Jul-28-2018                   
                      Melissa "Milly" ___    
         Census name: Milly 
                Born: ca 1814               1
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Perlina Dotson      
                Born: ca 1838               2
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 2: John Calvin Dotson 3     
         Census name: J. Calvin Dotson 4
                Born: Oct- 5-1842           5 (see note 1)
                Died: Apr- 3-1913           5
              Buried:                      in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  6,7
              Census: 1900                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      postmaster, Central Station  6
            Military:                      Co L & M, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  8,6
                Wife: Ermina J. Wilson  b. Jul-25-1854  d. Apr-13-1875  
       Also known as: Ermine Wilson 9
                Wife: Sara Ella Childers  b. May-26-1858  d. Dec-14-1928  
       Also known as: Ellen Childers 10,11,12,10
             Married: Sep- 1-1875          in Doddridge Co, WV  13
           F Child 3: Delia A. Dotson      
         Census name: Haseline Dotson 
                Born: ca 1847               1
              Census: 1870                 in Taylor Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: David Hoffman  b. ca 1826  
             Married: Oct-14-1867          in Harrison Co, WV  14
           F Child 4: Mary Jane Dotson      
                Born: ca 1849              in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  2,13
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Owen Davis  b. ca 1845  
             Married: Nov-25-1865          in Doddridge Co, WV  13
           F Child 5: Millie Dotson      
         Census name: Milly Dotson 
                Born: ca 1851              in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  13
              Census: 1880                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1869                 in Doddridge Co, WV  13
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Anderson G. Davis  b. Aug- 4-1840  d. Jun-25-1911  
             Married: Apr-29-1869          in Doddridge Co, WV  13
           F Child 6: Victoria Dotson      
                Born: ca 1855               1
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  

Sources:
(1) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(2) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(3) Marriage record of son. 
(4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(5) Headstone. 
(6) Obituary. 
(7) Findagrave.com. 
(8) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National 
Archives & Records Administration. 
(9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 270. 
(10) Death record of son. 
(11) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). 
(12) Newspaper wedding announcement of son. 
(13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(14) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Oct 1843.  But date on headstone is Oct 5
1842, which agrees with age given in obituary.







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