When William C Dothage was born on 11 April 1880, in Warren, Missouri, United States, his father, Ernst Louis Dothage, was 29 and his mother, Helena Sophia Marcks, was 25. He married Alice Emma Wyatt on 2 June 1904, in Warren, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Pinckney Township, Warren, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Camp Branch Township, Warren, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 3 July 1971, in Jonesburg, Montgomery, Missouri, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Jonesburg, Montgomery, Missouri, United States.