Donald David DOTZLER

Notes:

Donald D. Dotzler passed away Feb. 24, 2016, in his home.

He was born March 30, 1954, in Crosby to Frank and Sara (Banks) Dotzler. He graduated from Aitkin High School where he was active in football and wrestling. He started work at Hannah Butler Mining Company (U.S. Steel), where he continued to work for 40 years. Don enjoyed gardening, fishing, hunting and spending time with his family. He was a loving father and husband who worked hard to provide for his family. He cared deeply for his brothers and sisters. Don adored his grandchildren. He was looking forward to retirement and spending more time with his loved ones.

He was preceded in death by his father, Frank Dotzler and his brother, William Dotzler.

Donald is survived by Carol Dotzler, his loving wife of 35 years; daughters, Karly Lillo (Mike), Brainerd; Sara Karr (Kris), Deerwood; grandchildren, Payton and Addison Lillo and Nicholas and Alyssa Karr; his mother, Sara (Banks) Dotzler, Aitkin; his sisters, Ruth Erickson (Jerry), Minnetonka; Elaine Schafer (Ron), Oak Park; and Eileen Ternus Dent; his brothers, Phillip Dotzler (Judy), Aitkin, Ronald Dotzler (Sharon), Aitkin; his sister-in-law, Linda Dotzler, Aitkin; and numerous nephews and nieces.

Burial will be in St. John’s Cemetery in Cedarbrook.

Family/Spouse: Carol. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frank married Sara Edith BANKS on 6 Sep 1941 in Aitkin County, Minnesota. Sara (daughter of Grover Cleveland BANKS and Martha Jane HATTON) was born on 7 Apr 1918 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota; died on 10 Sep 2016 in Aitkin County, Minnesota; was buried in Saint Thomas Cemetery, Aitkin, Aitkin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1918-07797
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2016-MN-029536

Notes:

Sara E. Dotzler,  98, Aitkin, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, at the Aicota Health Care Center in Aitkin.

Sara was born April 7, 1918, in Irondale Township of Crow Wing County, the daughter of Grover and Martha (Hatton) Banks. She grew up and attended schools in Aitkin. She then attended teacher’s normal school in Crosby. She taught school at White Oak, Pine Knoll and the Jungle School.

She married Frank W. Dotzler on Sept. 6, 1941, in Aitkin. They made their home in Cuyuna for several years and then moved to Cedarbrook where she lived until 2013. She worked at the Aitkin County Courthouse in the auditors office for a number of years and in 1968 started working for the Aitkin Independent Age. She worked for the newspaper until her retirement in 1998. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church in Aitkin. She enjoyed crocheting, gardening, reading, canning, birds and cats.

She is survived by children and spouses: Ruth (Gerald) Erickson, Minnetonka; Elaine (Roland) Schafer, Oak Park; Eileen Ternus, Dent; Phillip (Judy) Dotzler, Aitkin; Ronald (Sharon) Dotzler, Aitkin; daughters-in-law: Linda Dotzler, Aitkin and Carol Dotzler, Aitkin; 19 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Frank; sons: William and Donald; five brothers and five sisters.

Burial will be in the St. Thomas Cemetery in Aitkin.

Died:
Aicota Health Care Center

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1965-MN-008221
• Occupation: Miner, Iron Mine

Notes:

There was another Grover C Banks of the same age (born 16 Oct 1884) living in Vortex in Holly Creek in Wolfe County in the 1910 census. That Grover C Banks was married to Letha and his mother was Annie.

Shown as Cleveland Banks in the 1910 census. The family was living on a farm in the Magisterial District of Antioch in Wolfe County, Kentucky. The family consisted of Cleveland, 29, Martha, 27 or 29, Davy, 7, Rosa, 3, and Henry, 1 and some months. Living next door was Hulda Banks, a 23 year old widow with two children. Cleveland and Martha have been married for 8 years. Martha has had 4 children, 3 still living. Everyone and their parents were born in Kentucky.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Crow Wing County, as Grover Cleveland Banks of Ironton. He was employed as a miner for the Cuyuna Mille Lac of Ironton. His nearest relative was Martha Banks. Grover was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and black hair.

Shown as James C. Banks in the 1920 census, Grover C. Banks in the 1930 census.

Owned a farm in Irondale Township, Crow Wing County, at the time of the 1920 census. His father was born in North Carolina, his mother in Kentucky.

In the 1930 census, both of his parents were born in Kentucky. At that time, he was renting a farm, and occupied as a farmer, in Aitkin Township of Aitkin County.

From: "Sara Dotzler"
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:19:40 -0600
To: "Edna/Bill Everson"
Subject: Information

Edna

 I did some checking and here is what I found: Dad's name was Grover Cleveland Banks and Mom's was Martha Hatton. I believe her middle name was Jane but I'm not sure.

 I checked with Opal as she has dad's bible with some information. Dad was born April 30, 1884 in Kentucky (Campton) I believe. Mom was born July 10, 1880.

 Dad passed away April 30, 1965. Mom passed away December 30, 1967.

 They were married February 4, 1902.

 They left Kentucky and arrived in Wisconsin in 1911, from there they went to Oklahoma and then came to Minnesota in 1917. They arrived in Aitkin and then settled in Ironton, Minnesota where he worked in the mines before buying a farm in Ross Lake Township, Minnesota.

 Children from this union were Dave Crocket, Frank, Rose, Henry, Elizabeth and Mary (twins), Hafed (Jack), Hannah, Sara (myself) William (Bill) and Dixie.

 I hope this will answer some of your questions. If I find any more information I will send it to you. I will be leaving Wednesday for the cities and then flying out to Arizona on Friday (March 25) with Ruth and Jerry. We will be coming back on April 4. I have been quite well this winter but not so good the last week as I fell and bruised my knee and then sprained my ankle so it has curbed my getting around some.

