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  1. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, MD, pages 55 - 56. "Warrant MDCL, granted to Edward Dorsey, of Anne Arundel Co., for 200 acres of land, which he assigns as followeth...interest of and in a warrant for 200 acres, bearing date 1650...
  2. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 2. In Nov 1650, Edward Dorsey of he County of Ann Arundell was granted a warrant for 200 acres of land in Maryland, and in 1651, for 200 acres more, half of a warrant for 400 acres granted to John Norwood and the said Dorsey. The omission of the descriptions of these surveys makes it impossible to determine the loation of these tracts of land. (Patents 11, f. 98).
  3. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, MD, page 55-56. Warrant MDCL, granted to Edward Dorsey, of Anne Arundel Co., for 200 acres of land, which he assigns as followeth; as also 200 acres more, part of a warrant for 400 acres, granted John Norwood and the said Dorsey, dated XXIII of Feb., MDCLI. Know all men by these presents that I, Edward, Dorsey, of the County of Anne Arundel, boatwright, have granted, bargained and sold, for a valuable consideration, already received, all my right, title, interest of and in a warrant for 200 acres, bearing date 1650, and also 200 acres more, being half of a wrrant of 400 acres - the one half belonging to Captain Norwood, bearing date 1651, both of which assigned to George Yate. Edward Dorsey - Sealed
    Signed in the presence of Cornelius Howard, John Howard, Oct. 22nd MDCLXVII.
  4. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 4. Edward Darcy was drowned before August 2, 1659 off the Isle of Kent.
  5. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 4. In 1658 the Quakers came into Maryland spreading their religion among the settlers, claiming as their converts Thomas Mears, Nicholas Wyatt, Edward Dorsey and Ann, his wife, and many others. That the Dorseys did embrace this faith is shown by a eltter written by Robert Clarkson, a Quaker convert, to Elizabeth Harris, then in England, in which he said that Ann Dorsey had abundant grace, but he seemed doubtful that her husband would stick to the faith. (Md. Hist. Mag. XXXII, 47).
  6. Calvert County, MD Genealogy Newsletter, May/Dec 2000, P 4/7. Iss: Edward, Jr. b. 1645; Sarah b. 1647; Joshua; & John b. 1653.
  7. Land Patents, Maryland State Archives, Liber 22, folio 36, certificates; Liber IB&IL.#C, folio 225, patent. Dorsey, John, 1686, Hockley in the Hole, Anne Arundel County, 842 acres.
  8. Land Patents, Maryland State Archives, Liber 22, folio 346, certificate; Liber N S #2, folio 733, patent. Dorsey, John, 1688, Dorsey's Adventure, 400 acres.
  9. Land Patents, Maryland State Archives, Liber C.#3, folio 352, certificates; liber C.#3, folio 353, patent. Dorsey, John, 1694, Dorsey's Search, now Howard County, 479 acres.
  10. Land Patents, Maryland State Archives, Liber B#23, folio 288, certificate; Liber B#23, folio 290. Dorsey, John, 1695, Troy, 763 acres now Howard County.
  11. Land Patents, Maryland State Archives, Liber DD#5, folio 74, certificate; Liber DD#5, folio 75, patent. Dorsey, John, 1702, White Wine & Claret, now Howard County, 1400 acres

    Another patent, Liber CD, folio 76.

  12. Land Patents, Maryland State Archives, Liber DD#5, folio 207, certificate; Liber DD#5, folio 208, patent; Liber PL#2, folio 5, patent. Dorsey, John, 1706, Mount Gilboa, now Howard County, 247 acres.
  13. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-44. MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Dorsey, John M Pleasance (Ely) (2nd Thos. Wainwright)
    Remarks: Baltimore County, Date on Manuscript: 1714, 1803
    References: Judgments Liber 102 folio 616.
  14. Land Patents, Maryland State Archives, Liber 7, folio 377. Dorsey, Edward, Joshua & John, 1664. Hockley in the Hole, Anne Arundel County, MD, 400 acres.
  15. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 10. In 1681 Edward and Joshua Dorsey sold their right to Hockley-in-the-Hole to their brother John Dorsey. This tract, which was one of their deceased father's surveys, had been taken up and patented by the three brothers in 1664.
  16. Land Patents, Maryland State Archives, Liber 11, folio 488 cert; liber 12, folio 136, patent. Dorsey, Edward, 1668, tract: Dorsey, county: Anne Arundel, 60 acres.
  17. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P 8.
  18. Land Patents, Maryland State Archives, Liber 22, folio 345 cert; liber N. S. #2, folio 717, patent. Dorsey, Edward, 1688, Major's Choice, Now Howard County, 599 acres.
  19. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 611. Col Edward Dorsey, son of Edward Dorsey...Burgess of Anne Arundel county in 1694, again in 1695, 1696, 1697, and for Baltimore County, 1701 - 1705.
  20. Land Patents, Maryland State Archives, Liber B#23, folio 303. Dorsey, Edward, 1695, The Long Reach, 448 acres, Now Howard County.
  21. Land Patents, Maryland State Archives, Liber B#23, folio 323. Dorsey, Edward, 1695, Major's Fancy, Anne Arundel County, 186 acres.
  22. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P 19.
  23. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P 19. On April 2, 1706 Col Edward Dorsey was listed as dead at a meeting of the Assembly, and an order was issued for the election of a member from Baltimore County in room of Col Edward Dorsey deceased. His will made Oct 26 1704 was proved 31 Dec 1705.
  24. Calvert County, MD Genealogy Newsletter, May/Dec 2000, P 4/7. Edward Dorsey m. 1st - Sarah Wyatt, d. 1650 AA Co d/o Nicholas & Damaris.
  25. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P 7. Sarah Wyatt d. c1692.
  26. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P 25.
  27. Maryland State Archives - online database, Liber 22, folio 96; Liber NS #B, folio 433. Dorsey, Joshua, 1680
    Dorsey's Addition, Anne Arundel County
    50 acres.
  28. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 121.
  29. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 123.
  30. Calvert County, MD Genealogy Newsletter, May/Dec 2000, P 7/ 4. Iss: Edward, Jr. b. 1645; Sarah b. 1647; Joshua; & John b. 1653.
  31. Calvert County, MD Genealogy Newsletter, Nov 1999, vol 14, no 9, p4-5.
  32. Lawrence & Related Families, P. 133. Caleb Dorsey, s/o John & Pleasance (Ely) Dorsey, was b Nov 11, 1685 at "Hockley-in-the-Hole" on the Severn, which was subsequently deeded to him by his father.
  33. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 152.
  34. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, MD, p 62. Caleb was born at "Hockley" in 1686. In 1704, he married and came into possession of the whole estate. His wife was Elinor Warfield, youngest daughter of Richard and Elinor (Browne) Warfield. They lived in the old mansion house, which stood only a few feet from the railroad, just west of "Best Gate.".
  35. Lawrence & Related Families, P 133. The will of Caleb Dorsey was probated in AA Co in 1742, dated 11/11/1742.
  36. Lawrence & Related Families, P. 133. On Aug 24, 1704 he m Eleanor Warfield, b Jul 10, 1683 AA Co, d 1752 AA Co, Md, d/o Richard Warfield & Eleanor Browne.
  37. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 73, St Anne's Parish. Caleb Dorsey and Elinor Wharfield m. 24 Aug 1704.
  38. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, MD, p 63. His widow survived him ten years, and in her will, of 1752 named her son Edward, daughter Sophia Gough, grandson Henry Woodward, goddaughter Mary Todd, goddaughter Elinor Dorsey, of John. She made her sons, Edward and John Dorsey, her executors.
  39. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 74. Samuell Dorsey bapt. 5 Mar 1713.
  40. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 166.
  41. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 86. Caleb Dorsey and Eliner parents of Joshua Dorsey son b. 13 Jul 1720.
  42. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p. 34. Caleb Dorsey and Elianor parents of Joshua Dorsey son Bapt. 4 Jun 1722.
  43. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 139. Deborah Dorsey, m. 1) Charles Ridgely, m. 2) Richard Clagett.
  44. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 139.
  45. Founders of Early American Families, p 101. DORSEY, DARCY EDWARD Portsmouth (VA) 1642 Ann Arundel (MD) 1650. d. Isle of Kent by 2 Aug 1669. Dorsey Family 1947.
  46. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 27. Sarah Dorsey, b. bef 1677; d. after 1727 Baltimore County; m. 1) c. 1695 John Norwood.
  47. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 27. John Norwood, the husband of Sarah, was the son of John Norwood, who died in Calvert County in 1673, and Elizabeth his wife. He was the grandson of Capt. John Norwood, who died in Anne Arundel County in 1672.
  48. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 27. John Norwood, the husband of Sarah, was the son of John Norwood, who died in Calvert County in 1673, and Elizabeth his wife. He was the grandson of Capt. John Norwood, who died in Anne Arundel County in 1672. He died before 1700, for on December 10, 1700, Sarah Norwood, widow of John Norwood late of Anne Arundel County deceased, asked for letters of administration on his estate.
  49. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 27. Children of John and Sarah (Dorsey) Norwood: Phillip Norwood, bapt Feb 5, 1706 (St. A.) m. Comfort ------.
  50. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 28. Sarah Norwood, widow of John, m. 2) bef. 1702 John Petticoat (AA Co Judg. G, f. 163) b. 1699 (AA Co Deeds BD No. 2, f. 120).
  51. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p. 34. Samuel, b. c1682 d. 1724 Anne Arundel Co; m. bef. 1715 Jane (maiden name unknown) d. bef. 1762.
  52. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 78, St Anne's Parish. Samuell Dorsey an Jane parents of Sarah Dorsey dau b. 16 Mar 1716.
  53. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p. 79, St Anne's Parish. Sarah Dorsey (of Samuel and Jane) d. 7 May 1717.
  54. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 82, St Anne's Parish. Samuel Dorsey and Jane parents of Anne Dorsey dau b. 21 Aug 1718.
  55. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 83, St Anne's Parish. Anne Dorsey ( of Samuel and Jane) bapt. 1 Sep 1718.
  56. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 83, St Anne's Parish. Anne Dorsey (of Samuel and Jane) bur. 8 Oct 1718.
  57. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 36. Captain Joshua Dorsey (Col Edward, Edward) b. 1686 (AA Co Land Commissions I B No. 1, f. 36); d. Nov 8, 1747 (Q Car.) at Major's Choice, Anne Arundel County; m. May 16, 1711 Ann Ridgley (Q. Car.); d. Dec 11, 1771.
  58. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 23. Joshua Dorsey, son of Edward and Sarah (Wyatt) Dorsey, was born about 1686 in Middle Neck Hundred, Anne Arundel County.
  59. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 23. When not more than eighteen years of age, he with his brother Samuel and Cousin Edward Dorsey was apprenticed on British merchant ships which traveled to and from the old country. He however relinquished the sea-faring life and settled at "Major's Choice" the parental estate which had been willed to his brother Samuel.
  60. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 36. When a young boy, Joshua Dorsey, with his older brother Samuel, was apprenticed on merchant ships which went out from the port of Annapolis (Arch. of Md. XXV, 596).
  61. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 143, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish. Joshua Dorsey Sr, d. 28 Nov 1747.
  62. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 36. Captain Joshua Dorsey d. Nov 8 1747 (Q Car) at Major's Choice, Anne Arundel County.
  63. Anne Arundel County Church Records, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, p 142. Joshua Dorsey and Ann m. --- May 1711. Henry Dorsey son b. 8 Nov 1712; Philemon Dorsey son b. 20 Jan 1714/5; Rachell Dorsey dau b. 6 Jul 1717; Elizabeth Dorsey dau b 6 Mar 1719/20; Joshua Dorsey son b 6 Mar 1711/13; Nicholas Dorsey son b 2 Jun 1725; Catherine Dorsey dau b 21 Dec 1727 and d 20 Apr 1746; Ann Dorsey dau b 15 oCT 1730; Sarah Dorsey dau b 27 May 1733; Charles Dorsey son b 11 Nov 1736.
  64. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 23. On the records of Queen Caroline Parish are found his marriage to Ann Ridgely and the births of their ten children. Ann was the daughter of Henry and Katherine (Greenbury) Ridgely.
  65. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 23. 5. Joshua Dorsey, b. 1722, dsp 1790.
  66. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 23. 7. Katherine Dorsey, b. 1727, d. 1746.
  67. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 23. 9. Sarah Dorsey, b May 27, 1733.
  68. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 23. 10. Charles Dorsey, b 1736, d. bef 1770.
  69. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 142. Charles Dorsey son b. 11 Nov 1736.
  70. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 612. Nicholas, died 1718; married, Dec 20, 1790, Frances Hughes.
  71. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p. 68. Francis Dorsey (Col. Edward, Edward) b. c 2696; d. 1749 Baltimore County; m. c 1724 Elizabeth Baker, d. bef. 1749.
  72. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p, 68. Francis Dorsey (Col. Edward, Edward) b. c 2696; d. 1749 Baltimore County; m. c 1724 Elizabeth Baker, d. bef. 1749.
  73. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 68. Francis Dorsey m. Elizabeth Baker c 1724; she died bef 1749.
  74. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 73. Charles, son of Edward Dorsey and Margaret Larkin, his second wife, was born probably at the Patapsco Plantation. Very little is known about him, other than he married Anne ------, and the births of their children are recorded in Queen Caroline Parish register.
  75. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 73. Charles Dorsey was dead by 1737, for on March 17, of that year John Howard conveyed to Acquilla Dorsey, Blacksmith and Carpenter, described as the "son and heir of Charles Dorsey, late of Anne Arundel County, deceased" a portion of the tract called "Brother's Love.".
  76. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 78. The will of Edward Dorsey was probated in Anne Arundel County on March 15, 1753. .
  77. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 78. He married Phoebe ------. Children of Edward and Phoebe Dorsey: 1. Lacon Dorsey, 2. Joshua Dorsey married Rachel ----, 3. Edward Dorsey, 4. Rachel Dorsey.
  78. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 78. Children of Edward and Phoebe Dorsey: 1. Lacon Dorsey, 2. Joshua Dorsey married Rachel ----, 3. Edward Dorsey, 4. Rachel Dorsey.
  79. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America, P 256. John Hammond...m. Ann Dorsey, dau. of Col. Edward and Margaret (Larkin) Dorsey, of Ann Arundel Co., Md.
  80. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America, p 256. John Hammond, of Elkridge, Anne Arundel Co, MD, was prominent and active in public and religious affairs; m. Ann Dorsey, dau of Col Edward and Margaret (Larkin) Dorsey, of Anne Arundel, Co, MD.
  81. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America, p 256. John Hammond m. Ann Dorsey, had issue: Hannah, Comfort, Hamutil, Cahrles, Ann, John, Rachel, Ruth.
  82. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America, p 265. ohn Hammond m. Ann Dorsey, had issue: Hannah, Comfort, Hamutil, Cahrles, Ann, John, Rachel, Ruth.
  83. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America, p 256. ohn Hammond m. Ann Dorsey, had issue: Hannah, Comfort, Hamutil, Cahrles, Ann, John, Rachel, Ruth.
  84. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 179.
  85. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 179. d. 21 Dec 1726 (St. Margaret's) Anne Arundel County.
  86. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 180.
  87. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 179. m. (1) c. 1686 Capt. John Worthington, b. 1650; d. 9 Apr 1701.
  88. Headstone. Notes written by Eleanor Young: In St. Anne's Church Yard, Annapolis, MD: "Here lieth interred The body of Capt. John Worthington Who departed this life The 9th day of April, 1701, Aged 51 years.
  89. Calvert County, MD Genealogy Newsletter, No 11 Feb 2002, page 6.
  90. Lawrence & Related Families, P. 134. 1. Achsah Dorsey, b Jul 25, 1705, d 1741; m/1 Apr 3, 1728 Amos Woodward. She m/2 Edward Fotterell.
  91. Lawrence & Related Families, P 134. 1. Achsah Dorsey, b Jul 25, 1705, d 1741; m/1 Apr 3, 1728 Amos Woodward. She m/2 Edward Fotterell.
  92. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 155.
  93. Marriages & Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839, p 50. Dorsey, Capt. Basil, died Sat. last (Aug 20), at his plantation at Elk Ridge, after a long and tedious indisposition. His funeral is to be attended this day. (Aug 25, 1763).
  94. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families.
  95. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 330. Sarah Worthington, b. Feb , 1715, married Basil Dorsey.
  96. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families. p 155.
  97. Marriages & Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839, p 50. Dorsey, Mr. Basil, Jr, attorney-at-law, died Tues. evening last (Feb 17), at his father's house on Elk Ridge; of a confirmed consumption, in his 23rd year. (Feb 19, 1761).
  98. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 100. Thomas Gough and Miss Sophia Dorsey (of Caleb) m. 23 May 1743.
  99. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 158.
  100. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 74. John Dorsey bapt. 5 Mar 1713.
  101. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 143, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish. John Dorsey (of Caleb) d. 22 Jul 1765.
  102. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 158. first child, Caleb was b. 8 July 1840.
  103. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 23. 4. Elizabeth Dorsey, b 1719, m. John Dorsey.
  104. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 143, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish. Ascher Dorsey dau b. 17 May 1746.
  105. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 143, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish. Ann Dorsey dau b. 11 Dec 1748.
  106. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 143, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish. John Dorsey son b. 31 Mar 1751.
  107. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 143, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish. Elisabeth Dorsey dau b. 17 Sept 1753.
  108. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 143, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish. Richard Dorsey son b. 6 Dec 1756.
  109. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 159. Caleb Dorsey, Jr, b. July 18, 1710; d. June 28, 1772 at Belmont, Anne Arundel County; m. Feb 10, 1735 Priscilla Hill, b. May 9, 1718; d. Mar 8, 1782.
  110. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 74. Caleb Dorsey bapt. 5 Mar 1713.
  111. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 159. On May 25, 1732, Caleb Dorsey Jr. received as a deed of gift from his father Caleb Dorsey a tract called Moore's Morning Choice containing 1,368 acres and Dorsey's Chance, an adjoining tract of 200 acres. Some of this land was rich in iron ore, and Caleb Dorsey opened mines, built forges, erected furnaces, and shipped the output from the port of Elk Ridge Landing.
  112. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 159, 160. Caleb Dorsey, Jr, b. July 18, 1710; d. June 28, 1772 at Belmont, Anne Arundel County; m. Feb 10, 1735 Priscilla Hill, b. May 9, 1718; d. Mar 8, 1782.
  113. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 162. Eleanor Dorsey, b. Dec 28, 1749; d. 1813 unmarried (Balt Co Wills 9, f. 291).
  114. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 162. Priscilla Dorsey, b. June 26, 1754; d. 1756.
  115. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P 162.
  116. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 71, St Anne's Parish. Caleb Dorsey and Eleanor parents of Richard Dorsey son b. 10 Jun 1714.
  117. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 71. Caleb Dorsey and Eleanor parents of Richard Dorsey son b. 10 Jun 1714.
  118. Marriages & Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839, p 52. Dorsey, Mr. Richard, died on Sat. morning last (June 29), at his plantation near the town, of the Gout in his stomach, head and bowels; aged 47; Clerk of the Paper Currency Office for about 20 years past, and very worthy magistrate of this county. (Sept 11, 1760).
  119. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P 162. d. Sept. 2, 1760 at Hocley in the Hole, Anne Arundel County.
  120. Anne Arundel Gentry.
  121. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P 205.
  122. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 161. Andrew Norwood ...married Elizabeth daughter of Captain Cornelius Howard. Their daughter, Elizabeth, married John Beale, the attorney. From this marriage came Ann, wife of Thomas Rutland, and Elizabeth Nicholson, wife of Richard Dorsey of "Hockley.".
  123. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 164.
  124. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 77, St Anne's Parish. Caleb Dorsey and Elenor parents of Elenor Dorsey dau. b. 4 Mar 1715.
  125. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 165.
  126. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 83, St Anne's Parish. Caleb Dorsey and Elenor parents of Edward Dorsey son b. 1 Sep 1718.
  127. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 83, St Anne's Parish. Edward Dorsey (of Caleb and Elenor) bapt. 31 Oct 1718.
  128. Marriages & Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839, p 51. Edward Dorsey m. 18 Feb 1748 Henrietta Maria Chew, b. 1730; d. May 17, 1762 Anne Arundel County.
  129. Marriages & Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839, p 51. Dorsey, Mr. Edward: by the last post from the Northward we have advice of his death. He was an eminent attorney of this city, and a Representative for Fred. Co. This gentleman went from home in Md. for the recovery of his health, had been as far as Boston, and on his return, died at New-Port, R I, the 20th of March last. (Oct 9, 1760). Henrietta Maria Dorsey is the execturix (June 25, 1761).
  130. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 165. Edward Dorsey m. 18 Feb 1748 Henrietta Maria Chew, b. 1730; d. May 17, 1762 Anne Arundel County.
  131. Marriages & Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839, p 51. Dorsey, Edward, attorney-at-law, and Henrietta Maria Chew, were married Thurs. evening last (Feb 18). (Feb 24, 1748).
  132. Marriages & Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839, p 51. Dorsey, Mrs. Henrietta Maria, relict of the late Edward Dorsey, Esq., died in Annapolis on Mon. last (May 17), in her 32nd year. (May 20, 1762).
  133. Marriages & Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839, p 51. Dorsey, Miss Henrietta Maria, died Sun. last (Oct 12), in her 10th year, and on Tues. morning was very decently interred. She was the only child of the late Edward Dorsey, Esq., deceased. By her death, her fortune, supposed to be at least £30,000, falls to her father's relatives. (Oct 16, 1766).
  134. Marriages & Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839, p 51. Dorsey, Miss Henrietta Maria, died Sun. last (Oct 12), in her 10th year, and on Tues. morning was very decently interred. She was the only child of the late Edward Dorsey, Esq., deceased. By her death, her fortune, supposed to be at least £30,000, falls to her father's relatives. (Oct 16, 1766).
  135. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 90. Caleb Dorsey and Elinor parents of Deborah Dorsey dau b. 25 Nov 1722.
  136. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 142. 1. Ely Dorsey, d. 1794 (AA Co Wills JG No 1, f 384)
    m. 1) Jan 24, 1744, Mary Crockett, dau. of John (St. Paul's)
    m. 2) Deborah Dorsey, dau. of Caleb.
  137. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 142.
  138. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 93, St Anne's Parish. Caleb Dorsey and Elinor parents of Mary Dorsey dau b. 18 May 1725.
  139. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 168.
  140. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 169.
  141. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 94, St. Anne's Parish. Caleb Dorsey and Elinor parents of Thomas Beale Dorsey b. 18 Jan 1727.
  142. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 117. Thomas Beale Dorsey, son of Caleb and Eleanor (Warfield) Dorsey, was born January 18, 1727, in St Ann's Parish, Anne Arundel County.
  143. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 118. Thomas Beale Dorsey for a number of years was a member of the vestry of St Ann's Parish, serving at different times in the capacity of vestryman as well as warden.
  144. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 118. His will was admitted to probate in Anne Arundel County on November 13, 1771. The dwelling and plantation went to his eldest son, Caleb, along with a number of negroes. Land near Upton called "Upper Quarter" purchased from John Sellman and Ely Dorsey was devised to his second son, John Worthington Dorsey. The "Lower Quarter" was willed to his youngest son, Thomas Beale Dorsey. One third of the personal estate and one third of the realty were devised to the widow; a number of negroes were bequeathed to his daughter, Sarah Meriweather.
  145. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 169. 13. THOMAS BEALE DORSEY (Caleb, John, Edward)
    b. Jan. 18, 1727; d. Nov. 1, 1771 (Bible Record) Anne Arundel County.
  146. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Thomas Beale Dorsey, of Caleb & Eleanor, 1 Nov 1771.
  147. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 118. His will was admitted to probate in Anne Arundel County on November 13, 1771. His estate was finally settled by his executors, Caleb Dorsey and Reuben Meriweather, in 1804 and divided among the four representatives.
  148. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 169. m. 1746 Ann Worthington, b. 1720; d. Nov. 23, 1771 (Bible Record).
  149. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 117. He married Anne, the daughter of John Worthington. From her father, Mrs. Dorsey received the dwelling and plantation known as "Wyatt's Harbor" and the tract "Wyatt's Hills.".
  150. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 169. Thomas Beale Dorsey (Caleb, John, Edward)
    m. 1746 Ann Worthington, b. 1720; d. Nov 23, 1771 (Bible Rec).
  151. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 169. Thomas Beale Dorsey (Caleb, John, Edward)
    m. 1746 Ann Worthington, b. 1720; d. Nov 23, 1771 (Bible Rec).
  152. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Anne Dorsey, wife of Thomas Beale Dorsey of Caleb & Eleanor, 23 November 1771.
  153. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 65. Old Dorsey Bible:
    Thomas Beale Dorsey's and Anne's children:
    Sarah
    Caleb
    J Worthington - 8 Oct 1751
    Anne - 23 Oct 1756
    Thomas Beale - 25 Aug 1758.
  154. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 141. 1. Captain John Dorsey, Jr (Edward, John, Edward) b. c 1699; d. 1761 at Dorsey's Search, Anne Arundel County; m. Elizabeth d. 1777.
  155. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 141. 1. Captain John Dorsey, Jr (Edward, John, Edward) b. c 1699; d. 1761 at Dorsey's Search, Anne Arundel County; m. Elizabeth d. 1777.
  156. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-44. MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Dorsey, Capt. John Jr. M Elizabeth
    Remarks: Elkridge, Anne Arundel County; Dates on Manuscripts: 1761, 1777
    References: Wills Liber 31 folio 460; Wills Liber 41 folio 421.
  157. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 144. Edward Dorsey - b. c1701; d. 1767 at Dorsey's Inheritance, Anne Arundel Co; m. Sarah Todd, d. aft 1767.
  158. Elise Greenup Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2007), p 42. Benjamin Lawrence (3), B. 13 May 1677; d. by 27 Mar 1721 Baltimore Co, MD; Quaker; s/o Benjamin and Elizabeth; m. 6 day 11 mo. 1701/2 Rachel Mariarte, at the house of Col. Thomas Tailor; d/o Edward and Honor Mariarte; Rachel m/2 by 13 Sep 1726 to John Norwood (Quaker) (Baltimore Families) or Thomas Norwood (Shirk); Benj. & Rachel wit. will of Solomon Sparrow 1718 Anne Arundel Co. (Md. Cal. Wills, Vol IV, p. 183).
  159. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-91 . MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Lawrence, Rachel M John Norwood
    Remarks: Widow of Benjamin Lawrence; Baltimore County; Dates on Manuscripts: 1726
    References: Test. Pro. Liber 27 folio 354.
  160. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 27. Children of John and Sarah (Dorsey) Norwood: Samuel Norwood, bapt Feb 5, 1706 (St. A.) m. Mary Mulikan.
  161. Anne Arundel County Church Records, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, p 142. Henry Dorsey son b. 8 Nov 1712.
  162. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 23. 1. Henry Dorsey, b. 1712, m. Elizabeth Worthington.
  163. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 39. Henry Dorsey, b. Nov 8, 1712; d. Feb 1770 at Dorsey's Hills, Anne Arundel County.
  164. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 330. Elizabeth Worthington, b Oct 6, 1717, married Henry Dorsey.
  165. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 39. Henry Dorsey m. July 31, 1735 (Q Car) Elizabeth Worthington, b. 1717; d. 1776.
  166. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 39. Thomas Dorsey, b. Mar 15, 1737/8, m. Mary Warfield, dau of Benjamin.
  167. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 39. Anne (Nancy) Dorsey, b. Feb 7, 1741/2, m. Davidge Warfield.
  168. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 39. Ariana Dorsey, b. Feb 24, 1755, m. Benjamin Warfield.
  169. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 42. Capt Philemon Dorsey (Joshua, Col Edward, Edward) b. Jan 20, 1714/5; d. 1771 at Brother's Partnership, Anne Arundel Co; m. 1) Feb 19, 1738/9 Catherine Ridgely, b. Nov 14, 1723; c. c 1749; m. 2) Dec 13, 1759, Rachel Lawrence, who m. 2) Jan 19, 1775, Nathan Harris.
  170. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 613. Philemon Dorsey, son of Captain Joshua and Anne (Ridgely) Dorsey, was born January 20, 1716, and died 1772.
  171. Anne Arundel County Church Records, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, p 142. Philemon Dorsey son b. 20 Jan 1714/5.
  172. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 23. 2. Philemon Dorsey, b. 1714, b. Catherine Ridgely and Rachel Lawrence.
  173. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 437. Capt. Philemon Dorsey (of Joshua) settled upon "Brothers Partnership" at Dayton. He married Catharine, daughter of Colonel Henry Ridgely, and succeeded him as District Surveyor.
  174. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 437. He was Captain of the Hundred whose duty it was to count the output of tobacco and to levy a church tax for its support.
  175. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. In his will made December 1, 1771 and probated 1772 Philemon Dorsey made bequests to wife Rachel, sons Philemon and Joshua, and five sons-in-law and their wives: John Dorsey son of Michael and wife Ann, Wm Ridgley son of Wm and wife Elizabeth, Benjamin Warfield and wife Katherine, Vachel Warfield and wife Sarah, Samuel Riggs and wife Amelia - 400 acres.
  176. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 42. Philemon Dorsey lived on the tract called Brother's Partnership, which he had inherited from his father.
  177. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 613. Captain Philemon Dorsey married (first) Feb 19, 1738, Catharine Ridgely, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Warfield) Ridgely at Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel county, MD. He married (second) Rachael Lawrence.
  178. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p. 45. Rachel Lawrence, b. 3 May 1739; d. 12 Aug 1808; d/o Levin and Susannah; m. 13 Dec 1759 to her mother's 1st cousin, Capt Philemon Dorsey, b. 20 Jan 1714/5; d. ca 1772; s/o Joshua Dorsey and Ann Ridgely; he m/1 19 Feb 1738/9 Katherine Ridgely; Rachel m/2 19 Jan 1775 Nathan Harris, b. 19 Oct 1747; d. 23 Apr 1820 on his farm ca 3 mi no of Mt. Airy, Carroll Co., s/o Thomas Harris and Sarah Offutt of Calvert Co.; children from his m/1 from Christ Church records; from his and her m/2 from family Bible possessed by Albert Jones:
    Philemon & m/2 Rachel: Joshua, Henrietta, Ariana; Rachel & m/2 Thomas: Harriet, Cordelia, Orrellana.
  179. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 56. Rachel Lawrence, b. May 3, 1739, m. 1) Dec 13 1759 as 2nd wife, Capt Philemon Dorsey, d. 1771; m. 2) Nathan Harris.
  180. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 56. Rachel Lawrence, b. May 3, 1739; m. 1) Dec 13, 1759 as 2nd wife, Capt Philemon Dorsey, d. 1771; m. 2) Nathan Harris.
  181. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 143. Philemon Dorsey and Katherine Ridgley m. 19 Feb 1738/9. Anne Dorsey dau b. 2 Oct 1740. Elizabeth Dorsey dau b. 13 May 1742. Philemon Dorsey son b. 7 Feb 1743/4. Katherine Dorsey dau b. 30 Nov 1745. Sarah Dorsey dau b. 9 Sept 1747.
  182. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 45. Rachel Lawrence, b. 3 May 1739; d. 12 Aug 1808; d/o Levin and Susannah; m. 13 Dec 1759 to her mother's 1st cousin, Capt Philemon Dorsey, b. 20 Jan 1714/5; d. ca 1772; s/o Joshua Dorsey and Ann Ridgely; he m/1 19 Feb 1738/9 Katherine Ridgely; Rachel m/2 19 Jan 1775 Nathan Harris, b. 19 Oct 1747; d. 23 Apr 1820 on his farm ca 3 mi no of Mt. Airy, Carroll Co., s/o Thomas Harris and Sarah Offutt of Calvert Co.; children from his m/1 from Christ Church records; from his and her m/2 from family Bible possessed by Albert Jones:
    Philemon & m/1 Katherine: Ann, Elizabeth, Philemon, Katherine, Sarah; Unknown mother: Amelia Dorsey.
  183. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. Rachel Dorsey (Joshua, Col Edward, Edward) b. July 6, 1717; d. Dec 14, 1775 (Q Car) Anne Arundel Co; m. John Warfield, d. 30 Jan 1776 (Q Car).
  184. Anne Arundel County Church Records, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, p 142. Rachell Dorsey dau b. 6 Jul 1717.
  185. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 23. 3. Rachel Dorsey, b. 6 Jul 1717, m. John Warfield.
  186. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. Rachel Warfield, wife of John, died before the will of her husband was probated.
  187. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. In his will made Feb 8, 1773 and probated March 13, 1776 John Warfield left bequests to wife Rachel, sons Charles, Joshua, John and daughters Ann Wyman, Sarah Griffith, Amelia and Rachel Warfield. Executors Henry Ridgely and Henry Griffith.
  188. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. John Warfield, son of John and grandson of Capt. Richard Warfield, was granted part of Warfield's Range and 180 acres of Warfield's Forest in the division of his father's estate. In his will made Feb 8, 1773 and probated March 13, 1776 John Warfield left bequests to wife Rachel, sons Charles, Joshua, John and daughters Ann Wyman, Sarah Griffith, Amelia and Rachel Warfield. Executors Henry Ridgely and Henry Griffith.
  189. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. 2. John Warfield, b. Apr 29, 1744, d. 1776 unm. (Wills 40, f. 704).
  190. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. Henry Warfield, b. Jan 13, 1748/9.
  191. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. 6. Amelia Warfield, b. Apr 3, 1755, d. unm. (AA Co Invts, JG No. 7 (57) f. 36).
  192. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 23. 6. Nicholas Dorsey, b 1726, m. Elizabeth Worthington.
  193. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 82. John Dorsey, b. July 3, 1734, m. Ann Dorsey, d. 1779 Anne Arundel County; Ann Dorsey, b. Oct 2, 1740, living in 1791.
  194. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 23. 8. Anne Dorsey, b Oct 15, 1730, m Nov 11, 1750, Henry, son of Henry and Elizabeth Ridgely.
  195. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 141. Anne Ridgley (wife of Henry) d. 15 Sep 1767, nearly 37 years old.
  196. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 141. Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish: Henry Ridgely (of Henry) and Anne Dorsey (of Joshua) m. 11 Nov 1750.
  197. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 47. Ann Dorsey (Joshua, Col Edward, Edward) b. Oct 15, 1730; d. Sept 15, 1767 (Q Car) Anne Arundel Co; m. Nov 11, 1750 Maj. Henry Ridgely (Q Car), b. 1728 (AA Co Deeds N H No. 4, f. 268); d. 1791.
  198. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 141. Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish: Henry Ridgely 1st son b. 5 Sept 1751 and d. 17 Sept 1751.
  199. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 141. Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish: Ann Ridgely 2d dau b. 2 Oct 1754.
  200. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 141. Polley Ridgely 3d dau b. 2 Jul 1756.
  201. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 141. Elisabeth Ridgely 1st dau b. 2 Sept 1752.
  202. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 141. Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish: Henry Ridgely 2d son b. 9 Jul 1758.
  203. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 141. Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish: Henrietta Ridgely 4th dau b. 19 May 1760 and d. 19 Sept 1761.
  204. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 141. Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish: Joshua Ridgely 3d son b. 26 Aug 1763; Joshua Ridgely son d. 16 Sept 1767.
  205. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, Page 52.
  206. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, Page 53.
  207. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 53. Ruth Dorsey (John, Col Edward, Edward) b. Oct 15, 1710; d. 1782 Anne Arundel Co; m. 1) Benjamin Lawrence b. Jan 27, 1704/5; d. 4 Jan 1755.
  208. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 432. Leaving the Quaker Settlement of West River, Levin and his brother Benjamin came up to Upper Anne Arundel and both married daughters of John and Honor Elder Dorsey, who, in 1735, by deed of partition, granted them equal parts of "Dorsey's Grove" at Glenelg. Benjamin died childless. In 1741, Levin built a brick house on Susan Dorsey's estate.
  209. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 29. By her husband Benjamin lawrence to whom she was married in 1701, she had: (Births from Thomas Book - taken from Quaker Records) Benjamin Lawrence, b. Jan 27, 1704/5, m. Ruth Dorsey (see page 53).
  210. Anne Arundel County Church Records, West River Monthly Meeting, p 186. Benjamin, son of Benjamin & Rachel Laurence b. 27h of 11th mo. 1704.
  211. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 80. Michael Dorsey, b. 15 Mar 1712, m Ruth Todd, 10 Aug 1733.
  212. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 82. John Dorsey, b. July 3, 1734, m. Ann Dorsey, d. 1779 Anne Arundel County.
  213. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 50. Dorsey, John (July 3, 1734-March 9, 1779). Son of Michael Dorsey and Ruth Todd. Married Anne Dorsey and they had 7 children: Philemon, Vachel, Michael, Catherine, Ruth, Eleanor, Elizabeth.
  214. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 50. He served on the Committee of Observation in 1775, and a Delegate to the Maryland Convention in July, 1775 (Ref: F-222, R-27, J-4).
  215. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 50. He served on the Committee of Observation in 1775, and a Delegate to the Maryland Convention in July, 1775 (Ref: F-222, R-27, J-4).
  216. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 50. John was a prominent figure during the Revolutionary War. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Elk Ridge Battalion under Col. Thomas Dorsey in 1778 (Ref: C-201, P-276) and one of the Justices who administered the Oath of Allegiance in 1778 (Ref: B-26). He is probably the John Dorsey who took the Oath of Allegiance before Hon. Reuben Meriweather on March 2, 1778 (Ref: B-24).
  217. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, Page 55.
  218. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 55. Susannah Dorsey (John, Col Edward, Edward) b. Dec 15, 1717; d. aft 1769 at Dorsey's Grove, Anne Arundel Co; m. Levin Lawrence, d. 1756.
  219. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, Page 55. Susannah Dorsey (John, Col Edward, Edward) b. Dec 15, 1717; d. aft 1769 at Dorsey's Grove, Anne Arundel Co; m. Levin Lawrence, d. 1756.
  220. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-91 . MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Lawrence, Levin M Susannah Dorsey
    Remarks: Anne Arundel County; Dates on Manuscripts: 1756, 1761, 1764
    References: Anne Arundel County Judgments; Liber IMB No. 1 1760-1763 p224; Wills Liber 30 folio 287; Wills Liber 33 folio 44.
  221. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 432. Levin Lawrence was seated upon a portion of "Dorsey's Grove" on Poplar Spring branch in 1741. He was the son of Benjamin Lawrence, the Quaker, of West River, and Rachel Mariarti (of Edward and Honor Mariarti), of Anne Arundel. Benjamin held "Benjamin's Fortune" which descended from his father Benjamin, who married Elizabeth Talbott, dauther of Richard and Elizabeth Ewen. This Benjamin was the son of Benjamin Lawrence, of "The Deserts," whose wife was Anne Lawrence. It is now claimed that the original Benjamin was a brother of Sir Thomas.
  222. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 44. 11-5 Levin lawrence, b. 6 d. 1 mo. 1711/12; d. 1756 Anne Arundel Co. after he fell from his horse in the hunting field; built a brick house on a portion of Dorsey's Grove on Poplar Spring Branch called Poplar Spring Garden in 1741; s/o Benjamin and Rachel; m. Susannah Dorsey, b. 12 Dec 1717; d/o John Dorsey (1688-1764) and Honor Elder; Susanna rec'd 1/4 Dorsey's Grove of ca 1,100 acres for her dowry; she inherited £20 from 1764 will of her father (Will, Liber 33, folio44); their 4 sons served in the Revolution; they owned Benjamin's Addition, Cumberland, and The Invasion...
  223. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 29. By her husband Benjamin lawrence to whom she was married in 1701, she had: (Births from Thomas Book - taken from Quaker Records) Levin Lawrence, b. Mar 6, 1711/2, m. Susannah Dorsey (see page 55).
  224. Anne Arundel County Church Records, West River Monthly Meeting, p 186. Levin, son of Benjamin & Rachel Laurence b. 6th day of 1st mo. 1721.
  225. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 432. Leaving the Quaker Settlement of West River, Levin and his brother Benjamin came up to Upper Anne Arundel and both married daughters of John and Honor Elder Dorsey, who, in 1735, by deed of partition, granted them equal parts of "Dorsey's Grove" at Glenelg. In 1741, Levin built a brick house on Susan Dorsey's estate.
  226. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 55. Levin Lawrence was a vestryman of Christ church from 1749 to his death.
  227. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 55. On Nov 7, 1750, he sold to the Rector and Vestry of Queen Caroline Parish, one acre of Poplar Spring Garden for 50 pounds. Susannah, wife of Levin, gave her consent. (AA Co. Deeds R B 3, f, 310).
  228. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-91 . MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Lawrence, Levin M Susan Dorsey
    Remarks: Anne Arundel County; date on manuscript: 1750
    References: Land Record R B No. 3 folio 316; Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md.
    .
  229. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 56. Levin Lawrence died as the result of a fall from his horse on the hunting field.
  230. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 56. In 1756 Levin Lawrence, son of Benjamin and Rachel Lawrence, paid taxes on 196 acres of Dorsey's Grove, and 272 acres Poplar Spring Garden. (A A Co Debt Book).
  231. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 56. His will made Feb 26, 1756 and approved Nov 9, 1756 left bequests to sons Benjamin, John, Leaven, and daughters Rachel, Ruth, Betsy, and Peggy.
  232. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 45. Will of Levin Lawrence, Anne Arundel Co; written 7 Feb 1756; probate 9 Nov 1756;
    To son Benjamin Lawrence, 156 acres called Benjamin Addition and one Negro boy;
    To son John Lawrence, land called Poplar Spring Garden and one Negro boy;
    To son Leaven Lawrence, remainder of Poplar Spring Garden and one Negro boy;
    To daus Rachel, Ruth, Betsey, and Peggy Lawrence, one Negro girl each;
    To child my wife now goes with, one Negro boy
    Test: Henry Howard, Michl. Dorsey, Vachel Dorsey, Jno Dorsey, son of John.
    (Will Book #30, BT #2, pp 287/8).
  233. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 56. Margaret is listed as a daughter of Levin and Susannah (Dorsey) Lawrence with no accompanying information.
  234. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, Page 56.
  235. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, Page 59.
  236. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, Page 60.
  237. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 55. He took the Oath of Allegiance before. Hon. Edward Cockey on Feb 28, 1778 in Baltimore County (Ref: R-23).
  238. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 60. Vachel Dorsey, b. Oct 20, 1726, d. 1798 Anne Arundel Co; m. Ruth Dorsey, d. 1814.
  239. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, Page 60. Vachel Dorsey, b. Oct 20, 1726, d. 1798 Anne Arundel Co; m. Ruth Dorsey, d. 1814.
  240. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 55. He married Ruth Dorsey an had 6 children: Johnsa Dorsey, Vachel Dorsey, Edward Dorsey, Ruth Dorsey Owings, Elias Dorsey and Leaven Dorsey.
  241. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, Page 61.
  242. Virginia Journal, Vol I Issue 28, 12 August 1784, page 3. FIVE POUNDS REWARD; Ran away from Elk-Ridge furnace onthe 26th ult. a dark Mulatto Fellow, named Daniel Cain, 21 years of age, 6 feet 1 inch high, straight and well made, his shins much scarrified has a sore on his right side that appears like a boil and was forerly the property of Benjamin Philpott, in Charles county; had on an old light coloured coarse cloth jacket, a small scarlet ditto, with yellow metal buttons, osnaburg shirt, crocuos trousers, and an old felt hat. Whoever takes up and secures said fellow, shall have if twnety miles from home six dollars, if fifty mile ten dollars, and if a greater distance, the above reward, and reasonable charges if brought home. Edward Dorsey

