: Melvina Dotson      

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(2) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(5) Death record of husband. 
(6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(8) Obituary. 
(9) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(10) 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. 
(11) Obituary of brother. 
(12) Obituary - At home. 







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