 Hope this finds you all in good health and if you see Helen and Max say hello for me. Sara

Grover Cleveland Banks died of a coronary.

Died:
Died at Aitkin Community Hospital where he had been for 1 day

Grover married Martha Jane HATTON on 4 Feb 1902 in Kentucky. Martha (daughter of William F HATTON and Elizabeth BANKS) was born on 10 Jul 1880 in Kentucky; died on 30 Dec 1967 in Aitkin County, Minnesota; was buried on 2 Jan 1968 in Bennettville Cemetery, Hazelton Twp, Aitkin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1967-MN-030066

Notes:

Both of her parents were born in Kentucky. A 1900 census entry for Martha Hatton, daughter of William Hatton in Wolfe County, shows her as being born in July of 1882. Other sources say 1883.

The informant for her death certificate was her son Hafed of Aitkin. She died of pneumonia complicated by emphysema. Her “usual residence” was Lt. Pine Rt., Aitkin.

Died:
Aitkin County Nursing Home

Notes:

Married:
Grover and Martha were probably related

Notes:

Definitely the father of Manerva. According to her birth record, he was born in Breathitt County, Kentucky.

His middle initial was C according to the death certificate of his son Grover.

In the 1910 census, a 70 year-old David Banks “sen” (for Sr.?) lived in Holly Creek with his 18 year-old son Smalley. Jack Watkins was his next-door neighbor. Living with David and Smalley were two boarders, William, 16, and Ettie Taylor, 20. David Banks was shown as married for 57 years.

A David Banks, a widower “about 76” years old and born in Kentucky to David Banks and Nancy Bailey, died in Wolfe County on 28 February 1915. The informant for his death certificate was Jack Wadkins of Vortex in Wolfe County.

The Kentucky marriage records show a 28 year-old David McDaniel of Floyd County marrying a 22 year-old Hannah Banks of Wolfe County in Wolfe County on 4 June 1874.

David married Hannah BANKS. Hannah was born in Jun 1855 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Manerva’s birth record, Hanah was born in Breathitt County, Kentucky.

In the 1880 census she is shown as Hanah Banks, 25, living without a husband, and shown as divorced or widowed, in Wolfe County, Kentucky. She has 2 children: son Adison E., 3, and daughter Minervia J., 1. She is shown as “keeping house”

Widowed at the time of the 1900 census (June 16th or 20th). In that census, she and her family were living in Holly Voting Precinct #5, Wolfe County, Kentucky. The family consisted of Hannah, a 55-year-old widow born in June, 1855, her son Grover C., a 16-year old single boy born in April of 1884, another son Johnnie, 13, born in June 1886, and another son, Smallie, 7, born in May, 1893. Also living with the family was a 28-year-old boarder named Dave Miles. Living next door was 63 year old Dave Banks who had two boarders living with him: a 6 year old boy named Bill Taylor and 13-year-old Ettie Mullins. Other than Hannah, everyone and his or her parents were born in Kentucky. Hannah’s father was born in North Carolina. (Dave Miles’s parents were born in Virginia.) Hannah is shown as having borne 7 children, 4 still living. Hannah is a farmer who owns her farm although it is mortgaged.

Reasonably consistent with this is the following possibility. A Hannah Hays, a married housewife, died on 10 Feb 1938 in Breathitt County which is adjacent to Wolfe County. Hannah Hays was shown as born on 7 Jun 1855 in Wolfe County to Loss John Banks and Hannah Watkins, both of North Carolina. This information was provided by Vivian King of Pence, Kentucky. Hannah died of apoplexy. The undertaker was John W. Banks of Pence. In the 1860 census, there is a John (b. N. Carolina), 51, and Hannah Banks, 40, living in Morgan County, Kentucky. One of their children is Hannah, age 6.

A Hannah Banks also died in Breathitt County on 20 Dec 1913 at the age of 77.

Notes:

In the 1870 census (July 22nd), William F. Hatton and family were living in Precinct No. 3, Wolfe County. The family consisted of William F., 26, his wife Elizabeth, 23, and their children Benjamin F., 9, and William, 3. Neither William F. nor Elizabeth can read or write.

In the 1880 census (June 2nd), William F. Hatten and his family live in the 5th precinct of Wolfe County. There are several other Bankses and Hattons on the same census page. William’s family consists of himself, 39, Lizzie, 34, William, 13, Hiram E., 9, John A., 6, Green B., 4, and Sarah E., 10 months.

His first name an initial are not very clear in the 1900 census. At that time (June 1st), this person and his family were living on a farm in the 8th Magisterial District, Antioch, Wolfe County, Kentucky.

In the 1910 census, he and his wife and 34 year-old son Greenbery live in Holly Creek in Wolfe County. William is 71 and Elizabeth is 70. None of the three in the household can read or write. Their son Augustus lives next door.

Called Billey Hatton on his son Hiram’s death certificate.

An Ancestry tree has his name as William F. Hatton born in Morgan, Kentucky, between 1841 and 1844. That source claims he resided in Antioch, Wolfe County, in 1900 and in Holly Creek, Wolfe County, in 1910.

William married Elizabeth BANKS about 1859. Elizabeth was born in Aug 1842 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the 1900 census, seems to have had 9 children, 6 still living but the numbers are not clear. Those numbers are 11 and 8 in the 1910 census.

In the 1920 census, she is a 77 year-old widow living with her daughter Sarah’s family in Holly Creek, Wolfe County. Her 42 year-old son Green B. also lives with her.

More than one family tree on Ancestry.com has Martha Jane’s mother as Martha Frances Bush, b. 1856 in Grassy, Morgan County, Kentucky, and dying 4 May 1901 in Powell County.