    NB Said fellow was taken up in Charles county, near Port Tobacco on the 5th instant, and made his escape in Bladensburg, and it is ecpected he will go the same course, as he has a great many acquaintance in both Carles and St Mary's counties.
    August 10, 1784.

  243. Maryland Journal, Vol XII, Issue 99, p 3, 13 Dec 1785. To be sold, at William Sellmon's, by Public Vendue, on Thursday the 22d of December Instant, SEVERAL TRACTS or PARCELS OF LAND, lying in Baltimore County, 13 miles from Baltimore-town, viz. Dorsey's Dilemma, Part of Progress, and Additional Progress, the whole containing about 6 or 700 acres. The quantity of land, and the terms will be made known on the day of sale. If any one should be desirous or viewing the lands before the day of sale, it will be shewn them by applying to EDWARD DORSEY, of Edward, or WILLIAM SELLMAN, who lives near the land.
    EDWARD DORSEY, of John
    EZEKIEL JOHN DORSEY
    December 12, 1785.
  244. Maryland Journal, Vol XII Issue 103, page 1; 27 Dec 1785. To be sold, at Hugh Henry's Tavern, near Mr. John Hood's, in Ann-Arundel County, on Tuesday the 11th Day of January next, Several tracts or parcels of land, lying in Baltimore County, 13 miles from Baltimore-town, viz. Dorsey's Dilemma, part of Progress, and Additional Progress, and Greenberry's Grove Enlarged, the whole containing about 900 acres. The exect (sic) number of acres in each tract, and the terms, &c. will be made known on the day of sale. If any one should be desirous of viewing the lands before the day of sale, it will be shewn (sic) them by applying to Edward Dorsey, of Edward, or William Sellman, who lives near the land.
    Edward Dorsey, of John
    Ezekiel John Dorsey
    December 23, 1785.
  245. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 61. Edward Dorsey, son of John, died after 1788 intestate.
  246. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 62.
  247. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, Page 62.
  248. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 64. Nicholas Dorsey, son of Nicholas and Frances (Hughes) Dorsey, was born 1713 at "Long Reach" near Elk Ridge. By January, 1736, he was married to Sarah, born May 13, 1718, the daughter of Orlando and Katherine (Howard) Griffith.
  249. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 65. His will was probated in Baltimore County May 28, 1780, having been written on March 31, 1769.
  250. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p. 69. Francis Dorsey (Francis, Col Edward, Edward) b. June 23, 1741; d. 1769 at Scotchman's Desire, Baltimore County; m. Ann -----.
  251. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 69. Francis Dorsey inherited from his father in 1749 his right to 100 acres of Scotchman's Desire, and also 50 acres of Dorsey's Addition in Baltimore County.
  252. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 69. Francis Dorsey (Francis, Col Edward, Edward) b. June 23, 1741; d. 1769 at Scotchman's Desire, Baltimore County; m. Ann -----;.
  253. Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants, p 230. Major George Stockton, who was the great-grandson of the first settler, was born July 20, 1745.
  254. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 78. 1. Rachel Dorsey married George Stockton, of Shepardson, Va., and with her brother removed to Fleming Co., Ky., in 1782.
  255. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 78. Joshua dorsey, son of Edward and Phoebe Dorsey, was born probably at "Thomas's Lot" in Anne Arundel Co. He married Rachel -------.
  256. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 78. Children of Edward and Phoebe Dorsey: 1. Lacon Dorsey, 2. Joshua Dorsey married Rachel ----, 3. Edward Dorsey, 4. Rachel Dorsey.
  257. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 78.
  258. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America, p 256. Hannah Hammond, m. Capt John Welsh, of Maryland, prominently identified with public affairs of his time, and had issue.
  259. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America, p 258. Comfort Hammond, made will, which was probated in 1747, and is on file at the Baltimore Courthouse. She m. Col John Dorsey, of Anne Arundel Co, MD.
  260. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 66, St Anne's Parish. Sarah Dorsey (of John and Comfort) bapt. 29 Jun 1708.
  261. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 66, St Anne's Parish. Venesia Dorsey (of John and Comfort) bapt. 29 Jun 1708.
  262. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 312. By his will, written Oct 22, 1764, and proved June 12, 1766, John bequeathed to his daughter, Anne Dorsey, the homestead "Wyatt's Harbor" and "Wyatt's Hill" of 160 acres and all negroes and mulatoes, and household stock, then in the possession of her husband, Thomas Beale Dorsey.
  263. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 312. John Worthington was made a widower at a young age. In 1728, he married Comfort, who is believed to be the daughter, born August 15, 1701 to John and Anne (Greenbury) Hammond.
  264. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 312. John Worthington was made a widower at a young age. In 1728, he married Comfort, who is believed to be the daughter, born August 15, 1701 to John and Anne (Greenbury) Hammond.
  265. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 312. Comfort Worthington, the wife of John, was buried from St. Ann's Church on March 18, 1741/2.
  266. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 181. m. (1) Mar. 12, 1713 Helen Hammond (St. Paul's), d. bef. 1724.
  267. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America, p255. Helen, m. John Worthington, II, son of Capt John and Sarah (Howard) Worthington, and had issue.
  268. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 182.
  269. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 182. St. Anne's Parish.
  270. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 331. Ann Worthington, b. 1713, died young.
  271. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 340. William Worthington, son of John and Sarah (Howard) Worthington, was born January 8, 1691, in Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel County. He married in All Hallow's Parish, Sarah Homewood on Nov 5, 1717. Sarah was the daughter of Captain James Homewood and Mary Peasley, his wife.
  272. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 184.
  273. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 184. He inherited a personalty in the will of his mother-in-law Sara Brice, 1726.
  274. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 184. b. 2 Feb 1694; d. 16 Feb 1755, Dover Delaware (Record of Tomstones in Kent County Delaware, Vol. 87).
  275. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 143, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish. Caleb Dorsey son b. 8 Jul 1740.
  276. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 48. He served on the Committee of Observation in 1775, and took the Oath of allegiance before Hon. Nicholas Worthington in March 1778.
  277. Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser, Vol IX, Issue 1511, p 3, 15 Sept 1798. On Wednesday last, after a long and painful illness, departed this life, on Elk ridge, Mr. Caleb Dorsey. He was a gentleman deservedly regretted, not only by his relations, but by all that knew him.
  278. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 48. Married first to Sophia Dorsey in 1759 and they had one daughter Elizabeth Dorsey. Married second to Rebecca Hammond in 1762 and they had 11 children.
  279. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Caleb Dorsey and Sophia, his wife, were married November 1, 1759.
  280. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Sophie, his wife, departed this life May 25, 1762.
  281. Anne Arundel Gentry, p121. Sophia died on May 20, 1762.
  282. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Elizabeth their daughter was born January 14, 1762.
  283. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 144. Caleb Dorsey (of John) and Sophia Dorsey (of John) m. --------. Elisabeth Dorsey Dorsey dau b. 14 Jan 1762. Sophia Dorsey (wife) d. ---------- . Caleb Dorsey and Rebeckah Hammond m. ---------. Sarah Dorsey dau b. 31 Oct 1763. George Dorsey son b. 16 Apr 1765; Ashsah Dorsey dau b. 5 Aug 1766; Caleb Dorsey son b. 12 Apr 1768.
  284. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 48. Married first to Sophia Dorsey in 1759 and they had one daughter Elizabeth Dorsey. Married second to Rebecca Hammond in 1762 and they had 11 children.
  285. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Caleb Dorsey and Rebecca, his wife, were married November 23, 1762.
  286. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 121. He married on Nov 23, of that year (1762) Rebecca, born August 28, 1741, the daughter of William and Sarah (Sheredine) Hammond. The births of their children are recorded in Queen Caroline Parish.
  287. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Caleb their son was born April 12, 1768.
  288. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Rebecca their daughter was born December 15, 1771.
  289. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. William their son was born June 21, 1776.
  290. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 121. William Dorsey, born June 20, 1776, dsp 1802 naming: Brothers John, Larkin and Richard; and bequeathing his Illinois lands to his brother-in-law Capt. Levin Lawrence; Nephews Caleb Lawrence and Caleb Gwinn.
  291. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Richard their son was born February 24, 1801.
  292. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 143, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish. Elenor Dorsey dau b. 5 Sep 1743.
  293. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 141. Richard Stringer (of Dr. Samuel) and Elinor Dorsey (of John, of Caleb) m. 16 Dec 1762. Mary Stringer dau b. 7 Feb 1764. Samuel Stringer son b. 30 Oct 1765. John Stringer son b. 10 Nov 1767.
  294. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, MD, p 340. Caleb and Priscilla Dorsey's son, Henry Hill, married Eliza Goodwin; from these descend Judge Parkin Scott and Dr. Samuel Chew.
  295. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 162. Henry Dorsey, b. Mar 3, 1735/6; d. 1772 (Wills 38, f. 825); m. Elizabeth Goodwin, dau. of Lyde.
  296. The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760-1800, p 101. Two of her daughters, Rebecca and Priscilla, married into the Baltimore branch of the Ridgely family: Rebecca in about 1760 to Captain Charles Ridgely, one of the city's richest merchants and an ambilvalent but powerful patriot; and Priscilla in 1782 to Ridgely's nephew Charles R Carnan, a Maryland Legislator and eventually governor of the staet who changed his surname to Ridgely to qualify as his uncle's heir.
  297. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 162. Rebecca Dorsey, b. 8 June 1739; d. Sept 22, 1812, m. Charles Ridgely, d. 1790.
  298. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 162. Priscilla Dorsey, b. July 12, 1762; d. 1814; m. Oct 14, 1782 Charles Carnan (Ridgely) - one-time governor of Maryland.
  299. The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760-1800, p 101. Two of her daughters, Rebecca and Priscilla, married into the Baltimore branch of the Ridgely family: Rebeca in about 1760 to Captain Charles Ridgely, one of the city's richest merchants and an ambivalent but powerful patriot; and Priscilla in 1782 to Ricgely's nephew Charles R Carnan, a Maryland legislator and eventually governor of the state, who changed his surname to Reidgely to qualify as his uncle's heir.
  300. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-44. MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Dorsey, Rebecca M Charles Ridgely
    Remarks: Daughter of Caleb Dorsey, A. A. Co., Dates on Manuscripts: 1772, 1789, 1798, 1801
    References: Chancery Pro. Liber 16 folio 559; Chancery Pro. Liber 41 folio 812-816; Land Office Annapolis
    Wills Liber 38 folio 918, Judgments Liber 97 folio 679, A. A. Co. Judgments Liber Ejectments,
    folio 6, 1807.
  301. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 149. Capt Charles Ridgely, b. Sept 17, 1753; d. June 28, 1790; m. Nov 18, 1760 Rebecca Dorsey, b. 1739; d. 1812, dau. of Caleb.
  302. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 162. Samuel, b. 7 Dec 1741; d. 11 Sept 1777; m. Margaret Sprigg, d. 1781 (AA Co Wills TG NO. 1, f. 120).
  303. Adventures of Purse and Person 1607-1624/5, Vol II p 177. 160. Margaret Sprigg (Edward, Thomas, Katharine, Thomas) left will 4 May 1783 - 13 June 1783 (AA Will Book TG1 pp 119-21) She married Samuel Dorsey son of Caleb & Priscilla (Hill) Dorsey b. 7 Dec 1741 d. 11 Sept 1777.
  304. Maryland Journal, p. 3. Baltimore County, September 8, 1784
    TO BE SOLD, AT PUBLIC VENDUE, on the Premises, on Monday the first day of November next, to satisfy the claims against the estate of SAMUEL DORSEY, son of CALEB, late of Elk-Ridge, deceased.
    Part of that well know TRACT OF LAND, called TAYLOR'S FOREST, laid off into convenient lots, from one to two hundred acres. This land is rich, fertile, and abounds with a variety of valuable timber. There are about 30 acres cleared. It is situate about two and a half miles from Elk-Ridge Landing, and six miles from Baltimore-town ---
    Also, one sixth part of the the Elk-Ridge FURNACE AND IRON WORKS, together with the lands to the same belonging, terms will be made known at the day of the sale. Part of the purchase-money will be expected in hand, and the residue on short credit.
    EDWARD DORSEY.
  305. Adventures of Purse and Person 1607-1624/5, Vol II, p. 177. 160. Margaret Sprigg (Edward, Thomas, Katharine, Thomas) left will 4 May 1783 - 13 June 1783 (AA Will Book TG1 pp 119-21) She married Samuel Dorsey son of Caleb & Priscilla (Hill) Dorsey b. 7 Dec 1741 d. 11 Sept 1777.
  306. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 162. Mary Dorsey, b. June 9, 1744; d. 1833; m. Dr. Michael Pue.
  307. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 162. Milcah Dorsey, b. Mar 30, 1747; d. 1829, m. Mar 30, 1773 William Goodwin, d. 1809.
  308. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 142. He married Milcah, born 1782, the daughter of William and Milcah (Dorsey) Goodwin.
  309. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-44. MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Dorsey, Milcah M William Goodwin
    Remarks: Daughter of Caleb Dorsey, A. A. Co., Dates on Manuscripts: 1772, 1789, 1798, 1801
    References: Chancery Pro. Liber 16 folio 559; Chancery Pro. Liber 41 folio 812-816 Land Office, Annapolis; Wills Liber 38 folio 918; Judgments Liber 97 folio 659; A. A. Co. Judgments Liber Ejectments 1807 folio 36.
  310. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 162. Margaret (Peggy) Dorsey, b. June 20, 1752; d. 1797; m. Nov 26, 1772 William Buchanan.
  311. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 162. Edward Dorsey, b. Sept 2, 1756; d. 1799 (AA Co Wills JG No 2, f. 73); m. Mar 25, 1786 Elizabeth Dorsey.
  312. Maryland Journal, P. 3. Baltimore County, September 8, 1784
    TO BE SOLD, AT PUBLIC VENDUE, on the Premises, on Monday the first day of November next, to satisfy the claims against the estate of SAMUEL DORSEY, son of CALEB, late of Elk-Ridge, deceased.
    Part of that well know TRACT OF LAND, called TAYLOR'S FOREST, laid off into convenient lots, from one to two hundred acres. This land is rich, fertile, and abounds with a variety of valuable timber. There are about 30 acres cleared. It is situate about two and a half miles from Elk-Ridge Landing, and six miles from Baltimore-town ---
    Also, one sixth part of the the Elk-Ridge FURNACE AND IRON WORKS, together with the lands to the same belonging, terms will be made known at the day of the sale. Part of the purchase-money will be expected in hand, and the residue on short credit.
    EDWARD DORSEY.
  313. The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760-1800, p 101. Two of her daughters, Rebecca and Priscilla, married into the Baltimore branch of the Ridgely family: Rebecca in about 1760 to Captain Charles Ridgely, one of the city's richest merchants and an ambivalent but powerful patriot; and Priscilla in 1782 to Ridgely's nephew Charles R Carnan, a Maryland legislator and eventually governor of the state, who changed his surname to Ridgely to qualify as his uncle's heir.
  314. Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians - online database. Son of John Carnan and Achsah (Ridgely) Carnan; married to Priscilla Dorsey; father of Prudence Gough Ridgely (who married George Howard).
  315. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p. 259. His wife was Priscilla Dorsey, daughter of "Caleb of Belmont," sister of his uncle's wife.
  316. Maryland State Archives - online database. Charles Carnan Ridgely was born in Baltimore County, MD on Dec 6, 1760. He became an orphan at a young age, and was adopted by his uncle, Charles Ridgely, whose last name he took in 1790.
  317. Maryland State Archives - online database. Governor Charles Carnan Ridgely passed away on July 17, 1829, and was buried in the family vault on his estate in Hampton, Baltimore County, Maryland.
  318. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-44. MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Dorsey, Anne M Benjamin Beall
    Remarks: Daughter of Richard & Elizabeth Dorsey, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County; Dates on Manuscripts: 1764, 1772
    References: Wills Liber 40 folio 700; Accounts Liber 51 folio 133.
  319. The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760-1800, p 299. 29. Lynch was the daughter of Caleb Dorsey's sister Eleanor: Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, sv "Owings, Samuel, Jr (1733-1803)." See also Owings Family Chart in LHP; Daun F Thomas, The Green Spring Valley; Its History and Heritage (Baltimore, 1978), 164; and J&L, 1:122n.
  320. The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760-1800, p 101. Another child of the Dorsey family, Deborah Lynch, converted sometime before her husband, Samuel Owings, Jr whom she married in 1765.
  321. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 97.
  322. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 97. The will of Eliy dorsey of Ely was dated May 5, 1819, and proved in Frederick Co on Sept 8, 1821.
  323. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 96. Ely Dorsey, son of Ely and Deborah (Dorsey) Dorsey, was born in Baltimore Co. On Sept 3, 1778, he married Sarah, the daughter of John and Susannah (Hood) Worthington.
  324. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 170.
  325. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 170.
  326. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 101, St Anne's Parish. Thomas Beale Dorsey and Anne parents of Sarah Dorsey dau b. 13 Oct 1747.
  327. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 170. Caleb Dorsey, b. Mar 13, 1749; d. Apr 14, 1837 (Tombstone).
  328. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 48. Caleb took the Oath of Allegiance before Hon. John Dorsey on March 12, 1778.
  329. Maryland Journal, 12 Jan 1779, p. 2. TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD
    Anne Arundel County, January 9, 1779
    Ran away, from the subscriber's plantation, near Annapolis, in November last, a dark Mulatto Boy, named PHILL, 16 or 17 years old, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, talks sharp, is likely, very artful and sensible. Had on an old red jacket, without sleeves, a pair of leather breeches, half-worn, and shoes. I understand he has changed his name, and passes in Baltimore-Town as free; he calls his name Tom. -- Whoever will take up said Negro, and bring him to me, near Ellicott's mills, shall receive the above reward, from CALEB DORSEY, son of Thomas. NB All masters of vessels are forewarned taking him off at their peril, and all persons whatsoever from hiring or concealing said Negro.
  330. Baltimore Patriot Newspaper, P 1, 3 Oct 1834. IN CHANCERY, 24th September, 1834 -- Caleb Dorsey vs. George Fox and others. --- The object of the Bill filed in this cause is to obtain a decree for the sale of the mortgaged property hereinafter mentioned for the complainant's claim. The Bill states that Charles Fox, in his life time being indebted unto the said Caleb Dorsey of Thomas, in the sum of two hundred dollars, in order to secure the payment thereof executed a deed of mortgage to the said Caleb Dorsey of Thomas, for all that Tract or Parcel of Land called Hatherly's Resolution, lying and being in Anne Arundel county, containing 50 acres of Land more or less: That said Charles Fox hath since departed this life and left the following named person his heirs at law, to wit: George Fox, Sarah wife of George Owing, and the children of his son, Richard Fox (who has also departed this life,) viz: Charles Fox, Amos Fox, Sarah wife of John Macrone, Mary wife of William Bell, Susan wife of Hammond Shipley, and Elizabeth Fox. The Bill also states that said debt still remains unpaid, and that the said Sarah wife of George Owings, Charles Fox and Amos Fox, reside out of the State of Maryland, and beyond the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court. It is thereupon ordered, That the complainant by causing a copy of this order to be inserted once in each of three successive weeks in some newspaper before the 25th day of October next, give notice to the absent defendants of the substance and object of the Bill, that they may be warned to appear in this Court in person or by a Solicitor on or before the 24th day of January next, to shew cause (if any they have) why a decree should not pass as prayed. True copy, Test, Ramsay Waters, Reg Cur Can Sep 27.
  331. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Caleb Dorsey, son of above Thomas Beale Dorsey of Caleb & Eleanor, 14 April 1837.
  332. Marriages & Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839, p 51. Dorsey, Caleb, son of Thomas, died Friday, 14th ult., at Alpton, his residence in A A Co., in his 90th year. He has left a wife to whom he has been married 65 years.
  333. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 21. 1837, April 16, Caleb Dorsey, Senr.
  334. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Caleb Dorsey and Elizabeth Worthington, 25 Feb 1772.
  335. Ann H Worthington Bible.
  336. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 314. Elizabeth Worthington b. Apr 27, 1758 married Caleb Dorsey.
  337. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 170. m. Feb. 25, 1772 Elizabeth Worthington, b. Apr. 22, 1758; d. May 9, 1840 (Tombstone).
  338. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Elizabeth, wife of the said Caleb, 9 May 1840.
  339. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 21. 1840, May 11, Mrs Caleb Dorsey.
  340. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Anne W - 28 March 1773.
  341. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Sarah - 4 Mar 1779.
  342. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. John W - 3 April 1783 - second John W born 3 Jan 1791 - so he must have died prior to that birth.
  343. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Comfort W - 2 Oct 1789.
  344. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Nich W - 10 Apr 1800.
  345. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 50. John became a 2nd Lieutenant on June 6, 1776 in the 3rd Maryland Line and participated in the battles of Long Island and White Plains. (Ref: C-201, R-196, N-534, H-38).
  346. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 50. In 1778 he became a Captain in the Elk Ridge Battalion under Col. Thomas Dorsey. (Ref: C-201, R-196, N-534, H-38). "H" = Archives of MD, Vol 18, "Muster Rolls of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, 1775-1783" (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1900).
  347. Baltimore Patriot Newspaper, P. 4. A FARM FOR SALE
    By virtue of an order from Anne-Arundel County Court, will be sold at Public Auction at Jehu Young's Tavern, in the county aforesaid, on MONDAY, the fourteenth day of December next at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, the Farm whereon Caleb Frost (deceased) resided, lying on Patapsco Falls in said county, about six miles from Ellicott's Mills, and sixteen miles from Baltimore, containing upwards of eighty acres. This land is well watered and highly adapted to the use of Plaister and Clover. Persons wishing to purchase will no doubt view the premises. -- The terms of sale are that bonds for the purchase money with approved security, bearing interest, are to be given, payable in three equal annual installments.
    CHARLES FOX
    JOHN W DORSEY
    CALEB DORSEY, of Jno.
    The editor of the Maryland Republican, at Annapolis, will insert the above once a week for six weeks, and send his bill to this office for payment.
  348. Dorsey Genealogy from internet source. He was buried in St John's Cemetery, Howard Co, MD next to his wife: John Worthington Dorsey Oct 8 1750 - May 13, 1823.
  349. Edwa Worthington Dorsey Ewing Boggs, DAR Application of Edwa Worthington Dorsey Ewing Boggs.
  350. Eleanor Young Cruikshank Raines, DAR Application of Eleanor Young Cruikshank Raines (Application for membership, Daughters of the American Revolution). According to the DAR application, John Worthington Dorsey married Comfort Worthington on June 8, 1778 at Anne Arundel Co, MD.
  351. Anne Arundel Gentry, P. 128. Newman states that the marriage took place on 30 Nov 1778.
  352. Federal Census, 1790, Maryland, 1790, Anne Arundel Co, MD; Roll: M637_3; Image: 0217. John Worthington Dorsey, 2 males 16 and over, 4 males under 16, 3 females, one other free person, 20 slaves.
  353. Federal Census, 1800, Maryland, 1800, Anne Arundel Co, MD; Roll: 9; Page: 82; Image: 45. John W Dorsey - 2 males under 10, 2 males 10-15, 2 males 16-25, 1 male 45 and over; 1 female 26-44.
  354. Federal Census, 1810, Maryland, 1810, Anne Arundel Co, MD; Roll: 14; Page: 64; Image: 40.00. John W Dorsey, 2 males 10-15, 2 males 16-25, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female 26-44.
  355. Federal Census, 1820, Maryland, 1820, Dist 5, Anne Arundel, MD, Roll: M33_41; Page: 351; Image: 176. John W Dorsey, 1 white male 16-26, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female 45 and over; 12 persons involved in agriculture;
    Slaves: 7 males under 14, 4 males 14-26, 1 male 26-45, 3 males 45 and over, 5 females under 14, 4 females 14-26, 6 females 26-45, 2 females 45 and over; 1 freed male colored person.
  356. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 170. states year of birth was 1759.
  357. Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants, p 217. Comfort Worthington, born Jan 1762, intermarried with John W. Dorsey. Died July 23, 1837.
  358. Dorsey Genealogy from internet source. She died on 23 Jul 1837. She was buried in St John's Cemeter, Howard Co, MD. Buried next to her husband, Dorsey, Comfort, 78 years old, died July 23, 1837.
  359. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 34. 1875, Oct 26th, Samuel Worthington Dorsey.
  360. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals p 24. 1871, 17 Aug, John T. W. Dorsey.
  361. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 24. 1871, 17 Aug, John T. W. Dorsey.
  362. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 129. Thomas Beale Dorsey dated his will March 16, 1827, it being proved in Anne Arundel County on October 20, 1828
    He bequeathed his wife, Achsah, the dwelling and plantation during her widowhood, then to his three daughters - Achsah, Sally and Nancy. He named his nephew, Charles Worthington Dorsey of Caleb, as the guardian of his minor daughters.
  363. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 129. He died on September 6, 1828.
  364. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 129. Thomas Beale Dorsey dated his will March 16, 1827, it being proved in Anne Arundel County on October 20, 1828.
  365. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 129. On January 1, 1784, in Baltimore County, he obtained license to marry his kinswoman, Achsah, the daughter of Samuel and Eleanor (Woodward) Dorsey.
  366. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 128. His first wife died untimely - he married secondly Achsah Brown, October 25, 1806, according to Baltimore County Records.
  367. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 118. Child of Thomas Beale Dorsey and Achsah (Dorsey) Dorsey: Samuel Dorsey, deaf and dumb.
  368. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Thomas Beale Dorsey and Achsah Brown - 28 October 1806.
  369. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 129. Thomas Beale Dorsey, died in young manhood.
  370. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 142. Rachel Dorsey (dau of John Dorsey Jr and Elizabeth ---) d. 1792 (AA Co Wills J G No. 1, f. 300); m. 1) William Hall, d. 1770 (Wills 38, f. 152); m. 2) 1773 Henry Ridgely as 2nd wife.
  371. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 145. 4. Charles Dorsey, moved to Nelson Co, KY, m. Lydia Dorsey, dau of Nicholas and Sarah.
  372. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 64. 2. Lydia Dorsey, m. Charles Dorsey, son of Edward. Moved to Nelson County, Kentucky before 1796.
  373. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 145. John Dorsey, b. 1736 (Chanc. Rec. 13, f. 837); m. Mary Hammond, dau. of William (Invts. 80, f. 284).
  374. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 39. Joshua Dorsey, b. July 8, 1736; d. 1799, m. Feb 6, 1759 Elizabeth Hall.
  375. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 51. Joshua Dorsey, Sr (July 8, 1736 - 1799).
  376. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 52. He was a Lieutenant under Capt. Thomas Philips in May 13, 1776 (Ref: R-64, N-422 Archive of MD, Vol 11, "Journal of the Convention, July 26 to August 14, 1775, and Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Safety, August 29, 1775 to July 6, 1776," Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1901).
  377. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 52. He took the Oath of Allegiance before Hon. John Dorsey on March 12, 1778.
  378. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 51. Dorsey, Joshua, Sr. (July 8, 1736 - 1799). Son of Henry Dorsey and Elizabeth Worthington. Married Elizabeth Hall in 1759 and they had 11 children.
  379. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 39. Nicholas Dorsey, b. Jan 8 1750; d. 7 Oct 1788; m. Lucy Sprigg.
  380. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 39. Nicholas Dorsey, b. Jan 8, 1750; d. Oct 7, 1788, Anne Arundel Co; m. 1773//4 Lucy Belt Sprigg, b. 1752; d. Dec 1, 1825 (posthumus daughter of Col Edward Sprigg, Prince George's County) (Chanc. Rec. 25, f. 212).
  381. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. Henrietta Dorsey, b. Feb 20, 1766, m. Dec 13, 1786, William Hobbs.
  382. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 46. Henrietta Dorsey, b. 20 Feb 1766; m. 13 Dec 1786 William Hobbs; s/o Samuel Hobbs; children: Warner, Philemon Dorsey, Rachel, William, Kitty, Janet.
  383. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 46. 11512-1 Warner Hobbs, b. 22 Nov 1787.
  384. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 46. Philemon Dorsey Hobbs; m. Anne Dorsey; d/o Edward Dorsey and Deborah Maccubin of Clover Hills; lived near Poplar Spring, Howard Co.
  385. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. Ariana Dorsey, b. Mar 24, 1769, m. May 15, 1788 Samuel Owings.
  386. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. Joshua Dorsey, b. Jan 30, 1762, m. Apr 15, 1795, Janet Kennedy, Fred. Co.
  387. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 52. Joshua was elected Clerk of the Senate in 1783 and served until 1789 (Ref: R-108).
  388. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 437. Joshua Dorsey, attorney-at-law, of Frederick, only son of Captain Philemon and Rachel, married Janet Kennedy, of Philadelphia.
  389. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 46. Joshua was an attorney and member of Maryland House of Delegates (Scharf).
  390. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 42. Elizabeth Dorsey, b. May 13, 1742, m. William Ridgely.
  391. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 26. Philemon Dorsey, born Feb 7, 1743/44, married Anne Dorsey.
  392. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 26. Catherine Ridgely Dorsey, born Nov 13, 1745, married Benjamin Warfield; she died 1769.
  393. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 614. Amelia, born August 23, 1749, died August 6, 1807; married Samuel Riggs.
  394. The Levering Family, p 74.
  395. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 606. Samuel Riggs married, in 1767, in Anne Arundel county, Amelia Dorsey, daughter of Philemon Dorsey, and had issue...
  396. The Levering Family, p 74. Samuel Riggs was b 6 Oct 1740, in Anne Arundel Co, MD of Dutch parentage.
  397. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 606. Samuel Riggs, father of Elisha Riggs, was born October 6, 1740, in Anne Arundel County, and died May 25, 1814, near Brookeville, Montgomery, MD where he is buried. He removed to "Bordley's Choice" near Brookeville, MD about 1767, of which tract he had inherited two hundred acres by the will of his father. He was tobacco inspector in Queen Caroline Parish, Sept 2, 1766/67, and held a commission as second lieutenant in Captain Nathaniel Pigman's company of militia in the Lower District of Frederick County, belonging to the 29th Battalion, his commission being issued on May 14, 1766 (MD Archives XI, 424).
  398. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 606. ... and held a commission as second lieutenant in Captain Nathaniel Pigman's company of militia in the Lower District of Frederick County, belonging to the 29th Battalion, his commission being issued on May 14, 1766 (MD Archives XI, 424).
  399. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 606. Samuel Riggs, father of Elisha Riggs, was born Oct 6, 1740, in Anne Arundel county, and died May 25, 1814 near Brookeville, Montgomery county, Maryland, where he is buried.
  400. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 606. He was tobacco inspector in Queen Caroline Parish, Sept 2, 1766/67, and held a commission as second lieutenant in Captain Nathaniel Pigman's company of militia in the Lower District of Frederick County, belonging to the 29th Battalion, his commission being issued on May 14, 1766 (MD Archives XI, 424).
  401. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 607. Eleanor, born Jun 7, 1781, died Aug 9, 1804.
  402. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 607. Julia, born Dec 22, 1784, died Sept 26, 1862 (unmarried).
  403. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 607. Samuel, born Jun 14, 1786, died 1805 (unmarried).
  404. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. 1. Ann Warfield, b. Dec 6, 1741, m. John Wyman.
  405. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43.
  406. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. 3. Sarah Warfield, b. Nov 12, 1746, m. Henry Griffith.
  407. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. 5. Charles Warfield, b. Feb 1, 1750, m. Catherine Dorsey.
  408. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. 7. Rachel Warfield, b. Oct 1, 1757, m. Capt Samuel Griffin.
  409. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 44. 8. Joshua Warfield, b. Apr 27, 1761, m. Oct 8, 1781 Elizabeth Dorsey.
  410. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 43. 8. Joshua Warfield, b. Apr 27, 1761, m. Oct 8, 1781 Elizabeth Dorsey.
  411. Maryland Revolutionary Records, p 125. Josheph Warfield m. Elizabeth Dorsey, Aug 6 1778, Maryland.
  412. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 53. Isaac owings, b. 9 Apr 1771; m/1 Baltimore Co to Achsah Dorsey; d/o Nicholas Dorsey and Elizabeth Worthington; moved west; m/2 Rebecca Williamson; d/o Capt. John Williamson; his son Dr Thomas Owings m. Sarah Lawrence d/o John Lawrence.
  413. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 53. Ruth Lawrence, b 22 Dec 1745; d 27 Jul 1827; d/o Levin and Susannah; m 27 Nov 1760 Thomas Owings, b 18 Oct 1740; d 23 Aug 1822; s.o Samuel Owings and Urith Randall; children: Levin Lawrence 1761, Samuel 1763, Thomas 1765, Thomas Beale 1767, Elizabeth 1769, Isaac 9 Apr 1771, David 1773, Susannah 1775, Ruth 1777, Jesse 1779, Anne 1781, Levin 1784, Harwood 1786, Matilda 1789.
  414. Pension File, Revolutionary War, Hammond.
  415. Pension File, Revolutionary War, Hammond, File: W9411; Series M805; Roll: 277; Image: 328.
  416. Pension File, Revolutionary War, Hammond, Series M805 Roll 277 Image 321 File W9411 - 10 pages #W9411. Copy of file in large file.

