Susan Sophronia (Dotson) Mason (1864 - 1954)

Born 3 Nov 1864 in Pennsboro, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States

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Died 26 Jan 1954 at age 89 in Pennsboro, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

From 1870 US Census: "Ellis Dotson M 30 Virginia Sarah E Dotson F 26 Virginia John M Dotson M 8 Virginia Susan S Dotson F 5 West Virginia Martha A Dotson F 3 West Virginia Elias D Dotson M 0 West Virginia"

"Susan Sophronia “Trudie” Dotson, b. ca. 1865; married Benjamin Mason. This marriage in Ritchie Co.: “3 Dec 1882...John B. Mason...age 22...b. Doddridge...resident Ritchie...m. Susan B. Dotson...age 18...b. Ritchie.” Five children: a.- Effie Mason, m. Bert Longstreth. One child: 1.- Virginia Longstreth, m. Joseph Tishioneri. Two children:

b.- Ollie Mason, m. Delbert Doak. See, page 42 Doak Family. 1.- Pauline Doak, m. Gale Hammett. Two children: Hammett; and Walter Hammett. Susan Dianne Hammett; and Ann Elizabeth Hammett.

c.- Sadie Mason, d. age 18 d.- Ora Mason, d. age 4. e.- One still born child." (J. M. Dotson)

From 1900 US Census: "John B Mason Head M 41 West Virginia Susan S Mason Wife F 36 West Virginia Ollie Mason Daughter F 12 West Virginia Effie Mason Daughter F 10 West Virginia Sadie M Mason Daughter F 4 West Virginia Ora A Mason Son M 1 West Virginia"

From 1910 US Census: "Ben Mason Head M 50 West Virginia Susan Mason Wife F 45 West Virginia Effie Mason Daughter F 20 West Virginia Sadie Mason Daughter F 14 West Virginia"

Sources

• United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ41-3N7 : accessed 19 August 2015), Susan S Dotson in household of Ellis Dotson, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 37, family 268, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,197.

• United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Z8-883 : accessed 19 August 2015), Susan S Mason in household of John B Mason, Clay district (west side), Ritchie, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 17B, family 323, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,772.

• United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPN9-ZG7 : accessed 19 August 2015), Susan Mason in household of Ben Mason, Centerville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 15B, family 246, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,711.

• Headstone at Buck Run Cemetery, Ritchie Co., West Virginia

• West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMMC-TPV : accessed 19 August 2015), Ellis Dotson in entry for Susan Saphrona Mason, 26 Jan 1954; citing Ritchie, West Virginia, County Records, 2204, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,984,368.

• Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59807439/susan-sophronia-mason

• RICHARD DOTSON (1752-1847) and his Descendants by James Milburn Dotson (1923-2006) and Barr Wilson (1905 - 2000), Published in 1992