Doddridge County Roots


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Sherman Bruce DOTSON

Sherman Bruce DOTSON

Male 1900 - 1955  (55 years)


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  • Name Sherman Bruce DOTSON
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Birth 5 May 1900  Eagle Mills, near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male
    Military From 23 Aug 1928 to 22 Aug 1931  [6] 
    Pvt, Co M, 35th Inf Regt, 18th Div, US Army 
    Census 1940, MCELROY CREEK  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer, stone mason  [3] 
    Death 12 Sep 1955  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Cause: concussion of brain 
    Burial Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7, 8] 
    Person ID I48280  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2016

    Father David Andrew DOTSON,   b. 25 May 1865, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1946, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Mother Belzorah "Belle" COSTILOW,   b. 29 Jan 1866   d. 28 Sep 1901 (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F19829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nettie Virginia FERREBEE,   b. 27 Apr 1916, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 2005 (Age 89 years)
    Marriage 11 Apr 1936  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Doddridge County, West Virginia (McClellan District), enumerated on 9 April 1940 at McElroy Creek:
      Bruce Dotson, 39, no occupation, seeking work; wife Nettie, 23; son Gary, 2. All born in West Virginia.
    Children 
     1. Gary Devore DOTSON,   b. 31 May 1937, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F42541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Opal CAIN,   b. 25 Mar 1903, Deep Valley (Central Station), Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1991, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Marriage 8 Nov 1948  Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Family ID F29866  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    6. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    7. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 384 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796976&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Bruce Dotson, 35, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Nellie Ferrebee, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Apr 11 1936 "at Isaac Dotson residence," officiated by minister Samuel Dotson of Ashley.

    10. [S2125] Marshall County Marriage Records, (Moundsville, WV).