Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Littleton Dotson    
                Born: Nov-  -1860          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Feb-14-1941          at Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1940                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 at Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1893                 in Ritchie Co, WV  1
          Occupation:                      farmer  2,6,5
              Father: Benjamin Dotson   (1816 - 1868) 
              Mother: Malinda Dotson   (1818 - 1896) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Rose Lee Cumberledge     
             Married: ca 1901               6
                Born: Oct-16-1877          in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV  4
                Died: Jan-23-1949          in Tyler Co, WV  4
              Buried:                      in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1930                 at Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1910                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Ellis Cumberledge   (1846 - 1916) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Smith   (1854 - 1887) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Lonnie B. Dotson      
                Born: May-12-1906          in Stanley, Ritchie Co, WV  7,8 (see note 2)
                Died: Feb-17-1996           8,9
              Buried:                      in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  10
              Census: 1940                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 at Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  5
          Occupation:                      farmer  11
          Occupation: 1930                 farm laborer  5
                Wife: Grace Richards  b. Sep- 3-1909  d. Jan-19-1988  

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(3) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). 
(6) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(7) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Social Security Death Index. 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(11) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. 

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.
Note (2) Birth date on headstone is 1905.







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