Husband: John Ruhl Dotson
Born: Dec- 5-1883 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3 (see note 1)
Died: Apr-10-1956 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 1,2,3
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3,4
Cause of death: intestinal cancer 1
Resided: 107 Orchard St in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30, 40 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: special police for U.S. (retired 1951) 1,3
Occupation: mayor of West Union 3
Occupation: 1938 storekeeper 5
Occupation: 1930 railroad agent 6
Occupation: 1918 cashier at B&O railway station 7
Father: Victor Emanuel Dotson (1843 - 1885)
Mother: Lucy M. Cheuvront (1855 - 1938)
Other spouse 1
Notes
Wife: Laura Baker 8
Born: Apr-20-1887 in Schultz, Pleasants Co, WV 9,2
Died: Aug- -1981 10,2
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Resided: in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 11
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8,11
Census: 1930, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1912 in Pleasants Co, WV 12
Occupation: 1930 grocery manager 6
Father: Dennis W. Baker (1851 - 1931)
Mother: Mahala Flowers (1854 - 1939)
Other spouse 1
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Obituary. (4) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (5) Obituary of mother. (6) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (7) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (8) Obituary of husband. (9) Pleasants County Birth Records, St. Marys, WV. (10) Social Security Death Index. (11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Washington, DC, before 1951. (12) Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in death record and obituary as Dec 5 1884, on his grave marker also as 1884, and on his WW 2 draft registration as Dec 5 1887. But his birth record, Social Security records, and WW I draft registration all show it as Dec 5 1883.