DORA A. BURDINE DOTSON SMITH TENNISON

Dora, Harvey and Clinton Dotson

DORA A BURDINE DOTSON SMITH TENNISON,

Since Louiza Jane Burdyne had married JACOB OWEN on 27 Jan l88l in
Newton County,Arkansas, it is believed he is the father of Dora,
although she went by the name Dora Burdine.
Dora had fallen into a fireplace when she was very small child and
burned one of her hands very badly.

Dora Burdine married SAMUEL DOTSON on 30 Dec l906 in Johnson County,
Arkansas. (per Johnson County, Arkansas Marriage books)
Samuel Dotson was the son of Thomas E Dotson and Mary E "Sis" SEXTON.
NOTE:
Some spell it DODSON while others spell it DOTSON.

Thomas E. Dotson was son of General Edmond Dotson and Susanna Casey
Samuel Dotson was born in December 1888 and died in l9l8 and is buried in the Holt Mountain Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas.
Wonder if Samuel Dotson died in the influenza epidemic that swept
the nation in this time period??

Dora A Burdine had one son before her marriage to Samuel Dotson,
and that was Roy Dotson.
(Roy Dotson's father was said to be David Crockett Smith of the
Alfred Smith-Rebecca Flood Family).
Roy went by the name Dotson because Sam Dotson raised him.

(1)Roy B Dotson born 13 Jan 1905.
He married EDNA DAVIS on l4 Aug l927 in Newton County
Edna was daughter of Albert Davis and Rena Hefley.

Roy Dotson's known children:
i:Eileen Marie Dotson. She married JIMMY CAMPBELL

ii:Jimmy Leroy Dotson, born 13 May 1930.
Jimmy married LEANNA CAMPBELL.
Jimmy Dotson died 1 March 1991 and is buried in Smith Cemetery,
in Newton County.

iii:Raymond Dee Dotson. He married PAULINE CAMPBELL

iv:Anna Lorene Dotson She married JAMES McPHERSON

vi:Gelene Dotson She married CALMUS CAMPBELL

vii:Russell DotsonHe married RUTH BOLIN

viii: Edith Marie Dotson
married (1) GERALD CLEMENT and (2)LONNIE BUDRO.

Roy B. Dotson died 29 Feb 1984 and is buried in Smith Cemetery,
Newton County, Arkansas.
According to family member, Roy Dotson was only married once and
that was to EDNA DAVIS.
Thank you Edith Budro for sending corrections on this family.

Dora and Samuel Dotson's children continued

(2) Pearlie Mae Dotson born 25 Oct 1907.
Pearlie married CASAL CAMPBELL(1895-1989)on 28 June 1936, after his
first wife ANNA LEE RIDDELL died.
Pearlie had a daughter Ava before her marriage to Casal
See the "Peter C Campbell Story" on my website for further details

Casal and Anna Lee Riddell Campbell were the parents of:
i: Bessie Campbell who married CLARENCE BURKS.

ii: Henry Calmus Campbell (1917-1991) who married ZELLA LAMAR

iii: Oliver Campbell who married VIOLA TENNISON

iv: Jimmy Campbell who married EILEEN DOTSON

v:Devoe Campbell who married ETHEL BROWN

vi:Clissel Campbell who married STELLA RICH

Pearlie and Casal Campbell's children:
vii: Tina Campbell who married ELMER GREGORY

Viii: Kingston Campbell who married BARBARA DAVENPORT

ix: Mina Campbell who married BILL FUTTER

x: Reba Helen Campbell who married:
(1)BINAM HICKS and (2)CHARLEY ENGLISH

Pearlie died on l9 Dec l995 and is buried in the Cowell Cemetery,
Newton County, Arkansas.

Article on Cassel and Pearlie Dotson Campbell

(continuing with children of Dora Burdine Dotson)
(3)Morland"Morley" Dotson born 11 Aug 1910 at Mt. Judea.
He married MARY LOURINDA SMITH on 7 July l929, Newton County, Arkansas.
Mary was the daughter of David Crockett Smith and
Margaret Emeline Standridge.
Mary died 1 Dec 1985 in Kansas City, Missouri with burial in Forrest
Hills Cemetery there.
Morland Dotson died 16 May 1976 in Kansas City, Missouri.
He is buried in Crossroads Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas.

Known Morland Dotson children:
i: Carl Dotson, born 11 May 1932.

CARL DODSON, 73 of Deer
Carl Dodson, 73, of Deer died Tuesday, March 14 (2006) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri
Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, March 17, at Falling Water Church at Falling Water. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at Coffman Funeral Home in Jasper. Burial will be in Deer Cemetery.
The son of the late Morland and Mary (Smith) Dodson was born May 11, 1932, at Mt. Judea. He was the husband of Perilla (Breedlove) Dodson.

ii: Hildred Ivora Helen Dotson, born 26 July 1934.
She died 6 April 1999 in Kansas City, Missouri and is buried in
Forrest Hills Cemetery there.

Am not sure whose child Ernest Dwayne Dotson is:
Ernest Dwayne Dotson, born Jan 1949, died Feb 1949 with burial in
Holt Mountain Cemetery, Newton County
(4)Orpha Dotson born 9 Jan 1913.
She married LESTER ADAMS as his second wife.
They had six children but I do not know their names nor any other
information.
Orpha Dotson Adams died Jan 1994 in Fairfax, Oklahoma.
Lester Adams is said to have died in Oklahoma. Perhaps some of the
family could send me the missing information on Orpha's family.

(5)Herman D Dotson born 29 July l915 married PROSIE TENNISON
on l7 Dec l933, page 634, in Newton County,Arkansas.
One known child:
i: Clinton Dotson, born 4 Nov 1934. Died 26 April 1970 with burial
in New Cowell Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas.

Would like to get a list of their children from someone
Herman died in l977 and is buried in New Cowell Cemetery, in Newton
County, Arkansas.

(continuing with children of Dora Burdine Dotson

(6)Lizza Dotson born l9l8.
She married OTTO W TENNISON
Known children:
Ollie Mae Tennison (19Jul1939-10Mar1940 Tennison Cemetery)
Emogene Tennison (14Aug1944-7Feb1946 Tennison Cemetery)
Elizabeth Ann Tennison (22Sep1946-12Feb1947 Tennison Cemetery

Dotson and Tennison family

Need someone to send me list of their children.

On the l920 Newton County, Arkansas census-White township, Visit
# l29-129 Dora is listed as a widow.

Dora married (2) JASPER C. SMITH (born 1876) on ll Aug l922 in
Newton County.
Nothing else known of Jasper C. Smith or if there were more
children.

Dora Burdine Dotson Smith married (3)MATT TENNISON on unknown date.

Dora A Burdine Dotson Smith Tennison died on 2 January l953 and is
buried in the New Cowell Cemetery, Newton County,Arkansas

It is said that Dora's grandson Clinton Dotson killed her with a shotgun.

Evelyn Flood
E-mail me:
Rkinfolks@yahoo.com

29May2016
7 Dec 2016

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