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Letters, etc. in "John Haden of Virginia" indicate Hester Ann may have been called Jo Ann and was likely only child that was raised to adulthood. Sister believed to have died as a child. Hester/Jo Ann married B. D. Dodson 25 Sep 1849 in Greene County MO.

Source: DODSON@rootsweb.com
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006
From: Nancy Noel
4 Benjamin Davis DODSON1. Born on 26 Jan 1827 in N. Alabama.7,1 died on
29 Apr 1902 in Nevada MO.1
In 1849 Benjamin Davis married JoAnn Hester SPROUT1.7
They had the following children:
2 i. James Napoleon B. (1852-1899)
ii. Joe Ann Hester7,6 (-1932)
iii. Rezin Joseph7
iv. John6
v. Benjamin D.6
vi. William Madison6
vii. Mary8
5 JoAnn Hester SPROUT.1 Born on 24 Jan 1833 in Near Russellville KY.1
died on 12 Mar 1865 in MO.1,7

1850 Census. LaClede Co MO, Dist 45, p.128, Hh 168
Benjamin B. Harrison and family and living with them:
Benjamin D. Dodson, age 22, merchant, b. TN
Hester, age 17, b. KY

1860 Census. Camden Co MO, Auglaize, p.110, Hh 266
Benjamin D. Dodson, age 33, farmer, b. AL
Joe A. H., age 26, b. KY
Children all born in MO: John S., age 9, James N. B. age 7, Joe A. H., age 6 [female], Benjamin D. age 4, William M. age 2
Mary K. DeBruin, age 49, b. Virginia [Hester's mother]
Edy M. Wilkie, age 13, b. MO.

Hester JoAnn died between the 1860 and 1870 censuses.

1870 Census. Camden Co MO, Jackson Twp, Proctor P.O., p. 4, Hh 31
B. D. Dodson, age 42, b. AL. Mary J., age 34, b. KY.
J.N.B. [male], age 17, b. MO. Joe A.H. [female], age 15, b. MO. B. D. D., [male] age 13, b. MO. Wm. M., age 11, b. MO. Joseph R., age 9, b. MO
E. W. Craig, age 14, clerk in store, b. MO
Mary A. Debruin, age 60, b. KY

1880 Census. Pulaski Co MO, Liberty Twp, p.380, Hh 42
Benjamin D. Dodson, age 53, farmer, b. AL, father b. VA, mother b. TN
Mary J., age 42, wife, b. MO, father b. NC, mother b. VA
Ben D. Junr., age 24, son, b. MO, father b. AL, mother b. KY. Risen J., 18, son b. MO, father b. AL, mother b. KY. Mary J., 11, daughter, b. MO, father b. AL, mother b. MO.

Birth	24 Jul 1833	Warren County, Kentucky
Marriage	25 Sep 1849	Greene County, Missouri - Benjamin Davis Dodson
Death	1865	Missouri

Spouse	Benjamin Davis Dodson (1827 - )
Child	John S. Dodson (1851 - )
Child	James Napoleon Bonaparte Dodson (1853 - )
Child	JoAnn Hester Dodson (1854 - )
Child	Benjamin Davis Dodson Jr. (1856 - )
Child	William M. Dodson (1858 - )
Child	Rezin Joseph Dodson (1861 - )

Father	John Sprout ( - 1837)
Mother	Mary Kasiah Haden (1810 - 1891)
Sibling	John Ellen Sprout (1835 - 1844)