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- [S638] Headstone (year only).
- [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
- [S1707] Obituary - Hospital.
- [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.
There are two records regarding this death, with conflicting pertinent details:
Doddridge County Death Records -
Identified as Ellen May Dotson, age 52, married; died Oct 14 1915 in West Union, cause of death cancer. Informant: A. J. Osborne, undertaker.
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045022&Type=Death
Harrison County Death Records -
Identified as Mrs. L. G. Dotson, age 48, married; died Oct 15 1915 in Clarksburg, cause of death operation. Informant: Lynch Osborne Undertaking Co.
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=786423&Type=Death
Her obituary in the "West Union Record" of Thursday, Oct 21 1915, clarifies matters by specifying that she "died Thursday, October 14, at 10:30 o'clock at the Kessler hospital in Clarksburg. She was taken to the Baltimore hospital first and later was taken (to) the hospital at Clarksburg. She underwent an operation Tuesday morning of last week."
- [S14] Obituary.
- [S934] Findagrave.com.
- [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).
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