Lloyd RULEY was born 1811 in OH. He died 1884. Lloyd married Elizabeth DOTSON on 1831 in OH.
From Hardesty's History of Doddridge Co 1883:
"Lloyd Ruley made his home in Doddridge Co., in 1841, and for many years was one of the most energetic and successful business men o fthe County. He is now retired from active life, leaving to his sons, Flavius J and Daniel C the control of his business interests. They have 3 sawmills now in active operation, with about thirty miles of tramway, have a store of general merchandise on their property at Sunnyside, own and ocontrol about 1808 acres of land, and employ an average of the year around not less than 40 men. In the spring of 1883 they had on hand one million feet of lumber, sawed and piled, in which were poplar logs 4 to 5 feet in diameter. Varied and extensive as are their business interests, they are men fully qualified for their successful management. "
Elizabeth DOTSON [Parents] was born 1807 in Doddridge Co., VA. She died 1877 in Salina City, KS. Elizabeth married Lloyd RULEY on 1831 in OH.
Henry DOTSON [Parents] was born 1810 in VA. He married Rachel L. TUCKER on 1833.
Rachel L. TUCKER was born 1814. She married Henry DOTSON on 1833.
John M. WILSON was born 1808 in Randolph Co., VA. He died 1880 in Doddridge Co., WV. John married Charlotte DOTSON on 1831.
Charlotte DOTSON [Parents] was born 1811. She died 1895 in Indiana. Charlotte married John M. WILSON on 1831.
Eli B. TUCKER was born 1787 in Taylor Co., WV. He died 1876 in Adair Co., Missouri. Eli married Margaret DOTSON.
Margaret DOTSON [Parents] "Peg" was born 1813. She married Eli B. TUCKER.
Notes for Margaret Peg Dotson:
In Ritchie Co VA 6/1/1843 charges were brought against Eli B Tucker for adultery with Margarette Dotson by his son-in-law Henry F. Dotson (married to Rachel Tucker dgtr of Eli and his first wife. Both Eli and Margaret had apparently left the county at the time. According to the arraignment, Margaret was a single women and she was named a contributor.
1850 census shows Margaret Dotson age 37.
Eli Tucker had lived next door to William and Mary Ann Franks Dotson, parents of Margaret. Two and one half years later the charges were dropped when Henry F Dotson failed to appear. There is no record in Doddridge Co of their marriage; both are buried in Kansas. They apparently moved from WV to MO about 1860 and then to Iowa around 1863.
In the 1870 census of Iowa Margout Tucker age 60 female white was shown as born in VA, inmate of poor house and insane.
Notes for Eli B Tucker:
Came to South Fork of Hughes River and founded his home at Oxford and then went to the "Broadwater Farm" (apparently lived next to William Dotson, son of Richard Sr Dotson around 1850's). In 1856 went to Mason Co, MO
William Buskirk DOTSON [Parents] was born 1815. He died 1906. William married Louisa Anne ANKRUM on 1840 in OH.
From "The WV Heritage Enc." Vol 2, page 17 and in Hardesty's History of Doddridge County 1883:
William Buskerk Dotson Jr is the oldest settler native born to Central District, his birth having occurred closed to Greenwood on the farm adjoining the one he now lives on (Sept 27, 1815). William and Mary (Franks) Dotson were his parents. He md. Louisa Ann Ankrum April 15, 1840 in Washington County, Ohio. He was a farmer and a local preacher of the M.P. (Methodist Protestant) church."
He Lived about halfway between Toll Gate and Greenwood; had the first grist mill with a tread mill driven by horse power near present site of Greenwood Station in 1845.
Minnie Kendall Lowther reports children were: Daniel, Jerusha (Mrs. Joseph Dougherty), William, Owen, Rose (Mrs. Samuel Copendoffer), Caroline (Mrs. Hickman), Rilla (Mrs. Francis Waldo), and Israel Dotson.
In VA archives there is a land record of 66 acres in Doddridge Co for a William B Dotson 8/1/1854 "On Jefferson's Run, a drain of Dotson's Run Grants No 110, pg 83"
Source: Renick
Louisa Anne ANKRUM was born 1820 in OH. She died 1900 in doddridge Co., WV. Louisa married William Buskirk DOTSON on 1840 in OH.
Butler BOND was born 1818. He died 1904. Butler married Eliza Margaret DOTSON on 1841 in Tyler Co., VA.
Eliza Margaret DOTSON [Parents] was born 1820. She died 1902. Eliza married Butler BOND on 1841 in Tyler Co., VA.
Thomas D. SCOTT was born 1804. He married Jacynthia DOTSON on 1848 in Doddridge Co., WV.
Jacynthia DOTSON [Parents] was born 1822. She married Thomas D. SCOTT on 1848 in Doddridge Co., WV.
James F. KELLY was born 1821. He died 1868 in Ritchie Co., WV. James married Mary Ann DOTSON on 1840 in Tyler Co., VA.
Mary Ann DOTSON [Parents] was born 1824. She married James F. KELLY on 1840 in Tyler Co., VA.
Squire DOTSON [Parents] was born 1825. He married Caroline POOL on 1849 in Ritchie Co., VA.
Notes for Squire Dotson:
1850 Census Ritchie County
DOTSON, Squire farmer born in Virginia Age 25 Years
Caroline age 22
September 11th, 1850
Were living in 1880 in Schuyler Co, MO and in Adair Co, Mo in 1900
Source: Renick
Caroline POOL married Squire DOTSON on 1849 in Ritchie Co., VA.
William Clark ELLIFRITT was born 1819. He died 1878. William married Mary Jane DOTSON on 1850 in Doddridge Co., VA.
Mary Jane DOTSON [Parents] was born 1827. She died 1903. Mary married William Clark ELLIFRITT on 1850 in Doddridge Co., VA.