THE DOTSON FAMILY

Harrison Dotson, born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in about the year 1816, married Sibba Ellen  ________.  Sibba Dotson was born in Mason County, Kentucky, in about the year 1820.  Harrison Dotson was a farmer.  Harrison Dotson and his family were living in Nicholas County, Kentucky, during the 1850 and 1860 census years.  Harrison and Sibba Dotson were the parents of the following named children:

1.  Nancy Dotson, born about 1835
2.  Reuben Dotson, born about 1837
3.  Richard T. Dotson, born December 26, 1839, married Sarah Jane Ogdon,
     daughter of _________ and Shining Water Ogdon.  She was born July 23,
     1847, and died June 7, 1909.  Richard T. Dotson died March 17, 1910.
     They are buried in the Shannon Cemetary, Mason County, Kentucky.
4.  George W. Dotson, born about 1841
5.  William Dotson, born about 1845
6.  Mary Dotson, born about 1847 (see below)
7.  Ann E. Dotson, born about 1849
8.  Asad Dotson, born about 1852

Mary Dotson, born about 1847, married James Wesley Strawther, born January, 185__, on December, 1869.  They were living with Henry Strawther in the 1870 census of Robertson County, and were also listed in the 1880 census for Robertson County.  Mary Strawther died between the years 1885 and 1900.

James and Mary Dotson Strawther were the parents of the following children:

1.  Arrintha E. Strawther (see below)
2.  William H. Strawther, born 1872, died 1955, married Elizabeth J. Buckler
     in 1897 in Robertson County, Kentucky.  She lived from 1874 until
     1961.  They are buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky.
3.  Arteney A. Strawther
4.  Lillian Strawther
5.  Reuben Wesley Strawther
6.  Bertha B. Strawther, born October 20, 1875 in Robertson County,
     Kentucky, married ________ Dwynes.  They were living in Robertson
     County, Kentucky, in 1910.
7.  Richard Clifton Strawther
8.  Minnie L. Strawther, married Emery L. Mullikin in 1902 in Robertson
     County, Kentucky.
9.  Mary Emma Strawther, married Ed King.
 
Arrintha E. Strawther, born about 187__, married John Alfred Coleman, Jr., in Robertson County, Kentucky in 1888.  Arrintha E. Coleman died prior to June
7, 1900.
1.  Nannie Thomas Coleman married Joseph Hitt
2.  Mary Abigail Coleman (see below)
 

Mary Abigail Coleman, born January 31, 1891, married Millard Alvin Wheeler, son of Charles and Malinda Moore Wheeler, in Mason County, Kentucky on December 23, 1907.  Millard Wheeler lived from 1895 until 1928.  Mary Wheeler died on July 17, 1917.  They are buried in the Shannon Cemetery in Mason County, Kentucky