Person:Peter Dotson (1)

Watchers
Peter L. Dotson
m. Abt 1843
  1. John Sherman Dotson1844 - 1920
  2. Sarah DotsonAbt 1847 -
  3. Reuben F. Dotson1850 - 1906
  4. David H. DotsonAbt 1852 -
  5. Allen DotsonAbt 1855 -
  6. Martha A. DotsonAbt 1858 -
  7. Peter L. Dotson1860 - Aft 1930
m. 19 Apr 1879
m. 1888
Facts and Events
Name Peter L. Dotson
Gender Male
Birth? 1860 Kentucky, United States
Marriage 19 Apr 1879 , Pike, Kentucky, USAto Sarah Ann Prater
Occupation[2] 1880 Pike, Kentucky, United StatesFarmer, Peter Creek
Marriage 1888 Wise Co., VAto Emily "Emma" Masters
Death? Aft 1930 Pike, Kentucky, United StatesPeter Creek
Burial? Buchanan, Virginia, United StatesDotson C., Paw Paw

Census/Record: 1880, Peters Creek, Pike co., KY, farmer counted w/wife and aunt Barb Bumgardner, 70, living with them. Next door to them was Richard G. Sergeant whose son Luther married Jane Dotson, d/o Peter Dotson. Local inhabitants say that Peter is the first Dotson to settle in Paw Paw.

School: can read and write

(Research): In 1880 Catherine's aunt, Barbara Bumgardner, was living in the home of Peter and Sarah when the census were enumerated.

Census/Record: 1880, Peters Creek, Pike co., KY, farmer counted w/wife and aunt Barb Bumgardner

Marriage record in Pike Co., file # 3135, reg. 11, page 3.

References
  1.   Jay Dotson's.
  2. United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).