Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Wesley Dotson    
                Born: Mar-  -1829          in Virginia (now West Virginia)  
                Died: May-25-1923          in Santa Cruz Co, CA  1
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, CA  
              Census: 1900                 in Soquel, Santa Cruz Co, CA  
             Resided: 1892                 in Santa Cruz Co, CA  2
             Resided: 1890                 in Sanborn, Redwood Co, MN  3
              Census: 1880                 in North Star Twp, Brown Co, MN  
              Census: 1870                 in Jasper Co, IL  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation: Oct-19-1880          appointed postmaster of Sanborn in Redwood Co, Minn.  4
          Occupation:                      farmer  5,6
   Medical condition: 1890                 Military disability claimed:  Paralysis in left limb & testicle  3
            Military: Aug-18-1861 - Sep-10-1864 Pvt, Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  3,7
              Father: Emanuel Dotson   (1798 - 1880) 
              Mother: Hannah Sayre   (1803 - 1862) 
                Wife: Amy Bull Poole     
             Married: Sep-14-1848          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  8
                Born: Sep-  -1831          in Virginia (now West Virginia)  8
                Died: Jun- 5-1916          in Santa Cruz Co, CA  1
              Census: 1900                 in Soquel, Santa Cruz Co, CA  
              Census: 1880                 in North Star Twp, Brown Co, MN  
              Census: 1870                 in Jasper Co, IL  
              Father: Thomas Pool   (1804 - 1887) 
              Mother: Anna Waldo   (1806 - 1891) 
           M Child 1: Enos Poole Dotson      
       Also known as: E. P. Dotson 9
                Born: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  10,11
                Died: 1932                 in Park Rapids, Hubbard Co, MN  10,11
              Buried:                      in Oakwood Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, CA  10

Sources:
(1) California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health 
Statistics. 
(2) California Voter Registrations, 1866-1898, Ancestry.com. 
(3) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(4) Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records 
Administration. 
(5) 1870 Census. 
(6) 1880 Census. 
(7) U.S. Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & 
Records Administration (NARA) 
(8) 1900 Census. 
(9) Headstone. 
(10) Findagrave.com. 
(11) Headstone (year only) 







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