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Hiram Sears DOTSON

Hiram Sears DOTSON

Male 1823 - 1899  (76 years)

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  • Name Hiram Sears DOTSON 
    Born 21 Sep 1823  Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Civil War  [4] 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [5] 
    Died 25 Sep 1899  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • Name given in daughter Mary's obituary as "Harlan," an apparent typographical error.
    Person ID I29442  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Nov 2017 

    Father Emanuel DOTSON,   b. 1 Mar 1798, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1880, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Hannah SAYRE,   b. 23 Aug 1803, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1862, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Family ID F11628  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susan J. MARKWELL,   b. 3 Oct 1827,   d. 12 Jul 1863, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)  [7, 8] 
    Married 2 Nov 1843  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Mansfield S. DOTSON,   b. CA 1845
    +2. John Spencer "Buke" DOTSON,   b. 7 Dec 1845, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1941, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    +3. Perry E. DOTSON,   b. 15 Jun 1847, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1925, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +4. Amos Asbury DOTSON,   b. 19 Nov 1849, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1929, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +5. William Flavius DOTSON,   b. 8 May 1851, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1936, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     6. Alfred R. DOTSON,   b. 27 May 1853, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1917, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    +7. Mary Ellen DOTSON,   b. 4 Oct 1856, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1935, Hughes River, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +8. Alice Jane DOTSON,   b. Nov 1857, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1920  (Age ~ 62 years)
     9. Charles G. DOTSON,   b. 1860
    +10. Sarah G. DOTSON,   b. 11 Nov 1861, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1947, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +11. Susan Jane "Susie" DOTSON,   b. 3 Jul 1863, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1945, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F11247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Melvina POOL,   b. 13 Jun 1835, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1913  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 23 Aug 1864  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
     1. Daniel DOTSON
    +2. John Wesley DOTSON,   b. 22 Aug 1865, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1931, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +3. Thomas Jefferson DOTSON,   b. 3 Jan 1869,   d. 5 Apr 1958  (Age 89 years)
    +4. Anna Belle DOTSON,   b. 4 Feb 1872, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1930, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F11251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    2. [S1736] Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 468.

    5. [S2068] 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    6. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    7. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    8. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    9. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Hiram S. Dotson, widowed, 40, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Manuel & Hannah; and Melvina Pool, 29, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Thomas & Anna. Married Aug 23 1864.