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- Wedding announcement, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Dec 2 1915, in its entirety:
COWMAN - DOTSON
"Miss Nellie Hart Cowman and Asa Dotson, both of Central, slipped off to Oakland Thursday night on No. 4 and were united in matrimony, returning home on No. 1 Saturday morning.
"The groom is the son of Mrs. Ellen Dotson and recently returned from Kansas; the bride, since she was 3 years old, has made her home with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cowman.
"The Herald extends hearty congratulations."
1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jan 26 1920:
Asa Dotson, 29, carpenter (wood); wife Nellie, 21; son Charles E, 3; mother Ellen Dotson, 64, widowed; lodger John Childers, 68, single, farm laborer.
1930 Census, Ohio Co, WV (city of Wheeling), enumerated on Apr 2 1930:
Listed as boarders in the household of Louis Mike (age 34) and his family:
Nellie G. Dotson, 31, occupation sorter in tile works, married, age 16 at time of first marriage; Charles E. Dotson, 13; Mary E. Dotson, 7.
1930 Census of Marshall County, WV, city of Moundsville:
Asa H. Dotson, 40, b. W.Va, married, age 26 at time of first marriage, blacksmith for road building; listed as an inmate at the West Virginia Penitentiary.
1940 Census, Wood Co, WV (city of Parkersburg), enumerated on Apr 3 1940:
Harold L. Dotson, 50, occupation (blank); wife Nellie G, 41; dau Mary E, 17; son Melvin W, 8; son Max F, 5; dau Shirley L, 4.
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