Richard Dotson Jr (abt. 1794 - bef. 1894)

Born about 1794 in Hampshire, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died before 1894 before about age 100 in Pleasants, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Richard Dotson, Jr

"Richard Dotson, the head of another branch of the family, was also a brother of William, senior, and Zachariah Dotson. He removed from the Old Dominion to the Monongalia glades, and from there to Doddridge county, where he met the destroyer. Though he is said to have owned land in the Tollgate vicinity as early as 1800, we have no account of his ever having made any improvement here. His home, however was in Doddridge county, and in a burying-ground on Arnold's creek his ashes lie.

He twice took the marriage vow but the names of his wives are missing ; but the children of the first union were as follows: Thomas, Mann, and John Dotson; and those of the second, Jackson, Elisha, Joseph, Michael, Ruth (Mrs. JamesCain), Lizzie (Mrs. Johnson Childers). and Stacy (Mrs. John Haggle). "^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ History of Ritchie County History of Ritchie County, with biographical sketches of its pioneers and their ancestors, and with interesting reminiscences of revolutionary and Indian times by Lowther, Minnie Kendall, 1869-1947 Published [c1911] Publisher Wheeling, W. Va., Wheeling News Litho Co

• Richard Dotson (1752-1847) and his Descendants by James Milburn Dotson (1923-2006) and Barr Wilson (1905 - 2000), Published in 1992 pp. 244-245
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