Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Sylvanus Dotson    
                Born: Jul- 8-1838          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1,2,3
                Died: Aug-17-1898           1
              Buried:                      in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1874                 in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Michael Dotson   (1814 - 1851) 
              Mother: Elizabeth "Eliza" Davis   (1817 -     ) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Mahala Meserve     
             Married: Sep- 8-1874          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
                Born: ca 1851              in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  5,3
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1874                 in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Charles Meserve   (1820 -     ) 
              Mother: Margaret Tucker   (1820 - 1907) 
           M Child 1: Luther A. Dotson      
                Born: ca 1879               6
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 2: Benjamin Franklin Dotson      
                Born: Nov- 6-1886          in West Virginia  7
                Died: Oct- 6-1957          in Elkhart, Elkhart Co, IN  7
             Resided:                      in Elkhart, Elkhart Co, IN  
              Census: 1900                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
          Occupation:                      minister  7

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(6) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(7) Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011 [database online], Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In household of Jerome B. & Martha E. (King) Smith.







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