Charles Columbus Dotson

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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Family Time Line

Charles Columbus Dotson
1904–1978
Ida Bell Thomas
1906–1977
Marriage: 1 August 1924
Robert Jewel Dotson
1925–1950
Willard Scott Dotson
1928–2013
Carl Edward Dotson
1929–1994
Troy Clifton Dotson
1931–1988
Pansy Louise Dotson
1932–2017
Annarae Dotson
1934–2016
John Russell Dotson
1936–
Glenn Martin Dotson
1937–
Ilene Joy Dotson
1939–2018
Sybil Geneive Dotson
1940–2022
Boyd Dotson
1941–
Dallas Thomas Dotson
1943–
Hubert Dotson
1945–
David Dexter Dotson
1946–
Loyal Ruth Dotson
1950–

Sources (25)

  • Charles Dotson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Charley Dotson, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Charlie Dotson, "Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

World Events (8)

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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