William James Dossett (aka "Dawsitt") married a widow named Mary T. Woodham Maund Dossett. WJ became stepfather to her five children. They had three children of their own, John Thomas, James Elbert, and Martha Jane Dossett. Several of their children died during their childhood years due to an epidemic of the measles in their small town in Dale County, Alabama.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...