John Marion DOTSON

                   cemetary plot N-23
                  

                   Marriage , Crawford Co AR
      George Dotson, 20, to Angie Ellis, 17,  5 Oct 1902

Marriage Book 1, Crawford Co AR, pg 107
      G M Dotson, 34, to Annie Swofford, 30, 1 Nov 1916

1920 AR Census, Crawford Co 14/14/ 1/70 Dodson, Geog  owns home  37  AR TN TN
       Annie  wife   33  AR KY KY
       George  son  2  AR AR AR
       Evie  son 1  AR AR AR
Swofford, Noel  11  AR AR AR stepson
Swofford, Olen  9  AR AR AR  stepson
                  

                   Marriage Book 1, pg 71, Crawford Co AR;
WD Dotson, 28, to Oma Woods, 28; 15 Nov 1914

check birthdates of children - two were born in same month of same year,
must be an error

1920 Arkansas, Sebastion Co, Island Twp
160/163  Dodson, Bill   m  w 35  married
                   Lona  wife  28  married
                   Burl  son  5
                   Dorothy  dau 2 5/12
                   Angeline  dau  1 1/4
           Cobbie, Addie  border  20
Ed 128, pg 11, enumerated Jan 22 1920
                  

                   1920 AR census, Crawford Co  14/11 14/71
Dodson, Tate  35  AR  living with Jim B Johnson as border
                  

                   died froma boil in his head
                  

                   Viola died as a small child
                  

                   Regular Army Reserve Honorable Discharge Papers   June 4 1920

E. L. Dotson private "infantry" enlisted when 23 1/2, April 21 1916
       Jefferson books MO,
       Corporal, Seargeant, First Seargeant
       battles - Meuse Argonne
       off 11-1 to __-7-1918
       farmer, single
       fourloughed to reg Army reserve July 16 1919 Camp Pike AR
       served in France, left US 9-9-1918, arrived US 8-27-1919

Death Certificate in file
Social Security Records: number 432-34-7687, listed as resident of Grove
Oklahoma.  They owned a home there, but they were staying in Lathrop, MO
with their daughter.  Evey had been placed in the Plattsburg (MO) Home about
three days before his death.

1900 CENSUS:  CRAWFORD CO AR, ALMA TWP, ALMA
Dodson, John M  w  40  May 1860 AR
Myrtle F (Marilla Frances)  wife  36  12-1863 AR
Emma (Nancy Emeline)  dau 19  11-1880 AR
George   son  17  9-1882  AR
Willie  son  15  12-1884  AR
Mitchell  son  13  9-1886 AR
Ervine (Irving)  son  12   3-1888 AR
Evan  (Evey Leroy)  son  7  12-1892  AR
Corda   dau  6  5-1894

1910 Census:

1920 Census:

Evey had gone with Agnes Weese (sp) for six years prior to meeting Annie
Dotson.  And when he met Annie, he dropped Agnes immediately.  It was love at
first sight for him.
Annie's family had moved to Arbuckles Island where there was a lot of cotton
to pick.
Evie was working in Ft Smith, but he had come to the Island to help Will weigh
cotton.  That is when he met Annie.
They stayed together constantly for the next three weeks, then married, in a
Barber Shop in Charleston AR.  See notes under Annie for more detailed story.

married 1923, lived for 7 days with Will Dodson, then moved into house between
Will and Mrs Dotson (on Arbuckles Island, Logan Co AR - near Charleston) until
they found a home.

Lived in Alma (New Hope) when Harold was born, running Farmer's Union Store,
Alma.
Lived in Greenwood when Carl was born, Evie was driving a coal
truck.
Then Evie went to they Oil fields and worked as a gang pusher.
Lived here when Peggy was born.
Then returned to Arkansas and began digging coal & farming.
1952 Annie and Peggy worked at Dixie Cup, Ft Smith AR
Soon after they moved to Sunflower Kansas and Evie worked at the
     Sunflower Ordinance Plant, (just west of DeSoto).
abt 1956 Evey retired, and he and Annie moved to Noel MO to fish, garden
     and relax.
by 1966 they had a home in Noel and one in Grove OK.
By 1868 they had moved everything to Grove OK.
In abt 1973 they moved to a trailor next to Peggy so that she could help
     care for them.  They remained there the rest of their life.

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for info on Dotsons in Iowa, contact:
Don Dotson
1707 46 St
Des Moines IA  50317
277-8236