Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Lonnie B. Dotson    
                Born: May-12-1906          in Stanley, Ritchie Co, WV  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Feb-17-1996           2,3
              Buried:                      in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Census: 1940                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 at Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  6
          Occupation:                      farmer  7
          Occupation: 1930                 farm laborer  6
              Father: Littleton Dotson   (1860 - 1941) 
              Mother: Rose Lee Cumberledge   (1877 - 1949) 
                Wife: Grace Richards     
                Born: Sep- 3-1909          in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  1,2,8 (see note 2)
                Died: Jan-19-1988           2
              Buried:                      in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1930                 at Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Census: 1920                 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Creed Richards   (1873 - 1945) 
              Mother: Carrie Emily Thomas   (1873 - 1961) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Delbert Emery "Dick" Dotson      
                Born: Aug- 1-1927          in Ritchie Co, WV  9,10,1,6
                Died: Feb-25-1983          in Clark Co, NV  9
             Resided:                      in North Las Vegas, Clark Co, NV  5
              Census: 1930                 at Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  
            Military: Nov- 7-1945 - Nov-30-1966 U.S. Air Force, World War II, Korea  11
           F Child 2: Edith Pauline Dotson      
         Census name: Pauline E. Dotson 
                Born: Feb- 5-1929          in Ritchie Co, WV  12,1,6
             Resided:                      in Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland Co, PA  12
              Census: 1940                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 at Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Charles Harry Kesner  b. Mar- 7-1927  d. Apr- 9-2003  
           F Child 3: Fondella Mae "Della" Dotson      
         Census name: Della Dotson 
                Born: Jul- 2-1931          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  12,7,13
             Resided:                      in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  12
             Resided: 1952                 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co, TN  14
             Resided: 1950                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  13
              Census: 1940                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Ronald Marvin Beachler  b. Mar-15-1930  d. Jan- 8-2002  
             Married: Aug-30-1950          in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  13

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(6) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). 
(7) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. 
(8) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(9) Nevada, Death Index, 1980-2012 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Nevada State Health Div, Office of Vital 
Statistics. 
(10) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(11) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(12) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 
(13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(14) City Directory. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date on headstone is 1905.
Note (2) Age 7 months at time of May 27 1910 enumeration.







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