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Dorothy Mayor and Ben Thompson were married in Reedsville and move to Canaan Valley in Tucker County
Dorothy Thompson, a noted Tucker County hand weaver, was born Barbra Dorthy Mayor on April 5, 1920, at Grays Landing, Pennsylvania. She went by her middle name because her brothers could not pronounce "Barbra"; a teacher later added an "o" to Dort...
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