DR. BRADFORD L. DOZIER
History of St. Clair Co., MO:
Page 944 - County Physician in 1869, B. L. DOZIER.
International Genealogical Index:
Bradford L. Dozier, born @1818 Warren Co., MO; married Mary Eleanor Hancock 20 January 1842 Warren Co., MO. Mary, daughter of Thomas Quinn & Jennett Jane (Glover) Hancock.
History of Henry Co., MO:
Page 131 - "Whereas, We have received indisputable evidence of the fact that the notorious Montgomery, of Kansas, has lately been receiving large supplies of arms, money and provisions from the East, and he has erected a fort and has supplied the same with munitions of war, and that he has collected a large band of outlaws around him, and that he has published that the United States District Court should not convene at Fort Scott; that the several United States officers in that portion of Kansas Territory should leave the territory or be killed; that these officers have been compelled to abandon their official duties and flee for their lives; that several citizens of the county have actually been murdered, property plundered, negroes stolen and the border counties threatened with invasion, and open and extensive preparations made to carry the threats into execution, for the purpose of murder, plunder and negro stealing. "Resolved, That a volunteer company be organized for the purpose of defending our own homes, and, if necessary, the western borders of the State. "Resolved, That a messenger be immediately sent to the Governor of the State with a request to provide for the purpose. "Resolved, That Thomas E. Owen, Norval Spangler, J. C. Alexander, J. Davis, A. M. Tutt, B. L. Dozier, T. W. Royston, S. P. Ashby and Burt Holcomb be appointed to enroll such names as may be willing to join a volunteer company and to effect an organization of the same. "Resolved, That D. C. Stone and W. A. Duncan be appointed a committee to wait upon the governor and represent to him the emergency of the case, and, if possible, to procure a supply of arms. "Resolved, That a committee of fifteen be appointed to inform the citizens of the County of Henry of the meeting and its purposes, of the 22nd instant and devise means for the same: Tebo, A. C. Avery, J. Davis; Springfield, R. K. Murrell, E. J. Warth; Osage, A. T. Bush, N. S. Spangler; Deepwater, B. L. Dozier, L. Cruce; Big Creek, B. L. Quarles, J. G. Dorman; Bogard, Jesse Nave, B. G. Boone; Grand River, S. P. Ashby, W. H. Cock, J. H. Vance. "Resolved, That a messenger be sent to Warsaw, Osceola, Lexington and Warrensburg, and take with them a copy of the proceedings of this meeting and ask their co-operation: Lexington, A. Raney, Hampton Winew; Warrensburg, T. A. Hust, M. W. Lowry; Osceola, B. F. Cox, H. C. Tutt; Warsaw, H. S. Marvin, R. L. Burge. "I. M. CRUSE, Chairman. "B. L. QUARLES, Secretary."
1850 Hickory Co., MO Census – District No. 37:
Line 14, 10 September
120/120 Isaac M. Cruce, age 31, male, farmer, $1500 real estate, born KY, married within the year
Matilda Cruce, age 19, female, born MO, married within the year
Susan F., age 7, female, born MO
Richard M., age 4, male, born MO
Eliza A., age 1, female, born MO
Tobias Cardwell, age 21, male, stage driver, birthplace not known
Bradford Dozier, age 32, male, physician, born KY
Mary Dozier, age 26, female, born MO
Gustavius Dozier, age 7, male, born MO
Catharine L. Dozier, age 3, female, born MO
Thomas Dozier, age 1, male, born MO
1860 Henry Co., MO Census – Grand River Township:
Page 84, Line 35, Clinton P.O., 11 July
580/580 B.L. Dozier, age 42, male, Physician, $1500 personal estate, born MO
Mary C., age 38, female, born MO
Catharine, age 13, female, born MO, attended school
Thomas M., age 10, male, born MO, attended school
Ella, age 7, female, born MO, attended school
Ida, age 5, female, born MO, attended school
Etta Dozier, age 2, female, born MO
1870 St. Clair Co., MO Census - Osceola Township:
Line 18, Page 2, Taberville P.O., 9 July
14/14 Dozier, B.L., age 52, white male, Physician, $1000 real estate, $500 personal estate, born KY, over age 21
Mary, age 46, white female, keeping house, born MO
Thos, age 20, white male, going to school, born MO, attended school
Ella, age 18, white female, at home, born MO, attended school
Ida, age 15, white female, born MO, attended school
Etta, age 12, white female, born MO, attended school
Minnie, age 9, white female, born MO, attended school
1880 Henry Co., MO Census – Clinton:
Page 39, Line 2, Dist. 6, ED 173
359 Dozier, Mary E., white female, age 58, widowed, keeping house, born MO, parents born MD
Thomas, white male, age 30, son, single, Merchant, born MO, parents born MO
Minnie, white female, age 17, daughter, single, at home, born MO, parents born MO
1880 Henry Co., MO Census – The town of Montrose:
Dist. 6, ED 167, Page 26, Line 34, 1 June
3 EJ Street
10/10 Watkins, Charles H., white male, age 30, married, Physician, unemployed 12 months, born WV, father born WV, mother born VA
Ella D., white female, age 26, wife, married, keeping house, unemployed 12 months, Sick, born MO, parents birthplace not known
St. Clair Co., MO Cemetery Records:
Osceola Cemetery
Dozier, Bradford L., 18 June 1817 - 02 July 1875
Henry Co., MO Cemetery Records
Englewood Cemetery
Dozier, Thomas M., died 5 July 1899 Clinton, Mo., age 46 years. Buried 23 July 1899, grave 05.
Watkins, Charles H., born 1849, died 14 February 1910 Joplin, Mo., age 61 years. Buried Block 015, Lot 1524, grave 01. Spouse: Ella Dozier.
Watkins, Ella Dozier, born 1852, died 1908. Buried Block 015, lot 1524, grave 02. Spouse: Charles H. Watkins.
