Husband: Draper Camden Dotson
Born: Sep- -1854 1,2,3
Died: Aug-16-1934 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Resided: 1915 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1870, 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: carpenter (in shop) 6
Father: John Calvin Dotson (1824 - 1900)
Mother: Mary Nancy Gatrell (1831 - 1903)
Other spouse 1
Notes
Wife: Mary Frances "Mollie" Davis 7 Census name: Mary F. Weekly Married: Jan- 4-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 3,8
Born: Sep- 4-1857 at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV 7,3,9 Died: Jun-16-1933 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,9 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Resided: 1915 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Father: Zacharias Davis (1834 - ) Mother: Huldah Davis (1841 - )
F Child 1: S. G. Dotson Born: Dec- -1877 11 Died: Mar- 3-1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 12 Cause of death: "unknown" 12
F Child 2: Lelia Jane Dotson Born: May-21-1879 13,1 Died: Oct-15-1915 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 14,15 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Cause of death: consumption 13 Resided: at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: John Kenneth Willis b. Jun-17-1867 d. Oct- 9-1958 Also known as: John Keener Willis 14 Married: Jul- 3-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
F Child 3: Kate Y. Dotson Census name: Katy Y. Dotson Born: Mar- -1881 1 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 4: Ada M. Dotson Born: Mar-29-1883 11 Died: Mar-30-1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
F Child 5: Ethel Gay Dotson Born: Mar-10-1886 17,1,3 Died: Oct-12-1964 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 17 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 18 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 17,19 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1915 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 20 Census: 1900 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Alfred Oran Scott b. Jul-14-1880 d. Jun- 2-1944 Also known as: A. Oran Scott 3,9 Married: Feb-21-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
M Child 6: Raymond Rolf Dotson Census name: Rolph R. Dotson 1 Born: Jul-30-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 Died: Sep- 6-1951 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 21 (see note 2) Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 10,13 Cause of death: car struck by train in West Union Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: Pullman Lunch restaurant, West Union 13 Wife: Jettie V. Waller b. Feb- 8-1894 d. Nov-30-1968 Married: Feb-19-1910 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
M Child 7: Perly Clay Dotson Also known as: Clay Dotson 9,22 Born: Nov-26-1895 9,1 Died: Oct-18-1944 9 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1900, 1910, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 waiter in a restaurant 23
M Child 8: George Dewey Dotson Born: Jan-17-1899 in Doddridge Co, WV 24,8 Died: Oct-29-1966 24 Buried: in Randolph Cemetery, Rt 18 South, West Union, WV Census: 1900, 1910, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Occupation: barber 25,26 Military: Pfc, U.S. Army, World War II 27 Wife: Jessie Myrtle Ross b. Dec- -1897 Married: Aug-30-1925 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 8
F Child 9: Vera Dotson Born: ca 1906 6 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (3) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (4) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (5) Obituary of daughter. (6) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (7) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 127. (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (9) Headstone. (10) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (11) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (12) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 30, Line 28 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5043540&Type=Death. (13) Obituary. (14) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 218. (15) Obituary - At home. (16) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (17) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (18) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (19) Obituary of brother. (20) West Union Herald, 11/18/1915. (21) Obituary - Hospital. (22) Obituary of sister. (23) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) (24) Social Security Death Index. (25) West Union Herald, 1/25/1917. (26) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (27) Cemetery marker. Event Notes Note (1) Name entered as Mary F. Weekly. Note (2) Died in a Clarksburg hospital a few hours after the car he was riding in, driven by Johnnie Ottman Townsend, was struck by a diesel locomotive on Main Street in West Union. Note (3) In 1930, location specified as Railroad Street in the town of West Union.