Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Benjamin Dotson    
                Born: Dec-10-1816          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Nov-28-1868          in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Arnolds Creek Christian Church Cem, Greenwood (Deep Valley), Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Father: Emanuel Dotson   (1784 - 1850) 
              Mother: Mary "Polly" Reddick   (1784 - 1855) 
                Wife: Malinda Dotson     
             Married: May- 8-1839           
                Born: Sep-16-1818          in Virginia  1
                Died: Mar-12-1896          in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Father: James Dotson   (1793 - 1869) 
              Mother: Lucinda Clevenger   (1796 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Armstrong Dotson      
                Born: Feb-20-1840           2,3
                Died: Nov-19-1920           2
              Buried:                      in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1870                 at Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
                Wife: Catherine Doak  b. Jul-29-1842  d. Jan-27-1878  
           M Child 2: James K. Polk Dotson 1     
                Born: Sep- 5-1846          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Feb-19-1922          in Tyler Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  1
                Wife: Letha Ann Richards  
           M Child 3: Littleton Dotson      
                Born: Nov-  -1860          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  4,5 (see note 1)
                Died: Feb-14-1941          at Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Buried:                      in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Census: 1940                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 at Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  7
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1893                 in Ritchie Co, WV  4
          Occupation:                      farmer  5,8,7
                Wife: Martha Ann Freeman  b. Oct- 4-1871  
         Census name: M. A. Freeman 
             Married: May-16-1893          in Doddridge Co, WV  4
                Wife: Rose Lee Cumberledge  b. Oct-16-1877  d. Jan-23-1949  
             Married: ca 1901               8

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay Twp) 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(6) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). 
(8) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date reported by Findagrave as Feb 14 1860.  But the 1900 Census shows
it as Nov 1860, while age 81y 9m 21d in death record calculates to a birth date
of Apr 24 1859.  Headstone has only the year 1860.







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