Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Richard Dotson    
                Born: ca 1794               1
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Richard Dotson   (1752 - 1847) 
              Mother: Amelia "Millie" Miller   (1775 - 1810) 
                Wife: Margaret White   2,1  
                Born: ca 1795               1
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: John Calvin Dotson      
       Also known as: Calvin Dotson 3,4,2,1,5,6,7
                Born: ca 1824               1
                Died: bef Jun 1900          8
              Census: 1870, 1880           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation: 1880                 farmer  
          Occupation: 1860                 grocer  5
          Occupation: 1859                 butcher  3
                Wife: Mary Nancy Gatrell  b. Aug-30-1831  d. Feb- 4-1903  
       Also known as: Nancy Gatrell 2,6,7
           M Child 2: Francis Marion Dotson      
       Also known as: Marion Dotson 9,10,11,12,13,14
                Born: 1835                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  15,9,1
                Died: 1912                 at Silver Run (Cairo), Ritchie Co, WV  15,11
              Buried:                      in Ellefritz (Old Cantwell) Cemetery, Co Rd 18 (Goose Creek), Ritchie Co, WV  16
              Census: 1900                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  17,12
            Military:                      6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  16
                Wife: Isabelle Florence Hufford  b. Jan- 1-1841  d. Mar- 4-1915  
             Married: Jun- 5-1856          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  18

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(2) Marriage record of son. 
(3) Birth record of son. 
(4) Death record of son. 
(5) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(6) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). 
(7) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(10) Death record of daughter. 
(11) Obituary of wife. 
(12) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(13) Marriage record of daughter. 
(14) Obituary of daughter. 
(15) Headstone (year only) 
(16) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(17) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). 
(18) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Marion Dotson, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Richrd & Margaret; and Isabel Hufford, 15, b. 
Washington Co PA, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Peter & Mary Ann.  Married Jun 5 1856.  And earlier, less detailed entry, 
dated May 29 1856, identified them as Marion Dotson, 21, son of Richard, and Isabell Hufferd, 16, dau of Peter 
(deceased).  This was probably the record of the marriage bond. 







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