    Letter from E W Morgan, Acting Commissioner,Rev.a1812 Ware Section - from Proquest. com
    "...He volunteered in 1778 and was a private in the Flying Camp. He was commissioned April 17, 1777, Lieutenant in Captain Samuel Godman's Company, Colonel Howard's Fourth Maryland Regiment, he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth and resigned November 10, 1778....".

  417. Maryland Revolutionary Records, p 113. Nicholas Dorsey m. Rachel Warfield, Dec 14, 1779, Mont. Co., Md.
  418. Marriages & Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839, p 52. Dorsey, Lloyd, died at his farm on Elk Ridge, on Tues. morning, 12th inst., in his 49th year; for the last 10 years a member of the Senate of Md. (May 21, 1812).
  419. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 46. Sarah Dorsey (Nicholas, Joshua, Col Edward, Edward) b. 1771; d. 23 Oct 1828, Baltimore Co; m. 16 Feb 1788 William Ball.
  420. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 46. William Ball, b. 1768; d. July 17, 1841, Baltimore.
  421. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 46. Child of William and Sarah (Dorsey) Ball: Louisa Ball, d. 3 Oct 1882; m. Charles King.
  422. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 46. Lloyd Ball, b. 1803; d. 1857 unm.
  423. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 46. Mary Dorsey, m. 8 May 1784 Amos Dorsey.
  424. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 44. Ann Dorsey m. Sept 14, 1792, John Worthington.
  425. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. John Worthington, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hammond) Worthington, was born 1763 in St Thomas Parish, Baltimore Co. He married on Sept 14, 1782, Anne, the daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Worthington) Dorsey.
  426. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 317. John Worthington, b. 1763, married Anne Dorsey.
  427. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. John Worthington died intestate in Baltimore Co. Letters of administration were issued to his son, Nicholas Dorsey Worthington, on March 30, 1829. The final account was not made until 1845.
  428. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. Thomas Worthington born 1785.
  429. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. Comfort Worthington, b. 1786, spinster.
  430. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. Noah Worthington, b 1800.
  431. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. Reuben Worthington, born 1802, downed 1823.
  432. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 141. Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish: Sarah Ridgely 5th dau b. 30 Jan 1766.
  433. Anne Arundel County Church Records, p 204. Quaker Marriages of Anne Arundel County: Jesse Tyson of Balto. City the son of Isaac & Esther Tyson, late of Alto. Co. both decd. m. 5th month 22nd day, 1806 to Sarah Ridgely of Prince Georges County the dau of Henry & Anne Ridgely, late of A A Co. both decd. (Indian Spring).
  434. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 45. Rachel Lawrence, b. 3 May 1739; d. 12 Aug 1808; d/o Levin and Susannah; m. 13 Dec 1759 to her mother's 1st cousin, Capt Philemon Dorsey, b. 20 Jan 1714/5; d. ca 1772; s/o Joshua Dorsey and Ann Ridgely; he m/1 19 Feb 1738/9 Katherine Ridgely; Rachel m/2 19 Jan 1775 Nathan Harris, b. 19 Oct 1747; d. 23 Apr 1820 on his farm ca 3 mi no of Mt. Airy, Carroll Co., s/o Thomas Harris and Sarah Offutt of Calvert Co.; children from his m/1 from Christ Church records; from his and her m/2 from family Bible possessed by Albert Jones:
    Philemon & m/2 Rachel: Joshua, Henrietta, Ariana; Rachel & m/2 Thomas: Harriet, Cordelia, Orrellana.
  435. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 45. Rachel Lawrence, b. 3 May 1739; d. 12 Aug 1808; d/o Levin and Susannah; m. 13 Dec 1759 to her mother's 1st cousin, Capt Philemon Dorsey, b. 20 Jan 1714/5; d. ca 1772; s/o Joshua Dorsey and Ann Ridgely; he m/1 19 Feb 1738/9 Katherine Ridgely; Rachel m/2 19 Jan 1775 Nathan Harris, b. 19 Oct 1747; d. 23 Apr 1820 on his farm ca 3 mi no of Mt. Airy, Carroll Co., s/o Thomas Harris and Sarah Offutt of Calvert Co.; children from his m/1 from Christ Church records; from his and her m/2 from family Bible possessed by Albert Jones:
    Philemon & m/2 Rachel: Joshua, Henrietta, Ariana; Rachel & m/2 Thomas: Harriet b. 6 Nov 1775, Cordelia b. 10 Apr 1778, Orrellana b. 27 Aug 1781.
  436. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 432. Levin and Susan Lawrence had four sons, all engaged in the War of the Revolution. Benjamin removed to "Delaware Hundred," John removed to the Linganor; Richard was upon "White Hal," at Guilford; Levin Lawrence, Jr., remained upon "Dorsey's Grove.".
  437. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 56. Benjamin Lawrence, b. May 17, 1741; d. 1841 (Jefferson KY Wills 2) m. Jan 28 1762, Urith Owings, dau of Samuel.
  438. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 47. Benjamin Lawrence, b 17 May 1741 at Dorsey's Grove now in Howard Co; d. 5 Mar 1814; s/o Levin and Susannah; m. 28 Jan 1762 Urith Owings, b. 26 Jun 1738; d. 17 Sept 1807; d/o Samuel Owings and Urith Randall of Owings Mills; Benjamin built a mill on Delaware Bottom (Warfield); he was commissioned 2nd Lt 6 Jan 1776 in Soldiers Delight Bat. of Baltimore Co Militia (XI.467); moved to Jefferson Co, KY in 1799; both bur Eden plantation in Jefferson Co; children: Samuel 1769, Samuel 1764, Polly 1767, Susannah 1769, Rebecca Lawrence 1771, Levin 1774, Elizabeth Lawrence 1778.
  439. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 487. In 1762 he married Urith, daughter of Samuel and Urith (Randall) Owings, of Owings Mill. Mrs. Owings was the daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Beale) Randall. Benjamin Lawrence's heirs were Samuel, Levin, Mary and Susannah Lawrence.
  440. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P 56. Ruth Lawrence, b. Dec 22, 1745, m. Nov 27, 1760 Thomas Owings, d. 1830 (AA Co Wills TTS No 1, f. 80).
  441. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 52. Ruth Lawrence, b 22 Dec 1745; d 27 Jul 1827; d/o Levin and Susannah; m 27 Nov 1760 Thomas Owings, b 18 Oct 1740; d 23 Aug 1822; s.o Samuel Owings and Urith Randall; children: Levin Lawrence 1761, Samuel 1763, Thomas 1765, Thomas Beale 1767, Elizabeth 1769, Isaac 1771, David 1773, Susannah 1775, Ruth 1777, Jesse 1779, Anne 1781, Levin 1784, Harwood 1786, Matilda 1789.
  442. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 52. Levin Lawrence Owings, b 4 Oct 1761; d 1812; m. Achsah Dorsey b 5 Aug 1766; d/o Caleb and Rebecca Dorsey.
  443. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 56. Capt Levin Lawrence, m. May 23, 1775 Sarah Dorsey, dau. of Caleb and Rebecca. Moved to Jefferson Co., KY.
  444. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 118. LAWRENCE, LEVIN (1750-1805). Married Sarah Dorsey in 1786 and they had seven children: Caleb Lawrence, Rebecca Lawrence Waters, John Lawrence, Larkin Lawrence, Hammond Dorsey Lawrence, Carolina Lawrence Owings, and Sally Lawrence Keene (Ref: T-451).
  445. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 119. He was one of the petitioners to the Maryland Convention to form an independent rifle company in July 1776, and later became First Lieutenant in Capt. Thomas Watkins' Militia Company and the Annapolis Artillery (Ref: B-3, F-223, T-452).
  446. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Comp. Svc Rec of Soldiers Who Served in the Rev. War, Rec Gp 93; NAEA M881. Levin Lawrence appears with the rank of Capt on a Return of Officers in Sixth Maryland Regiment including all that have Served since 1st January 1777
    Appointment - April 1, 1777
    Remarks: Went off 1st Apl. 78.
  447. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, M881 - Comp. Rec. Rev War - Record Group 93, 1775-1785. A Return of Officers in the Sixth Maryland Regiment including all that have served since 1st January 1777:
    Captain - Levin Lawrence - appointed 1 April 1777 - went off 1st Apr 78.
  448. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 119. He was deceased by Nov 14, 1811 when final distribution of his estate was made by Sarah Lawrence and Larkin Lawrence, administrators.
  449. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 121. Sarah Dorsey, born Oct 31, 1763, married Capt. Levin Lawrence, Aug 29, 1786, Balt. Co.
  450. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Learein Lawrence and his wife Sarah were married August 29, 1786.
  451. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 54. Levin Lawrence, Jr; of Dorsey's Grove; s/o Levin and Susannah; m/1 29 Aug 1786 Sarah Dorsey, b. 31 Oct 1763; d after 1790; d/o Caleb Dorsey (1740-1795) and his m/2 Rebecca Hammond (1741-1797); m/2 Rebecca Dorsey of Howard Co; Levin inherited aprt of Poplar Spring Garden and all of William Dorsey's lands in Illinois; Sarah mentioned as already having received her portion in her father's will probated Anne Arundel Co 10 Aug 1795; children: Caleb Dorsey 1787, John, Larkin 1792, Rebecca 6 Dec 1796, Hammond Dorsey 1797, Sarah Dorsey 25 Dec 1805, Caroline Dorsey.
  452. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Sarah their daughter was born October 31, 1763.
  453. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 121. Sarah Dorsey, born Oct 31, 1763, married Capt. Levin Lawrence, Aug 29, 1786, Balto. Co.
  454. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 54. 1155- 1 Caleb Dorsey Lawrence, b. 1 Jan 1787; d. 31 Aug 1787 (Dorsey Bible); there may have been a second child with the same name who lived to be an adult as a Caleb Lawrence inherited the law library of his uncle, William Dorsey, form his 1802 will - or this Caleb may be from another line of the family not identified.
  455. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 54. 1155-2 John Lawrence; eldest s/o m/2; M. J. or Nancy Wilson; lived near Frankfort, KY; (although no dates have been found for the m/2 or his birth, all family histories located place him as the 2nd child of his father); two known children; his dau. Sarah m. Dr. Thomas Owings, s/o 1154-6.
  456. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 54. 1155-2 John Lawrence; eldest s/o m/2; M. J. or Nancy Wilson; lived near Frankfort, KY; .
  457. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 54. Levin Lawrence, Jr.; of Dorsey's Grove; s/o Levin and Susannah; m/1 29 Aug 1786 Sarah Dorsey, b. 31 Oct 1763; d. after 1790; d/o Caleb Dorsey (1740-1795) and his m/2 Rebecca Hammond (1741-1797); m/2 Rebecca Dorsey of Howard Co.
  458. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 56. John Lawrence, m. Martha West.
  459. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 56. Richard Lawrence, b. 1757 after father's death; m. Mar 22, 1780 Ann Warfield, dau of Rezin and Honor (Howard) Warfield.
  460. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-91 . MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Lawrence, Richard M Ann Warfield
    Remarks: Frederick County; Date of Marriage: 1780, March 6
    References: Frederick County Marriage Record, 1779-1798, p 7.
  461. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 49. Susannah Lawrence, b. 4 May 1769; d/o Benjamin and Urith; m. 4 Feb 1768 Baltimore to bro. of her sister Mary's husband, Edward Dorsey, b. ca 1762 Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel Co; d. ca 1804 Jefferson Co, KY; will probate 5 Nov 1804 Jefferson Co, and 26 Aug 1808 Baltimore Co; s/o Vachel and Ruth Dorsey; children: Urith 1788, Patience 1789, Mary Ann 1791, Matilda 1794, Elias 1796, Susannah 1798, Levin Lawrence 1799, Benjamin Lawrence 1802, Urith Owings 1804.
  462. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 49. Elias was commissioned a First Lieutenant in the Soldier's Delight Hundred on September 11, 1777 and rose to the rank of Major in 1781 (Ref: R-37). Took the Oath of Allegiance before Hon. Reuben Meriweather on March 2, 1778 in Anne Arundel County (Ref: B-24).
  463. Baltimore Daily Intelligencer, Vol I, Issue 299, p. 3, 15 Oct 1794. FOR SALE; On Monday, the 27th instant, at Lawrence and Dorsey's mills, on 12 months credit, with interest and approved security, the following articles, viz. Ten waggon horses, four waggons and geers, one cart, two stoves, with a sufficient quantity of pipe to each; a number of hogs, and sundry other articles too tedious to mention; being the property of colonel Elias Dorsey, deceased.
    Benjamin Lawrence, Johnsa Dorsey, Executors 13 Oct 1794.
  464. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 61. Elias Dorsey, d. 1794 (Balt. Co. Wills 5, f. 193); m. 1) June 2, 1779 Susannah; m. 2) Feb 13, 1788, Mary Lawrence.
  465. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 49. Dorsey, Elias, of Baltimore County (buried September 20, 1794). Son of Vachel Dorsey and Ruth Dorsey. Married first to Susanna Snowden in 1779 and second to Mary Lawrence in 1788. His children were Mary Dorsey Lawrence and Ruth Dorsey Howard.
  466. Baltimore Daily Intelligencer, Vol 1, Issue 198, p 2, 16 June 1794. Elias Dorsey and Edward Norwood listed as Lieutenant Colonels, Maryland Militia, Francis Snowden and Ezekiel John Dorsey, Majors, for Baltimore County, MD.
  467. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 61. Children of Vachel and Ruth (Dorsey) Dorsey: Johnsa, Vachel, Edward, Ruth, Elias and Levin.
  468. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850. Elias Dorsey, Susannah Snoden, m. 2 June 1779, Baltimore County, MD.
  469. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 48. Mary Lawrence, b. 28 Feb 1767; d. 20 Aug 1810; bur. Merryvale Plantation; d/o Benjamin and Urith; m/1 17 Feb 1786 Elias Dorsey; d. ca 1794; s/o Vachel (d 1762) and Ruth Dorsey; he was partners with Thomas Dorsey and Benjamin Lawrence in milling; Mary m/2 William Chambers b. 1 May 1764/70 NY; d Jefferson Co, KY; s/o Rowland Chambers and Phoebe Mullican.
  470. Baltimore Daily Intelligencer, Vol I, Issue 299, p 3, 15 Oct 1794. Advertised items for sale from estate of Col Elias Dorsey as co-executor with Benjamin Lawrence.
  471. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 61. 1. Johnsa Dorsey, d. 1821 (Jefferson Co, KY Wills 2); m. Mar 5, 1788 Sarah Hammond, dau of Rezin (Fed. Co. Mar. Rec.).
  472. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-44. MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Dorsey, Johnsa M Sarah Hammond
    Remarks: Frederick County, Date of Marriage: 1788, March 5
    Reference: Frederick County Marriage Record, 1779-1798, p. 29.
  473. Baltimore Daily Intelligencer, Vol I, Issue 198, p 2, 16 June 1794. Elias Dorsey and Edward Norwood listed as Lieutenant Colonels, Maryland Militia, Francis Snowden and Ezekiel John Dorsey, Majors, for Baltimore County, MD.
  474. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 62. Ezekiel John Dorsey, b. Nov 5, 1751; d. 1827 (Balt Co Wills 12, f. 350) m. Rebecca Maccubin.
  475. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 62. Edward Dorsey, b. Apr. 8, 1760; d. 1839 (Blat. Co. Wills 17, f. 266) m. 8 June 1781 Deborah Maccubin.
  476. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 65. 12. Achsah Dorsey married Beale, son of Seth and Mary (Gaither) Warfield. License July 25, 1785, A.A. Co.
  477. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-65. MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Dorsey, Achsah M Beale Warfield
    Remarks: Anne Arundel County Date of Marriage: 1785, July 25
    Reference: Anne Arundel County Marriage Record 1777-1813, p. 27.
  478. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 70. Basil John Dorsey, b. c 1762; d. 1807, Franklin County, Georgia (Franklin Co Ga. Wills & Invts. 1804-07 f. 89).
  479. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 79. 2. Lacon (Larkin) dorsey, born 1744, married Elizabeth Ingram.
  480. Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants, p 230. Larkin Dorsey (son of Edward and grandson of Col Edward) the second, who came to Kentucky with major George Stockton, married Elizabeth Ingram, in 1780 at Hagerstown, MD. He was born August 24, 1784, and died February 22, 1822, in Flemingsburg, KY.
  481. Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants, p 230. Larkin Dorsey (son of Edward and grandson of Col Edward) the second, who came to Kentucky with major George Stockton, married Elizabeth Ingram, in 1780 at Hagerstown, MD. He was born August 24, 1784, and died February 22, 1822, in Flemingsburg, KY.
  482. Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants, p 230. He was born August 24, 1784, and died February 22, 1822, in Flemingsburg, KY.
  483. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 78. 2. Lacon (Larkin) dorsey, born 1744, married Elizabeth Ingram.
  484. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America, p 258. John Hammond Dorsey, of Anne Arundel Co, MD, was a prominent and active citizen and churchman; m. Feb.16, 1743, Frances Watkins.
  485. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 314. John Worthington, son of John and Comfort Worthington, was born 1728 in St. Ann's Parish, Anne-Arundel County. He married Susannah, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Maccubin) Hood.
  486. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families. Anne Arundel Co Wills JC No L, f. 161.
  487. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 230-1. Worthington, Samuel (1734-1815). Although born and raised in Anne Arundel County, Samuel moved to Baltimore County by 1757 and contributed greatly to the revolutionary war effort.
  488. Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants, p 217. Samuel Worthington born Nov 17, 1734. Mary, daughter of Walter Tolley, wife of Samuel Worthington, born Mar 12, 1740. They were married Jan 29, 1758.
  489. Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, MD, p 230-1. Worthington, Samuel (1734-1815). Although born and raised in Anne Arundel County, Samuel moved to Baltimore County by 1757 and contributed greatly to the revolutionary war effort. For more information on this man, see Source P-916, and Henry C. Peden Jr's Revolutionary Patriots of Baltimore Town and Baltimore County, 1775-1783," p. 298.
  490. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 182. Anne Arundel County Wills 20, f. 161.
  491. Headstone. "Here lies the body of Samuel Worthington, who departed this life 9th day of April 1815, Aged 81 years. He is not dead but sleepeth in Christ".
  492. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, MD, p 148. ...By his second marriage to Martha Garretson, he will her "Batsons' Forest," "Welsh Cradle," negroes, plate, furniture.
  493. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850. Samuel Worthington, male; marriage date: 17 Jan 1759; spouse: Mary Tolley; State: Maryland; County: Baltimore.
  494. Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants, p 217. John Tolley Worthington, born Sept 29, 1760, intermarried with Mary, daughter of Brice Worthington. Died July 23, 1837.
  495. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 312. Thomas Worthington, b. 1739, married Elizabeth Hammond and Marcella Owings.
  496. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 317. Thomas Worthington, son of John and Comfort Worthington, was born 1739 in St Ann's Parish, Anne Arundel Co. He settled in St. Thomas' Parish, Baltimore County, and there on August 21, 1761, he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Lawrence and Ebarilla (Simpkins) Hammond, of the same parish.
  497. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 317. Thomas Worthington became a widower, and on April 9, 1781, he married Marcella Owings, born 1748. She became the mother of at least five children.
  498. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 181. Helen Worthington, first wife of John, was the daughter of Thomas Hammond, who died in 1724. He named his grandson William Worthinton in his will, but since Helen is not mentioned, it is assumed that she had died before that date. (Wills 18, f. 350).
  499. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P. 181.
  500. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 313. William Worthington, son of John and Helen (Hammond) Worthington, was born 1715 at Annapolis where his father was one of the most prominent merchants of the town. He married June 6, 1734, Hannah, the daughter of John and Margaret (Besson) Rattenbury, but more recently the widow of Captain John Cromwell of Anne Arundel County.
  501. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 314. He died intestate in Baltimore County. The inventory of his personal estate was file October 22, 1750, with John and Hannah Worthington signing as the kinsmen. John Hood was the administrator.
  502. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 330. Catherine Worthington, b July 10, 1720, married Nicholas Gassaway.
  503. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 330. Rachel Ridgely Worthington, b Aug 28, 1722, married Cornelius Howard.
  504. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 330. Thomasine Worthington, born Jan 9, 1724, married Alexander Warfield of John and Francis Simpson.
  505. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 330. Brice Thomas Beale Worthington, b Nov 2, 1727, married Ann Ridgely.
  506. Anne Arundel Gentry, P 330. Ariana Worthington, born Dec 25, 1729, married Nicholas Watkins, Jr. and John Ijams.
  507. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 419. John Ijams of Anne Arundel County about 1760 married Ariana, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ridgely) Worthington, but more recently the widow of Nicholas Watkins. On March 12, 1761, he and Ariana his wife rendered the final statement on the estate of Nicholas Watkins. The balance was distributed by them tot the following children of the deceased - Margaret, Thomas Elizabeth, John, Nicholas, and Gassaway. It is not know how many children were born to John Ijams and Ariana his wife, but the following has been proved:
    Beale Ijams married Elizabeth Little.
  508. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 332. Nicholas Worthington, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ridgely) Worthington, was born March 29, 1733/34, in St. Ann's Parish, Anne Arundel County. On Oct 1, 1751, he married Catherine, the daughter of Charles and Catherine (Baldwin) Griffith.
  509. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 334. Colonel Nicholas Worthington died Nov 1, 1793, aged 59 yrs 7 mos 0 days.
  510. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 341. Wornoll Worthington, son of William and Sarah (Homewood) Worthington, was born July 27, 1719, in Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel Co. He married Dec 10, 1745 Anne, the daughter of Thomas John and Ann (Cockey) Hammond.
  511. Gillum Genealogy, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. George their son was born April 16, 1765.
  512. Maryland Gazette, P 2, 3 June 1790. Ran away from the subscriber, living on Elks-Ridge, on the morning of the 25th instant, a negro man by the name of SAM, aged 30 years, about five feet six inches high, stout and well made, brown complexion, large eyes which, at every full and change of the moon are uncommonly red, has lost several toes from the frost; his hair cut in a curcular form on the crown of his head; had on, when he went away, white country cloth under jacket, osnabrig shirt, black lasting breeches, and an old patched hat. He was raised by colonel Jones, of Worcester county, eastern shore, whither it is probable he will endeavour to go. Whoever apprehends the said negro and delivers him to me or secures him in any gaol, so that I get him again, shall have a reward of fity shillings, and if out of the county five pounds. George Dorsey, of Caleb.
  513. Maryland Gazette, p 2. Ran away from the subscriber, living on Elk-Ridge on the morning of the 25th instant, a negro man by the name of SAM, aged 30 years, about five feet six inches high, stout and well made, brown complexion, large eyes, which, at every full and change of the moon, are uncommonly red, has lost several toes from the frost; his hair cut in a circular form on the crown of his head; had on, when he weent away, white country cloth under jacket, osnabrig shirt, black lasting breeches, and an old patched hat. He was raised by colonel Jones of Worcester county, eastern shore, whither it is probable he will endeavour to go. Whoever apprehends the said negro, and delivers him to me, or secures him in any gaol, so that I can get him again, shall have a reward of fifty shillings, and if out of the county five pounds.
    GEORGE DORSEY, of Caleb
    May 26, 1790.
  514. West Virginia Estate Settlements to 1850, p 72. Dorsey, George, Inv., 6-1824.
  515. West Virginia Estate Settlements to 1850, 72. DORSEY, GEO., Will, 5-1824. Dev.: Sisson, wife; Rebeccah, Burnes, Priscilla Dearing, dau.; Caleb, Benj., Larkin, John, Geo. Washington, sons.
  516. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Ashoah their daughter was born August 5, 1766.
  517. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Edward Gwinn and Ashhoah Dorsey were married December 11, 1789.
  518. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Sophia, their daughter, was born January 4, 1770.
  519. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Nicholas Owings and Sophia Dorsey were married July 20, 1794.
  520. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. John their son was born November 19, 1773.
  521. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 134. John Dorsey, son of Caleb and Rebecca (Hammond) Dorsey, was born 19 Nov 1773 in Anne Arundel County. He married Sarah, daughter of Charles Hammond.
  522. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 134. Rebecca Dorsey, born 1814, non compos mentis.
  523. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 134. 5. Richard Dorsey removed to Eastern Shore.
  524. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 134. 7. Larkin Lorsey(sic), dsp.
  525. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Larkin their son was born May 24, 1778.
  526. Genealogy Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 10, Oct 1913, p 98, From an Old Dorsey Bible. Larkin Dorsey and Sarah Allison were married November 26, 1805.
  527. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 142. Milcah, his wife, died on September 25, 1850, and was buried in St John's Churchyard at Ellicott City. Justice Dorsey died on December 26, 1855, and was interred beside that of his wife.
  528. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals p 22. 1850, Sept 27, Mrs. Thomas B. Dorsey.
  529. The National Intelligencer, Washington, DC, p 2556 - 1850. 1850 - Dorsey, Milcah, consort of chief Justice Thomas B Dorsey, died at Mt. Hilson, Elkridge, Md., Sept. 25, 1850, in the 68th year of her age. (Sept. 30, 1850).
  530. Maryland State Archives - online database, History of the Maryland Court of Appeals. 1848 - 1851 - Thomas Beale Dorsey - Howard County. Born in Ann Arundel County, October 17, 1780. Son of John Worthington Dorsey and wife Comfort Worthington. Married Milcah Goodwin. Died December 26, 1855. Buried in St. John's Churchyard, Ellicott City, Howard County.
  531. Federal Census, 1850, Maryland, Howard, Anne Arundel, MD - Roll: M432_278; Page: 470; Image: 405. Thomas B Dorsey, 69, Chief Justice Court of Appeals, $25,000, b. MD; Milcah, 68, b. MD; Priscilla M, 37; Sally E, 33; Bridget Dowling, 25, b. Ireland and seven blacks listed as laborers including a five year old and a three year old.
  532. Dorsey Genealogy from internet source. She was buried in St John's Cemetery, Howard Co, MD. Buried in Sec G-1 with her husband and his family.
  533. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 142. Thomas Beale Dorsey was graduated from St John's College at Annapolis in 1799.
  534. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 142. He was at one time Attorney General of Maryland, and Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals. In 1815 he was a member of the State Constitutional Convention.
  535. Wikipedia, online - chronological list of Attys Genl of Maryland. Thomas Beale Dorsey - from 1822 to 1824.
  536. Maryland State Archives - online database, Attorneys General (1777- ). 7. 1822 - 1824 Thomas Beale Dorsey - of Howard County. Born in Anne Arundel County, October 17, 1780. Son of John Worthington Dorsey and wife Comfort Worthington. Married Milcah Goodwin. Died December 26, 1855. Buried in St. John's Churchyard, Ellicott City, Howard County.
  537. Baltimore Patriot Newspaper, 7 June 1826, Vol XXVII, Issue 134, page 2. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - The Trustees of the University of Maryland, appointed by tan act of the general assembly at their last session, are requested to meet in the city of Annapolis at Williamson's Hotel, on Thursday 15th instant, at 10 o'clock AM. The institution is a valuable one, and the citizens of the state generally are deeply interested in its properity, and as this will be the first meeting under the supplemental law, a punctual attendance of the members will be expected - a list of the trustees is subjoined: John E Howard, Theodorick Bland, Stevenson Archer, Thomas B Dorsey, Roger B Taney, Robert Smith, Ezekiel F Chambers, Robert Gilmor, Dennis Claude, James Stewart, Reverdy Johnson, John P K Henshaw, James Thomas, Geo. Roberts, Benedict I Semmes, John Nelson, John C Herbert, Nathaniel Williams, Isaac McKim, Henry Wilkins and William Erick. Joseph Kent, President of the Board of Trustees.
  538. Baltimore Patriot Newspaper, Vol XLI, Issue 241, p 1, 18 Mar 1834. BANKING HOUSE OF POULTNEY, ELLICOTT & CO., No 162 Baltimore Street, Poultney, Ellicott & Co. have conveyed to the following Trustees, viz: Hon. Thomas Beale Dorsey, Luke Tiernan, Esq., Reverdy Johnson, Esq., Thomas C. Jenkins, Esq., Hon. Stevenson Archer, and Thomas Ellicott, Esq.
    an ample amount of real-estate as collateral security for the fulfilment of all their engagements as bankers. Deposites will be received in their bank, upon which the following rates of interest will be allowed, viz:
    On deposites payable 90 days after demand, 5 per ct.
    On do payable 30 days after demand, 4 per ct.
    On do payable on demand 3 per ct.
    Collections will be made on all parts of the United States where banks are established.
    Discount Days - MONDAYS & THURSDAYS.
  539. Baltimore Sun, P. 2. 6 Jul 1848, Baltimore Sun

