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Asa Harold DOTSON

Asa Harold DOTSON

Male 1890 - 1947  (57 years)

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  • Name Asa Harold DOTSON  [1] 
    Born 29 Jan 1890  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1917  [1] 
    yard railroad brakeman 
    Residence 1917  Rochester, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1920  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [4] 
    carpenter 
    Census 1930  Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Identified as Asa H. Dotson, 40, b. W.Va, married, age 26 at time of first marriage, blacksmith for road building; listed as an inmate at the West Virginia Penitentiary.
    Occupation 1930  [5] 
    blacksmith for road building 
    Census 1940  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1942  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 18 Mar 1947  Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I56689  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Dec 2015 

    Father John Calvin DOTSON,   b. 5 Oct 1842,   d. 3 Apr 1913  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Sara Ella CHILDERS,   b. 26 May 1858, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1928, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F20791  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nellie Gay HART,   b. 10 Mar 1899, Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1979, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 26 Nov 1915  Oakland, Garrett Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    Notes 
    • Wedding announcement, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Dec 2 1915, in its entirety:
      COWMAN - DOTSON
      "Miss Nellie Hart Cowman and Asa Dotson, both of Central, slipped off to Oakland Thursday night on No. 4 and were united in matrimony, returning home on No. 1 Saturday morning.
      "The groom is the son of Mrs. Ellen Dotson and recently returned from Kansas; the bride, since she was 3 years old, has made her home with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cowman.
      "The Herald extends hearty congratulations."

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jan 26 1920:
      Asa Dotson, 29, carpenter (wood); wife Nellie, 21; son Charles E, 3; mother Ellen Dotson, 64, widowed; lodger John Childers, 68, single, farm laborer.

      1930 Census, Ohio Co, WV (city of Wheeling), enumerated on Apr 2 1930:
      Listed as boarders in the household of Louis Mike (age 34) and his family:
      Nellie G. Dotson, 31, occupation sorter in tile works, married, age 16 at time of first marriage; Charles E. Dotson, 13; Mary E. Dotson, 7.

      1930 Census of Marshall County, WV, city of Moundsville:
      Asa H. Dotson, 40, b. W.Va, married, age 26 at time of first marriage, blacksmith for road building; listed as an inmate at the West Virginia Penitentiary.

      1940 Census, Wood Co, WV (city of Parkersburg), enumerated on Apr 3 1940:
      Harold L. Dotson, 50, occupation (blank); wife Nellie G, 41; dau Mary E, 17; son Melvin W, 8; son Max F, 5; dau Shirley L, 4.
    Children 
     1. Charles E. DOTSON,   b. CA 1917
     2. Mary Evelyn DOTSON,   b. 6 Jun 1922,   d. 2 Jan 1996  (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F40298  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S2508] World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    3. [S2024] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    4. [S2081] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    5. [S2428] 1930 Census, Marshall County, WV.

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

    7. [S2425] 1930 Census, Ohio County, WV.