DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE DOBSON

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                              Don Norman

 

1.GEORGE DOBSON

 

    George Dobson was born January 25, 1769 and died in Lewis County

VA July 15, 1828. He married Mary -----. Mary was born in 1772 and

died in Lewis County November 15, 1841.

 

Known children of George and Mary Dobson.

 

  2.  (1). George Wallace          b.c.     1811   d.c.     1859

         m.Catherine Waggoner Jan 28 1831

 

2.GEORGE WALLACE DOBSON     1.GEORGE DOBSON

 

    George Wallace Dobson, a son of George and Mary Dobson, was born

in Culpepper County VA about 1811 and died in Wirt County VA before

1860. He married Catherine Waggoner in Lewis County VA January 28,

1831. Catherine, a daughter of John and Susannah (Richards)

Waggoner, was born about 1809 and died in Wirt County WV before 1870.

    Catherine married Bryant Utter in Wirt County December 6, 1861.

 

Children of George Wallace and Catherine (Waggoner) Dobson.

 

  3.  (1). John                    b.       1832

         m.Rebecca Williams Jul 24 1855

 

  4.  (2). Mary A.                 b.       1834

         m.William J. Vandale Apr 19 1857

 

  5.  (3). Susan                   b.       1836

         m.Henry George  Oct 2 1856

 

  6.  (4). Maria                   b.Apr  1 1838

         m.John Wesley Shaver Apr 3 1859

 

  7.  (5). Sarah                   b.       1842

         m.Abraham Williams Mar 19 1858

 

  8.  (6). Oliver                  b.Oct 13 1843   d.Aug 16 1943

 

  9.  (7). Nancy Rebecca           b.       1848

         m.Squire Staats Mar  5 1868

 

 10.  (8). William S.              b.       1854

         m.Mary Ellen Goff Apr 28 1875

 

 

6.MARIA DOBSON    2.GEORGE WALLACE DOBSON     1.GEORGE DOBSON

 

    Maria Dobson, a daughter of George Wallace and Catherine (Waggoner)

Dobson, was born in Lewis County VA April 1, 1838. She married John

Wesley Shafer in Wirt County VA April 3, 1859. John, a son of John and

Mary (Cox) Shafer, was born in Kanawha County VA October 17, 1837.

 

Children of John Wesley and Maria (Dobson) Shafer.

 

 11.  (1). Viola V.                b.Dec  9 1859

         m.W.L. Hackney Nov 29 1877

 

 12.  (2). George B.               b.Jan  1 1862

 

 13.  (3). David Lee               b.Mar  1 1864

         m.Mary Comer Mar 26 1884

 

 14.  (4). Sarah C.                b.Apr 11 1872

         m.Whetzel B. Casto Jan 27 1889

 

 15.  (5). Mary A.                 b.Aug 27 1876

         m.Hannibal Paxton Feb 25 1894

 

 16.  (6). Charles S.              b.Oct 30 1878

 

 17.  (7). Ezra                    b.Sep  8 1881

 

 

10.WILLIAM S. DOBSON    2.GEORGE WALLACE DOBSON     1.GEORGE DOBSON

 

    William S. Dobson, a son of George Wallace and Catherine (Waggoner)

Dobson, was born in Wirt County Va in 1854. He married Mary Ellen Goff

in Wirt County April 28, 1875. Mary, a daughter of Thomas and Susannah

(George) Goff, was born in Ritchie County Va March 27, 1858.

 

Children of William S. and Mary Ellen (Goff) Dobson.

 

 18.  (1). Elliot

 

 19.  (2). Harmon

 

 20.  (3). Wirt

 

 21.  (4). Charlie

 

 22.  (5). Marjorie

 

 23.  (6). Ona

 

 24.  (7). Anna

 

 25.  (8). Ina

 

 26.  (9). Minnie

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

Norman, Don, "Descendants of John Shafer"

Waggoner, Crystal V., "John Waggoner and Margaret (Bonnett) Waggoner",

pp. 185-186 Heritage Books, Inc. Bowie MD 1995