    MARYLAND JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
    We learn that Wm F Frick, Esq., has been appointed, by the Governor, Chief Judge of the district composed of Baltimore city and county and Harford county, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Archer. He has also appointed Judge Thomas B. Dorsey, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Judge Dorsey, who has so long and so acceptably discharged the responsible duties of a Judge f the High Court of Appeals, and presiding Judge of the Anne Arundel county district, is advanced to the honorable position of Chief Justice of the Court, as his service, learning and ability required he should be...

  540. Maryland Manual, 1948-1949, p 395. Chief Judges - Thomas Beale Dorsey, 1848-1851.
  541. Maryland Manual, 1948-1949, p 394. Judges of the Court of Appeals - Thomas Beale Dorsey, Anne Arundel County, 1824-1851.
  542. Baltimore Sun, 6 Jul 1848, p. 2. MARYLAND JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS: We learn that W. F Frick, Esq, has been appointed, by the Governor, Chief Judge of the district composed of Baltimore city and county and Afrford county, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Archer. He has also appointed Judge Thomas B Dorsey, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Judge Dorsey, who has so long and so acceptably discharged the responsible duties of a Judge of the High Court of Appeals, and presiding Judge of the Anne Arundel county district, is advanced to the honorable position of Chief Justice of the Court, as his service, learning and ability required he should be...
  543. Hartford Gazette and General Advertiser, p. 2. APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES; We learn that the Governor of Maryland has appointed Judge Thomas B Dorsey, of Anne Arundel County, to the high and responsible office of Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals. Judge Dorsey has long been on the bench, as Chief Judge of his judicial district, and also as an Associate of the Court of Appeals; and his extended and faithful service, coupled with exalted integrity and talent, eminently fit him as a worth successor of the regretted Archer.
  544. Maryland State Archives - online database.
  545. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 25. 1855, Dec 28, Thos B. Dorsey.
  546. Baltimore Sun, 2 May 1847, p 4. (Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun)
    Ellicotts' Mills, May 2d 1847.
    The stable of Col Charles Carroll, on the Donghoregan Manor, about four miles from this place, were consumed on the night of the 26th ult. and six of his choicest carriage-horses burnt. Four others were so badly injured by the flames that their recovery is doubtful.
    The woods of Judge Thomas B. Dorsey caught fire on Tuesday afternoon last, occasioned by some sparks from a locomotive, and before the flames could be arrested, they had spread over four hundred acres of his estate - consuming fences, brushwood, and everything else within their scope. This is the fifth time that these woods have caught fire from a like cause. Judge D. contemplates instituting a suit against the Railroad Company for damages.
    ...Your friend, Patapsco.
  547. Dorsey Genealogy from internet source. Priscilla Milcah Dorsey was born in 1813.
  548. Dorsey Genealogy from internet source. She died in 1892.
  549. Dorsey Genealogy from internet source. She was buried in St John's Cemetery, Howard Co, MD with her parents in Sec G-1 Row 17, "DORSEY, P M 1813 0 1892".
  550. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 21. 1845, July 6th, Charles S. W. Dorsey.
  551. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 144. 1. Priscilla Ridgely Dorsey, born 1829, died 1847.
  552. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 144. 1. Priscilla Ridgely Dorsey, born 1829, died 1847.
  553. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Susannah - 4 February, 1773.
  554. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Walter Brooks and Susannah - 6 December 1792.
  555. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Thomas Beale - 16 October 1776.
  556. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Thomas Beale and Sarah Merriweather, 30 November 1797.
  557. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Family Bible Records. Children of Thomas Beale Dorsey (or Caleb Dorsey and Elizabeth W ) and Sarah:
    Sarah - September, 1798
    Elizabeth - 1800
    Caleb - 17 April 1806.
  558. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Caleb - 6 April 1781.
  559. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 127. 5. Caleb Dorsey, born Apr 6, 1781, married Anne, dau of Brice Howard. License Feb 10, 1808, A. A. Co.
  560. Federal Census, 1860, Maryland, 1860, Roll: M653_477; Page: 706; Image: 152; FHFilm: 803477. Caleb Dorsey of Caleb, 80 Farmer, $48,570, $100,000, b. MD.
  561. Galveston News, P 4, 8 Oct 1869. BEQUEST FOR THE SOUTH - The following is the codicil of the will of the late Caleb Dorsey, Esq, of Howard county, Md., making a charitable bequest for the benefit of Southern people. The codicil bears date August 19, 1869: I give and bequeath $30,000 to my brother, Reuben M. Dorsey, and Gov. T W Ligon, in special trust, to apply the same to the relief of such portions of the people of the late slave-holding States of this Union as the said trustees may think most require assistance on account of their suffering and want, and the said sum of money shall be applied in such manner as they may deem best to accomplish my purpose. If my personal estate should not prove sufficient to pay all legacies, including this of $30,000, I direct that so much shall be deducted from the $45,000 given by the codicil dated August 16, 1869, as may be necessary to make up this legacy for the benefit of the people of the South.
  562. Baltimore Sun, P. 2. DORSEY - At his residence in Howard county, on Monday, September 6th, CALEB DORSEY of Caleb, in the 89th year of his age.
    His family and friends are respectfully invited to attend his funeral on tomorrow (Wednesday) morning, 8th instant, at ten o'clock from St. John's Church.
  563. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals. 1869, Sept 8th Mr Caleb Dorsey Sr.
  564. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 127. 5. Caleb Dorsey, born Apr 6, 1781, married Anne, dau of Brice Howard. License Feb 10, 1808, A. A. Co.
  565. Federal Census, 1850, Maryland, 1850, Howard District, Anne Arundel, MD; Roll: M432_278; Page: 465B; Image: 401. Caleb Dorsey, 69, Farmer, $40,000, b. MD;
    Ann, 60, b. MD;
    Margaret Howard, 12, attending school, b. MD.
  566. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals. 1851, Oct 11, Mrs. Caleb Dorsey.
  567. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Elizabeth W 13 August 1787.
  568. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Elizabeth W and Jacob Baer - 12 January 1813.
  569. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Charles W - 7 April 1785.
  570. Republican Star Newspaper, Vol XXVII, Issue 36, p 3, 2 May 1826. MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY; Thursday, April 20th, 1826, A meeting of the Trustees was this day held at Hayfield, Colonel Bosley's - present, G Howard, chairman pro tem; Col. Bosley, James Carrol, Jr, Dr A Thomas, J B Morris, J Givings, James Cox Treasurer; J S Skinner, corresponding secretary. The Board Proceeded to the appointment of Judges to award the premiums at the next Cattle Show, viz: For Crops, C W Dorsey; For Swine, T B Dorsey; For Fermented Liquors, Richard Dorsey; For Ploughing, Allen Dorsey, Caleb Dorsey, Jr.
    The premiiums heretofore offered for Cows were altered so as to bestow - A premium of $15 for best Cow, $10 for 2nd best Cow, $5 for 3rd best cow; And for best Heifer, $10, 2nd best $5.
    It was unanimously resolved, That the volunteer premium so liberally and handsomely placed at the disposal of the Trustees by Mr. Jose Sylvester Rebello, Minister from Brazil, to consist of a silver cup valued at $20, be presented to the owner of the Ram, which, being shorn upon the ground, shall yield the greatest weight of Picklock* wool, the condition of the fleece as to cleanliness being taken into consideration. James Howard, Secretary
    *That is the finest wool.
    Gentlemen who may be disposed to contend for this premium are requested to give notice to the Editor of the American Farmer as early as convenient; and it has been suggested that the competitors should make up a sum sufficient to provide a match for the volunteer premium, to be taken by the victor.
  571. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 24. 1864, May 26, Charles W. Dorsey.
  572. Ancestry.com.
  573. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 140. Thomas Beale Dorsey, died in infancy.
  574. Baltimore Sun, p 2. DIED: On the 29th of August last, in the 20th year of his age, at Elk Ridge, Caleb Dorsey, only son of Col. C W Dorsey.
  575. Baltimore Sun, P. 2. DIED: On the 29th of August last, in the 20th year of his age, at Elk Ridge, Caleb Dorsey, only son of Col. C W Dorsey.
  576. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 144. Priscilla Dorsey, born 1829, died spinster 1847.
  577. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals. 1847, March 14, Priscilla R. Dorsey.
  578. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 140. Priscilla Dorsey, born 1829, died spinster 1847.
  579. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms, p 15. 1837, Oct 24, Comfort Augusta Worthington daughter of C. W. & Mary Dorsey.
  580. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, P 212.
  581. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. John W - 3 Jan 1791.
  582. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 494. John Worthington Dorsey (of Caleb) bought an elegant body of land near the old Brick Church. He brought his wife from Major Philip Hammond's Manor, near Gambrill's Station. She was Mary Ann Hammond, who inherited the present property of Mr. Bond, near Millersville. The late Judge Reuben M. Dorsey; Caleb, of California, Charles W. Dorsey, of the Confederate Home; Mrs. Levin Gale, Mrs. Dr. Mackey and Mrs. Benjamin Cook, of Virginia, were heirs.
  583. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 66, Dorsey Family Bible. John Worthington Dorsey departed this life 14 July 1841 in the fiftieth year of his age.
  584. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 212. John Worthington Dorsey, s. of Caleb and Elizabeth Dorsey, m. Mary Ann Hammond.
  585. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 66, Dorsey Bible Records. John W Dorsey, married Mry Ann Hammond, 28 November 1815.
  586. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, MD, p 182. The other sons of Major Philip were John-Harriet Dorsey; Charles - Achash Evans; Henry, died single; Dento - Sarah Baldwin; Philip - Julia Hammond; Rezin - Ann Mewburn; Matthias - Eliza Brown; Elizabeth - Dr. Mewburn; Harriet - Henry Pue; Matilda - Rev Richard Brow; Mary Ann - John W Dorsey, father of the late Judge Reuben Dorsey, of Howard.
  587. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850. John Dorsey m. Mary Ann Hammond 26 Nov 1815, Anne Arundel County, MD.
  588. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-65. MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Hammond, Mary Ann M John Dorsey
    Remarks: Anne Arundel County, Date of Marriage: 1815, November 26
    Reference: Anne Arundel County Marriage Record 1810-1845, p. 28.
  589. Federal Census, 1830, Maryland, 1830, District 5, Anne Arundel, MD; Roll: 53; Page: 160. John W Dorsey: 2 males under 5, 1 male 5-10, 2 males 30-40; 1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30.
  590. Federal Census, 1850, Maryland, 1850, Howard District, Anne Arundel County, MD; Roll: M432_278; Page: 443; Image: 352. Mary A Dorsey, 55, value of real estate $20,000, b. MD;
    Caleb Dorsey, 25, Attorney at Law, b. MD;
    Reuben, 21, farmer, value of estate $5,000, b. MD;
    Charles W, 19, no occupation, b. MD;
    Sally W, 16, attending school, b. MD;
    Zuleika E, 14, attending school, b. MD.
  591. Federal Census, Slave Schedule, 1850, 1850, Howard District, Anne Arundel, MD, NARA M432. 14 Females ages 70 - 2; 10 males ages 30 - infant.
  592. Federal Census, Slave Schedule, 1860, Maryland, 1860, Dist 1, Howard, MD, NARA M653. Females, 13, ages 55-2; Males, 6, ages 39-2.
  593. Federal Census, 1870, Maryland, 1870, District 6, Howard, MD; Roll: M593_589; Page: 474; Image: 347. Charles W Dorsey, 36, farmer, $18,000, $6,000, b. MD;
    Mary A Dorsey, 76, keeping house, b. MD.
  594. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 66, Dorsey Family Bible. Caleb Dorsey was born 25 Oct 1816.
  595. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Family Bible. The second Caleb Dorsey, born of these parents was born in either Mar or Jul 1835.
  596. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, The parents of Mary Ann Hammond, w. of John W. Dorsey, are Phillip Hammond (1765-1822) and Elizabeth (Wright) Hammond (1768 - ??)Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 66, Dorsey Family Bible. Elizabeth Wright Dorsey was born, 12 August 1818.
  597. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 66, Dorsey Family Bible. Thomas Beale Dorey was born, 17 September 1820.
  598. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 66, Dorsey Family Bible. Elizabeth Worthington Dorsey was born 9 July 1822.
  599. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Confirmations. Sept 8, 1844, Miss E. W. Dorsey.
  600. Federal Census, 1860, Maryland. Mary A Dorsey, 65, Farmer, $18,000, $6,600, b. MD;
    Charles W, 27, Farmer, b. MD;
    Elizabeth, 24, b. MD;
    Wm D Mackey, 8, b. MD, attending school;
    J W Mackey, 6, b. MD, attending school.
  601. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Sarah M - 3 September 1794.
  602. Baltimore Patriot Newspaper, Vol XIV, Issue 131, p2, 3 Dec 1819. On Tuesday evening, by the Rev Mr Wheaton, George W Waring, Esq to Miss Sarah, daughter of Caleb Dorsey, Esq of Anne Arundle county.
  603. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5 No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Reuben M - 5 November 1796.
  604. Baltimore Sun, P 4, 26 Nov 1880. HOWARD COUNTY AFFAIRS (Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun) Ellicott City, MD, Nov. 25, 1880.
    The funeral of Mr. Reuben M. Dorsey, the last surviving child of Caleb Dorsey, of Thomas, who died in his eight-fourth year, at his late residence, Arcadia, in this county, on the 23d inst., took place to-day from St. John's P. E. Church, Rev Mr Harrison officiating. The pall-bearers were John G Rodgers, Dorsey Rodgers, Reuben Johnson, Morris Johnson, Charles Ligon and Robert Pue - the first four named being grandchildren of deceased. Rev Mr Harrison, in the course of his remarks, referred to Mr Dorsey as one of the founders of St John's Church, saying that the ground on which the church was built had been presented by him, and speaking of the memorial window recently placed in the church by deceased in memory of his father and mother. The reverend gentleman also remarked that Thanksgiving Day in England is celebrated as the "Harvest Home." The allusion and the hymn, which was sung by the choir, "The Joy of the Harvest Home," so well suited to the occasion, makin a profound impression. Amon those present were John T B Dorsey, ex-Gov T W Ligon, nephew of deceased, Robert Dobbin, J McGuire, John W Dorsey, Reuben J Dorsey, John R Clark, Edward Thompson, Dorsey Thompson, Drs. Wm E Hodges, T B Owings, Keene, Temply, Henry Hazelhurst, Thomas Clar, Jas. Mackubin, Anthony Kennedy, Jno C White. The remains were placed in the family burying-ground.
  605. Baltimore Sun, P 4, 26 Nov 1880. HOWARD COUNTY AFFAIRS (Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun) Ellicott City, MD, Nov. 25, 1880.
    The funeral of Mr. Reuben M. Dorsey, the last surviving child of Caleb Dorsey, of Thomas, who died in his eight-fourth year, at his late residence, Arcadia, in this county, on the 23d inst., took place to-day from St. John's P. E. Church, Rev Mr Harrison officiating. ... The remains were placed in the family burying-ground.
  606. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Burials. 1880, 25 Nov, Reuben M. Dorsey, by Rev. Hall Harrison, Entered 24 July 1893.
  607. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Reuben M. and Achsah R Dorsey.
  608. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-44. MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Dorsey, Achsah R. M Reuben M. Dorsey
    Remarks: Anne Arundel County; Date of Marriage; 1828, October 25
    Reference: Anne Arundel County Marriage Record 1810-1845, p. 79.
  609. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-44. MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Dorsey, Acsah (?) M Reuben Dorsey
    Remarks: Daughter of Thomas Beale Dorsey, Anne Arundel County, Date on manuscript: 1831
    References: Anne Arundel County Bills of Sale (1829-1837) p. 116.
  610. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-44. MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Dorsey, Reuben M M Achsah R. Dorsey
    Remarks: Anne Arundel County, Date of marriage: 1828, October 25
    Reference: Anne Arundel County Marriage Record 1810-1845, p. 79.
  611. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 129. Achsah Riggs Dorsey, born 1810, married Reuben Meriweather Dorsey.
  612. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms, p 15. 1837, Oct 24, Josephine, Achsah Reubina, Maria Louisa - daughters of R. M. & Achsah Dorsey.
  613. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptims, p 15. 1837, Oct 24, Josephine, Achsah Reubina, Maria Louisa - daughters of R. M. & Achsah Dorsey.
  614. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms, p 16. 1842, Nov 3, Caleb Thomas son of R. M. & Achsah Dorsey.
  615. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Burial. 1879, 17 Sept., Caleb Thomas Dorsey.
  616. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Burials. 1879, 17 Sept., Caleb Thomas Dorsey.
  617. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 65, Dorsey Bible Records. Reuben M Dorsey and Sarah Merriweather - 18 January 1821.
  618. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 143. Caleb Dorsey, son of John Worthington and Comfort (Worthington) Dorsey was born September 7, 1787, at Elk Ridge, Anne Arundel County.
  619. Federal Census, 1850, Kentucky. Caleb Dorsey, 63, farmer, $80,000, b. MD;
    Charles, 23, b. KY;
    Ann, 18, b. KY;
    Caleb, 11, b. KY.
  620. Baltimore Patriot Newspaper, P. 4. Selling farm with father and Charles Fox - see source detail under father - same item.
  621. Federal Census, 1850, Kentucky, 1850, District 1, Jefferson, KY; Roll: M432_205; Page: 220; Image: 440. Caleb Dorsey, 63, farmer, $80,000, b. MD;
    Charles, 23, b. KY;
    Ann, 18, b. KY;
    Caleb, 11, b. KY.
  622. Federal Census, 1860, Kentucky, 1860, 2nd District, Jefferson, KY; Roll: M653_377; Page: 1086; Image: 343. Caleb Dorsey, 73, farmer, $70,000, $39,600, b. MD;
    Joseph Zimmerman, 67, Farm overseer, $250, b. KY.
  623. John Worthington Dorsey Genealogy. Caleb Dorsey and Mary Ann Taylor were married on 13 Mar 1816 in Jefferson Co., KY. Mary ann Taylor (dau of James Taylor and Frances Moore) died before 1850.
  624. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 143. He married March 13, 1816, Mary Ann Taylor, born 1797, the daughter of James and Frances (Moore) Taylor of Orange Co, VA.
  625. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 143. Caleb Dorsey removed to Jefferson County, KY. Mary Ann (Taylor) Dorsey died in 1841.
  626. Haverhill Gazette, P. 2. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE -- On Saturday, 24th ult. er husband was absent at Browsboro' near Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Caleb Dorsey, the wife of one of the wealthiest farmers in the country, eluded the vigilance of her attendants, and shot herself with a rifle, the ball taking effect in her head, and tearing in a shocking manner the lower part of her face, producing almost instant death. Her mind had been unsettled for some time, and she had been carefully watched lest she should commit violence upon herself, but in a momentary suspension of the exceeding care of those attending her, she found means to deprive herself of life in a very speedy but most horrid manner. NY Sun.
  627. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 143. Frances Dorsey, born Aug 5, 1818, died young.
  628. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 143. John Worthington Dorsey, born Oct 24, 1819, died Sept 8, 1839, Jefferson Co, KY.
  629. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 143. James Taylor Dorsey, born Jan 10, 1822, died Nov 27, 1847.
  630. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, 1850; Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; Page: 171; Image: 343.
  631. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-0129, Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey family. Edward W Dorsey b. near Ellicott City, Oct 8, 1793 d. Aug 8, 1858 buried in Pike Co. Mo. near Bowling Green; his wife Eleanor Elizabeth Browne b. Baltimore Feb 2 - 1804 D. Sept 19 - 1892 buried in Stockton, Calif.
  632. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 143. Edward Worthington Dorsey, son of John Worthington and Comfort (Worthington) Dorsey, was born October 3, 1793. He married Eleanor Elizabeth Brown.
  633. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, p 81. Her father, Edward Worthington Dorsey, was born on Mt. Hebron Plantation near Ellicott City, Howard Co., Md., 8 Oct. 1793, died 8 Aug. 1858, and was buried at Forest Level.
  634. Index to the War of 1812 Pension Files, p 606. Dorsey, Edward W, Eleanor Elizabeth (Brown) WC-26058, m. 9 Apr 1822, Baltimore, MD, sd (soldier died) 10 Jul 1858, Pike City, MO, wd (widow died) about 1892, srv (served) R Burgess' Maryland Militia, lived Pike City, MO and widow also lived Stanislaw (sic) and San Joaquin counties, CA.
  635. Maryland Militia, War of 1812,, p. 34. Edward W Dorsey, 20, joined Aug 16, 17, 1813.
  636. Maryland Militia, War of 1812, p. 41. Edward W Dorsey, 32nd Regiment, 4th Cpl.
  637. Pension File, War of 1812, Various pages in package - filed in large file. EWDorsey enlisted in Anne Arundel County, MD and served 30 days in July and August 1814, as Fourth Seargeant in Captain Roderick Burgess' Company of Maryland Militia.

    Application for bounty land warrant, presented before the Probate Court, Bowling Green, Pike, MO and certified by the Judge of the Probate Court, Judge Thomas J C Fagg, 16 Jan 1851. Warrant #31644 issued 3 Dec 1851 for 40 acres.

  638. Pension File, War of 1812.
  639. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 143. Edward Worthington Dorsey served as corporal in Captain Owings' Company, 32d Maryland Regiment, War of 1812.
  640. Federal Census, 1820, Maryland, 1820, Dist 5, Anne Arundel, MD; Robb: M33_41; Page: 351; Image: 176. Edward W Dorsey, 1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45;
    17 slaves: 5 males under 14, 3 males 14-26, 1 male 26-45, 5 females under 14, 1 female 14-26, 2 females 26-45.
  641. Federal Census, 1830, Maryland, 1830 Census Place: District 6, Baltimore, MD; Roll: 55; Page: 181. Edward Dorsey, 2 boys under five, 1 male btw 30 and 40, 1 female betw 5 and 10, one female betw 20 and 30.
  642. County Recorder, Land Records, Pike County, MO, Book D, p 396. Sale of 500 acres of land from John W Gillum and wife Mary Ann to Edward W Dorsey, 2 June 1834, thus adding to the proof of the date of his migration from Maryland.
  643. Baltimore Patriot Newspaper, 18 June 1834, Vol XLII, Issue 320, Page 3. A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE -In virtue of a deed executed to us for that purpose, the subscribers will sell on Monday, the 23d day of June next, at eleven o'clock, AM at public auction on the premises the FARM in the fork of Patapsco Falls, in Baltimore County, whereon Edward W Dorsey (now on a visit to the State of Missouri, whereto he is about to remove) resides. This Farm lies within one hundred yards of Marriottville, on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, about 26 miles from Baltimore, and contains between 490 and 500 ACRES OF LAND: about one half of which is in wood, and the greater portion of that which is cleared is of excellent quality, being grey rock and limestone land and well watered. There are thereon about 20 acres of valuable bottom Meadow, a good Mill Seat and the half of two others, (in the disposition of which, with his ?? , the adjoining proprietor is willing to unite) and several quarries of Limestone of superior quality. The improvements are a convenient NEW STONE DWELLING HOUSE, a Kitchen, Negro Quarter, Barn, Stables, Tobacco House, Ice House, Apple Orchard &c; also, two Lime Kilns, situated about 100 yards from the Rail Road; with the necessary houses for the accommodation of hands engaged in burning lime. The extreme healthiness of this farm, extensive and beautiful prospects, its susceptibility of embellishment and increased fertility, render it a most desirable object to him who seeks a residence in the country. The terms of sale will be modified to suit the purchaser. Persons wishing to view the premises will apply to Mr. Basil Dorsey, who resides on the adjoining farm.

    THOMAS B. DORSEY
    JOHN T W DORSEY

    NB The subscribers would sell this property (if desired) at private sale at any time before the 15th of June next.

  644. Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser, P 3. Same article as found in Baltimore Patriot Newspaper.
  645. Baltimore Patriot Newspaper, 18 June 1834, Vol XLII, Issue 320, Page 3. He advertised for the sale of his property in MD because he had moved out to Missouri (see property fact). Copy of newspaper article in book.
  646. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, MD, p 495. Edward Dorsey, his [Caleb's] brother, married Ellen[sic] Brown (of Moses) and in 1830 removed to St. Louis. His daughters were Mrs. Gilchrist Porter and the wife of Senator Broadhead, of Missouri.
  647. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-129 Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey Family. Col. Edward Worthington Dorsey born near Baltimore Oct 1793 married Eleanor Elizabeth Brown of Baltimore 1822. The moved with their family of children and many slaves to Pike County Mo. 1837 to a large tract of land S-E of Bowling Green on or near the rad between B. G. and Cyrene.
  648. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 169. Susanna, of Moses, was the wife of Elias Browne, the Congressman; Ellen Browne was the wife of Edward Dorsey, brother of Chief Justice Thomas Beale Dorsey. Their daughter, Comfort, married Gilchrist Porter, member of Congress from Missouri; and their daughter, Mary - James A. Broadhead, US Senator and Minister to Switzerland. Ann Browne, of Moses, married Colonel Steele, of Kentucky. Their daughter, Florence, is now the widow of Senator Vance, of North Carolina. Mary Ann Browne, of Moses, - Westley Bennett, whose daughter, Susan Ann - Stephen Thomas, Cockey Browne, father of Ex-Governor Frank Browne. Rebecca Browne, of Moses, - Dr. Benjamin Edmondston, brother of Frank Browne's wife. Theresa Browne, of Moses - Larkin Lawrence. All of these, viz.: Edward Dorsey, Frank Browne, Colonel Steele, Dr. Edmondston, and a number of other relatives, went west in 1831. They formed a great caravan of wagons, with their children, negroes and cattle. Some went to Kentucky, some to Illinois, and others to Missouri, then the far West.
  649. County Recorder, Land Records, Pike County, MO, Book D, p 629. Earliest known purchase of land in Pike County - 18 Nov 1832 - from John Myers and wife.
  650. Bureau of Land Management, Doc #6952. Land Patent issued 15 Feb 1836, for 160 acres: NE quarter of S21 T52N R2W.
  651. Bureau of Land Management, Doc #6954. Land Patent issued 15 Feb 1836, for 160 acres: NE quarter of S21 T52 R2W.
  652. Bureau of Land Management, Doc #6955. Land Patent issued 15 Feb 1836, for 80 acres: east 1/2 of the NW quarter of S32 T52 R2W.
  653. Bureau of Land Management, Doc #6956. Land Patent issued 15 Feb 1836, for 80 acres: west 1/2 of the NE quarter of S32 T52 R2W.
  654. Bureau of Land Management, Doc #6958. Land Patent issued 15 Feb 1836, for 87.28 acres: east 1/2 of the NE quarter of S4 T51 R2W.
  655. Bureau of Land Management, Doc #6957. Land Patent issued 15 Feb 1836, for 80 acres: west 1/2 of the SW quarter of S34 T52 R2W.
  656. Land Patent, Missouri, Doc 6953. Land Patent issued 15 Feb 1836, for 80 acres: W 1/2 SE quarter of S21 T52 R2W.
  657. Land Patent, Missouri, Doc 6959. Land Patent issued 15 Feb 1836, for 80 acres: north 1/2 of the NW quarter of S3 T51 R2W.
  658. County Recorder, Land Records, Pike County, MO, Book F, p 467-468. 123 acres $237 mortgaged to Edward Dorsey from Isaiah Jackson and wife Ann.
  659. Bureau of Land Management, Doc #12281. Land Patent issued 15 Feb 1836, for 107.04 acres: SE quarter of S34 T52 R2W.
  660. Federal Census, 1840, Missouri, , Pike, MO; Roll: 228; Page: 88. Edward Dorsey, 2 males betw 5 and 10, 1 male betw 10 and 15, 1 male betw 20 & 30, 1 male betw 40 & 50; 1 female under 5, 1 female betw 10 and 15, 1 female betw 30 & 40, 1 female betw 60 & 70. One mother was living with them assumedly - since his mother had died in 1837, it may have been Eleanor's mother.
  661. Land Patent, Missouri, Pike, TWP School Land Patent, Vol D, Page 420, reel S187. Pike County, Sale of Township School Land, 40 acres, $75.
  662. Land Patent, Missouri, Pike, WWP Scholl Land Patent, Vol D, Page 419, reel S167. Missouri Land Patent, Sale of Township School Lands, 160 acres at the price of One dollar and twenty five cents per acre.
  663. Deed Books, Pike County, MO, Book 1, pp 631-32. Conveys two slaves in trust to Gilchrist Porter to serve as collateral for loan from Griffiths - purpose for loans unknown.
  664. Federal Census, Slave Schedule, 1850, Missouri, 1850 US Federal Cenusu - Slave Schedules; NARA Roll: M432. Edward W Dorsey lists 10 slaves, 5 males ages 2 - 50 and 5 females ages 14 - 60.
  665. Probate Court Records, Warrant #31644. On January 16, 1851, Edward W Dorsey, then a resident of Pike County, Missouri, applied for the bounty land which was due on account of his service in the War of 1812. He was allowed forty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 31644, under the act of September 28, 1850.
  666. County Recorder, Land Records, Pike County, MO, Book M, p 564.
  667. County Recorder, Land Records, Pike County, MO, Book N, p 260.
  668. County Recorder, Land Records, Pike County, MO, Book N, pp 379-380.
  669. County Recorder, Land Records, Pike County, MO, Book N, pp 604-605.
  670. County Recorder, Land Records, Pike County, MO, Bk N (?) page 368. Sale 5th day of January 1854, Benjamin H Crow, John B Crow and Isaac T Crow sold a total of 200 acres for $800 located in Township 52, Range 2W - recorded 1 Sept 1856.
  671. Probate Court Records, Warrant #55142. On April 13, 1955. this soldier applied for the additional bounty land which was due on account of his service in the War of 1812. He was then residing in Pike County, Missouri, and was aged sixty-one years. He was granted one hundred and twenty acres of bounty land under Warrant No. 55142, under the Act of March 3, 1855. He signed Edward W Dorsey.
  672. Pension File, War of 1812, Deposition in the effort to get the widow's pension. James O Broadhead, visiting in California, and Caleb Dorsey, residing in Stanislaus County, CA deposed attest that Edward W Dorsey "died in the County of Pike, State of Missouri, on the 10th day of July 1858" and that they attended the funeral of the deceased.
  673. Probate Court Records, Copied by Harriet Worrell, PCGS, June 2009, Book 5, pp 66, 67. July 17, 1858: "I, Ellenor E Dorsey of said County, the widow of Edward W Dorsey dec'd hereby relinquish my rights to administer on the estate of my said dec'd husband in favor of my [?] Caleb Dorsey and my son in law James O. Broadhead. Under my had this 17th day of July, 1858, Eleanor E Dorsey. Filed for record July 19, 1858

    Know all men by these presents that we, James O Broadhead and Caleb Dorsey as principal and ------as [clearly word or words concerning a bond] securities are held and firmly bound unto the State of Missouri in the sum seventy five thousand dollars for the true payment of which we hereby bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, witness of hand and seals this 19th day of July AD 1858. The condition of this bond is that if James O Broadhead and Caleb Dorsey, administrators of the Estate of Edward W Dorsey, deceased shall faithfully administer said Estate, account for, pay and deliver all money, property of said estate and perform all other things touching said administration required by law or the order of any court having jurisdiction then the above bond to be void, otherwise to remain in full force. Jas. O Broadhead, Caleb Dorsey, Aaron McPike, Joseph Roants, William Bankhead.


