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Littleton DOTSON

Littleton DOTSON

Male 1860 - 1941  (~ 80 years)

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  • Name Littleton DOTSON 
    Born Nov 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date reported by Findagrave as Feb 14 1860. But the 1900 Census shows it as Nov 1860, while age 81y 9m 21d in death record calculates to a birth date of Apr 24 1859. Headstone has only the year 1860.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870, 1880  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1893  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1900, 1910  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1940  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 3, 4] 
    Died 14 Feb 1941  Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Buried Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I108627  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2020 

    Father Benjamin DOTSON,   b. 10 Dec 1816, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1868, Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Malinda DOTSON,   b. 16 Sep 1818, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1896, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F45600  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Martha Ann FREEMAN,   b. 4 Oct 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1898, Middle Island, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 16 May 1893  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Carson Rennie DOTSON,   b. 19 Mar 1894, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1939, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F45599  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rose Lee CUMBERLEDGE,   b. 16 Oct 1877, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1949, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married CA 1901  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Apr 26 1930 at Buck Run:
      LIttleton Dotson, 70, farmer; wife Rosie C, 54; son Lonnie B, 25, married, farm laborer; dau-in-law Grace, 20; grandson Delbert E, 2; granddau Pauline E, 1.
    Children 
     1. Lonnie B. DOTSON,   b. 12 May 1906, Stanley, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1996  (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F45601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Feb 1941 - Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S2140] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    3. [S2055] 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    4. [S2197] 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    5. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.