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Paul Arden DOTSON

Paul Arden DOTSON

Male 1905 - 1983  (77 years)

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  • Name Paul Arden DOTSON 
    Born 5 Apr 1905  Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Pvt, US Army, World War II  [3] 
    Census 1910, 1920  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1929  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1930, 1940  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [1] 
    American Viscose Corp. 
    Residence 1940, 1943  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Census 1950  South Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1950  [4] 
    spinning department at rayon chemical 
    Residence 1961  Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 23 Feb 1983  [3] 
    Buried Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I95611  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2024 

    Father Evan Ambron DOTSON,   b. 1 Apr 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1941, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Emma Grace WALDO,   b. 27 Dec 1877, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1957, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F36083  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Helen Alice BRANNAN,   b. 5 Jan 1908, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1944, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 7 Sep 1929  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Divorced Y  [7] 
    Family ID F41312  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nellie Mae JENKINS,   b. 30 May 1912, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Married 15 May 1943  Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Wood Co, WV (Tygart District), enumerated on Apr 13 1940 at Hill Crest Blvd (Route 23):
      Paul A. Dotson, 35, married/separated, spinner in rayon mill; housekeeper Nellie M. Harris, 29, married/separated, housekeeper in private home.
    Documents
    95611_PaulArdenDotson_NellieMaeJenkins_MarriageRecord_15May1943.jpg    		95611_PaulArdenDotson_NellieMaeJenkins_MarriageRecord_15May1943.jpg
    Family ID F41311  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Hattie Mae NORMAN,   b. 30 Aug 1922, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1967, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 18 Nov 1961  Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F41313  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2708] World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.

    3. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    4. [S303] 1950 Census, Wood County, WV.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1966] Record of husband's remarriage.

    8. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.

    9. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10265204&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Paul Arden Dotson, divorced, 38, b. Apr 5 1905 in Doddridge Co, res. Parkersburg; and Nellie Mae Jenkins, divorced, 31, b. May 30 1912 in Doddridge Co, res. Parkersburg. Married May 15 1943 in Greenwood (Doddridge County), officiated by Rev. C. L. Sayre, a U. B. Minister.