    James O Braodhead and Caleb Dorsey on their oaths state that Edward W Dorsey, late of Pike County, Missouri has died leaving the following named heirs and representatives to wit: Eleanor E Dorsey, his widow and the following children to wit: Comfort W Porter of Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri and wife of Gilchrist Porter, John W Dorsey and Thomas B Dorsey of the state of California, Mary L Broadhead, wife of Jas O Broadhead, Caleb Dorsey, Annie Dorsey, Susan Dorsey and Edna(sic) Dorsey of Pike County, Missouri, the last three of whom are minors under the age of twenty one years, that the deceased died without a will and that they will make a perfect inventory of and faithfully administer all the estate of the deceased and pay the debts as far as the assets will extend and the same direct and account for and pay all assets which shall come to their possession or knowledge belonging to said estate. Jas. O. Broadhead, Caleb Dorsey. Filed for record July the 19th, 1858.

  674. Probate Court Records, Pike Co, MO, Book B, p 511, Friday, Dec 17, 1858. On an --- of James O Broadhead and Caleb Dorsey, administrators of the Estate of Edward W Dorsey, deceased, it is ordered that they sell the cattle collected since public sale at a private sale at the best terms they can make, report of their sales under this order to this Court.
  675. Probate Court Records, Pike Co, MO; Book C, p 243, Tuesday, June 5, 1860. Now on this day come James O Broadhead and Caleb Dorsey administrators of the Estate of Edward W Dorsey, deceased and on their motion the Court proceeds to make a settlement of their account with said Estate and on said settlement they are found to be indebted to said Estate in the sum of Forty six and 95/100 dollars.
  676. Probate Court Records, Pike Co, MO; Friday, April 10, 1863. James O Broadhead, administrator of the estate of Edward W Dorsey, deceased, comes and makes a report of the sale of the Real Estate belonging to said deceased, made by him, the pursuance order of this Court on the 2nd day of February 1863 and said report being examined by the Court, the same is approved and filed and it ------ That the said Broadhead, Administrator as aforesaid became the purchaser of a tract of said Real Estate as set forth in said report. It is ordered that the Clerk of this Court execute and deliver to the said James O Broadhead a good and sufficient ----- to such of said Real Estate as it appears from said report he was the purchaser, thereof conveying to said Broadhead all the rights and title of the deceased in and to said real estate as fully as he is by law authorized to do.
  677. Probate Court Records, Pike Co, MO, Monday, April 13, 1863, Book D, p 289. James O Broadhead, Administrator
    Of the Estate of Edward W Dorsey, deceased
    VS
    Eleanor Dorsey, Defendant
    Petition for assignment
    Dower
    Now at this day comes Joseph Roberts, Benjamin F Jacobs and Lafayette Tinsley, Commissioners appointed at the August term 1862 of this Court to admeasure and layoff the dower of said Eleanor Dorsey in the real estate of the Estate of Edward W Dorsey, deceased and file there report which as follows, viz: In pursuance of said order of Court we proceed to view and admeasure said real estate described in said order and found that the several parcels of said land belonging to said estate contains in the aggregate the quantity of two thousand five hundred twelve and 26/100 acres and having estimated the value per acre of each separate parcel including including one tract of eighty seven and 25/100 situated in Lincoln County, Missouri, being the east half of the NE gr. of Sec 34 T52 R2 west containing one hundred sixty acres also Sec. 28 in T52 R2W, also the SW gr of the SE gr Sec 21, T52 R2 west, containing in all the quantity of eight forty acres and being the one third of the whole of the real estate described in said order of Court and belonging to the Estate of Edward W Dorsey, deceased, the quantity and quality thereof being duly considered and said report is approved by the Court and it is ordered -- Adjourned and --- That said Eleanor E Dorsey, widow as aforesaid be and she is hereby endorsed of said lands above described for and during her natural life as her dower in the estate of said deceased.
  678. Pension File, War of 1812. Edward W Dorsey died intestate - the probate court appointed his son-in-law James O Broadhead and son Caleb Dorsey as administrators on 19 Jul 1858. Final distribution/accounting by James O Broadhead settled 7 Dec 1868.
  679. Probate Court Records, Pike County, MO - Book F, Page 1, Monday, Dec 7, 1868. Now on this day comes James O Broadhead, administrator of the Estate of Edward W. Dorsey, deceased and shows to the court that he has given due notice of his intentions to make final settlement of his accounts with said Estate by publication in the Louisiana Journal, a public newspaper published in this county whereupon the court proceeds to make said final sttlement and it is found that there is a balance due said administrator, the sum of three thousand eight hundred eighty three and 25/100 dollars and said settlement is approved.
  680. Pension File, War of 1812. New letters of administration are recorded to Lev Lawrence on 17 July 1905, because the final settlement was incomplete. Mr. Lawrence is signed on to obtain the copy of bounty land warrant 55142 for 120 acres lost in a baggage car fire in Colorado.
  681. Eleanor Young Cruikshank Raines, DAR Application of Eleanor Young Cruikshank Raines.
  682. Pension File, War of 1812, File Cover sheet - various other documents in file regarding application of widow. Marriage 9 Apr 1822, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD by Rev Austin - certified by the Rev Wim F Lockwood, 65, Baltimore County, MD, pastor of St Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church, Gamson Forest, Baltimore, MD from the records of the church.
  683. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-129, Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey Family. Copied from Dorsey Bible; The following are names and ages of the sons and daughters of Edward W Dorsey and Eleanor his wife who were married by the Rev. Person Austin April 9 - 1822.
  684. Marriage Record, Maryland State Archives, MSA C376-4, No. 649, Baltimore County Court, p 232. 1822, 8 April No 649 Male: Edward W Dorsey; Female: Eleanor E Brown, minister: Austen.
  685. Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970, Indexing Project #M00929-2; Origin: Maryland-EASy; Film #: 13693; Ref#: p. 232 l 649. Groom's Name: Edward W Dorsey; Bride's Name: Eleanor E Brown; Marriage Date: 08 Apr 1822; Marriage Place: Baltimore, Maryland.
  686. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; Page: 171; Image: 343. Edward Worthington Dorsey, aged 56, farmer, value of real estate, $10,300, born in MD;
    Eleanor E, wife, b. MD;
    John 23, to the mines, b. MD;
    Thomas, 19 to the mines, b. MD;
    Caleb 16, farmer, b. MO;
    Ann, 10, b. MO;
    Susan, 6, b. MO;
    Edward A, 4, b. MO.
  687. Ancestry.com, One World Tree - unsourced.
  688. Descendants of Rev Robert Browne. Eleanor Elizabeth (1804-1892).
  689. Federal Census, 1860, Missouri, Bowling Green, Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M653_639; Page: 0; Image: 164. T B Dorsey, 29, farmer, $25,000, $10,000, b. MD
    Caleb, 27, farmer, b. MD;
    Eleanor, 57, b. MD;
    Annie, 21, b. MO;
    Susan 15, b. MO
    Edwa 13.
  690. Federal Census, 1870, California, Emory, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: M593_92; Page: 16; Image: 34. Caleb 32, farmer, $25,000, $15,000,b. MD
    Thomas B Dorsey age 38, farm laborer, b. MD
    John W 40, farm labor, b. MD
    Eleanor, 65, keeping house, b. MD
    Annie 30, b. MO
    Luda 26, b. MO
    Adnella 23, b. MO
    (Sisters named Anne, Lou Eleanor, and Edwa)
    All together now in California, not Missouri. Value of head of household (Caleb) $25000, personal $15,000).
  691. Pension File, War of 1812, Front page of pension package. Lived in Oakdale with son Thomas Beall Dorsey, and daughters, Anne B and Edwa.
  692. Maryland Militia, War of 1812, p. 80. Edward W Dorsey/WO - 36570/WC 26058/50-40-31644/55-120-55142/Sgt/Capt R Burgess/he res 1805, 1855 Pike Co Mo/Wid Eleanor Dorsey res 1879 Oakdale, Stanislaus Co, Cal, 1887 Stockton, San Joaquin Co, Cal; her fn was Eleanor Elizabeth Brown; she m Edward W Dorsey Balt 9 Apr 1822; he d 10 Jul 1858 in Pike Co, Mo; she d about 1892.
  693. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, St Louis, St Louis, MO; Roll: T9_724; Family History Film: 1254724; Page: 290.3000; Enumeration District: 146; Image: 0525. James O Broadhead, 59, Lawyer, born in Virginia, both parents from Virginia;
    Mary S, 54, wife, keeping house, b. MD, both parents b. MD;
    Charles S, 27, son, lawyer, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD;
    Nannie D 15, daughter, at school, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD;
    E E Dorsey, 76, mother-in-law, b. MD, both parents b. MD;
    Three servants - one Prussian, two Irish.
  694. City Directory, City & County Directory of San Joaquin, etc, LM McKenney San Francisco, 1881 p. 108. DORSEY, Mrs. E E (Widow), res NE cor American & Lindsay.
  695. Land Patent, Texas, File #2317; Patent #175. Grantee: EE Dorsey
    Patentee: EE Dorsey
    Patent Date: 9 Mar 1883
    Acres: 160
    District: Bexar; Travis
    County: Taylor
    File: 2317
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: NW 1/4 37
    Patent #: 175
    Patent Volume: 1
    Class: Lun Asy.
  696. City Directory, Stockton City, San Joaquin and other counties, LM McKenney & Co, SF, 1884, p. 112. DORSEY E E Mrs res 313 Lindsay [living with Walter Ross Langdon and J D Young].
  697. Pension File, War of 1812, Front page of pension package.
  698. City Directory, Dir of Stockton, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Merced Cos, FM Husted Pub, SF, 1891, p. 114. DORSEY, E E Mrs res 85 El Dorado.
  699. Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, Lot 26 Block 20.
  700. Old Cemeteries of San Joaquin County, Vol II, p 54. Eleanor Dorsey, buried 19 Sept 1892 aged 88.
  701. Death Certificate, #97 San Joaquin County, CA Stockton June 4, 1893. John Worthington Dorsey, aged 66 yrs 10 mos 17 ds at death on 4 June 1893.
  702. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-129 Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey Family. John W Dorsey July 17 - 1827 (unmarried).
  703. Federal Census, 1850, California, , Trinity, CA; Roll: M432_36; Page: 76; Image: 160. John W Dorsey, age 24, born abat 1826 in MD, occupation miner. Census taken July & Aug 1851.
  704. Federal Census, 1850, California, 1850, Above Sacramento City on the River, Sacramento, CA; Roll: M432_35; Page: 202; Image: 395. J W Dorsey, 23, laborer, b. MD - Census taken 29 Nov 1850.
  705. Pioneer Registry, Native Daughters of the Golden West, 5-357. John Worthington Dorsey was born in Pike Co (?) MO in 1825 (?) arrived in California in Septmeber 1850 overland from MO. He resided in Sonora, Chinese Camp, Virginia City, NV and Oakdale, CA. He became a farmer. He was the son of Edward Worthington Dorsey, and died July 1892 and was buried in Stockton, CA.
  706. Sonora Pass Emigrants/Tuolumne Co CA Pioneers. Walker River Trail Emigrants: John Worthington Dorsey, 1854, Pike Co., Missouri
    Thomas Beale Dorsey, 1854, Pike Co., Missouri.
  707. The Saga of Old Tuolumne, p. 205. On September 20th, a large ox-train came rumbling down the Sonora-Mona road. The John W. Dorsey train, it had started from Louisiana, Missouri, the previous March. John Franklin Stewart, aged fifteen, alighted from one of the wagons for the purpose of becoming a permanent citizen of Sonora.
  708. Land Records, Tuolumne Co, CA, Book A, Volume 1, page 112.
  709. Annals of Stanislaus County, p 138. The Bensons, Edward S. and John, and the other partner in the townsite venture, J S Byers, seem to have clung to their belief that the town would revive, or they may have file preemption claims in order to enable them to transfer the property. At any rate, the two Bensons and Byers filed claims in Sonora on 160 acres each on August 13, 1852. Then on the 31st of the same month Edward Benson quitclaimed 0 acres on the north bank if the Tuolumne River, mentioned as "being a portion of the site of the late Crescent City." This quitclaim was in favor of Jackson I Wright. Then Byers and John Benson conveyed their titles to Edward S Benson. On the same day John Benson, acting attorney for Edward Benson, deeded what was called the "lower" claim of 160 acres on the north side of the river, or a portion "of the site of the late Crescent City" to John W. Dorsey. From this point on the titles and claims of the former site of Crescent City seem to become a bit involved, which of course was not at all unusual in the early days of our country's settlement. On October 22, 1852, Isaac Ripperdan filed a preemption claim on "the upper claim of the late Crescent City." This, too, is noted as being on the north bank of the river, about one mile below Empire City. Then comes John A. Worthington, who on November 7, 1853, filed his claim for "the Crescent City bottom," between John Dorsey and Ripperdan. Worthington and Ripperdan seem not to have perfected their claims to the Crescent City land, or they may have conceded the priority of the Benson and Dorsey claims. On January 2, 1855, John Adams bought the three claims of 160 acres each from Jackson L Wright, John W Dorsey, and Thomas B Dorsey for $1,500. Thte first tract of 160 acres, of which Wright was the grantor, is described as being on the north bank of the Tuolumne River, and as being a portion of the site "of the late Crescent City." The second tract, from John W Dorsey, was described as the "lower claim," and the third tract, from Thomas B. Dorsey, was described as the 160 acres adjacent to the second tract. This title seems to have held up and John and Lura Ann Adams, his wife secured patents to the land both from the federal government for the uplands and from the state for the swamp and overflowed lands on the river bottom. The site of this town that died almost before it was born can be easily identified today. Where today's Mitchell Road crosses the Tuolumne River marks the westerly boundary of the three land preemption claims included in the original townsite. Ont the 1854 map of the land office, made when the area was sectionized. Dorsey's house is noted on the north bank of the river at a point about midway between Hughson and Garner roads, if they were extended south to the river, and slightly less than three-fourths of a mile above the Mitchell Road bridge.
  710. The Saga of Old Tuolumne, p 205. On September 20th, a large ox-train came rumbling down the Sonora-Mona road. The John W. Dorsey train, it had started from Louisiana, Missouri, the previous March. John Franklin Stewart, aged fifteen, alighted from one of the wagons for the purpose of becoming a permanent citizen of Sonora.
  711. Tuolumne County Records, Book A, Vol 8, p 720.
  712. Federal Census, 1860, California, Township 5, Tuolumne, CA; Roll: M653_71; Page: 489; Image: 492. John W Dorsey, age 30, occupation drover, real estate $4,000, personal $6,000.
  713. Stockton Daily Independent, Tuesday morning, June 6, 1893. John W Dorsey, white, aged 66 yrs 10 mos 17 ds, b. MD, Died 4 June, 1893 at 313 Lindsay St, Stockton.
    Physician's Certificate: I certify that I am a Graduate in Medicine of the College of Jefferson Phila and that I have attended the above described decedent from Aug 1892 to June 4, 1893, also that the cause of death was primarily dilation of the heart. W. R. Langdon, MD.
  714. Court Records - Tuolumne County, 1861. John W Dorsey vs. H P Gould - judgment for Dorsey for payment of debt of $4,092 for money loan and stock.
  715. Court Records - Tuolumne County, Archive 2638. John W Dorsey and partner Abraham Halsey - doing business as Dorsey & Halsey - sue for payment of debt - judgment for plaintiffs.
  716. Federal Census, 1870, California, Emory, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: M593_92; Page: 16; Image: 34. Thomas B Dorsey age 38, farm laborer, living with brothers John W 40, Caleb 32, mother Eleanor all born in Maryland, and sisters Annie 30, Luda 26, Adnella 23 all born in Missouri. (Sisters named Anne, Susan and Edwa) All together now in California, not Missouri. Value of head of household (Caleb) $25000, personal $15,000).
  717. Federal Census, 1880, California, 1880; Camp Washington, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: T9_84; Family History Film: 1254084; Page: 354.2000. Caleb Dorsey, 44, farmer & stock raiser, b. MD, both parents b. MD
    John W Dorsey, 50, brother, farmer & stock raiser, b. MD, both parents b. MD
    Nine hired hands and one Chinese servant also listed at their residence.
  718. City Directory, City & County Directory of San Joaquin, etc, LM McKenney San Francisco, 1881 p. 439. DORSEY John W, farmer.
  719. Tuolumne Independent, 4 Apr 1885, p 1. Mrs. Dr. Langdon, of Stockton, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dorsey, of Oakdale, late of Texas, Col. Caleb Dorsey and Mr. John Dorsey of Stanislaus, relatives of the late Caleb Dorsey, returned to their respective homes on Wednesday.
  720. Land Records, Stanislaus County, CA, Vol 34, p 360. On 4 Dec 1885, Caleb Dorsey sold his brother John W Dorsey an undivided one third interest in his ranching operation.
  721. Land Records, Stanislaus County, CA, Vol 31, p 441. 18 Jan 1886 Thomas B Dorsey sold his "all of a one third (1/3) undivided interest in the following described real estate, lying and being situated in the above (Stanislaus) county and state being the fifteenth (15th), sixteenth (16th) twenty-first (21st), twenty-second (22nd), and twenty-eighth (28th) Sections, and the west one half (1/2) of Section twenty-three (23) and the south one-half (1/2) of the NW quarter (1/4) of Sec 35, and the SW quarter (1/4) of Sec 35 all in the Township One (1) South Range No Ten 60 East Mt Diablo Base and Meridian etc etc.
  722. Land Records, Stanislaus County, CA, Vol 41, p 418. On 11 Sept 1886, John W. Dorsey sold Emmaline Fannie Dorsey all of a one third (1/3) undivided interest in property for $5 gold coin.
  723. The California 1890 Great Register of Voters Index, Vol I, p 710. John Worthington Dorsey, 59, b. MD, res Oakdale, Stanislaus, reg date 14 May 1888, p 10.
  724. Land Patent, Texas, File #2202, Patent #183. Grantee: J W Dorsey
    Patentee: J W Dorsey
    Date: 24 Feb 1890
    160 Acres, Bexar;Travis District, Taylor County
    File #2205
    Survey: SE 1/4 24
    Patent #183
    Patent Vol 2
    Class: Lun Asy.
  725. City Directory, Dir of Stockton, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Merced Cos, FM Husted Pub, SF, 1891, p. 417. OAKDALE, STANISLAUS: DORSEY, John W, farmer.
  726. Land Records, Tuolumne Co, CA, Book 1, volume 9, p 120. JOHN DOREY et al WATER RIGHT & MILL SITE

    Notice of Location of Mill Site & Water Right: Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern, That we the undersigned citizens of the United States of America, over the age of Twenty one, have this day located under the laws of the United States Fifteen hundred (1500) inches of water flowing in Knights Creek in the County of Tuolumne State of California to be taken out on the north side of said creek at a certain ditch constructed to take the same. Also three (3) acres of ground at the terminus of said ditch to be used as a Mill Site to have and to hold the same Dated this 22nd day of October 1891. Signed John Dorsey, Adam Elliot, J W Foster. Recorded at the Request of J W Foster Nov 14th 1891 at 10 min past 9 oclock AM. L P Cannon, County Recorder.

  727. City Directory, Oakdale, Stanislaus, CA, 1893, p 417. Dorsey John W, farmer.
  728. Land Records, Stanislaus County, CA, Vol 54, p 206. On 24 Jan 1893, John W Dorsey purchased a 1/3 partnership in some property from Caleb Dorsey for $1 gold coin.
  729. Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.
  730. Pioneer Registry, Native Daughters of the Golden West, 5-357. John Worthington Dorsey died July 1892 and is buried in Stockton, CA.
  731. Death Certificate, #97 San Joaquin County, CA Stockton June 4, 1893. John W Dorsey, white, aged 66 yrs 10 mos 17 ds, b. MD, Died 4 June, 1893 at 313 Lindsay St, Stockton.
    Physician's Certificate: I certify that I am a Graduate in Medicine of the College of Jefferson Phila and that I have attended the above described decedent from Aug 1892 to June 4, 1893, also that the cause of death was primarily dilation of the heart. W. R. Langdon, MD.
  732. Stockton Daily Independent, Tuesday, 6 June 1893. JOHN W DORSEY DEAD; John W. Dorsey died in this city at 4 o'clock Sunday morning at the residence of his brother-in-law, Dr. W. R. Langdon. His sisters, brother and other relatives were present. Mr. Dorsey was born July 17, 1827, in Maryland, came to Missouri in 1834 and California in 1850. From 1860 to 1866 he resided in Nevada, but the rest of the time in California, lately in Stanislaus, near Oakdale, with his brother, Caleb Dorsey. He was a man who had many friends and was generally respected.
  733. Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, Block 20, Lot 26.
  734. Old Cemeteries of San Joaquin County, Vol II, p 54. J W Dorsey, buried 4 June 1893 aged 65.
  735. Court Records - San Joaquin County.
  736. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Holt Atherton Collection, UofP Libraries, Eleanor Young papers. John Worthington Dorsey became blind before his death.
  737. Tuolumne County Records, Bk A, Vol 8, p 720 Tuolumne County Deeds. Purchased from public sale of property from the estate of Hiram Garrett by his wife, the administratrix of the estate.
  738. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-129 Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey Family. Dorsey Family Bible: Edward W Dorsey June 15, 1829 (unmarried).
  739. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri. He does not appear in the 1850 census - or any other documents.
  740. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Holt Atherton Collection, UofP Libraries, Eleanor Young papers. Edward Worthington Dorsey, b. 6-15-1829, Md.; d. 8-27-1835, Md.
  741. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, footnote.com. Please return
    War Department
    War Records Office.
    Washington

    Hon Champ Clark Apl 26th/94
    House of Representatives
    Dr Sir

    Can you furnish
    Me with the full name of
    Col -------- Dorsey
    Of the Missouri State Guard, & afterwards with Genl S. Price
    In Confederate Service

    & Oblige
    Yours truly
    Jos Darr


    Caleb W. Dorsey is the name you want.

    Your, Champ Clark.

  742. Oakdale Leader, p 6, May 26, 1971, Centennial Edition. "Colonel" Caleb Dorsey joined his brothers, Thomas B. Dorsey and John W. Dorsey in their ranching enterprises in Stanislaus county shortly after the Civil War was over. Caleb was known as "Colonel" because he fought with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
    Col. Caleb Dorsey, according to Tinkham's "History of Stanislaus County" was shot and killed May 28, 1885 in Sonora, by his partner over land trouble. In addition to being the Stanislaus County Supervisor and chairman of that body during the year when Oakdale became a town, 1870-71, "Col." Dorsey was also a member of the California State Assembly, 1877-78. After serving on the board of supervisors he established himself in Modesto and was president of the Modesto Bank in the early 1880's, at the same time his brother Thomas was president of the Oakdale Bank, both brothers ranking high as financiers and community leaders.
    The Dorsey family's original interest in the Oakdale area was the Dorsey ranch immediately across the Stanislaus River from Oakdale and east of 26 Mile Road. The ranch consisted of 1200 acres and was procured by the Dorsey family about 1865.
  743. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, (Roll: M432_409; Page: 219; Image: 438.). states he was born in Missouri - but every other census report I have lists him as having been born in Maryland - including his death as reported in the San Joaquin death register.
  744. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, 1850, Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; Page: 171; Image: 343. Caleb, age 16, born Missouri.
  745. Memorial & Biographical History of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, p 367. He is a native of Maryland, and dates his birht near the city of Baltimore, September 7, 1833, his parents being Edward W and Elinor (Brown) Dorsey.
  746. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-129 Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey Family. Dorsey Family Bible: Caleb Dorsey, Sept 7 - 1833 (unmarried).
  747. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, 1850, Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; Page: 171; Image: 343. Edward Worthington Dorsey, aged 56, farmer, value of real estate, $10,300, born in MD;
    Eleanor E, wife, b. MD;
    John 23, to the mines, b. MD;
    Thomas, 19 to the mines, b. MD;
    Caleb 16, farmer, b. MO;
    Ann, 10, b. MO;
    Susan, 6, b. MO;
    Edward A, 4, b. MO.
  748. Federal Census, 1860, Missouri, 1860, Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M653_639; Page: 0; Image: 164. T B Dorsey, age 29, Farmer, $25,000, $10,000, b. MD;
    C [Caleb], 27, farmer, b. MD;
    Eleanor, 57, dame, b. MD;
    Annie, 21, dame, b. MO;
    Susan 15, b. MO;
    Edwa 13, b. MO.
  749. County Recorder, Land Records, Pike County, MO, Pike Co, MO, Deed Book X, page 49-50. Caleb Dorsey relinquishes his interest in the estate of his father, Edward W Dorsey, for the sum of $3,000, to his brother Thomas Beale Dorsey.
  750. Soldier's Database: War of 1812 - World War I, Office of the Adjutant General, Index of service records, Confederate, 1861-1865, Box 99, Reel s730. Caleb Dorsey (Pike County), Colonel, Civil War, Confederate, Fought at Mt Zion Church, Dec 28, 1861, Mentioned in History of St Charles County MO 1885. Also see records at State Historical Society.
  751. The American Civil War, http://www.mycivilwar.com/battles/611228.htm. The Battle of Mount Zion Church, December 28, 1861 in Mount Zion Church, Missouri
    Brig. Gen. Benjamin M Prentiss led a Union force of 5 mounted companies and 2 companies of Birge's sharpshooters into Boone County to protect the North Missouri Railroad and overawe secessionist sentiment there. After arriving in Sturgeon on December 26, Prentiss learned of a band of Confederates near Hallsville.
    On the 27th, Prentiss sent on troop of cavalry to locate a concentration of Confederates near Hallsville and fining none in Hallsville, thy proceeded about 2 miles beyond their advance guard and encountered Col. Caleb Dorsey's men about 1/3 a mile northeast of Mount Zion Church and fired upon them, and then fell back. Dorsey pursued them and 3 miles from the church overtook and fired upon them. A 10-minute skirmish ensued. By 6:00 PM the rest of Howland's men had returned to Sturgeon.
    The next morning at 2:00 AM, Prentiss set out with his entire force to meet Dorsey's Confederates in the brush about 100 yards east of the Mount Zion Church. He routed one company of Confederates on the road from Hallsville to Mount Zion and larned that the rest of the force was at Mount Zion Church. Prentiss headed for the church. The Federals made 3 charges and during the third charge, the ammunition in Dorsey's command became exhausted. Dorsey then fell back to his wagons. The battle closed about 11:00 AM.
    The Confederates retreated, leaving their killed and wounded on the battlefield and abandoning many animals, weapons, and supplies. A few days after the fight, an arrangement was effected for the exchange of the prisoners. After leaving Mt. Zion Church, Dorsey made his way westward into Perche township and went into camp near Everett. He remained there a day or two and then pursuant to orders from Gen. Price, ordered his command to "scatter." This action and others curtailed Rebel recruiting activities in Central Missouri.
  752. The War of the Rebellion, Vol VIII, p 42-43. Report of Brig Gen Benjamin M Prentiss, USA concerning the Skirmish near Hallsville, Mo. and action at Mount Zion Church, Mo.
  753. Confederate Veteran, Vol XVIII, No 3, March 1910 -. M A Ayres; Manlius A Ayres was born near Sedalia, Mo., on Nov 9, 1847; and died in Sedalia Aug 1, 1909. His service as a Confederate soldier dates from Aug 1862 when not yet fifteen years of age. He went with eight others in September following to Carrollton, Ark., where he joined Cap. William Barry's company of Missouri cavalry, at that time actin as escort for Gen. M M Parsons. He served with this company on scout and picket duty, and with Dorsey's Squadron of Missouri Cavalry in West Arkansas and the Indian Territory until August 6, 1863. Discharged on account of extreme youth, he could not secure the written consent of his widowned mother, as required by the Confederate War Department; so he went to Little Rock and managed to get into the 28th Louisiana Infantry...
  754. The War of the Rebellion, Vol XIII, p 51. ...Col Birge, I understand, went to Renick, and not finding the enemy, returned to Sturgeon the same day. Lt Col Shaffer reached Fayette late the night of the 6th, and there found a large cavalry force, consisting of detachments from the First Missouri Cavalry, under command of Major Hubbard, First Iowa Cavalry, under Major Torrence, and Merrill's Horse, under Major Hunt. He then learned during the night that the enemy, variously estimated at from 1,300 to 2,500, were encamped on Smith's farm, about 5 miles from Roanoke. At the same time he received information that the remains of the command of Colonel Dorsey, which had been engaged in the Mount Zion fight, was then marching to attack me at Columbia. I had only part of one company left when Colonel Shaffer left me, and he knew that part of that would be sent to Jefferson City to escort the provision train. Early next morning he sent the command of Major Hubbard, which he had found at Fayette, re-enforced by one company of his own command, to find the enemy's camp, and returned at once to Columbia with the rest of his command...
  755. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Series M322 Compiles Service Records of Missouri Confederate Soldiers.footnote. Com/image/193266503 and 505 25 July 2009.footnote. Com/image/193266503 and 505 25 July 2009. CALEB DORSEY RECORD

    Caleb Dorsey appears to have been in command at various times of service different bodies of men who were raised in Mo. for the Confed. service.
    He was paid for services as Capt of Cav. Mo. ?? from June 27/61 to Dec 27, 1861 as Col. Of Inf. From the latter date.
    He was captured while rectg [recruiting] near the Osage River Feb 15, 1862 & was imprisoned at Alton, Ill. Camp ??? Ohio & Ft Warren Mass. And was delivered to the confed August at ??? ??? Va. Aug 5, 1862 exchange at which time his age was stated as 28 yrs. Height 6 feet.
    Subsequently he is mentioned as Capt. As Maj. & as Col. In Command of Troops and on Aug 20, 1864 he was authorized to recruit a regt. of Cav. For Shelby a Brig. CSA.
    He appears in Nov 1864 to have been in command of a body of Confed. Troops in Mo.
    No later rec. found.

  756. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration. Caleb Dorsey Appears on a List of Prisoners of War on parole in the City of Alton, sent to Columbus, OH per letter of instructions from Dept. Headquarters, dated February 28, 1862.
    Remarks: Reported at Alton 21st February 1862

    32, 66. Blue, gray Blackwater Johnson Co., Miss. Accounting Officer.

