Jul-28-2018
Husband: William Dotson II
Born: 1776 in Pennsylvania 1,2
Died: 1865 1
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 2
Father: Richard Dotson (1752 - 1847)
Mother: Mary ___ (1754 - )
Wife: Mary A. Franks 3
Born: 1781 in Pennsylvania 1,2
Died: 1868 1
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: Henry Taylor Franks (1751 - 1842)
Mother: Margaret Van Buskirk (1765 - 1844)
M Child 1: Emanuel Dotson 3 4,5
Also known as: Manuel Dotson 6
Born: Mar- 1-1798 at Greenwood, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 3
Died: Feb-12-1880 in Ritchie Co, WV 4
Wife: Hannah Sayre b. Aug-23-1803 d. Oct-20-1862
Married: 1822 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 1
M Child 2: John Buskirk Dotson 3
Also known as: Squire John Dotson 7
Born: Feb- 5-1800 8,9
Died: Feb-25-1880 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 10
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 10
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 2
Wife: Susan Sayre
Also known as: Susan Sears 7
Wife: Mahalah Myres b. Apr-30-1809 d. Jul- 7-1884
M Child 3: Thomas J. Dotson 11
Born: 1802 11
Died: Dec-28-1847 8
Buried: in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV 10
Resided: at Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 11
Wife: Ruth Gregg b. 1807 d. Apr-17-1879
M Child 4: Henry Franks Dotson 1
Born: ca 1810 1
Died: aft 1856 1
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 2
Wife: Rachel L. Tucker b. ca 1814
Married: Nov-16-1833 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
F Child 5: Charlotta Dotson
Also known as: Charlotte Dotson
Born: Jul-24-1812 in Wood Co, (W)VA 8,10
Died: Mar-30-1898 in Delaware Co, IN 8,10
Buried: in Union Cemetery, Eaton, Delaware Co, IN 12
Husband: John Marshall Wilson b. 1806 d. Apr- 1-1881
Married: 1831 10
F Child 6: Margaret Dotson 3
Born: ca 1813 2
Census: 1860 in Willmathsville (Greentop), Adair Co, MO
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Husband: Eli B. Tucker b. 1787
M Child 7: William Buskirk Dotson 9
Born: Sep-27-1814 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 8,10
Died: Jul- 5-1906 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 8,10
Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 13
Wife: Louisa Anne Ankrom b. Mar- 3-1820 d. Jul- 9-1900
M Child 8: Solomon L. Dotson 1
Born: Jul- 8-1817 in Wood Co, (W)VA 10
Died: Oct-26-1902 10
Buried: in Mount Hope Cemetery, Frankfort, Marshall Co, KS 10
Wife: Orlinda Tucker b. 1818 d. Dec-26-1863
Married: Feb- 8-1837 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
F Child 9: Eliza Margaret Dotson 10
Also known as: Margaret 14
Born: Aug-11-1819 8
Died: Aug-12-1902 15
Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Census: 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Husband: Butler B. Bond b. Mar-31-1818 d. Oct-31-1904
Married: Sep-11-1841 in Tyler Co, WV 15
F Child 10: Mary Jane Dotson
Born: Feb- 3-1827 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 8 (see note 1)
Died: Jul-23-1903 8
Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Husband: William Clark Ellifritt b. Sep-16-1819 d. Jan- 9-1878
F Child 11: Mary Ann Dotson
Census name: Mary A.
Born: ca 1828
Census: 1860 in Clay Twp, Adair Co, MO
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Husband: James F. Kelly b. May-21-1819
Marriage Bond: Dec- 2-1840 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 16
Married: Dec- 2-1840 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 16
Sources:
(1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com)
(2) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 467.
(4) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV.
(5) Death record of son.
(6) Marriage record of son.
(7) Jennie L. (Dotson) Brown, Frontier Justice with a Vengeance - The Execution of Clinton Dotson, ISBN 9781460934470.
(8) Headstone.
(9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 468.
(10) Findagrave.com.
(11) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 469.
(12) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: Charlotta, wife of J. M. Dotson.
(13) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(14) Marriage record of daughter.
(15) Victor E. Waldo, Jr. , Richard Dotson Family (posted at http://awt.ancestry.com)
(16) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.
Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1827.
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