Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Thomas Jefferson Dotson    
         Census name: T. J. Dotson 1
                Born: Jan- 3-1869           2,3
                Died: Apr- 5-1958           3
              Buried:                      in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1934, 1945           in Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1920                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Hiram Sears Dotson   (1823 - 1899) 
              Mother: Melvina Pool   (1835 - 1913) 
                Wife: June Taylor   6  
       Also known as: Juna Taylor 2
             Married: Nov-14-1908          in Ritchie Co, WV  2
                Born: Jun- 1-1889           2,3
                Died: Nov- 3-1921           3
              Buried:                      in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1920                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Cecil K. Dotson      
                Born: ca 1910              in Ritchie Co, WV  7,1
             Resided: 2000                 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH  8
             Resided: 1938                 at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  7
              Census: 1920                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
                Wife: E. Virginia Taylor  b. ca 1915  
             Married: Feb- 7-1938          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  7
           M Child 2: Carl Dotson      
                Born: ca 1911               1
             Resided: 2000                 in Williamsburg, VA  8
              Census: 1920                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  1
           F Child 3: Marie M. Dotson      
                Born: Jun-28-1912          in Ritchie Co, WV  9,3,10 (see note 1)
                Died: Apr- 9-2000          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  9,3
              Buried:                      in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Resided:                      at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  6
          Occupation:                      Postmaster at Toll Gate (28 yrs)  9
              Census: 1920                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Homer Kenneth Dotson  b. Aug-10-1913  d. Feb-14-1983  
             Married: Oct- 9-1935          in Ritchie Co, WV  11
           F Child 4: Mabel Dotson      
                Born: ca 1914               1
                Died: bef Apr 2000          8
              Census: 1920                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           F Child 5: Mildred Dotson      
                Born: ca 1916               1
                Died: bef Apr 2000          8
              Census: 1920                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           M Child 6: Clarence Edward Dotson    8  
                Born: Nov- 2-1921          in Petroleum, Ritchie Co, WV  3,12
                Died: Nov-10-1948          in Wood Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1940                 in Lubeck, Wood Co, WV   (see note 2)
            Military: Jan-18-1943 - Dec-20-1945 Pfc, 745th Railway Opr Bn, TC, World War II  13,14

Sources:
(1) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) Obituary of half-sister. 
(6) Obituary of daughter. 
(7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(8) Obituary of sister. 
(9) Obituary. 
(10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) 
(11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as 
Homer Kenneth Dotson, 22, of Ritchie Co; and Marie Dotson, 22, of Ritchie Co.  Married Oct 9 
1935. 
(12) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(13) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster 
General, and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(14) Military Grave Marker. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Cabin Run
Note (2) In household of cousin Leslie F. Dotson and his family.







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