  757. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Series M322 Compiles Service Records of Missouri Confederate Soldiers. HEAD QUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI
    St. Lous March 3 1862

    Maj Gen E Halleck

    D Sir
    Learning that you have extended the parol of Genl Price and other officers of the Rebel Army lately taken prisoners - I am induced to ask that you will extend the parol of Col. Caleb Dorsey who is a brother of my wife - so as to enable him to go to Pike County Missouri where his mother resides and where his home is - I am not authorized to say that he is disposed to abandon the position which he has heretofore affirmed - but I think that the influences that would surround him on his return home would most probably induce him to change - but this I can pledge myself to that he would do nothing whilst on parol inconsistent with strict propriety of conduct as a prisoner of war parolee upon his honor -
    Respectfully your
    Jas. O Broadhead
    P.S. - He is not at Alton

    Comment on cover of letter "Make that the parole of Col. Caleb Dorsey may extended to allow him to go to Pike Co. Mo.".

  758. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration. Caleb Dorsey, Col., MSG
    Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War
    at Alton, Illinois.
    Roll dated July ---, 1862
    Where captured: near Osage River
    When captured: Feb. 15, 186--
    Remarkes: Sent to Columbus, Ohio, 4th March.
  759. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Series M322 Compiles Service Records of Missouri Confederate Soldiers. Detail text:
    C. Dorsey, Col., 1 Regt MSG

    Appears on a record of PRISONERS OF WAR at Fort Warren, Mass.

    Age 28 ; height 6 feet inches
    Eyes Gray ; hair Dark
    When received April 9 186 2
    Where taken Fort Donalson
    Remarks: Released July 31, 1862 to be exchanged.

  760. John R Towers Autographs, p. 14. Caleb Dorsey
    Col. Reg. Recruits
    2nd Div. M.S.G.
    Bowling Green Pike County Missouri
    Fort Warren, July 21st, 1862.
  761. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Series M322 Compiles Service Records of Missouri Confederate Soldiers. Fort Warren, Mass. Register No 1, page 72
    (Confederate)
    C. Dorsey Col/ Regt M SG
    Appears on a record of
    Prisoners of War
    at Fort Warren, Mas.
    Age: 28; height: 6 feet, ---- inches;
    Eyes: Gray; hair: Dark;
    When received: April 9, 1862;
    Where taken: Fort Donelson;
    Remarks: Released July 31, 1862 to be exchanged.
  762. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Ancestry.com - Roll of Prisoners of War - Military Prison, Alton, IL. Dorsey, Caleb, Colonel, MSG (Missouri State Guard), captured near the Osage River on 15 Feb 1862, Exchanged May 17.
  763. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Civil War Records, receipt for funds paid. Page 1: To: Dr. Caleb Dorsey, Col. Mo. Vols.; Contingent Services of the War Dept, To Bal. due Officer: $500.00 From: Treasury Department, Comptroller's office, August 11, 1862 signed D. Louis Dalton
    Page 2: In Account with the Confederate States Cr.
    By General account money advanced for amt advanced to him for services as Colonel Mo. State Guard under joint Resolution No. 5 approved March 25, 1862 per decision of Secretary of War filed herewith. Treasury Department, CS 2nd Auditor's Office, August 11, 1862, Stated by Jon J Wright, Acct.
  764. The War of the Rebellion, Vol XIII, p 323. General: I have th honor to report that on the evening of the 20th instant I received information of a party of rebels moving up the Niangua Creek, making toward a point 8 miles east of this post, and en route to join the rebel forces in the southwestern portion of this State. I immediately took 105 men of the Tenth Illinois Cavalry and started at 5 pm to intercept them. I came on their pickets about 8:30 o'clock and drove them in, and attacked the main force about 300 strong, killing 4 of them on the ground, wounding a good many, as I afterward understood, and capturing 27 prisoners. Among them was one captain named William H Todd, who informs me that Colonel Dorsey was in command...
  765. The War of the Rebellion, Vol X, Chapter 7. The land and naval forces on the Mississippi burned Mound City, Ark., on the 15th of January. On the 24th a scouting party from Fayetteville crossed the Boston mountains, and going down Frog bayou, entered Van Buren and captured the steamboat Julia Roane, with about 250 Confederates from the hospital, who were paroled, being sick; the steamer, which was only a hospital, being allowed to proceed.

    February 2d, Maj. Caleb Dorsey, with his squadron of Confederate cavalry, was escorting the steamboat Julia Roane down the Arkansas river, when at White Oak, seven miles west of Ozark, he was attacked by a band of Arkansas Federal, under Captain Galloway. Dorsey, with his confederates, charged and routed them, killing horses and wounding several of the enemy, who retreated to Frog bayou. On February 3d, Capt Peter Mankins, with a portion of his company, was surrounded in a house on Mulberry by a scouting party under Captain Travis, which Mankins repulsed, killing two men of the Tenth Illinois and wounding others.

  766. The War of the Rebellion, Vol XXII, p 311. Col Lee L Thomson, with his regiment, and Caleb Dorsey, with his squadron, under Colonel Scott, made a dashing charge and drove the enemy to their pits and to the houses, where they rallied and poured in a dreadful fire with their long-range guns...Colonels Scott, Noble, Thomson, and Major Dorsey acted with great gallantry...
  767. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Civil War Records, Receipt for Articles Purchased #803. RECEIPT FOR ARTICLES; Cpt. C Dorsey, 7 day of May, 1863; Amount: $15; Purchased: 1 Vest, $5.00 and 1 pair Trousers $10.00; Signed: Caleb Dorsey, Capt, ??? Squadron, Mo. Vol.
  768. Missouri Historical Review, pp 395, 398. Referred to by Col Bazel F Lezear, Missouri Cavalry, who was searching out the 'bushwhackers' and raiding parties, such as Quantrill's Raiders, and was also trying to stop Col. Caleb Dorsey and his men.
    "I intend to send all the families of Bushwhackers out of this (Lafayette) and Johnson county just as fast as I can give them notice to leave. Bushwhackers are very plenty here in this county now and I intend in the few days to make a general move against them and try if I cant rid these two counties of them as I will have about one thousand men in a few days and will have the control in this and Johnson county and if let alone wont let them rest night or day until they are all killed or leave. So if you should not hear from me regular you may know that I am in the brush with Quantrill and his band. I wish I could get over there to get after Dorsey awhile. I think I could catch him and if I can only catch Quantrill and Dorsey is still there I will be able to get over there and catch him."
    Ed. Note: The raiding parties inflicted real damage to the residents of Missouri, and by the end of the war had made mortal enemies of those who would normally have supported or been neutral to their cause, but were turned against them due to their vicious and destructive behavior.
  769. The War of the Rebellion, Vol XX, p 770. I also sent a scout to Hot Springs (Buckskins), and their report amounts to the following, which I think is correct, as it is corroborated by citizens coming within our lines: They say the Marmaduke had a force of 600 men in there on the morning of the 4th instant, they reaching there in the evening. Part of them were State troops. The report there was, they were going to attack Benton, where a small force of ours is stationed. Shelby and the rest of Marmaduke's forces are together, stationed at Okolona, on the Onachita River. Both commands, it is said, have 4,000 men. They are deserting fast; their transportation is very poor. Colonel Dorsey is in the mountains between Benton and Hot Springs, and has 400 men..
  770. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Series M322 Compiles Service Records of Missouri Confederate Soldiers.
  771. Fulton Gazette, The Fulton Gazette 27 Apr 1914. ...the Calloway boys turned back, purposeing to join Colonel Caleb Dorsey (a Pike County man) of Shelby's command who was in Audrain county with several hundred man.

    Full article in Caleb Dorsey Book - several references to Dorsey's involvement around the massacre of the Calloway County boys at Brown's farm.

  772. The War of the Rebellion, Series I, Vol 41, p 911, -12. November 6-7, 1864. Scout in Callaway County, Mo.; Report of Maj. Douglas Dale, Fourth Missouri State Militia Cavalry.

    HDQRS. DETACH. FOURTH CAV. MO. STATE MILITIA.
    Fulton, Mo., November 8, 1864
    General: On the night of the 5th instant Dorsey, with 200 men, camped ten miles southwest of this place. At 12 midnight he took up the line of march for some point on the Missouri River. I received information that he was in camp at the place above mentioned. at noon of the 6th. I immediately went in pursuit with sixty-five of my command. I struck the trail late in the evening at a point ten miles west of south of this place, and found that he was bearing east. I followed the trail through by-roads and plantations until near midnight, when I lost his trail and came to a halt. I learned that there were two Union families within a mile of me. I sent a sergeant to one place for information of the whereabouts of the enemy. I also sent for and procured a Union man for a guide. I learned that the enemy were crossing the river two miles and a half below Cote Sans Dessein, at the farm of one Swan Ferguson. I delayed no time after receiving information, but moved at once. At about 1 o'clock I arrived at the farm of Ferguson. Not seeing any camp-fires of the enemy, I sent two men, dismounted, to reconnoiter for his camp. In about one hour his camp was found, or rather his point of crossing, with a few men and horses still remaining on this side. I dismounted all of my men, leaving ten men to guard the horses. I went into the brush with my men and moved cautiously, and surrounded the point at which the enemy were crossing the river, and arriving at their fires found that I was too late. The last load had crossed intervening the time that the camp was discovered and the report could reach me and I could move to the place of the crossing. It was pitch darkness, thick brush and heavy timber to pass through. My information up to this time had been that the enemy were crossing in skiffs. I remained on the ground till daylight, and ascertained that Dorsey had captured a steam-boat at dusk, but I did not learn the name of the steam-boat.
    On my return to this place a detachment of one sergeant and five men of my command pursued two of Dorsey' men from the river a distance of fifteen miles, following them by their tracks, overhauled them, killed 1, mortally wounded the other, and slightly wounded a third, who had fallen in company with the two. A short time before my men came upon them, captured their arms and equipments, consisting of blankets, saddle-bags, and a regular outfit for the brush confederacy. One pair of the saddle-bags had a new pair of Federal cavalry pants in them. Conscripts are coming in slowly. I think this country is quiet for the present, but I cannot tell how long it will remain so. It is with much difficulty that we can obtain information from citizens as to where an enemy is in this country.
    General, I am, with much respect, your obedient servant, D. Dale, Major Fourth Cav., Missouri State Mil., Comdg. at Fulton, Mo. (Brig. Gen. E B Brown).

  773. Price Camp. "At the close of the war he (Gen Price) was included in Kirby Smith's surrender, but preferring exile to submission he left the country and found refuge in Mexico. There he engaged in a scheme of colonization under the imperial government, but it proved a very unsatisfactory enterprise. He returned to the United State s and died at St. Louis, Mo., on 29th of September 1867.
  774. Memorial & Biographical History of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, p 368. He was in Texas at the close of the war, and from there went to old Mexico; not being satisfied, however, with the country, he continued the trip on to California, arriving in San Francisco December 22, 1865.
  775. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 25 June 1865. Piedras Negras Mexico
    June 25th 1865

    Dearest Loudie

    I crossed the "Grand River of the North" (Rio Grande Del Norte) this morning and have determined to write you a few lines, without the slightest prospect of getting an answer for a long, long time. As I leave here, for some "other" Place, in a day or two - As to where I shall go 'tis scarcely yet known to myself - Perhaps when I write again 'twill be from some foreign port - I am no Citizen of the United States as you are aware of, therefore can promise myself nothing but eternal trouble by coming to Mo. where there has been so much trouble among the contending parties -
    Write to John & Tom & say that they will hear from me soon - I have been in unusual good health all winter & spring - have not had a line or heard a word from any of you since November last -
    I shall try and find a country where you can join me if you wish it -
    W H E & "Sallie G's" "George" are with me - Both in moderate health - Crocket is also with me & well - I cannot yet write you a letter that is at all satisfactory & will therefore make this as short as possible - I do not design joining either party in this country unless some unlooked for change takes place in the present status of affairs --
    Presently kindest regards & sympathy to my old friends --
    The Boys wish to be kindly remembered to their friends - and send much love to you --
    With much love to all I am as ever Devotedly
    Caleb.

  776. History of Central California, pp 367-369. In 1866 he purchased the farm property on which he now resides, which is located four miles north of Oakdale. In all there are 4,500 acres, 3,300 being devoted to grain-growing, the balance to pasture and stock range. The Colonel makes a specialty of breeding blooded stock, and on his place may be seen some of the finest stallions to be found in the country, sired by Nutwood and other famous runners and trotters. In addition to blooded stock he also raises mules in considerable numbers, and some years ago made a specialty of sheep-raising.
  777. Federal Census, 1880, California, 1880; Camp Washington, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: T9_84; Family History Film: 1254084; Page: 354.2000. Caleb Dorsey, 44, single, farmer & stock raiser, b. MD, both parents b. MD.
  778. Memorial & Biographical History of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties.
  779. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, Material provided by John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, pp 81-83. [After meeting Lou Eleanor Dorsey, he followed them out to California in the fall of 1868 to see the new country. See more details under Philip CS Barbour Ewing]

    After the War between the States it was difficult for southern people to get established for farming in a new country. The Dorsey brothers had but two teams of mules for use in sowing wheat; one plowed in the daytime and one at night using a lantern hung on the plowbeam. Impressed with the new land, Philip C Barbour Ewing returned to Kentucky and from his plantations brought out to the ranch mules, cattle and some of his blooded horses, shipping via the new overland railroad.

  780. Land Records, Stanislaus County, CA, Vol 4, pp 47-48,. Caleb Dorsey purchased from Samuel and Zenas Fisher two tracts of land totalling 4,304.32 acres in Stanislaus County on 7 Nov 1866, for the sum of $2,690.21 in US gold coin.
  781. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, Ltr from Caleb Dorsey to sister Annie Dorsey, 10 Nov 1866. "...I have not told you that I have bought a Ranch containing over four thousand acres of Land - All tillable and good wheat or Barley land - 'tis twenty miles south-east of Stockton and in a very good neighborhood. I have 1/2 mile front on the Stanislaus River - Have no improvements yet save a well and a small field - am going to put in a crop of grain on it this fall and winter and build on it next summer - 'tis far better wheat land than there is in Old Pike, then I have bought it on very reasonable terms in fact every one says I have quite a bargain in the Land - I am in full view of the snow capped mountains all the while yet never have snow on the Ranch...".
  782. Land Records, Stanislaus County, CA, Vol 4, pp 366-67. On 26 May 1868, Caleb Dorsey purchase 160 acres of land from Zara Cottle for the sum of $200 gold coin.
  783. Memorial & Biographical History of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, p 368. He was elected County Supervisor of Stanislaus County, serving from 1869 to 1872; was also elected to the State Legislature for the terms of 1877 and 1878.
  784. Annals of Stanislaus County, Vol I, p 60. Burneyville enjoyed the distinction of being the head of navigation on the Stanislaus River, at least for a short time.

    In June, 1868, the Stanislaus Steam Navigation Company was incorporated under an act of legislature passed the previous April. The company was to clear the Stanislaus River of all obstructions in the way of trees, snags, and so forth. This they did, from Burneyville (ed: now Riverbank) west to the mouth of the river. The first steamer to make the trip was the Clara Crow. A small sternwheeler then twenty years of age and already a veteran in river transportation. The steamboat company invited the board of supervisors to make this trip, but on one, Caleb Dorsey, made the maiden voyage. The Clara Crow left Stockton on May 1, 1869, and that night they tied up at E E Taylor's ferry near the present Caswell Park. The next day they steamed into Burneyville to be greeted by a large crowd of citizens. The steamer loaded forty tons of grain and the next day it departed downstream.

  785. History of Stanislaus County, p 82. Discussion about "Clearing the River Stanislaus" - 1 May 1869, County Supervisor Caleb Dorsey was the sole supervisor to test the ferry. See other citation.
  786. History of Stanislaus County, p 92. The supervisors of the county, H G James, Caleb Dorsey and Davis Hartman, assembled at Knights Ferry, September 30, 1871, to count the vote for state officers and for the citizens' choice of county seat. (Modesto won).
  787. Federal Census, 1870, California, 1870, Emory, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: M593_92; Page: 16; Image: 34. Caleb Dorsey, 32, farmer, $25,000, $15,000, b. MD;
    John W, 40, farm laborer, b. MD;
    Ellinor, 65, keeping house, b. MD
    Thomas B, 35, farm laborer, b. MD;
    Annie, 30, b. MO;
    Luda, 26, b. MO;
    Adnella, 23, b. MO.
    Farm laborers living on farm:
    James Mahan, 28, b. TN;
    Abel Cuthbert, 21, b. VA;
    John Thompson, 35, b. NY;
    Allen Hardy, 25, b. Norway;
    Carl Dennias, 15, stock handler, b. CA.
  788. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 1, 21 Jan 1870. MATTERS IN THE STATE CAPITOL:...Mr. Walden's bill, introduced yesterday, for the improvement of the Stanislaus river for rafting logs, cordwood, lumber and fencing material, grants Thomas B. Dorsey and Caleb Dorsey the franchise for fifty years; the improvements to be completed in five years, including a boom at the head of navigation; and tolls are allowed at $1 per thousand feet.
  789. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 1. MATTERS AT THE STATE CAPITOL;...Mr. Walden's bill, introduced yesterday, for the improvement of the Stanislaus river for rafting logs, cordwood, lumber and fencing material, grants Thomas B. Dorsey and Caleb Dorsey the franchise for fifty years; the improvements to be completed in five years, including a boom at the head of navigation; and tolls are allowed at $1 per thousand feet.
  790. Land Records, Stanislaus County, CA, Vol 7, pp 579-581. For the sum of $500 gold coin, Thomas B Dorsey purchases an undivided one third interest in the property of Caleb Dorsey in Stanislaus County, CA.
  791. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 1, 13 Sept 1872. Agricultural Society - At the annual meeting of the San Joaquin Agricultural Society, on Wednesday, the following were chosen officers for the ensuing year: Caleb Dorsey, of Stanislaus county, President; Geo. West and Andrew Wall, Vice Presidents; H T Compton, Secretary; F L Hinds, Treasurer; J R Hitchcock and S V Treadway, Directors. The old list of Honorary Vice Presidents were re-elected.
  792. Memorial & Biographical History of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, p 368. He is president of the Valley Warehouse Company of Oakdale. In 1873 he was president of the San Joaquin Agricultural Society, and from 1875 to 1879 was a member of the Board of Directors of the State Insane Asylum.
  793. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Haggin Museum, LB67 6453-1. He was a life member as illustrated by a ticket signed to B. (Barbour) Ewing dated 1896 and issued by a Life Member signed "Caleb Dorsey.".
  794. One Hundred Years of Modesto, p 133. Caleb Dorsey is listed as one of the original directors of the bank, incorporated 31 Mar 1873, filed with the Secretary of State, Sacramento, CA on 1 Apr 1873.
  795. Pacific Rural Press, P. 196, Vol 8, No 13, 26 Sept 1874. The election of officers of the Stanislaus County Agricultural society, held on the evening of the 17th resulted as follows: F H Ross, President; Caleb Dorsey and CC Baker, Vice Presidents...
  796. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 3. SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY FAIR; Growth of the City of Stockton - Manufactures and the Fair - The Stockton Paper-Mills - Exhibit by a Lady Farmer. (From our Correspondent) Stockton, Wednesday, Sept 30th.
    The fourteenth annual fair of the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Association opened yesterday at Stockton, the largest and principal city of the San Joaquin valley. In commencing my remarks concerning the Fair and the products of the district, I cannot do better than refer to the growth of the city in which the fair is held, representing as it does the growth of the entire valley...
    THOROUGHBRED CATTLE AND HORSES; The interest of farmers of San Joaquin District Fair is seen in the exhibits of cattle. There is a creditable showing of Durhams and thoroughbred horses and among the exhibitors are the following:
    Thoroughbred horses - J Laswell, San Joaquin, stallion "Hardwood;" Caleb Dorsey, Stanislaus, thoroughbred horse, "Spectator;" E B Potter, Stanislaus, five year-old mare "Farmers' Maid;" Caleb Dorsey, Stanislaus, thoroughbred mare "Pet.".
  797. San Francisco Bulletin, 28 June 1875, p 2. COMPLETE LIST OF THE DELEGATES;
    The following is a full list of the delegates to the Convention:
    ...Stanislaus - N W Wells, Colonel Caleb Dorsey, John Murphy, T W Lane, Harvey P Davis.
    Tuolumne - Caleb Dorsey, Burns, Galvin, Baxter, Dr. Eichelroth and Wm Connelly...
  798. History of Stanislaus County, p 88. THE STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION
    Another fair was held in Modesto in 1875, commencing September 28, and was as the News stated, devoted exclusively to horse racing and the exhibition of stock. Its officers were Frank Ross president; Colonel Caleb Dorsey, vice-president, and George Buck, secretary.
  799. Memorial & Biographical History of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, p 368. In 1873 he was president of the San Joaquin Agricultural Society, and from 1875 to 1879 was a member of the Board of Directors of the State Insane Asylum.
  800. Stockton State Hospital Records, R320.01(2). Page 222
    February 10th 1880
    Obed Harvey presented his commission as Director of the Insane Asylum, vice Caleb Dorsey for four years dated Jan 6, 1880 with the oath of office endorsed thereon dated Feb 10th, 1880 and sworn to before L M Cutting Norary Public, and there upon took his seat as a member of the board.
    (Caleb Dorsey had signed as a member of the board the prior monthly meeting.).
  801. Stockton State Hospital Records, R320.01(2) Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Apr 1, 1878-Mar 10,1884. P. 1
    Insane Asylum of the State of California
    Wednesday April 10th, 1878
    At an adjournied meeting of the Board of Directors of the Insane Asylum of California held at the time and place aforesaid the following members were present: F T Baldwin, President, Robt. Watt, Caleb Dorsey, S A Holmes, Frank Stewart, W B Austin, rec.
  802. Sacramento Daily Union, P 3, 28 Jan 1876, Vol 1, No 297. CONFIRMATIONS: There were filed yesterday in the office of the Secretary of State certificates showing the confirmation by the Senate of the Governor's appointments of Caleb Dorsey, FT Baldwin and Robert Watt as Directors of the Insane Asylum at Stockton.
  803. San Francisco Bulletin, 5 December 1876, P. 1. STATE NEWS IN BRIEF...

    At the annual meeting of the San Joaquin Agricultural Society held Saturday, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, L U Shippee...Vice Presidents, Stanislaus county, S H Rogers and Caleb Dorsey...

  804. Golden Nugget Library, Pen Portraits of State Officers, Legislators...of the State of California... In Sacramento City, during the Session of the Legislature of 1877-8:

    HON. CALEB DORSEY, Stanislaus County; Is a representative in the Assembly of Stanislaus County, and resides at Oakdale. He is a native of Maryland, 43 years old, single, and came to California from Missouri in 1865. He is a confirmed Democrat, and a farmer by occupation. Mr. Dorsey served on the Confederate army, with the rank of Colonel, during the rebellion. Since becoming a resident of his present County he has been one of the Supervisors for three years. He has also been President of the Bank of Modesto, and President of the San Joaquin Agricultural Society, and is now one of the Directors of the State Insane Asylum at Stockton. This is Mr. Dorsey's first trial as a legislator. He is a tall, good-looking bachelor, courteous and gentlemanly in his deportment, and is liberally endowed with that most necessary element of success - go-ahead. Mr. Dorsey is Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs.

  805. Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians - online database. Dorsey, Caleb - of California. Member of California state assembly 5th District, 1877-80. Burial location unknown. [Rural Cemetery, Stockton].
  806. History of Stanislaus County, p 213. COUNTY LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES;
    That the county polled a solid Democratic vote for so many years was unfortunate, for the state as a rule is Republican and Democratic legislators in a Republican senate or assembly cannot expect many political favors. This is especially true where the representation is jointly with other counties. ...Assemblymen: Caleb Dorsey '78.
  807. Pen Portraits, p. 57. HON. CALEB DORSEY
    Is a representative in the Assembly of Stanislaus County, and resides at Oakdale. He is a native of Maryland, 43 years old, single, and came to California from Missouri in 1865. He is a confirmed Democrat, and a farmer by occupation. Mr. Dorsey served in the Confederate army, with the rank of Colonel, during the rebellion. Since becoming a resident of his present county he has been one of the Supervisors for three years. He has also been President of the Bank of Modesto, and President of the San Joaquin Agricultural Society, and is now one of the Directors of the State Insane Asylum at Stockton. This is Mr. Dorsey's first trial as a legislator. He is a tall, good looking bachelor, courteous and gentlemanly in his deportment, and is liberally endowed with that most necessary element of success - go-ahead. Mr. Dorsey is chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs.
  808. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 3, 19 Mar 1877. A CONTROVERSY CONCERNING A WOOL CONSIGNMENT - In the case of Watt & McLennan vs. Caleb Dorsey & Bros., Judge Morrison Saturday passed upon the defendants' motion of a new trial, saying, in effect, that the defendants were sheep raisers and wool growers in Stanislaus County, and they consigned their wool to the plaintiffs, wool graders in this city. The plaintiff's sold the consignments and made returns to the defendants. Subsequently it was ascertained by grading the wool that some 1,900 pounds or it was not what it was represented to be, and plaintiffs informed the defendants that they had paid them too much. The defendants refused to refund, and this action was brought to recover the amount. The Court said the evidence was conflicting. The defendant, Dorsey, testified that he informed McLennan that his former consignee, Mr Wise, had made a claim for bad wool after grading; that he became dissatisfied and changed his consignments to McLennan. He also swore that he told McLennan that no charge must be made for bad wool after grading. McLennan testified that he had no recollection of such a conversation. It was stated by the defendants'counsel that Dorsey was a man of strict veracity. The Court was inclined to think an error might have been made in giving judgment for plaintiff, and an opportunity would be given to try the merits of the case before a jury, and therefore a new trial would be granted.
  809. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 5, 19 Oct 1878, Vol 7, No 206. CATTLE STEALING; THE ROUTE OVER WHICH SOME THIEVES TOOK A BAND OF STEERS - FOLLOWING THE TRAIL AND ARREST OF THREE MEN.
    Cattle stealing has for a year past been prosecuted industriously in this county - indeed, it has seemed that it would rise to the rank of an industry, so diligently and openly has it been carried on. The residents in the southern portion of the county have suffered most. A check is likely to be put on the business now. On Friday nigh, the 4th instant, 20 head of fine steers were stolen from the farm of Marion Biggs, Jr., some 12 miles south of this city. Mr. Biggs was absent at the time, in Colusa county. He was sent for, and arrived here on the Monday night following. News met him of the cattle having been heard of near Ione City. He notified the Sheriff and Chief of Police here, and gave such extended notice as was possible, and set out on the trail of the thieves. He soon learned that the cattle had been driven by out of the way routes into Amador county. The thieves must, have made 35 or 40 miles the first day, reaching a point within three or four miles of Ione City, where they rested on Saturday, and then crossed the Mokelumne at Green's crossing, reaching Martels, 18 miles from Ione, on Saturday night. Messrs. Steinberger and Surface, of Ione, heard from a sheepherder of the arrival of a drove of strange cattle near that place, and of the suspicious actions of two or three men in charge of it. On Sunday, though they had not heard then of the larceny, they started to follow the men. They were accompanied by a herder known as "Nat." who drove them back to Charles Blithers' near Ione, where he rested Sunday night. That night one of the thieves rode up to Blithers, and asked if any stray cattle had been seen there. Before he received reply he saw the cattle in the corral and proceeded to turn them out. "Nat" interfered and told him if he owned the stock to come and Monday and prove his claim. The fellow then put the spurs to his horse and galloped off in the direction of Martels. Steinberger and Surface got no trace of the thieves and returned to Ione. Sheriff John Vogan, of Amador, who started in response to a telegram from Biggs, arrived at Freshowers on the Calaveras river in search of the thieves, and he there received information that induced him to go off in a northerly direction to look for them. During this time Mr. Biggs was following the trail. He arrived at Blithers and identified his cattle. He rode on to Martels, and thence to Comanche, Campo Seco and Freshowers, and there learned that the thieves, with singular inconsistency, had attended church on Sunday near the Calaveras line, and while at their devotions the ten head of steers which Steinberger, Surface and "Nat" susequently found had wandered off from the heard, which occasioned the return of one of the thieves to Blithers, as stated. At Freshowers Mr. Biggs found that Sheriff Vogan had already been there, and had gone north on a false scent. It was now Wednesday, and on that day he learned for the first time of the identity of two of the thieves, William Williams and Benjamin Gill. Some people declared there were three men in the gang, others insisted that but two drove the cattle. Information was now had of the cattle being seen on the road toward Modesto, and Biggs pushed on to Milton, where he was met by Sheriff Vogan. It was 45 miles to Modesto and 23 to Stockton, and the party concluded to go to the latter place and reach Modest by rail, meantime sending a man across countyr to follow the trail of the thieves. At Stockton Sheriff Thomas Cunningham joined in the hunt, and the party proceeded to Modesto., where Hon. Caleb Dorsey and Sheriff A S Fulkerth, of Stanislaus, united with it in the search for the property and the thieves...
  810. Halley's Handbook of the California Legislature, p. 41. 22nd Session, 1877-8
    DORSEY, CALEB - Assemblyman from Stanislaus Co; age 43; farmer; unmarried; resides at Oakdale; Democrat; native of Maryland; came to Calif. in 1865 from Missouri; is a member of the Board of Directors of the State Asylum at Stockton. Sacramento residence, cor. Eighth and K sts.
  811. Early Marriages of Stanislaus County 1854-1905. MINOR, WILLIAM O 28 Modesto b. VA
    Jennie V Clark 21 Modesto b. CA
    1878 Oct 10 BH Russell MG
    Witnesses: John F Tucker, Modesto & Col. Caleb Dorsey, Oakdale.
  812. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 1, 11 May 1879. BLOOD HORSE ASSOCIATION; The Pacific Coast Blood Horse Association met at the Baldwin Hotel lst evening. The attendance of members was large. The election of officers for the ensuing year took place. E J Baldwin was re-elected President; Theodore Winters, Vice President; Caleb Dorsey, Second Vice President; P A Finigan, Treasurer; James McM. Shafter, Henry Schwartz and W H Coombs, Trustees; Joseph Cairn Simpson, Secretary.
  813. New York Herald, P. 5, 13 Nov 1879. THE CALIFORNIA TURF; At a full meeting of the Pacific Blood Horse Association held last evening at the Baldwin Hotel, says the San Francisco Chronicle of the 5th inst., ...The trustees elected for the ensuing year were E J Baldwin, Theodore Winters, Caleb Dorsey...On an election of officers ...Caleb Dorsey, second vice president...
  814. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 3, 9 July 1879. ---- G W Whitman of Sonoma and Caleb Dorsey of Stanislaus are at the Brooklyn.

    ---- F H Darling of Napa; N L Bancroft of New York; Caleb Dorsey of Sonora, and AI Elkins of Sacramento are at the Cosmopolitan.

  815. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 3. Caleb Dorsey of Stanislaus...at the Brooklyn [hotel].
  816. Federal Census, 1880, California, 1880; Camp Washington, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: T9_84; Family History Film: 1254084; Page: 354.2000. Caleb Dorsey, 44, single, farmer & stock raiser, b. MD, both parents b. MD
    John W Dorsey, 50, single, brother, farmer & stock raiser, b. MD, both parents b. MD
    John King, 35, hired man, single, farmhand, b. CA;
    Frances M Saxton, 50, hired man, married, farmhand, b. CA;
    John A Killilea, 17, hired man, single, farmhand, b. CA, both parents b. Ireland;
    Carlos Camilla, 25, hired man, single, farmhand, b. CA, both parents b. CA;
    George Nelson, 31, hired man, single, farmhand, b. CA;
    William Setzeo, 35, hired man, single, farmhand, b. CA;
    Ah Sam, 40, servant, married, Domestic, b. China, both parents b. China;
    John Sparks, 35, hired man single, farmhand herder, b. US, both parents b. US;
    David Mitchell, 50, hired man, widowed, farmhand herder, b. MO, both parents b. US;
    Billy McKay, 35, hired man, single, farmhand herder, b. US, both parents b. US.
  817. History of Stanislaus County, p 229. Caleb Dorsey is listed as the School District Clerk for Oakdale for the term ending 6/30/1880. There were 11 boys, 12 girls, average age 9.
  818. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 2. Caleb Dorsey of Stanislaus and James C Milne of Callao, Peru, are at present at the Palace.
  819. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 3. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
    DEPARTURE OF THE DELEGATION FROM CALIFORNIA TO THE TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE AT CHICAGO
    The delegation of Knights Templar left this afternoon with their parties for the Triennial Conclave which opens at Chicago on the 17th instant. The Commandery assembled at the Masonic Temple at 1 o'clock, and marched to the ferry.
    The Commanderies, under the command of Right Eminent Grand Commander Bruce B Lee, marched from the Masonic Temple at 2 o'clock, preceded by the Second Regiment Band, to the court of the Palace Hotel, where they were photographed. The then marched to the foot of Market street and departed on a ferry steamer. The Knights wear a fatigue dress of dark blue, and the baldrick of the regalia, military caps with a cross at the front and the Knights' sword, making a handsome uniform.
    A special train was waiting, consisting of eleven cars. The first was a baggage car, the next a drill car, and the other one sleepers. The name of each Commandery is painted on the car it occupies. That of "Bodie" has "Baby" painted in large letters under the name...
    Stockton Commander, No. 8 -- Mrs. J H Budd, Mrs. D Nathan, Mrs C C Castle, G A McKenzie, Wm Graham, JW Thompson, Caleb Dorsey, Miss Annie Dorsey, E R Hedges...
  820. San Francisco Bulletin, 15 Oct 1880, p. 3. PASSENGERS ARRIVE TO-MORROW; Carlin, October 15th - The following overland passengers passed here to-day, and arrive in San Francisco to-morrow:...Caleb Dorsey, San Francisco...
  821. San Francisco Bulletin, p 3. PASSENGERS PASSING OMAHA; OMAHA, October 12th - the following through passengers passed here on to-day's train, leaving at 12:15 PM to arrive in San Francisco October 16th...Caleb Dorsey, Oakland.
  822. Omaha Herald, p 8. HOTEL ARRIVALS; The following are yesterday's arrivals at the Withnell, Kitchen Bros., proprietors:...Caleb Dorsey, California...
  823. City Directory, City & County Directory of San Joaquin, etc, LM McKenney San Francisco, 1881 p. 439. DORSEY, Caleb, farmer and stock-raiser 4,460 acres, res 4 miles north of Oakdale.
  824. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Haggin Museum LB66-1247. Dance card for Caleb Dorsey for the Independence Ball, Ross House, Modesto, July 4th, 1881.
    Envelope holding dance card and pencil also held political buttons as seen in photo in book.
  825. Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California. MEMBERS OF SUMMIT LODGE, NO. 112, KNIGHT'S FERRY, STANISLAUS COUNTY, 1882;
    MASTER MASONS:
    Dorsey, Caleb.
  826. Sacramento Daily Union, 21 Apr 1882, Vol 15, No 51. The following are the officers and members: President, Theodore Winters, Winters, Yolo county; First Vice-Prsident, J McM. Shafter, San Francisco; Second Vice-President, Caleb Dorsey, Modesto...
  827. Land Patent, Texas, File 7031, abst 961, abd T- vol 18. All of Section 108, State School Lands, Texas County, Texas, paid $32.00 March 10th, 1882 for 640 acres

    Claim abandoned and repatented to E L Pearcy and S Plenningham 9, Dec 1886.

