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Tula Day DOTSON

Tula Day DOTSON

Female 1889 - 1957  (67 years)

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  • Name Tula Day DOTSON 
    Born 6 Dec 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1938  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 3 Dec 1957  Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I81049  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2018 

    Father Finley DOTSON,   b. 25 Oct 1851, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1919  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Lavina Margaretta ROWH,   b. 16 Apr 1855, Hunters Fork (Salem), Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1934, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F13124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Horace Victor ANDREWS,   b. 12 Jan 1884, Portland, Multnomah Co, OR Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1938, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 9 Oct 1910  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jan 28 1920:
      Horace Andrews, 36, b. Oregon (both parents b. in U.S.), farmer (home farm); wife Tulie, 30, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa); dau Hazel, 8; dau Lois, 6; son Claude, 5; son Frank, 1y 10m.
      NOTE: In their marriage record, Horace's surname was given as Anderson, an apparent clerical error.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Apr 12 1930 at Long Run Road:
      Horace Andrews, 45, b. Oregon (both parents b. Illinois), farmer (own farm); wife Tula, 40, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa); son Claud, 15; son Frank, 12; dau Waneta, 10; dau Virginia, 8; mother-in-law Margaret Dotson, 75, widowed.
      In 1930, two of the Andrews children were enumerated in the household of Joseph Clarence Shepherd and Lillie (Underwood) Shepherd:
      1930 Census, Wood Co, WV (Tygart District), enumerated on Apr 8 1930 at Central Avenue in South Parkersburg:
      Clarence Shepherd, 22, welder in steel foundry; wife Lillie, 21; roomer Hazel Andrews, 18, single, on machine at Poredine (?); roomer Lois Andrews, 16, single, reeler at rayon mill; son Carol E. Shepherd, 1 month. [4, 7]
    Children 
     1. Hazel Marie ANDREWS,   b. 26 Oct 1911, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1967, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     2. Lois Margaretta ANDREWS,   b. 2 Jun 1913, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 2005  (Age 92 years)
     3. Ira Claude ANDREWS,   b. 27 Aug 1914, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1999  (Age 84 years)
     4. Frank Wilson ANDREWS,   b. 2 Apr 1918, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1992, Wadsworth, Medina Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     5. Wahneta Viola ANDREWS,   b. 10 Mar 1920, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1989  (Age 69 years)
     6. Sylvia Virginia ANDREWS,   b. 20 Jun 1922, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 2006, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F42287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S2094] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794930&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    5. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794930&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Horace Anderson, 25, b. in Portland Oregon, res. Doddridge Co; and Tula Dotson, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Oct 9 1910 "at the Bride's Home," officiated by Thomas J. Smith, a Minister of the Gospel. Informants for marriage license: Horace Anderson & Finley Dotson.
      NOTE: Identification of husband as Horace Anderson rather than Horace Andrews is an apparent clerical error. He is identified by the Andrews surname in all other records and on his headstone.

    7. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.