Cecilia Dossett Harlan

A photo of John Thomas "Tom" Dossett and his wife Cornelia Zalena Reeves Dossett of Dale County, Alabama. Their Children are Bascom Roosevelt Dossett (the baby), William Avery Dossett (the boy in front), and their daughters Mittie Dossett, and Maggie Dossett. Their daughter Ruby Eloise Dossett wasn't born yet when this photo was taken.
People in photo include: John Thomas Dossett and Cornelia Zalena Reeves Dossett

Photo of William James Dossett and his wife Mary T. Woodham Maund Dossett. Before she and W.J. married, Mary was a widow with two or three children by her deceased husband Joseph Maund. Her children (in the front)are John Thomas Dossett (the baby,probably), Lucinda Dossett (center), and James Elbert Dossett (on the right on father's knee). Nellie Maund is standing to the left and her brothers (names unknown) are standing behind their mother and stepfather. The baby may be their daughter Martha Jane Dossett and not John Thomas. John Thomas Dossett may have been born a year and a half after this family photo was taken.
People in photo include: Lucinda Dossett, Martha Jane Dossett, and Nellie Maund (Daughter of Joseph Maund)

Alter Benefield (teacher in center wearing suit and tie) and Mittie Dossett (standing to the left of Alter). Mittie married her teacher Alter after she finished her schooling. Photo taken in beat 11, Skipperville, Dale County, area of Ozark, Alabama. photo taken around 1898. Skipperville, Dale County, Alabama 1870-1890
People in photo include: Bascom Roosevelt Dossett and William A. Dossett

Thomas and Minnie Dossett in 1925

Dossett couple, names unknown, probably taken in the 1800's

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.