  828. Land Patent, Texas, File #7032, abst 960, abd T - vol 18. All of Section 110, State School Lands, Texas County, Texas, paid $32.00 March 10th, 1882 for 640 acres

    Claim abandoned and repatented to H A Reading 9 Dec 1886, Dec 1886.

  829. Land Patent, Texas, File #1746, Patent #159, Vol I, Class: Lunatic Asylum. Grantee: S J Dorrough
    Patentee: Caleb Dorsey
    Date: 2 Oct 1882
    160 Acres, Bexar;Travis District, Taylor County
    File #1746
    Survey: NW 1/4 25
    Patent #159
    Patent Vol I
    Class: Lun Asy.
  830. Land Patent, Texas, File #1986, Patent # 160. Grantee: Taylor Stark
    Patentee: Caleb Dorsey
    Date: 2 Oct 1882
    160 Acres, Bexar;Travis District, Taylor County
    File #1986
    Survey: NW 1/4 62
    Patent #160
    Patent Vol I
    Class: Lun Asy.
  831. Pacific Rural Press, P. 181 8 Sept 1883, Vol 26, No 10. We, the undersigned, have seen the combined harvester above described, know as the "Shippee Harvester," built at Stockton, with Shippee & Grattan improvements, working in the field. It does first class work - cutting, thrashing, cleaning, sacking, and saving the grain. The machine is eleven foot cut, and was worked by two men and ten horses. It was taking a full cut in a field yielding from twenty to thirty-five bushels of wheat per acre. We recommend it to the farming community and public with pleasure, as being a wonderful laborsaving machine, as also saving much more grain than by heading and thrashing separately.
    Signed: J L Trefren, San Joaquin county; C I Ortman, San Joaquin county; J B Bingham, Grafton, Yolo county; A Leitch, L D Wakefield, C H Wakefield, J Jefferson, San Joaquin county; Wm. L. Lapsly, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Jas. Caven, Caleb Dorsey, J M Garwood, W H Mahoney, San Joaquin county; H M La Rue, Geo. W Hancock, Sacramento; J Price, San Leandro; A W Lackhart, Sacramento; Geo F Smith, Andrew Wolf, H Barnhart, M J Draes, P J Draes, S H Mann, H E Wright, H G Tanner, C N Whitmore, O P Munson, J P Sargent, Turlock, C E Benjamin, D M Pease, John Grattan, San Joaquin county, and others.
  832. Tuolumne County Records, Book A, Vol 11, p 331. Caleb acquires rights to the Snell mines and all of the others that were included in his partnership with J T Newcomer.
  833. Memorial & Biographical History of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, p 131. Oakdale Lodge, No. 275, F&AM, was organized under dispensation June 24, 1884, with the following members: Silas Bishop...Caleb Dorsey...The report to Grand Lodge, January, 1892, showed a membership of thirty-seven, which has since been materially increased, and the lodge is in a highly prosperous condition.
  834. History of Stanislaus County, p 191. Caleb Dorsey was a charter member when, on 16 Oct 1884, the Oakdale Masonic Lodge No. 275, FA & M, the charter was granted.
  835. History of Stanislaus County, p 76-77. The Big Grain Fire, July, 1884
    Grain fires are numerous but perhaps one of the largest in financial loss was the fire of July 20, 1884. It occurred near the Burnett railroad station and fully 5,000 acres of grain were destroyed, involving a loss in insurance figures of over $100,000, with only $22,000 insurance. How the fire started is not known; it was first noticed in a corner of Colonel Caleb Dorsey's ranch, and as a heavy wind was blowing it spread rapidly. Two men from the McHews' harvesting crew going into Oakdale filled up on liquor and returning to the thresher stopped at the corner and lighted their pipes. Carelessly they threw their matches away and this probably started the fire. W C Carmichael says he saw the men smoking, indifferently looking at the flame. He ran to them and commanded them to assist him in putting out the fire. He soon saw the danger and running to Colonel Dorsey's house phoned in the alarm. In a few minutes hundreds of men from Oakdale and other points were hurrying to the scene, carrying with them wet sacks, pieces of blanket and sticks to beat out the flames. B F Reynolds, on his ranch three miles distant, says the flames at times lifted by the wind would leap thirty or forty fee into the air. He hastened to the fire with his water wagon filled with water to assist in keeping the sacks wet and provide the men with water to drink. Another farmer while trying to get his threshing machine out of the range of the fire was encompassed by a whirlwind of flame and the two horses were so badly burned that one of them was shot to put him out of his misery. In a short time dozens of men were seen about Oakdale with their arms blistered or badly burned and several of them with the hair burned from their heads. The fire was finally checked by back firing and a long strip of plowed land. The losses as computed by insurance exceeded $100,000. Caleb Dorsey's loss was $30,000 on grain, besides losing a Shippe combined header and thresher and a steam threshing machine. Robinson and Carey lost $20,000, insured, $7,000. H Graney, $4,000; Isaac Watson, $16,000; Paulsell and Muncey, $16,000. Some of the grain was insured at seven dollars per acre, but as the yield was very heavy the insurance did not cover twenty-five per cent of the loss.
  836. San Francisco Bulletin, P 3. A BATTLE WITH FIRE; THOUSANDS OF ACRES BURNED OVER ON THE PLAINS OF SAN JOAQUIN; The Farmers, After a Well-Organized Struggle, Check the Flames; An Estimated Loss of $90,000, with an Insurance of $32,000.

    Modesto, July 21st - Yester day morning news was brought to this place over the telephone that the whole country was on fire north of Oakdale or just across the Stanislaus river, near Burnett's station...The fire broke out on the northwest corner of Col. Caleb Dorsey's ranch, about five miles from the river. It is supposed that two men were smoking, and that the fire from their pipes caught the grain and before they noticed it, it got under such headway that no one could go near enough to put it out...The fire started about 10 o'clock and it was not under control until 3:30. During this time it had run about five miles and covered a country three miles wide, destroying some of the finest grain in the valley. It was reported that several farm houses had been destroyed. Col. Dorsey lost one of his tenant houses and the barn, valued at $900. He also lost a thrashing machine and one of Shippee's combined headers and thrashers, valued at about $3,000...
    PROBABLE LOSSES.
    As everybody was excited it is impossible at this time to tell exactly what the losses will amount to. As near as could be learned from the insurance men it is as follows: Col. Dorsey, 1,040 acres; loss $30,00; no insurance; also one house and barn, $900; one of Shippee's combined header and thrasher and one steam thrashing machine, $3,600; partly insured. R Robinson, or Robinson and Carey, 1,200 acres: loss, $20,000; insurance, $7 per acre. L. Grainger, 120 acres; loss, $4,000; insurance, $10 per acre. Isaac Watson, 900 acres; loss, $16,000; insurance, $7 per acre. Paulsel & Muncy, 200 acres; loss, $16,000; insurance, $7 per acre. Total loss, $90,100; total insurance, $23,200.

  837. Daily Alta Newspaper, P. 2, 22 July 1884, Vol 37, No 12515. WHEAT FIELDS IN FLAMES; A SWATH FIVE MILES BY THREE BURNED OVER; THE WORK OF IDLE TRAMPS; THE WHOLE COUNTRY FIGHTING FIRE - MEN INJURED BY THE FLAMES - BUILDINGS AND MACHINERY LOST
    Modesto, July 21st
    ...The fire broke out on the northwest corner of Col. Caleb Dorsey's ranch, about five miles from the river. ..
  838. Daily Alta Newspaper, P. 5, Vol 37, NO 12515, 22 July 1884. THE FIRE BELL:
    Modesto, July 21st - The wheat fields of Caleb Dorsey, LL Granger, IW Gilmer, WM Muncy, Isaack Watson and R Robinson, in Stanislaus county, were burned yesterday. The fire spread over an area five miles in length and two in breadth, involving over 5,000 acres of grain ready for the harvest. Aggregate loss, $90,000; insurance, $23,200.
  839. Daily Alta Newspaper, 8 Oct 1885, Vol 39, No 12291. SAN JOSE GOSSIP; Col. Caleb Dorsey of Stanislaus has been visiting here for the past few days.
  840. Probate Court Records, Probate File for Caleb Dorsey,Carlo M De Ferrari Archive, Sonora, CA. Petition for Letters of Administration File 29 May 1885, Joseph Fitzgerald Clerk

    Know all men by these Presents:
    That we, Esther M Dorsey as principal, and, J W Dorsey and Caleb Dorsey both of the County of Stanislaus and State of California as sureties, are held and firmly bound to the state of California in the sum of fifteen Thousand dollars - 21st day of Oct 1885
    Administratrix of the Estate of Caleb Dorsey...died 28 Mar 1885 without a will...heirs at law Elizabeth M Dorsey Anita E Dorsey Kate W Dorsey all over 21, and Caleb, 17 years of age.

  841. Daily Alta Newspaper, P. 5, 4 June 1886, Vol 40, No 13430. SUDDEN DEATH
    Modesto, June 3d. - Aaron Cornet, a Swede, fifty-six years of age, dropped dead at the ranch of Colonel Caleb Dorsey, near Oakdale, yesterday. Coroner Lewis held an inquest upon the body today, and verdict of the jury was death from unknown causes. Mr. Cornet has been in failing health for some time. He was pitching hay when he fell forward upon his face and expired without a moan.
  842. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 1. A SECTION OF THE CONSTITUTION CONSTRUED.
    Caleb Dorsey subscribed for 100 shares of the Pacific Trust Company's stock on the formation of the bank. He gave his note in payment of an assessment of 10 per cent and received therefore a stock certificate representing the amount of the note. Subsequently he refused to pay the note under the section of the constitution which provides that "No corporation shall issue stocks or bonds, except for money paid, labor done, or property actually received, and all fictitious increase of stock shall be void." The bank brought suit in the Superior Court of San Joaquin county for the amount of the note, and obtained judgment which judgment has been affirmed by the Supreme Court, which holds that the word "property" in the section quoted includes personal property which includes "things in action and evidence of debt.".
  843. Daily Alta Newspaper, P. 1 - Advertisement. GOLDEN GATE FAIR! BAY DISTRICT TRACK; Sept. 6th to 12th, inclusive; SPEED PROGRAMME;
    No. 4 - THE CALIFORNIA STAKE - for three-year-olds. One mile and a quarter.
    Caleb Dorsey names............ s c Cyclone
    Caleb Dorsey names............ s c Fred Archer.
  844. The California 1890 Great Register of Voters Index, Vol I, p 710. Caleb Dorsey, 54, b. MD, res Oakdale, Stanislaus, reg date 27 Mar 1888, p 10.
  845. Daily Alta Newspaper, P. 1, 15 May 1888, Vol 42, No 14138. AT LOS ANGELES; PREPARING FOR THE CONVENTION THAT WILL MEET TO-DAY; ALL SOLID FOR CLEVELAND; DISCUSSING NOMINATIONS FOR CONGRESS - THE MEN WHO WILL PROBABLY GO TO ST LOUIS - NOTES AND GOSSIP;

    ...It is not so easy to tell the delegates to the National Convention. TO GO TO ST. LOUIS ...
    ...J J White of Alameda and E G Blessing of Sacramento, it is understood, will go form the Third District. From the Second C P Berry will probably be one of the delegates, and Caleb Dorsey of Stanislaus would not refuse to go too.

  846. Land Records, Stanislaus County, CA, Vol 43, p 164. For Oakdale Lodge #295 as trustee with A Blith and G W Lancaster purchased property from Mistletoe Lodge #80 Knights of Pithias for the sum of $285.
  847. Mineral Certificate, General Land Office #17839; Mineral Certificate #379, Stockton, CA. Whereas, in pursuance of the provisions of the Revised Statutes of the US, Chapter 6, Title 32, and legislation supplemental thereto, there have been deposited in the General Land Office of the US the Plat and Field Notes of survey and the Certificate N 379 of the Register of the Land Office at Stockton in the state of California accompanied by other evidence, whereby it appears that Caleb Dorsey did on the first day of November, AD 1888 duly enter and pay for that certain mining claim or premises known as the Snell Quartz lode mining claim designated by the Surveyor General as Lot No. 40, embracing a portion of section seven in township three north of range fifteen east, Mount Diablo meridian in the Tuolumne Mining District, in the County of Tuolumne and State of California, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Stockton...
  848. Land Patent, Texas, File #2205, Patent #180. Grantee: Caleb Dorsey
    Patentee: Caleb Dorsey
    Date: 24 Feb 1890
    160 Acres, Bexar;Travis District, Taylor County
    File #2205
    Survey: NE 1/4 24
    Patent #180
    Patent Vol 2
    Class: Lun Asy.
  849. Sacramento Daily Union, Vol 79, No 38, 8 Apr 1890. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    Caleb Dorsey, a prominent lawyer of Stanislaus county, is at the Capital Hotel.

    Arrivals at the Capital Hotel yesterday: ...Caleb Dorsey, Stanislaus Co.

  850. Land Records, Tuolumne Co, CA, Book 1, Volume 9, p 92.
  851. City Directory, Oakdale, Stanislaus, CA, 1893, p 417. Dorsey Caleb, pres Valley Warehouse Co.
  852. City Directory, Dir of Stockton, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Merced Cos, FM Husted Pub, SF, 1891, p. 417. Dorsey Caleb, pres Valley Warehouse Co.
  853. City Directory, Dir of Stockton, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Merced Cos, FM Husted Pub, SF, 1891, p. 417. OAKDALE, STANISLAUS: DORSEY Caleb, pres. Valley Warehouse Co.
  854. Land Patent, California, BLM Serial # - CACAAA 066989; Doc #17839. 20.66 acres Tuolumne Co, CA S7 T3N R15E - Mount Diable meridian.
  855. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Land Entry File, accessed from NARA 10 Aug 2009. Land Office: Stockton, Cal.
    ME 379
    Lot 40
    15137 Nov 1/88

    Caleb Dorsey
    Snell Qtz Mine
    Tuolumne Mg D.
    Tuolumne Co.
    20.66 acres $105.00
    Patent written April 8, 1891 LMW
    Patent No 17839
    Date May 6/91
    Recorded Vol 198 p 49
    To R & R May 28, 1891 SB

    Land Entry file contains Affadavit of Citizenship; it states he is a citizen b. County of Baltimore, State of Maryland in the year 1833 and is now a resident of Oakdale Stanislaus Co. Cala. Signature of Caleb Dorsey - dated 31 Dec 1886.

  856. Mineral Certificate, General Land Office #22584, Mineral Certificate #427; BLM Serial # - CACAAA 066133. Registered at General Land Office, Stockton, CA by Caleb Dorsey and Adam Elliot, 19 July 1892; True Business Quartz lode mining claim, Lot 5 and 41, embracing a portion of section 12 in township 3N of range 14 east and of section 7 in township three north of range fifteen east, Mount Diablo meridian, Tuolumne Mining District, Tuolumne County, CA, District of Lands subject to sale at Stockton.
  857. Bureau of Land Management, Doc #22584. Purchased with Adam Elliot.
  858. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Publication Number: M322; Compiled Service Records of Confederation Soldiers. Confederate Home
    Higginsville, Missouri
    April 29, 1894

    1. Colonel Caleb Dorsey of Pike County Missouri was on recruiting service under General Price both in the State Guard and Confederate service. He now resides in California on a Ranch.
    2. Captain Celsus Price Son of Major General Sterling Price was aide de camp on his father's Staff till the end of the War, now resides in Saint Louis
    3. The other son was named Edwin W. Price and was a Recruiter General of the third Division Missouri State Guard, was taken prisoner in the War in the Winter of 1861, on the Osage River near Warsaw while on recruiting service, was exchanged for a Federal officer of equal rank, reported to his father in Mississippi and --?-- he returned to Missouri and remained till the end of the War.
    Respectfully
    Your obt servt
    R H Musser.

  859. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Haggin Museum LB67-31. Photograph of the Railroad Bridge across Stanislaus River, north of Oakdale - to "Uncle Cale" - which is how Edward Dorsey (son of Thomas Beale Dorsey) referred to his uncle Caleb. (See testimony of criminal trial against JT Newcomber).
  860. Court Records - Tuolumne County, Pencil-written deed found in Archive 3142 - the trial of JT Newcomer. Caleb Dorsey gives J T Newcomer undivided 1/4 interest in the following mines already: Snell (Vol 2, p. 309), Bell Flower (Vol 2, p 308), Horseshoe (Vol 2, p 306), True Business (Vol 2, p 356), May Flower (Vol 2, p 318), Republic (Vol 2, p 359), Monarch (Vol 3, p 79), Empire (Vol 3, p 210), and Triumvirate (Vol 3, p 80). Deed recorded Feb 5, 1896 at 15 min. past 4 o'clock PM.
  861. Death Certificate, Register of Deaths, 1896, page 69. April 20, Dorsey, Caleb, white, aged 62, male, single, b. MD, cause of death: gunshot wound; certified by coroner.
  862. Stockton Daily Independent, Wednesday Morning, April 22, 1896, p 1. COL CALEB DORSEY KILLED; Shot by His Partner at the Mines Yesterday; Friends of a Lifetime Quarrel to the Extent of Murder Over the Output of the Mill
    Colonel Caleb Dorsey, the well known horseman and miner, was shot and killed at his mine near Columbia, in Tuolumne county, yesterday morning by J C Newcomer, his partner in the mine and his life-long friend, according to the stories that are told of the men. As far as can be learned there were no witnesses to the killing, and Newcomer asserts that he did it in self defense, and further than that he will not talk at present, though he has given himself up to Sheriff Yancey of Tuolumne county, and in the County Jail at Sonora...A nephew of the dead man works at the mine, but he did not see this shooting [might have been Edward Worthington Dorsey, son of Caleb's brother Thomas Beale Dorsey], though he may know something of the quarrel which preceded it. It remained at the mine when Newcomer started for Sonora to give himself up and he will not come from the mine until he returns with the Coroner in the morning. Colonel Dorsey was a brother of Mrs. Ewing of this city and an uncle of Dr. J D Young, of the medical corps at the State Insane Asylum. The Colonel had a relative named Charles Potter, who lived with him on the ranch and he was apprised of the killing as soon as possible yesterday. Mr. Potter was in Stockton yesterday and left for the ranch early in the forenoon. On his arrival at Oakdale yesterday afternoon the news of the killing was was told him and, acting on the advice of Dr. Young, who could not leave the city, he made arrangements to visit the ranch and caught the night stage for Sonora, where he would arrive at an early hour this morning. It was arranged that he should take charge of the remains in Sonora to day and bring them to this city for interment. The funeral will be held in this city at a time in to be announced hereafter. The deceased was a member of Stockton Commandery, Knights Templar, and had many warm friends in this city and county. He spent much of his leisure time here and frequently visited the local lodges of the Masonic fraternity. Colonel Dorsey has a brother, Thomas Dorsey, who resides at San Jose and who has been interested with the Colonel in several mining deals...
    AN ACCOUNT FROM SONORA; Sonora, April 21. - Colonel Caleb Dorsey of Oakdale, wealthy and prominent mine owner and rancher, was shot and killed at the Dorsey mine, eleven miles from Columbia, in this county, at 9 o'clock this morning by his mining partner, J T Newcomer, over a dispute that ensued upon Dorsey charging Newcomer with cleaning up and misappropriating the amalgam without the Colonel's knowledge. The defendant will claim justifiable homicide. He alleges that during the wrangle Colonel Dorsey attempted to draw his gun, with the usual result of being too slow. The matter has created the most profound sensation, owning to the age and standing of both parties in the community. Both gentlemen were between 60 and 70 years old. Mr. Newcomer absolutely refuses to talk until he consults counsel. He left the scene of the killing before his victim expired and came to Sonora and surrendered himself to the Sheriff. There were no eye witnesses to the affair. Mr. Dorsey died before any one reached him. The preliminary examination will be set to morrow.
  863. Inquest File, Carlo M De Ferrari Archive, Sonora, Tuolumne, CA -. Verdict -
    We the Coroners Jury summoned to inquire into the cause of death of Caleb Dorsey, Deceased That after viewing the remains and hearing the testimony produced Do find. That the said Caleb Dorsey came to his death from a Gunshot wound, on the morning of April 21st 1896 at the Dorsey Mine in Tuolumne Co, about fifteen (15) miles North east of Columbia. And we further find that the wound was inflicted by one J. T. Newcomer. We also find that the Deceased was a native of the state of Maryland and aged about 62 yrs.
    Fred Geo Burden, Frank R Collier, Henry Wagner, Joseph Harrison, S E Bateman, Wm. H Bailey, C H Burden Jr.
  864. Sonora Banner, April 24, 1896. DEATH OF COL. DORSEY;
    The people were surprised and startled last Tuesday morning when word reached Sonora that Col. Caleb Dorsey, of Oakdale, had been shot and killed by J T Newcomer.
    The particulars of the homicide are meager, as there were no witnesses to the tragedy. The mouth of Col. Dorsey is closed by death and his lips will never tell his side of the controversy. J T Newcomer pleads self-defense and his statements are to the effect that during the difficulty the Colonel made a move to draw his revolver and he, Newcomer, had to fire to save his life.
    At about three o'clock Tuesday afternoon Fred G. Burden, acting Coroner, went to the place of the murder, at the Snell mine, some twenty miles above Columbia, and held an inquest, at which it was developed that early on the morning mentioned Col. Dorsey mounted his horse and rode over to the cabin of J T Newcomer, distant a mile and a quarter from the Colonel's house. What preceded the shooting no one, except Newcomer, knows. It is in evidence that Dorsey entered the cabin and there the two men had a dispute relating to matters connected with the Star mine, in which Newcomer held a fourth interest. It is stated Newcomer had an objection to the management of the property and suggested that a receiver be appointed, to which the Col. sternly objected. Whether the killing was an outcome of that different opinion we do not know.
    Two shots were fired. One entered near the chest, the other close to the junction of the arm and the shoulder. The lower wound must have been the first inflicted as the bullet at the shoulder ranted downward as though it struck while the Col. was falling.
    After the shooting Newcomer left the cabin, closed and locked the door, mounted Dorsey's horse, rode to the Star mine, gave the key to the cook there and informed him of the shooting, stating that he did not know whether or not Dorsey was dead. The cook in turn gave the key to the Superintendent who went to the cabin and there found the dead body of Dorsey. The body was lying flat on the back, feet toward the fireplace and right hand under. An examination of the body showed that deceased had no weapon of any kind, J T Newcomer then continued his way to Sonora and surrendered himself to the Sheriff and was placed in jail.
    The remains were brought down on pack animals Wednesday night and a post mortem was held, at which it was demonstrated that the lower bullet had passed through the body and lodged itself in the back; the supper or neck shot, ranted downward and pierced the backbone between the fourth and fifth ribs. The remains were taken to Stockton yesterday for interment.
    The killing of Col. Dorsey has sent a thrill of regret throughout a large portion of the State. His death is a dreadful calamity to his relatives, especially to his cousins in Sonora, the family of the late C. C. Dorsey, for whom much sympathy is expressed. He was an old resident of Stanislaus county and there his honorable record has placed him high among the business men. He leaves a large estate, but unfortunately it is encumbered. He was native of Howard county, Maryland, and was 63 years of age. The slayer, J T Newcomer, has resided in this county some five years, during which time he had followed the vocation of a miner. He is a man of unbounded hospitality and sociability. He bears a creditable name among his acquaintances, and is a man noted for his quietness and attention to his own business. He is seventy years of age. If there could be anything to make the tragedy more and it would be the fact that the two men were bosom friends, and were never known to have a word of trouble up to the killing.
  865. Oakdale Graphic, April 22, 1896. COL. CALEB DORSEY; Shot and Killed by His Mining Partner;
    A telephone message from Sonora yesterday announced the death of Col. Caleb Dorsey of Oakdale. He was shot by his mining partner, J T Newcomer, at the mine, several miles north of Sonora. Newcomer gave himself up to the Sheriff of Tuolumne county, saying he killed his partner in self defence, but would say nothing further about the tragedy. The Coroner and a number of others proceeded immediately to the mine to hold an inquest and bring in the body of deceased.
    Messages from Sonora this morning say the Coroner has returned and reports that J T Newcomer shot Col. Caleb Dorsey with a revolver, one bullet penetrating the side and another the stomach.
    The body of Dorsey will be packed over the trail from the mine to Columbia, a distance of 15 miles, and will reach Sonora at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
    It is supposed that the remains will reach Oakdale to-morrow morning in time to be shipped to Stockton by the morning train.
    Newcomer, according to reports received here, says Dorsey accused him of stealing the amalgam. Newcomer called Dorsey a liar. Dorsey reached for his hip pocket as though to draw a pistol. Newcomer fired two shots, killing Dorsey instantly. Newcomer then started in haste for Sonora.
    Mr. Porter, a nephew of Col. Dorsey, went to Sonora last night. He says his uncle never went armed.
    The flag on the Masonic Hall at Oakdale is at half-mast, Col Dorsey being a member of the Lodge here.
  866. Oakdale Weekly Leader, Friday, April 24, 1896. COL. DORSEY KILLED; He is Shot by J T Newcomer, His Mining Partner;
    Col. Caleb Dorsey was shot and killed on Tuesday last about noon by J T Newcomer, his mining partner. The tragedy occurred at the mine, nineteen miles from Sonora, in a remote locality, accessible only by pack mules. Newcomer came direct to Sonora and gave himself up, saying that he had killed Colonel Dorsey in self-defense. He was very reticent, but finally said that the cause of the shooting grew out of Dorsey's accusing him of stealing amalgam from the mine. He replied that he (Dorsey) was a d---n liar. Whereupon the deceased reached for his weapon, but being too slow, Newcomer got the first two shots and killed him, one ball entering the side and the other the breast.
    The Coroner's jury found a verdict that the deceased came to his death from wounds inflicted by J T Newcomer.
    Col. Dorsey was apparently a most peacable man, and his friends are reluctant to believe that he was the aggressor. He and Newcomer were old friends and they regard it as absurd that they should quarrel over such a trivial cause.
    The remains were shipped to Stockton via Milton yesterday and the funeral will be held to-day at 2 PM under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity. The following representations of Oakdale Lodge No. 275, F&AM, attended; J. Haslacher, Chas. T. Tullock, J. W. Tulloch, I. H. Clay, Geo. F. Stearns, E. L. Barkis, Dr. J. G. Thompson and Geo. W. Wigley.
  867. Oakdale Weekly Leader, Friday, May 8, 1890. LOCAL AND PERSONAL:

    J C Newcomer was held to answer without bonds for the killing of Col. Dorsey. Newcomer did not testify.

  868. Modesto Daily Evening News, Thursday Evening, April 23, 1896, p 1. COL. DORSEY'S DEATH; All Indications Show That He Was Killed Without Justification;
    From J S Alexander, of this city, who returned from Columbia late last night, we learn the following particulars of the killing of Colonel Caleb Dorsey. It shows very conclusively that the Colonel was assassinated by J T Newcomer.
    Mr. Alexander had a lengthy conversation with the Deputy Coroner of Tuolumne county after he had returned from the scene of the killing. The murder took place in Newcomer's house and the Colonel was lying dead upon the floor with his feet toward said nearly into the fireplace. The Colonel had on his overcoat and was lying upon his back with one hand under his body. There was no pistol on his person nor a weapon found in the house though a thorough search was made. Newcomer rode Col. Dorsey's horse to Columbia and from there to Sonora where he surrendered himself to Sheriff Yancey of Tuolumne county. There was no witness to the homicide. A man named Bailey was in the vicinity and Newcomer placed the young man in charge of the remains while he went to the county seat to surrender. The young man did not disturb the remains but had to sweep the fire back in the open fire-place to prevent it from burning the dead man's feet.
    Mr. Alexander was told by a few people with whom he spoke that Newcomer, the slayer of Colonel Dorsey was a very quarrelsome man and had had a number or bitter personal disputes with others quite recently. He is about 70 years of age. The theory of the deputy coroner is that Col. Dorsey was standing before the fireplace with his back to the fire and his hands behind him, warming himself, when shot.
    The funeral of the late Colonel will take place at Stockton, but we have not yet learned the date.
  869. Columbia, MO Herald, 8 May 1896. COLONEL CALEB DORSEY; His Killing Thought to Have Been Unprovoked - He Had an Excellent War Record:
    May inquiries have recently been made by his friends concerning the death of Colonel Caleb Dorsey, who was shot and killed in Tuolumne county, California, by a man named Newcomber, who was interested with him in a gold mine and mill in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, some distance from Sonora, Colorado. Dorsey was raised in Pike county, Missouri, and had numerous friends throughout the state. He served in the confederate army as a lieutenant colonel of a regiment in Shelby's Brigade, throughout the war of the rebelion(sic). He was universally respected and beloved wherever he was known, both here and in California, where he has resided on a ranche(sic) in Stanislaus county since the close of the war. From the best and most recent information obtained, it appears that no other persons were present at the time of the shooting -- it was done in a cabin near the mill, and after the shooting Newcomber locked the door and went over to the mine, which was about a mile off, and delivered the key to the cook -- said he had shot Dorsey in self-defense -- then went off.
    In a recent number or a Stockton paper just received appears the following: "The prevailing opinion seems to be that the killing of Colonel Dorsey, who was shot on Tuesday, April 21, was unprovoked and not in self-defense, as his slayer alleges. Colonel Dorsey had no weapon upon him, and no one can be found who does not say that he was never known to provoke a man to anger in private life. Mr. Rutherford, of Stockton, who knew Colonel Dorsey during the civil war, gave some interesting particulars of his life during the war, which stamp him as one of the bravest. coolest men who fought with General Price in the west. He said: 'After the war General Price told me that he considered Colonel Dorsey one of the most discreet, cool and brave men in his command, and that he would rather trust him with any delicate mission, or one that required unquestioned courage, than any other man in his army.'
    "Mr. Rutherford knew Colonel Dorsey from boyhood, and never before knew him to have a personal difficulty with anyone. He ended the interview by saying 'During all my acquaintance with Colonel Dorsey I never knew him to have an enemy; he never sought trouble and was too much respected for anyone even to offer him an insult.
    The above is taken from the St. Louis Record of last ----??---- Col. Dorsey will be well remembered by all familiar with the civil war in Boone county, where he commanded a regiment of ex-confederate troops and was the leader of that side in the famous battle at Mount Zion in the northeastern section of Boone county. Gen. Prentiss, we believe, commanding he federals. Col. Dorsey was highly esteemed, and was a brave soldier and a man of attractive personality. He was the brother of Mrs. Col. James O. Broadhead of St. Louis.
  870. San Jose Mercury News, P. 2. FATAL QUARREL; COLONEL DORSEY SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS MINING PARTNER;The slayer Asserts that He Fired in Self-Defense - One Witness to the Affray.
    Colonel Caleb Dorsey, a mining man, well known in this city, and who has a brother, T B Dorsey, residing at 405 South Tenth Street, was shot and killed near Stockton yesterday afternoon, at a mine in which he was interested with J T Newcomer. The latter was the slayer, firing two shots at Dorsey both taking effect.
    The scene of the tragedy was about fifteen miles from Columbia a short distance from Stockton and occurred at 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A telegram from Stockton says:
    "The killing resulted from a dispute over a mine in which the two men were interested. After the shooting Newcomer went to Columbia by the trail leading from the mine to the town. When he arrived there he was almost breathless from the trip, which he made on foot. To Telephone Agent Davis he said that he had killed Dorsey in order to save his own life, but he was to excited to give any further particulars and hastened on to Sonora, where he surrendered himself into the custody of the Sheriff.
    "The only witness to the killing of Dorsey was the nephew of the murdered man, and he could not be reached at a late hour yesterday. As soon as the news of the killing was received at Columbus a number of men started on foot for the mine, among them the Coroner..."He was about 55 years of age. He has a brother lining in San Jose. Dorsey has owned the mine over which he was killed for the past twenty years, the property bearing his name. About six months ago Newcomer came from Texas to Columbia and purchased an interest in the mine. He had very little to say about the affair after surrendering to the authorities at Sonora and merely reiterated the statement made to the operator at Columbia that he shot in self-defense. Dorsey is connected by marriag with the family of General Young, one of the physicians on the asylum staff here, and has a sister living here, Mrs. L. E. D. Ewing." The young man who was the only witness to the shooting was E. W. Dorsey of San Jose. The deceased was 63 years old. He was a Colonel in the Confederate army under General Price in the Missouri campaign.
  871. St. Louis Republic, 5 May 1896, p. 3. COLONEL CALEB DORSEY; HIS KILLING THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN UNPROVOKED - HE HAD AN EXCELLENT WAR RECORD

    Many inquiries have recently been made by his friends concerning the death of Colonel Caleb Dorsey, who was shot and killed in Tuolumne County, California, by a man named Newcomber, who was interested with him in a gold mine and mill in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, some distance from Sonora, Colo. Dorsey was raised in Pike County, Misouri(sic), and had numerous friends throughout the State. He served in the Confederate Army as Lieutenant Colonel of a regiment in Shelby's Brigade, throughout the War of the Rebellion. He was universally respected and beloved wherever he was known, both here and in California, where he has resided on a rancho in Stanislaus County since the close of the war. From the best and most recent information obtained, it appears that no other persons were present at the time of the shooting - it was done in a cabin near the mill, and after the shooting Newcomber locked the door and went over to the mine, which was about a mile off, and delivered the key to the cook - said he had shot Dorsey in self-defense - then went on.
    In a recent number of a Stockton paper just received appears the following "The prevailing opinion seems to be that the killing of Colonel Dorsey, who was shot on Tuesday, April 21, was unprovoked and not in self-defense, as his slayer alleges Colonel Dorsey had no weapon upon him, and no one can be found who does not say that he was never known to provoke a man to anger in private life. Mr. Rutherford of Stockton, who knew Colonel Dorsey during the civil war, gave some interesting particulars of his life during the war, which stamp him as one of the bravest, coolest men who fought with General Price in the West. He said 'After the war General Price told me that he considered Colonel Dorsey one of the most discreet, cool and brave men in his command, and that he would rather trust him with any delicate mission, or one that required unquestioned courage, than any other man in his army.'
    Mr. Rutherford knew Colonel Dorsey from boyhood, and never before knew him to have a personal difficulty with anyone. He ended the interview by saying, "During all my acquaintance with Colonel Dorsey I never knew him to have an enemy; he never sought trouble and was too much respected for anyone ever to offer him an insult.".

