(Possibility that Ada is Delia Bell Dotson born in Wood Co., WV on 12-19-1862 for whom there are WV birth records.)
In 1870, Alfred was living with Elizabeth in West Virginia with 8 children ages 1 to 18.
From 1870 US Census, WV:
"Alfred Dotson M 43 Virginia
Elizabeth Dotson F 34 Virginia
Uriah A Dotson M 18 Virginia
Charles F Dotson M 16 Virginia
Alice E Dotson F 14 Virginia
Mary C Dotson F 12 Virginia
Ann E Dotson F 9 Virginia
Ada B Dotson F 7 West Virginia
Sarah E Dotson F 3 West Virginia
Aurelia Dotson F 1 West Virginia
James Archbold M 27 Virginia"
Sources
RICHARD DOTSON (1752-1847) and his Descendants by James Milburn Dotson (1923-2006) and Barr Wilson (1905 - 2000), Published in 1992
United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHS-BJR : accessed 6 July 2015), Alfred Dotson, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 34, family 226, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,201.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ada by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ada: