Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Joseph Clinton Dotson    
       Also known as: Clinton Dotson 1
                Born: Oct-  -1860          in Colorado  2,3
                Died: Apr- 4-1902          in Deer Lodge, Powell Co, MT  1
      Cause of death:                      hanged (executed)  1
              Census: 1900                 in Deer Lodge, Powell Co, MT   (see note 1)
              Census: 1870                 in Washington Co, NE  
              Father: Oliver M. Dotson   (1831 - 1900) 
              Mother: Sarah Fleming   (1834 - 1899) 
                Wife: Mary Blake   4  
             Married: Apr- 6-1884           1
                Born: Jul-  -1862          in Illinois  2
              Census: 1900                 in Whitewood, Lawrence Co, SD  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Jesse Oliver Dotson      
                Born: Jun- 5-1896          in Lawrence Co, SD  5,2,6
                Died: Apr-11-1985           5,6
              Buried:                      in Wheatland, Platte Co, Wyoming  7
             Resided:                      in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co, CA  8
              Census: 1940                 in Deadwood, Lawrence Co, SD  
              Census: 1900                 in Whitewood, Lawrence Co, SD  
          Occupation:                      carpenter  9
                Wife: Helen E. Stephens  b. 1915  d. 1976  

Sources:
(1) Jennie L. (Dotson) Brown, Frontier Justice with a Vengeance - The Execution of Clinton Dotson, ISBN 9781460934470. 
(2) 1900 Census. 
(3) 1870 Census. 
(4) Marriage record of son. 
(5) Social Security Death Index. 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) Findagrave.com. 
(8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Wyoming before 1951. 
(9) 1940 Census. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Listed as an inmate in the Montana State Penitentiary, married 16 yrs,
occupation brick mason.







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