Ancie Edward Dotson [A573][A2438]
b.1915 ca -
d. -
----- Parents -----
Archibald Perry Dotson [A565][A2430]
Mary Hatfield [A564][A2429]
----- Siblings -----
Ransom Roosevelt Dotson [A566][A2431]
Martha Dotson [A567][A2432]
Kentucky Dotson [A568][A2433]
Louisa Dotson [A569][A2434]
George Walker Dotson [A570][A2435]
Charles Monroe Dotson [A571][A2436]
Ancie Edward Dotson [A573][A2438]
William Jefferson Dotson [A574][A2439]
James Thomas Dotson [A575][A2440]
The mine wars were much more divisive of our people than any so-called
"feud." It was as bad as the Civil War in that respect-or worse. Most of
my ancestors were on the union side. Had I been there, I would have sided
with the UMWA. Not the rotten organization of today-the old UMWA of 1020;
but some of the best men of that generation were on the other side. They
were patriots-grandsons of men who fought in Mr. Lincoln's army--who
really thought that the union was a subversive organization that would
overthrow the government. The shooting of Uncle Ancie while he dozed in a
chair in the vestibule of his hotel-after he appeared before the grand
jury and before the trial-shows that all the right was not on one side.
His death is a continuing testimony that the whole truth never came out.
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