Known to his children and grandchildren as Poppy. He played the banjo, loved to joke and hated cats. He wasn't a very tall man, around 5'9. He was half Indian, rumored to be Blackfoot Indian. He made medicine from plants he found in the woods. He had dark hair and dark eyes.
William Dotson died 29 April 1944 in Rhea County, Tennessee.[1]
Sources
↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSFR-WXG : 26 August 2019), William M. Dotson, 29 Apr 1944; Death, Rhea, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
Stories from family who remembered him
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGFQ-P35 : accessed 26 December 2019), William Datson, Civil District 3, Rhea, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 103, sheet 15A, family 260, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1516; FHL microfilm 1,375,529.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPY-8N4 : accessed 26 December 2019), William Dodson, Civil District 3, Rhea, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 100, sheet 13B, line 83, family 235, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1758; FHL microfilm 1,821,758.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQR-JKT : accessed 26 December 2019), Will M Dotson, District 3, Rhea, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 7B, line 88, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2269; FHL microfilm 2,342,003.
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