Lavina Jem Dozier Family
I began researching my husband's family tree and was wondering about the book, Family Records of the Descendants of Daniel Dozier.How close to present does the book come?The portion of the tree that I am trying to follow is Lavina Jem Dozier family.One of her children, Robert Julius Ward, was my father-in-law, and I am married to Robert's son Michael.The Dozier side of the tree is wonderfully documented and I am collecting as much information for our children as possible.I am having difficulty following the Ward part of the tree, and from what my husband tells me, Julius Marvin Ward abandoned Jem and the children.I understand (and it states on Robert's birth certificate) that Marvin was a police officer in 1940, but I don't know if that was in Dozier or not.Is there any documentation of that sort in the town of Dozier, or in the Family Records of the Dozier line that you are aware of?Also, on Robert's certificate of birth states his birthplace as Searight, but I can't figure out where that is.