Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Buskirk Dotson    
       Also known as: Squire John Dotson 1
                Born: Feb- 5-1800           2,3
                Died: Feb-25-1880          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  5
              Father: William Dotson II   (1776 - 1865) 
              Mother: Mary A. Franks   (1781 - 1868) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Mahalah Myres 2  1  
                Born: Apr-30-1809          in Carmichaels, Greene Co, PA  2,4
                Died: Jul- 7-1884          in Blair, Washington Co, NE  2,4
              Buried:                      in Blair Cemetery, Washington Co, NE  4
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Clinton Dewitt Dotson      
                Born: May- 1-1844          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  4,6
                Died: Oct-15-1923          in Ritchie Co, WV  4,6
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
            Military:                      Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  2
                Wife: Mary Jane Frye  b. 1855  d. 1931  
           M Child 2: Leeman Dotson      
                Born: Nov-10-1845          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  4
                Died: Oct-20-1908          in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH  4
              Buried:                      in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH  4
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
            Military:                      Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  7
                Wife: Elvira J. "Ella" Sheets  b. Jun- 9-1846  d. Apr-29-1935  
           F Child 3: Mary Salome Dotson      
                Born: Apr-26-1848          in Virginia (now West Virginia)  2,8
                Died: Aug-27-1941           2
              Buried:                      in Blair Cemetery, Washington Co, NE  4
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Henry Phillip Miller  b. Feb- 2-1838  d. Mar-11-1887  
           M Child 4: John Noble Dotson      
       Also known as: Noble Dotson 9
                Born: May- 1-1851           2
                Died: Sep- 4-1911           2
              Buried:                      in Riverside Cemetery, Hershey, Lincoln Co, NE  4
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Annie Lamar Garner  b. Jan-29-1859  d. Jul-28-1954  
       Also known as: Anna Garner 10
             Married: Dec-23-1874          in Ritchie Co, WV  11
           M Child 5: Rufus Dotson      
                Born: Mar-13-1854          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  4,8 (see note 1)
                Died: Mar- 6-1941          in Seattle, King Co, WA  4
              Buried:                      in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Seattle, King Co, WA  4
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Welch  b. Jul-22-1857  d. Jan-10-1926  

Sources:
(1) Jennie L. (Dotson) Brown, Frontier Justice with a Vengeance - The Execution of Clinton Dotson, ISBN 9781460934470. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 468. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) Military Grave Marker. 
(8) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(9) Obituary of wife's stepmother. 
(10) Obituary of stepmother. 
(11) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date on headstone is 1855.  Age 6 in 1860 Census puts birth in about
1854.







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