Doddridge County Roots


A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Allie Jane BOOHER

Allie Jane BOOHER

Female 1884 - 1951  (~ 66 years)


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  • Name Allie Jane BOOHER
    Birth May 1884  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Birth date on headstone is 1883.
    Gender Female
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1903  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1910, 1920  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Walnut Fork, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as mother-in-law Allie Dotson, 54, widowed, in household of her daughter & son-in-law Hazel & Walter Dillon and their family.
    Census 1950  Concord Twp, Lake Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as mother Allie J. Dye, 63, b. WVa, widowed, in household of son Eugene H. Dye and his wife and two daughters.
    Residence Painesville, Lake Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 17 Jan 1951  [3, 4
    Burial Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Lake Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I106481  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2025

    Father William Jefferson BOOHER,   b. Jul 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1934, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)
    Mother Mary Martha BATES,   b. 7 Feb 1861, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1939, Idamay, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F41687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Claude Ellis DYE,   b. 15 Dec 1884, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1917, Vinton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    Marriage 17 Oct 1903  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on April 23, 1910:
      Claud Dye, 26, farmer, can read, cannot write, married 6 yrs; wife Allie J, 25, can read/write, married 6 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Lulie B, 5; son William C, 3; son Ora D, 9 months.
      The next enumerated household was that of Allie's parents, William & Martha Booher, and their children Claudius, Ada, Arla and Velma.

      Claude Dye died in Vinton County, Ohio, on 10 October 1917.

      1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on January 29, 1920:
      Allie J. Dye, 36, widowed, no occupation; dau Lulu B, 15; son Chanath W, 13; son Ora D, 11; son Burlin H, 9; dau Hazel V, 4y 6m; son Claudious S, 1y 6m. All born in West Virginia.
      The next enumerated household was that of Allie's parents, with no children still at home.

      Allie's son Eugene Harold Dye was born in McClellan District on 20 Nov 1925. Eugene's birth record and obituary identified his parents as Vincent A. Prunty and Allie J. Booher, who were not married.

      Allie married Samuel Dotson on 6 January 1929 at her parents' home in McClellan District.

      1930 Census, Tyler County, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on April 12, 1930 at Walnut Fork of Indian Creek:
      Samuel Dotson, 55, farmer, age 54 at time of first marriage; wife Allie Dotson, 45, age 18 at first marriage; stepson Berlin Dye, 19, single, farm worker; stepdau Hazel Dye, 16; stepson Claude Dye, 11; stepson Eugene Dye, 4.
      Note: Six weeks after this enumeration, Hazel Dye married Walter Dillon in Dale, Tyler County, at the residence of the officiating Minister of the Gospel, Samuel Dotson.

      In the next two census years, Allie was found in the household of one of her children.

      1940 Census, Tyler County, WV (Centerville District), enumerated on April 20, 1940, in the village of Wilbur:
      Walter Dillon, 31, farmer; wife Hazel, 28; dau Stella, 7; son Frank, 4; son Gene, 1; mother-in-law Allie Dotson, 54, widowed; half-brother Eugene Dye, 16; brother Cecil Dillon, 29.
      Note: In this census, Allie's huband Samuel Dotson was enumerated in McClellan District, Doddridge County, living alone, marital status married, no occupation. We have found no subsequent record of him. In the 1950 Census, Allie had reverted to her previous married name Dye and stated that she was a widow.

      1950 Census, Lake County, Ohio (Concord Township), enumerated on May 10, 1950 on Route 44:
      Eugene H. Dye, 26, b. WVa, driver for block (or black? or clock?) factory; wife Betty F, 26, b. Ohio; dau Betty J, 5, b. Ohio; dau Loretta J, 2, b. Ohio; mother Allie J, Dye, 65, b. WVa, widowed.
    Children 
    +1. Lula B. DYE,   b. CA 1905
     2. Channath William DYE,   b. 30 Mar 1907, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 85 Dec 1974, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
    >3. Ora Darrel DYE,   b. 27 Jun 1909, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1959, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
    >4. Berlin Holis DYE,   b. 15 Oct 1910, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1987, Ravenna, Portage Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +5. Hazel Velma DYE,   b. 22 May 1915, Sycamore Fork, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1999, Weirton, Hancock Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     6. Claudius Herald "Mickey" DYE,   b. 9 Jun 1918, Wallace, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 2011, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Documents
    139106_Claude-Ellis-Dye_Allie-Jane-Booher_MarriageRecord_17Oct1903.jpg
    139106_Claude-Ellis-Dye_Allie-Jane-Booher_MarriageRecord_17Oct1903.jpg
    Family ID F62367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Vincent Aaron PRUNTY,   b. 15 Oct 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1951, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Married
    Marital Status Partners 
    Children 
     1. Eugene Harold DYE,   b. 20 Nov 1925, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1992, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F62381  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Samuel Jackson DOTSON,   b. 14 Nov 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 6 Jan 1929  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Documents
    78995_Samuel-Jackson-Dotson_Allie-Jane-Booher-Dye_MarriageRecord_6Jan1929.jpg
    78995_Samuel-Jackson-Dotson_Allie-Jane-Booher-Dye_MarriageRecord_6Jan1929.jpg
    Family ID F62377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=838212&frame=00378.

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=838215&frame=00133.