William Squire DOTSON

Birth:
22 Dec 1844
Madison, Arkansas
Death:
11 Mar 1923
Whorton Creek, Madison, Tennessee
Burial:
Whorton Creek, Madison, Tennessee
Marriage:
Abt 1864
of Arkansas
Notes:
                   may have been married first to a Rachel Ann Cook

1870 Madison Co AR census
Dodson, William  28 m w farmer AR
     Elizabeth  26 f w keeping house TN
     James 8 m w AR
     Nancy J 2 f w AR

1880 Madison Co AR census
William S Dotson  36  m  farmer  AR TN TN
     Elizabeth  30  f  wife  TN TN TN
     James L  m  14  AR
     Nancy  11  f  AR
     Abraham  8  m  AR
     Rachel  6  f  AR
     Caldonia  3  f  AR
     Allice  6/12  f  AR (Jan)

William served in the union army, Co B1 Ark Inft.

headstone reads
Wm S Dotson
Co B 1 Ar Inf
b 22 Dec 1840
d 11 Mar 1923
Blocked
Birth:
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
James L DOTSON
Birth:
25 Jan 1866
Madison Co, Arkansas
Death:
19 Dec 1949
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   married Mary Burgess, Mary McCollough

headstone reads a L Dotson (hand carved field rock, could say J L)

1900 Census, Madison Co, Wharton Creek  152/154
Dodson, james L  head  Jan 1869  33 m 8 years AR TN TN
     Louisa J  wife  Aug 1876  m 8 years 5 children/3 living AR IN AR
     Mary E  dau  Aug 1893  6  AR AR AR
     Susie E  dau  Sept 1896 AR AR AR
     William D  son  May 1898 AR AR AR
2
Nancy Jane DOTSON
Birth:
Abt 1869
Madison Co, Arkansas
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   married William Frisby
3
Abraham Lincoln DOTSON
Birth:
12 Nov 1871
Madison Co, Arkansas
Death:
3 May 1948
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   married Hannah Hayden on 6-17-1902
4
Rachel Ann DOTSON
Birth:
23 Aug 1874
Madison Co, Arkansas
Death:
16 Jun 1932
James B DOTSON 
Marr:
1893
Madison, Arkansas 
Notes:
                   headstone reads
Rachel Ann Dotson
Mother
23 Aug 1874
16 June 1932
5
Caldonia DOTSON
Birth:
24 Feb 1877
Madison Co, Arkansas
Death:
18 Jun 1940
Kings River, Madison Co, Arkansas
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   married Austin Dentin Bolinger,

death certificates states died from pneumonia at age 63 years, 3months, 24 days
6
Bead Alice DOTSON
Birth:
Jan 1880
Madison Co, Arkansas
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   married Silas Collins
7
Melvina DOTSON
Birth:
15 Feb 1883
Death:
Oklahoma
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   married Bill Burgess
8
Elmira DOTSON
Birth:
29 Dec 1886
Death:
26 Dec 1977
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   lived with Caldonia (Dotson) Bolinger and her husband Austin Denton Bolinger.

headstone reads
Beloved Aunt
Elmira Dotson
29 Dec 1886
26 Dec 1977
FCID:5866:478
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William Squire Dotson - Blocked

William Squire Dotson was born at Madison, Arkansas 22 Dec 1844. His parents were Doctor Floyd Dotson and Mary Ann Raincrow.

He married Blocked Abt 1864 at of Arkansas .

They were the parents of 8 children:
James L Dotson born 25 Jan 1866.
Nancy Jane Dotson born Abt 1869.
Abraham Lincoln Dotson born 12 Nov 1871.
Rachel Ann Dotson born 23 Aug 1874.
Caldonia Dotson born 24 Feb 1877.
Bead Alice Dotson born Jan 1880.
Melvina Dotson born 15 Feb 1883.
Elmira Dotson born 29 Dec 1886.

William Squire Dotson died 11 Mar 1923 at Whorton Creek, Madison, Tennessee .