Brief Life History of Charles Columbus
When Charles Columbus Dotson was born on 22 December 1904, in Ira, Buchanan, Virginia, United States, his father, John Preston Dotson, was 29 and his mother, Alaphair Dotson, was 24. He married Ida Bell Thomas on 1 August 1924, in Paw Paw, Pike, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Knox District, Buchanan, Virginia, United States in 1940 and Buchanan, Virginia, United States in 1950. He died on 2 June 1978, in Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Ward Road Cemetery, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States.
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- Charles Dotson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Charley Dotson, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Charlie Dotson, "Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility
Camp Lee was the sight of where Europeans first came face to face with the Powhatan Confederation. Than during the Civil War the Union forces used it as a surprise attack and blocked Lee’s army from the supply base. When World War II started Fort Lee became Camp Lee and was used as a training facility.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English (Cornwall): variant of Dodson , with devoicing of the second consonant. Alternatively, the name may be a variant of Dutson , another variant of Dodson with devoicing of the second consonant before voiceless /s/.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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