Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Leonard Doak    
       Also known as: Leonard Doak 1
                Born: Nov-18-1860          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  2 (see note 1)
             Resided: 1917                 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  1
              Census: 1900                 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  
             Resided: 1894                 in Doddridge Co, WV  3
             Resided: 1883                 in Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1900                 day laborer  5
              Father: Isaiah Doak   (1837 - 1919) 
              Mother: Eleanor "Ellen" Freeman   (1837 - 1917) 
Other spouse 2
Notes 
                Wife: Sarah M. McGinnis     
             Married: Oct-18-1883          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
                Born: 1862                  7
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: David Allen McGinnis   (1822 - 1896) 
              Mother: Sarah Jane Marsh   (1825 - 1876) 
           F Child 1: Minnie Ellen Doak      
                Born: Nov-19-1884          in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  2,3,8
                Died: Feb-21-1959          near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  9,8
              Buried:                      in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  10
              Census: 1910                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1903                 in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1900                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
             Husband: Charles W. Dotson  b. Apr-10-1874  d. Apr-23-1966  
             Married: Apr- 8-1903          in Doddridge Co, WV  3

Sources:
(1) Obituary of mother. 
(2) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(4) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(5) 1900 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Wm. L. Doak, single, 22, b. & res. in Richie Co; and 
Sarah M. McGuinis, single, 20, b. & res. in Ritchie Co.  Married Oct 18 1883 in Ritchie County, officiated by D. M. 
Ward. MR p. 52, line 81 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539110&Type=Marriage. 
(7) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay Twp) 
(8) Headstone (year only) 
(9) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) Findagrave.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Nov 1862, but age in 1910 Census and in
both of his marriage records would put birth in about 1861.  Birthplace given in
1883 marriage record as Ritchie County, but in 1894 marriage record as Doddridge
County.  His birth record shows that his birth was on Nov 18 1860 in Ritchie
County.
Note (2) Listed as a niece in household of Samuel & Elizabeth (Freeman)
Underwood.







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