First husband (Ernest Dotson) died one day before Clara Belle was born. Left children Adia and Ernest in Ohio with their aunt, took Clara Belle and moved to West Virginia, where she married Puge Parrish and had three additional children (Charles, Bernice, and Bryan)and five foster children (Orge, Fern, Ace, Lizzie, and Vesta). Dates of birth for Lula May and Ernest are from 1900 Ohio census