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genealogy jt:
- Dotson Family Genealogy,
by hausegenealogy.com- Jeffrey & Lori Ann dotson Hause
The name "Dotson" is Welsh in origin,,,
So Willie got out of the mines, but with the widespread unemployment and farming restrictions enacted during the Great Depression, then the end of Prohibition and shortages in copper and other necessary materials for stills during wartime, his children wouldn't have many other options (legal or otherwise). Those children were:
CHILDREN OF WILLIE DOTSON AND NANCY McCOY
- HARRISON DOTSON was born on 28 Jan 1905 in Pike County, Kentucky. He died on 9 June 1972 in Phelps, Pike, Kentucky.
- LOUISA "ELSIE" DOTSON was born on 8 Feb 1907 in Pike County, Kentucky.
- DREWY DOTSON was born on 14 Nov 1908. He died on 25 Jan 1989 at 41528 Freeburn, Pike County, Kentucky.
- ROY DOTSON was born on 11 Nov 1911 in Pike County, Kentucky. He died in Mar 1978 in Phelps, Pike, Kentucky.
- WILLIAM DOTSON, JR. was born in 1914 in Pike County, Kentucky.
- JAMES DOTSON was born on 14 Feb 1915 in Pike County, Kentucky, according to Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Databases: Births 1911-1999. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.
- HOMER DOTSON was born in 1915
- CHARLEY DOTSON was born in 1917
- WALTER DOTSON was born on 4 Aug 1917
- ONA DOTSON was born in 1919
- GREEN J. DOTSON was born 23 Feb 1921, the same year that Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest organized armed uprising in American labor history, occurred in Logan County, West Virginia. By 1940, he was working in those Logan County mines, himself.
- After marrying JACQULENE BALDRIDGE (children listed below) he served as a Warrant Officer during World War II. He then returned to the mines and died mysteriously sometime around 21 Dec 1957, driving home through the mountains after a union meeting.
- FRANK DOTSON was born in 1924. A Frank Dotson (listed as born in 1922) enlisted in the army on 8 Apr 1941 in Huntington West VA as a Private. Education: Grammar school; Civil Occupation: Farm hand, general farms; Marital Status: Single, without dependents; Height: 68", weight 129 lbs.
- BRADY DOTSON was born on 23 Jun 1928 in Phelps, Pike, Kentucky. He married Vesta Tosten (1930-2002). Brady died on 20 March 1981 in Pike county, Kentucky.
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Issue, jt:
- Dotson Family Genealogy,
by hausegenealogy.com- Jeffrey & Lori Ann dotson Hause
The name "Dotson" is Welsh in origin,,,
So Willie got out of the mines, but with the widespread unemployment and farming restrictions enacted during the Great Depression, then the end of Prohibition and shortages in copper and other necessary materials for stills during wartime, his children wouldn't have many other options (legal or otherwise). Those children were:
CHILDREN OF WILLIE DOTSON AND NANCY McCOY
- HARRISON DOTSON was born on 28 Jan 1905 in Pike County, Kentucky. He died on 9 June 1972 in Phelps, Pike, Kentucky.
- LOUISA "ELSIE" DOTSON was born on 8 Feb 1907 in Pike County, Kentucky.
- DREWY DOTSON was born on 14 Nov 1908. He died on 25 Jan 1989 at 41528 Freeburn, Pike County, Kentucky.
- ROY DOTSON was born on 11 Nov 1911 in Pike County, Kentucky. He died in Mar 1978 in Phelps, Pike, Kentucky.
- WILLIAM DOTSON, JR. was born in 1914 in Pike County, Kentucky.
- JAMES DOTSON was born on 14 Feb 1915 in Pike County, Kentucky, according to Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Databases: Births 1911-1999. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.
- HOMER DOTSON was born in 1915
- CHARLEY DOTSON was born in 1917
- WALTER DOTSON was born on 4 Aug 1917
- ONA DOTSON was born in 1919
- GREEN J. DOTSON was born 23 Feb 1921, the same year that Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest organized armed uprising in American labor history, occurred in Logan County, West Virginia. By 1940, he was working in those Logan County mines, himself.
- After marrying JACQULENE BALDRIDGE (children listed below) he served as a Warrant Officer during World War II. He then returned to the mines and died mysteriously sometime around 21 Dec 1957, driving home through the mountains after a union meeting.
- FRANK DOTSON was born in 1924. A Frank Dotson (listed as born in 1922) enlisted in the army on 8 Apr 1941 in Huntington West VA as a Private. Education: Grammar school; Civil Occupation: Farm hand, general farms; Marital Status: Single, without dependents; Height: 68", weight 129 lbs.
- BRADY DOTSON was born on 23 Jun 1928 in Phelps, Pike, Kentucky. He married Vesta Tosten (1930-2002). Brady died on 20 March 1981 in Pike county, Kentucky.
MORE TO COME...
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