Husband: Frank Victor Dotson 1
Also known as: Frank R. Dotson 2
Born: 1875 in Sumner Co, KS 3,4,5
Died: Jun-17-1956 in Doddridge Co, WV 5,1
Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6
Resided: 1950 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Census: 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1916 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 7
Census: 1880 in Sumner Co, KS
Occupation: carpenter
Father: Israel N. Dotson (1845 - 1916)
Mother: Louisa Jane Lynch (1845 - 1914)
Wife: Eva M. Leeson
Married: Jan- 9-1899 in Doddridge Co, WV 8
Born: Oct- -1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 3,9,5 (see note 1)
Died: Aug-21-1948 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 9,5
Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 9,6
Resided: in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Census: 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Amaziah D. Leeson (1861 - )
Mother: Ella Brannon (1863 - )
Notes
F Child 1: Ruby J. Dotson Born: Aug-28-1899 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 10,6 Died: Apr-30-1950 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 11,6 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 10,6 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12 Census: 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Charles R. Brooks b. ca 1896 Married: Jun-22-1918 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 (see note 2)
M Child 2: Clinton L. Dotson Born: ca 1902 4 Resided: 1948, 1950 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 12,13 Census: 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 3: Russell Dotson Born: ca 1903 4 Resided: 1950 in Arlington, Middlesex Co, MA 13 Resided: 1948 in Boston, MA 12 Census: 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 4: Harry Edward Dotson Born: Jan-29-1904 in Doddridge Co, WV 14,15,16,4 Died: Jan-22-1985 15 Buried: in Homestead Cemetery, Munhall, Allegheny Co, PA 17 Resided: 1948, 1950, 1985 in Homestead, Allegheny Co, PA 12,13,18 Census: 1940 in Thornton, Taylor Co, WV Resided: 1927, 1935 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 19,20 Census: 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 steel mill worker 20 Military: Aug-15-1922 - Aug-12-1926 PFC, US Marine Corps 14,21 Wife: Lelia Mae Stewart b. May-12-1908 d. Apr- -1977 Married: Jul- 2-1927 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 19
F Child 5: Dora D. Dotson Born: ca 1907 4 Resided: 1948, 1950 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 12,13 Census: 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 6: Edna Laura Dotson Born: ca 1909 3 (see note 3) Died: bef Sep 1969 22 Resided: 1948, 1950 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 12,13 Census: 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Loyd Hines Collins b. Aug-23-1897 d. Sep-15-1969 Married: Dec-24-1925 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
F Child 7: Vera A. "Bid" Dotson 6
Census name: Ada V. Dotson 4
Born: Jan-15-1911 6
Died: Jun-25-1989 6
Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6
Resided: 1950 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 13
Resided: 1948 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 12
Census: 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 8: Juanita V. Dotson Born: Feb- 9-1913 in Doddridge Co, WV 16,5,23 Died: Jun-22-1991 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH 24,16,5 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Resided: 1948, 1950 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 12,13 Resided: 1931 in Doddridge Co, WV 23 Census: 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Frank Lewis Collins b. Jul- 9-1903 d. Jan-23-1992 Married: Nov-25-1931 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 23
F Child 9: Ruth Dotson Born: Apr-27-1919 6 Died: Oct-30-1984 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH 24,6 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH 24 Resided: 1950 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 13 Resided: 1948 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Education: Doddridge Co H.S. 25 Husband: ___ Messenger
Sources: (1) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (2) Obituary of daughter. (3) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (4) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). (5) Headstone (year only) (6) Headstone. (7) Obituary of father. (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Frank Dotson, 24, b. Sumner Co Kansas, res. Doddridge Co; and Eva Leeson, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jan 9 1899 "at William Dotson's residence." Informants for marriage license: Frank Dotson & A. D. Leeson. MR p. 33 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793658&Type=Marriage. (9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (10) Obituary. (11) Obituary - Hospital. (12) Obituary of mother. (13) Obituary of sister. (14) Military Grave Marker. (15) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (16) Social Security Death Index. (17) Findagrave.com. (18) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (19) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=32651&Type=Marriage. (20) 1940 Census, Taylor County, WV. (21) West Union Herald, 10/23/1924. (22) Death record of husband. (23) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (24) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (25) West Union Record, 4/18/1935. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given as Oct 4 1883 in obituary, but Oct 14 1883 in death record, and headstone also shows birth date as 1883. But age 17 in Jan 1899 would put birth in about 1881 or 1882, and 1900 Census states birth date as Oct 1881, age 18. The Oct 1881 date is more consistent with birth dates of her siblings, although it is two months before her parents marriage. Note (2) Obituary of wife gives marriage date as Jun 9 1918, but "Doddridge County WV Marriages" states Jun 22 1918. Note (3) Brithplace given as Doddridge County in marriage record, but as Grafton, Taylor County, in death record of son.