Pleasant was born about 1825. He passed away after 1900.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH59-LWX : 19 December 2020), Pleasant R Dodson in household of John C Dodson, Jackson, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3HJ-BYM : accessed 22 August 2021), Riley Dodson in household of Thomas Dodson, Shell Knob & White River Townships, Barry, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14, sheet 9B, family 162, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,838.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Riley by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Riley: