Husband: John Ruhl Dotson
Born: Dec- 5-1883 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3 (see note 1)
Died: Apr-10-1956 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 1,2,3
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3,4
Cause of death: intestinal cancer 1
Resided: 107 Orchard St in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30, 40 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: special police for U.S. (retired 1951) 1,3
Occupation: mayor of West Union 3
Occupation: 1938 storekeeper 5
Occupation: 1930 railroad agent 6
Occupation: 1918 cashier at B&O railway station 7
Father: Victor Emanuel Dotson (1843 - 1885)
Mother: Lucy M. Cheuvront (1855 - 1938)
Other spouse 2
Notes
Wife: Alice M. Baker 8 Married: Jun-17-1914 in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV 9
Born: May-31-1883 in Pleasants Co, WV 1,9 Died: Jul- 2-1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Buried: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1910 co-proprietor (with sister Bertha) of restaurant 10 Father: Dennis W. Baker (1851 - 1931) Mother: Mahala Flowers (1854 - 1939)
F Child 1: Doris Helen Dotson Born: Jun-12-1923 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 11,6,12 (see note 3) Died: Sep- 3-2001 11 Resided: in Greenbelt, Prince Georges Co, MD 13 Resided: 1956 in Lanham, Prince Georges Co, MD 14 Census: 1930, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Arthur Jones, Jr. b. Dec-21-1922 Married: Apr-12-1942 in Belington, Barbour Co, WV 15
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Obituary. (4) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (5) Obituary of mother. (6) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (7) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (8) Marriage record of daughter. (9) Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV. (10) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (11) Social Security Death Index. (12) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) (13) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (14) Obituary of father. (15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in death record and obituary as Dec 5 1884, on his grave marker also as 1884, and on his WW 2 draft registration as Dec 5 1887. But his birth record, Social Security records, and WW I draft registration all show it as Dec 5 1883. Note (2) Probably in the IOOF section of Blockhouse Hill Cemetery, where her parents are buried, as well as her husband with his second wife. Middle initial given as M in marriage record and 1930 Census, but as A in death record. Note (3) Birth date given in 1942 marriage record as Jun 12 1920, age 21. But ages 6 and 16 in the 1930 and 1940 censuses, put it in about 1924.