Doddridge County Roots


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John Buskirk DOTSON

John Buskirk DOTSON

Male 1800 - 1880  (80 years)


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  • Name John Buskirk DOTSON
    Birth 5 Feb 1800  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Death 25 Feb 1880  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I91553  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2018

    Father William DOTSON, II,   b. 1776, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1865 (Age 89 years)
    Mother Mary A. FRANKS,   b. 1781, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1868 (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F39397  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susan SAYRE,   b. CA 1810, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5]
    Marriage 18 Nov 1825  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Children 
    +1. Oliver Monroe DOTSON,   b. 25 Jul 1831, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1900, Powell Co, MT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +2. Lloyd DOTSON,   b. 16 Jul 1833, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1900 (Age 66 years)
    +3. Minerva DOTSON,   b. CA 1838, Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >4. Sindonah DOTSON,   b. 14 Aug 1841, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1917, Washington Co, NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F39395  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mahalah MYRES,   b. 30 Apr 1809, Carmichaels, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1884, Blair, Washington Co, NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [5]
    Children 
    >1. Clinton Dewitt DOTSON,   b. 1 May 1844, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1923, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    >2. Leeman DOTSON,   b. 10 Nov 1845, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1908, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    >3. Mary Salome DOTSON,   b. 26 Apr 1848, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1941 (Age 93 years)
    +4. John Noble DOTSON,   b. 1 May 1851   d. 4 Sep 1911 (Age 60 years)
    >5. Rufus DOTSON,   b. 13 Mar 1854, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1941, Seattle, King Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F39396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

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

    3. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S2717] Jennie L. (Dotson) Brown, Frontier Justice with a Vengeance - The Execution of Clinton Dotson, (ISBN 9781460934470).

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

    7. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.