  872. San Francisco Call, 23 Apr 1896, p. 4. CAUSE OF THE COUMBIA FEUD; DORSEY AND NEWCOMER HAD NOT PROSPERED AT MINING; DISPUTES OVER DEBTS; ONE WANTED THE APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER FOR THEIR PROPERTY; HIS DEMAND WAS OPPOSED; THE COLONEL'S ATTEMPT TO DRAW A PISTOL CAUSED HIS PARTNER TO OPEN FIRE;

    Sonora, Cal., April 22. - The Coroner's inquest throws no new light on the killing of Colonel Caleb T. Dorsey, and J. T. Newcomer, the homicide, still positively refuses to make a statement of kind regarding the cause of the killing. W. H. Bailey gave the most important testimony at the inquest. Newcomer having given him, briefly, the reasons for his act.
    "The first I knew of any trouble was Tuesday morning between 8 and 9 o'clock," said Bailey. "Mr. Newcomer came to the house and turned over the keys to his cabin to me, saying he had shot Colonel Dorsey. He wanted me to go down and take charge of the place. I asked him how it happened and he said he asked the colonel to appoint a receiver for their mine, and the colonel said he would have gold enough to pay everything. Hot words followed and Dorsey reached for his pistol, but Newcomer drew his first and fired. He said he did not know if he had killed Dorsey or not, but thought that he had. He then rode away and said that he was going to Sonora to give himself up."
    Newcomer is reported as having said in Columbia on yesterday that Dorsey accused him of stealing amalgam from the mills. He called Dorsey a liar. Dorsey reached for his pistol, but Newcomer got in the first shot. Dorsey's nephew, as well as others who were at the mine at the time of the shooting, knew of no trouble between the partners. Dorsey's pistol could not be found, although it was his custom to carry one always. The searchers did find cartridges on his person.
    Dorsey's friends attempted to bring his body out from the mine on a mule to-day. The mule became fretful and unmanageable and after hard work they succeeded in getting the body from its back, and enfolding it in a blanket, strapped it to a buckboard. They are bringing the corpse by the wagon road via Sugar Pine, a distance of thirty-five miles. It will reach Sonora before morning.
    Colonel Dorsey was a cousin of the late Caleb Dorsey, for many years District Attorney of this county and a prominent mining lawyer. The Colonel was a Mason of high rank.

  873. San Francisco Call, P. 4, 26 April 1896, Vol 79, NO 148. DORSEY KNOW AT TEMPLETON; AN OLD-TIME FRIEND DISCREDITS NEWCOMER'S STORY OF THE KILLING.
    Templeton, Cal., April 25. - C. H. Beauchamp of this place was an old-time friend of Colonel Caleb T. Dorsey, who was killed by his mining partner, J T Newcomer, near Columbia. He said today:
    "I have know the Dorseys ever since 1858, when I met John and Thomas Dorsey in Stanislaus County, where they were in the cattle business. Thomas Dorsey shot a Mexican cattle thief once at a rodeo; but they were unusually peaceful and quit men.
    "Colonel Caleb Dorsey I met in the same place after the war. He was engaged in raising horses at Oakdale, Stanislaus County. My acquaintance with him extended over a period of fifteen or sixteen years, and in all that time he never carried a pistol. He was a frequent visitor at my house, and stopped often over nights, so should have know if he had a weapon. It is unlikely that he commenced carrying one at this late day, and I believe that he was murdered."
    Beauchamp is an old Kentuckian, and anxious for Dorsey's reputation as a peaceful, law-abiding citizen.
  874. Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA - Block 20, Lot 26. Headstones, Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA: Caleb, Mo 1833, Calif 1896, and "Confederate Veteran" CSA and UDC, CSA 1861 - 1865.
  875. Old Cemeteries of San Joaquin County, Vol II, p 54. Dorsey, Caleb, buried 21 Apr 1896, aged 62.
  876. Modesto Daily Evening News, Saturday Evening, April 25, 1896, p 1. The funeral of the late Col. Caleb Dorsey was largely attended at Stockton yesterday afternoon. Judge Minor and Sheriff Purvis of this city were pall bearers. The funeral was under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity and the Knights Templars turned out in uniform.
  877. CH Burden Undertaking Company 1890-1953, p 40-41. Dorsey, Caleb, age 62, d. 21 Apr 1896, buried 24 Apr 1896, Stockton.
  878. San Francisco Call, Vol 79, No 147, 25 Apr 1896. INTERRED AT STOCKTON
    Masons Bear the Body of Colonel Dorsey to the Grave
    STOCKTON, Cal., April 24. -- The funeral of Colonel Caleb Dorsey, who was killed fifteen miles from Columbia on Tuesday afternoon by his mining partner, J F Newcomer, took place here this afternoon from the residence of his sister, Mrs. E B Ewing, under the auspices of the Masons. At the request of members of Oakdale Lodge No. 275 the services were conducted by the Morning Star Lodge of this place, and members of both orders escorted the body from the house to the grave in Rural Cemetery, accompanied by the members of Stockton Commander, Knights Templar, to which Colonel Dorsey belonged. Sheriff Purvis and Judge Miner of Modesto were among the pall-bearers and the rest were from the Masonic lodges.
  879. Court Records - Tuolumne County, Archive 3142 - Folder 1. Justice of the Peace issues criminal complaint naming J T Newcomer as accused of the murder of Col. Caleb Dorsey.
  880. Oakdale Graphic, 20 May 1896 - quoting the Modesto News. Modesto News: L E D Ewing has applied for letters of administration upon the estate of the late Colonel Caleb Dorsey. The estate is an undivided one-third interest in the property of the Dorsey Bros., composed of J. W. Dorsey, deceased, Thomas Dorsey and the late Colonel. The property consists of 4,300 acres of land near Oakdale, horses, mules, cattle, hogs, and farming implements, valued at $11,250, against which there is a mortgage for $31,000. The deceased also owned stock, bank shares, mining stock, etc. and 1,045 acres of land in Texas. It is estimated that the value or the property of the deceased is $20,000, above all liabilities. Deceased left no will. The application for letters has been set for hearing for Saturday, May 23d, at 10 AM. Minor & Ashley, of Stockton, are attorneys for the estate.
  881. Court Records - Tuolumne County, Archive 3142, Folder 1. Criminal trial is held - Thomas B Dorsey testifies 11 Aug 1896 (Folder #3) - Edward Dorsey, nephew, testifies (Folder #2) and JT Newcomer testifies in Folder #5.
  882. San Francisco Chronicle, Vol 66, No 112; 4 Nov 1897, p 3. SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE IN A MURDER CASE; The Slayer of Caleb Dorsey Again on Trial - Blow to the Cause of the Defense.
    Sonora, November 3. -- The second trial of J T Newcomer for the killing of Colonel Caleb Dorsey, on April 21, 1896, was commenced in the Superior Court Monday. Noting new was developed until to-day. Subsequent to the last trail Dorsey's pistol was found under the floor of the cabin where he was killed, Witness Bailey giving the information that the pistol was secreted there. The defense expected to prove by Bailey that Dorsey was armed at the time of the killing, and that he hid the pistol under the floor.
    Bailey was produced on a bench warrant, and to-day testified that he got the pistol at Dorsey's cabin and took it to the cabin where the killing occurred and put it under the floor. He also testified that he had been at one time sentenced to the Oregon penitentiary. The trial is still in progress.
  883. San Jose Mercury News, P 1. The Killing of Dorsey
    The trial of J T Newcomer for the murder of Colonel Caleb Dorsey is in progress at Sonora, near Stockton. The men were partners in a mine, and quarreled about its management. Colonel Dorsey was a resident of San Jose.
  884. San Francisco Call, Vol 80, No 73, 12 Aug 1896. SONORA'S MURDER CASE.
    The Taking of Testimony Begun in the Trial of Dorsey's Slayer.
    Events Following the Homicide Described by Witnesses for the Prosecution.

    Sonora, Cal., Aug. 11 -- The trial of John To Newcomer for the murder of Caleb Dorsey began in earnest to-day, the twelfth juror being sworn during the morning hours. The District Attorney made a short opening address, reciting the main facts of the killing and then called Thomas B Dorsey, a brother of the murdered man, to the stand.
    Dorsey testified to the general correctness of a map showing the Dorsey mine and surrounding buildings and topographical features. William Bailey, a cook at the mine, testified that on the morning of the shooting he was in the kitchen when Newcomer drove up to the cabin and asked him to come out. Newcomer told him that he had shot Dorsey, but did not know whether he had killed him or not. He was going into Sonora to give himself up. He handed to Bailey a key to the cabin where he and Dorsey lived and told him to go down and look after the wounded man. Bailey gave the key to Samuel Bateman, who went down to the place to look after the colonel.
    Samuel Bateman stated that on the day of the shooting he noticed in the mine -?- a pistol which belong to Dorsey: of the neck on the right and below the ribs near the abdomen. Bateman state that Edward Dorsey, a son of the murdered man, had gone down to the cabin where his father's body lay, but did not go in, and at no time did he see him with his father's pistol.
    Charles Owens was the last witness of the day and merely testified to the fact that on the day of the murder, while he was at the mine, Newcomer had told him that Colonel Dorsey was up in the woods cutting timber for firewood. This is important so far as Newcomer's veracity is concerned, as all that the colonel lay cold in death.

  885. San Francisco Call, P 5, 7 July 1896. SONORA MURDER CASE CONTINUED; SONORA, CAL., July 6 -- The trial of Joseph T. Newcomer, charged with the murder of the late Colonel Caleb Dorsey, will not take place until August 10. This was decided upon this morning. The proceedings took an unexpected turn. Dr. E. T. Gould, who conducted the autopsy and upon whom the prosecution relied most to prove its case, yesterday went to San Francisco with his wife, who was ill. District Attorney Otis justified Gould's action and Judge Nicol granted his motion and continued the case.
  886. San Jose Evening News, P. 1. CONDENSED TELEGRAMS; John T. Newcomer who murdered Caleb Dorsey of San Jose, near Stockton, has been sentenced to eleven years in prison. The men quarreled about mining matters.
  887. San Francisco Call, P. 6, 16 Aug 1896. "GUILTY" IS THE SONORA VERDICT; J T NEWCOMER CONVICTED OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER; JURY OUT TEN HOURS; THE AGED PRISONER DISPLAYS NO EMOTION WHEN THE RESULT IS ANNOUNCED.
    Sonora, Cal., Aug. 15. -- John T. Newcomer, the slayer of his aged mining partner, Colonel Caleb Dorsey, was to-day found guilty of murder in the second degree. The jury was out ten hours before the verdict was reached. Byron Waters, the attorney for Newcomer, will move for a new trial on Monday.
    In his closing argument this morning District Attorney Otis reviewed the testimony in an exhaustive manner and pointed out to the jury the weak spots in the defendant's plea of justification or self-defense. From the trend of the District Attorney's remarks it was evident that he did not expect a verdict of murder in the first degree, and he gave the jury practically to understand that his side would be satisfied with a verdict of manslaughter.
    Otis closed his speech by assuring the jury that all he wished was justice, and whatever the verdict he would know that in rendering it every member of the jury was actuated by conscientious motives.
    Judge Nicol at 11:30 o'clock commenced his instructions to the jury, taking a half hour in the delivery. The jury retired, and did not arrive at an agreement until 9 o'clock. The aged defendant gave no outward sign of emotion when the verdict was read.
  888. San Jose Mercury News, P 4. HE HAD A GUN; IMPORTANT EVIDENCE WHICH MAY SAVE COLONEL DORSEY'S SLAYER; Tragedy at the Mining Camp ---Confession of a Cook Who Hid the Pistol.
    Colonel Caleb Dorsey of San Jose was killed a few months ago near Sonora by J T Newcomer, his partner in a mine. The tragedy occurred in Newcomer's cabin where Dorsey had gone to discuss business matters. Newcomer claimed that during the quarrel he thought Dorsey was going to kill him, and fired in self defense.
    After the shooting, Newcomer rode to Sonora and surrendered. At the trial efforts of the defense to prove that Dorsey was armed proved fruitless and Newcomer was convicted of manslaughter. New and important evidence has been discovered, which may save Newcomer from prison.
    A telegram from Sonora says: It is more than possible that J T Newcomer, who is now in and under sentence of eleven years to San Quentin for the killing of Colonel Caleb Dorsey, may escape the penitentiary owing to newly discovered evidence.
    Newcomer is till held here pending a motion in the Supreme Court for a new trial.
    At Newcomer's trial it was proved that at the time of Dorsey's death he was unarmed. For some time past William Bailey, the cook at Dorsey mine, whom Newcomer first informed that he had killed Dorsey, has been drinking quite heavily. Yesterday he informed Ed Doyle of the Union saloon that when he went to Dorsey's cabin after Newcomer had started for Sonora to surrender to the officers, he took Dorsey's pistol from his body and hid it under the floor in the next room.
    Bailey and Doyle left here at 4 o'clock this morning on horseback. They went to the cabin and found the pistol where Bailey had hidden it, and brought it to Sonora. The finding of the pistol will probably save Newcomer from going to San Quentin.
  889. Court Records - Tuolumne County. Appeal granted, 14 Sept 1897; filed 30 Sept 1897.
  890. San Jose Mercury News, 2 Nov 1897. ...of John T Newcomer for the murder of Caleb Dorsey, of San Jose was begun in the Superior Court here yesterday, Judge Nicols presiding. The day was consumed in getting a jury. The opening statements were made and the taking of testimony began today.
    The trial is expected to last throughout the week, and the opinion here is that it will result in either an acquittal or a disagreement. Since the termination of the last trial, Colonel Dorsey's pistol has been found, and this fact may materially alter the situation.
  891. San Jose Mercury News, P. 1. DORSEY'S SLAYER; Sonora, November 2 - The second trial of John T Newcomer for the murder of Caleb Dorsey, of San Jose was begun in the Superior Court here yesterday, Judge Nicols presiding. The day was consumed in getting a jury. The opening statements were made and the taking of testimony began today.
    The trial is expected to last throughout the week, and the opinion here is that it will result in either an acquittal or a disagreement. Since the termination of the last trial, Colonel Dorsey's pistol has been found, and this fact may materially alter the situation.
  892. Court Records - Tuolumne County, Archive 3142. JT Newcomer is acquitted of murder; basic argument was that the instructions of the judge in the murder trial had given incorrect instructions, and that the element of self defense was not correctly assessed. The essential element of "intent" was not ever established or proven - Caleb Dorsey was known to be hot-tempered, quick to react, and comfortable with firearms - Newcomer was well within his rights to assume that he was going to draw on him.

    However, 18 Mar 1903, JT Newcomer committed suicide in a remote cabin in Tuolumne County. After being acquitted of the murder of Dorsey, he was never able to recover his life, was ostracized by the community. "Feared by his neighbors and without friends, he finally turned on himself the weapon which wrecked his life and his fortune." (SF Call Newspaper, 20 Mar 1903).

  893. San Francisco Call, Friday, March 20, 1903, P. 5, Col. 7. PISTOL BULLET ENDS HIS LIFE; Sonora Miner, Acquitted of Murder, Commits Suicide;
    Sonora, March 19. - J. T. Newcomer, who killed his mining partner, Colonel Caleb Dorsey, a prominent stockman of Stanislaus County, at the Snell mine in this county in April, 1896, committed suicide last night near the scene of the first tragedy. He fired a bullet into his brain in the presence of his partner, and his dead body now lies unguarded on a cabin floor in a lonely and remote section of the county.
    Newcomer was tried twice for the murder of Colonel Dorsey. He was convicted of murder in the second degree the first time but on the second trial he was acquitted. Self-defense was his plea. The men were alone when the killing occurred. After being released from jail Newcomer returned to the mines, where he worked without success. Feared by his neighbors and without friends, he finally turned on himself the weapon which wrecked his life and his fortune.
  894. Probate Court Records, Probate File #1324 - 30 June 1911, Superior Court of Stanislaus County. In the Matter of the Estate of CALEB DORSEY, Deceased:

    Mary S. Broadhead, Anna B. Dorsey, L. E. D. Ewing (individually), Samuel W R Langdon, Eleanor M Levering, Millie Porter as Executrix and Trustee under the Will of Edward D. Porter, deceased, Annie D Porter, J D Porter, William C Porter, G Porter Roberts, Nellie L Young and Annie R Hodgdon having filed herein their petition for a partial distribution, and the same coming on regularly to be heard this day, and it appearing to the Court from the proofs adduced, that personal notice of the hearing of said petition had been given to the administratrix of the estate of the deceased, and by the Clerk by posting for the time and in the manner required by law and the order of this Court, the Court proceeded to the hearing of said petition.
    And it appearing to the Court from the proofs adduced, that more than fifteen years has elapsed since the issuance of letters of administration; That the time for filing and presenting claims has expired; that all claims that have been allowed against said estate have been paid, and said estate is not indebted except for the commissions of the administratrix and the attorney's fees to be allowed on final settlement; That a final distribution of the estate of said deceased cannot now be made, for the reason that an action for an accounting is pending in the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Tuolumne, as to certain mining property belonging to the estate of said deceased; That said deceased left certain real property in the State of Texas, some of which has been sold, and, by agreement of some of the heirs, the proceeds thereof turned over to the administratrix of the estate of said deceased to be by her distributed; That the petitioners above named are all heirs at law of said deceased and entitled to share in the proceeds of the Texas property; That petitioners G Porter Roberts, Nellie L Young and Annie R Hodgdon are a grand-nephew and grand-nieces, respectively of said deceased, and are not entitled to share in the property of said deceased situated in the State of California; That after leaving in the hands of said administratrix the sum of $697.49 (the proceeds from California property) and the sum of $573.13 from the proceeds of Texas property to meet the payment of her commissions and attorney's fees on final settlement, the shares of those of the above-named petitioners that may be entitled thereto, in the proportions hereinafter set out, in eight (8) shares of the capital stock of The San Joaquin Valley Bank and five (5) shares of the capital stock of Modesto Grange Company, and in moneys received from the proceeds of Texas property can be allowed to said petitioners, as such heirs, without loss to the creditors of said estate, and that no injury can result to the estate by reason of such partial distribution; It is by the Court here ordered, adjudged and decreed that the eight(8) shares of the capital stock of The San Joaquin Valley Bank and five (5) shares of the capital stock of Modesto Grange Company be and the same are hereby distributed to the following name petitioners, in the following proportions, to wit:
    To petitioners Mary S. Broadhead, Anna B. Dorsey, LED Ewing, (individually) and Samuel W R Langdon, an undivided one-sixth (1/6) each;
    To petitioners Eleanor M Levering, Annie D Porter, J D Porter, William C Porter and Millie Porter as the surviving wife of and trustee under the will of Edward D Porter, deceased, and undivided one-forty-second (1/42) each;
    And that there be distributed to the following named petitioners, out of the proceeds of the Texas property, the sums set opposite to their names respectively, to wit:
    Mary S Broadhead, Anna B Dorsey, LED Ewing (individually)and Samuel WR Langdon each the sum of $481.60;
    Eleanor M Levering, Annie D Porter, J D Porter, William C Porter each the sum of $60.20;
    G. Porter Roberts, Nellie L Young, Annie R Hodgdon each the sum of $20.06
    It is further ordered that no bond be required of any of said petitioners on this distribution. Dated June 30, 1911.
    L W Fulkerth, Judge.

  895. Probate Court Records, Probate Case #615; Decree of Final Discharge. It appearing that said estate has been fully administered and it being shown by the production of satisfactory vouchers, that all of the property of the estate has been delivered to the parties entitled thereto: It is ordered, adjudged and decreed that said adminstratrix L E D Ewing and her sureties be and they are hereby released and discharged, and that the said estate is fully distributed, settled and closed. Dated January 7th, 1924. LW Fulkerth.
  896. Oakdale Graphic, 20 May, 1896. COL. CALEB DORSEY'S ESTATE; Modesto News;
    L. E. D. Ewing has applied for letters of administration upon the estate of the late Colonel Caleb Dorsey. The estate is an undivided one-third interest in the property of the Dorsey Bros. composed of J. W. Dorsey, deceased, Thomas Dorsey and the late Colonel. The property consists of 4500 acres of land near Oakdale, horses, mules, cattle, hogs, and farming implements valued at $112,250, against which there is a mortgage for $31,000. The deceased also owned stock, bank shares, mining stock, etc., and 1,045 acres of land in Texas. It is estimated that the value or the property of the deceased $20,000 above all liabilities. Deceased left no will. The application for letters has been set for hearing for Saturday, May 23d, at 10 AM. Minor & Ashley, of Stockton, are attorneys for the estate.
  897. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-129 Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey Family. Dorsey Family Bible: Eleanor E. Dorsey Aug 16, 1836 (unmarried).
  898. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Holt Atherton Collection, UofP Libraries, Eleanor Young papers. Eleanor Elizabeth Dorsey, b. 8-16-1835, Mo.; d. 1-31-1837, Mo.
  899. Federal Census, 1900, California. Ann B Dorsey, b. Sept 1840, boarder, single b. MO, both parents born in MD, occupation: dress maker.
  900. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-129 Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey Family. Dorsey Family Bible, Martha Ann Dorsey Sept 7 - 1839 (unmarried).
  901. Stockton Record Newspaper. DORSEY - In Delano, Aug. 16, 1935, Miss Anna B. Dorsey, sister of the late Mrs. P. B. Ewing and Mrs. W. R. Langdon, aunt of Dr. Samuel Langdon, Mrs. Frank S. Boggs, Mrs. Harry C Marsh, J. Dorsey Ewing, J. Dorsey Porter, Mrs. J. D. Young and G. P. Roberts, all of Stockton; a native of Missouri, aged 95 years, 11 months and 9 days.
    Private funeral services will be held Monday, Aug. 19, at 4 p. m., from 1125 North El Dorado street, Stockton. B C Wallace in charge. Committal at Rural Cemetery.
  902. Federal Census, 1840, Missouri, , Pike, MO; Roll: 228; Page: 88. Edward Dorsey, 2 males betw 5 and 10, 1 male betw 10 and 15, 1 male betw 20 & 30, 1 male betw 40 & 50; 1 female under 5, 1 female betw 10 and 15, 1 female betw 30 & 40, 1 female betw 60 & 70. One mother was living with them assumedly - since his mother had died in 1837, it may have been Eleanor's mother.
  903. Federal Census, 1880, California, 1880, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA; Roll: T9_80; FHFilm: 1254080; Page: 62.2000; ED: 97; Image: 0006. Annie B Dorsey, 51, boarder, single b. MO, both parents b. MD
    found on different page - entry added in the middle of unrelated residents; she was actually living with Walter Ross Langdon and her sister Edwa.
  904. City Directory, Dir of Stockton, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Merced Cos, FM Husted Pub, SF, 1891, p. 114. DORSEY, A B Miss res 85 El Dorado.
  905. Federal Census, 1900, California, 1900 Stockton, Ward 4, CA; Roll: T623 108; Page: 1B; ED: 115. Walter R Langdon, head, b. Jan 1831, 69, married 27 years, b. NC, father b. ME, mother b. NC, physician, owns own house, free and clear; Edwa W, wife, b. Jan 1846, married 27 years, b. MO, father b. MD, mother b. MD; Ann B. Dorsey, boarder, b. Sept 1840, 59, b. MO, mother and father b. MD, dressmaker, 12 months not employed.
    (Ann B Dorsey is the sister of Edwa Langdon).
  906. City Directory, Dir of Stockton City & San Joaquin Co, A Kingsbury, Stockton, 1904, p. 89. DORSEY Anna B Miss r603 E Lindsay.
  907. Pension File, War of 1812, Deposition to support re-issue of bounty land warrant 55-142.
  908. Federal Census, 1910, California, 1910, Stockton Ward 2, San Joaquin, CA; Roll: T624_103; Page: 9A; ED: 136; Iamge: 389. Lou E D Ewing, 56, widowed, had 5 children 3 surviving, b. MO, both parents b. MD, no occupation, own own home free & clear;
    Edwa Dorsey Ewing, 34, single, b. MO, father b. MS, mother b. MO, no occupation;
    John W Dorsey Ewing, 29, single, b. TX, father b. MS, mother b. MO, clerk at National Bank;
    Anna Dorsey, sister, 60, b. MO, both parents b. MD, no occupation.
  909. Federal Census, 1920, California, 1920, Stockton Ward 2, San Joaquin, CA; Roll: T625_144; Page: 3B; ED: 163; Image: 84. John W Dorsey Ewing, 39, head, owns home w/o mortgage, single, b. TX, father b. KY, mother b. MO, Receiving Teller, Bank;
    Lou E Dorsey Ewing, 76, mother, widowed, b. MO, both parents b. MD, no occupation;
    Edwa Dorsey Ewing, 44, sister, single, b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. KY, no occupation;
    Anna B Dorsey, 82, aunt, single, b. MD, both parents b. MD, no occupation.
  910. Federal Census, 1930, California, 1930, Oakland, Alameda, CA; Roll: 103; Page 8A; ED: 86; Image: 907.0. Samuel Langdon, 56, Home worth $10,000, owned, has a radio, age when first married, 30, b. CA, father b. SC, motehr b. MO, physician with own business
    Mary, wife, 49, 22 when first married, b. CA, father b. NY, mother b. MO
    Ross, son, 22, single b. CA, both parents b. CA, clerk in dry goods business
    Edwa, daughter, 13 single, b. CA, both parents b. CA, attending school
    Mary Root, mother-in-law, 81, wid, b. WI, both parents b. England
    Anna Dorsey, sister, 90, b. MO, both parents b. MD.
  911. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Holt Atherton Collection, UofP Libraries, Eleanor Young papers. Martha Ann (Annie) B Dorsey died from auto wreck injuries in Delano, California, aged 95 yrs 11 mo 9 days.
  912. Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA. Headstone, Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA: Anna B, Mo 1839 - Calif 1935.
  913. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-129 Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey Family. Dorsey Family Bible: Charles S. Dorsey Jan 18 - 1842 (unmarried).
  914. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri. He is not listed with the family at this time - and he never appears in later documents.
  915. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Headstone, Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA: Anna B, Mo 1839 - Calif 1935.Holt Atherton Collection, UofP Libraries, Eleanor Young papers. Charles Snowden Dorsey, b. 1-18-1842, Mo.; d. 2-1-1849, Mo.
  916. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 144. Charles Ridgely Dorsey, born Jan 20 1835, married sisters - Catherine and Margaret Collins.
  917. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 128. Sarah Dorsey, born 1813, married Dr Arthur Pue, Jr. She died May 7, 1848.
  918. Baltimore Patriot Newspaper, 12 Aug 1830 Vol XXXVI, Issue 36, page 3. Married - On Thursday th 29th July, at Grey Rock, Elk Ridge, by the Rev. Mr. Hillop, Dr. Arthur Pue, Jr. to Sally, daughter of the late Thomas B. Dorsey.
  919. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 129. Sarah Dorsey, born 1813, married Dr Arthur Pue, Jr. She died May 7, 1848.
  920. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 91. Charles Dorsey, son of Charles and Lydia (Dorsey) Dorsey, was born 1776 in Baltimore County. He migrated to Kentucky with his parents, and there in Nelson County, he was married to Nancy, the daughter of Richard Stephens.
  921. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 105. His gravestone read "Died October 27, 1843, aged 67 years.".
  922. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 104. Charles Dorsey, son of Charles and Lydia (Dorsey) Dorsey, was born 1776 in Baltimore County. He migrated to Kentucky with his parents, and there in Nelson County, he was married to Nancy, the daughter of Richard Stephens.
  923. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 105. Nancy Dorsey, he wife, died in Danville, KY on Dec 3, 1824, and was buried in the family graveyard in Nelson County. Charles Dorsey survived his wife for nearly twenty years, dying at the home of his daughter, Elizabeth Sterrett, at Hawesville, Hancock County, where he is buried. His gravestone read "Died October 27, 1843, aged 67 years.".
  924. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 35. Thomas Hall Dorsey son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Hall) Dorsey, was born 1769 in Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel County. In 1811 he married Ann (Warfield), the wealthy widow of Richard Dorsey of "Hockley.".
  925. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 36. He dated his will September 1838 naming his wife but conveying most of the estate to heir daughter, Margaret E Harrison, the wife of Washington Harrison of Baltimore City. Whe the instrument ws admitted to probate on April 22, 1852, in Anne Arundel County, his wife renounced it and demanded her dower rights.
  926. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-91 . MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Dorsey, Ann M Thomas H Dorsey
    Remarks: Anne Arundel County, Date of Marriage: 1811, May 15
    Reference: Anne Arundel County Marriage Record 1777-1813, p. 104.
  927. Marriages & Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839, p. 52. DORSEY, Mr. Thomas, and Mrs. Anne Dorsey, all of this county, were married Thurs. evening last [May 16th] by the Rev. Mr. Judd. (May 22, 1811).
  928. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 46. known child: Elizabeth Dorsey, b. ca 1797; m1 25 Jan 1814 dr. Thomas W. Johnson.
  929. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 607. Elisha Riggs was born June 13, 1779 near Brookeville, MD, and died Aug 3, 1853 in New York City.
  930. The Levering Family, p 74. Alice; b 28 Feb 1792 in Alexandria, VA; m 17 Sept 1812 Elisha Riggs a brother of Romulus who was an eminent merchant of the city of New York where he died 3 Aug 1853.
  931. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 607. Elisha Riggs married first, September 12, 1812, Alice Lawrason, daughter of James Lawrason; second July 16, 1822, Mary Ann Karrick, daughter of Joseph Karrick.
  932. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 606. Mary, born Aug 14, 1768, died Jan 21, 1846; married Henry Griffith.
  933. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 606. Henrietta, born Dec 22, 1769, died Apr 8, 1854; married Daniel Gaither.
  934. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 607. Thomas, born Jan 12, 1772, died Jan 10, 1845; married Mary Riggs (cousin).
  935. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 607. Anna, born Aug 12, 1773, died Feb 18, 1796; married John H Riggs (cousin).
  936. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 607. Reuben, born May 23, 1775, died Apr 25, 1829; married Mary Thomas.
  937. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 607. George W, born Aug 8, 1777; married first, Eliza Robinson, married second, Rebecca (Smith) Norris.
  938. The Levering Family, p 74. Mercy Ann b 24 Oct 1789, in Alexandria, VA; m 29 May 1810, Romulus Riggs of Alexandria, b in Montgomery Co, MD 22 Dec 1782.
  939. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 607. Romulus, born Dec 22, 1782, died Oct 2, 1846; married Mercy Ann Lawrason.
  940. Alexandria, VA Archaelogy website, C-3:230. This indenture made between Romulus Riggs and Mercy Ann his wife of the city of Philadelphia, PA and William Evans of Alexandria, VA and on behalf of the African Baptist Church of Alexandria.
    That Riggs, in consideration of the sum of $650 to Riggs hand paid by William Evans, trustee, have given granted sold to Wm Evans an annual ground rent of $32.50 for the lot situated in Alexandria which ground rent was created by deed of bargain and sale from J Lawrason to Henderson et al. Which ground rent was devised to Mercy Ann Riggs by J Lawrason's will dated 23 Oct 1820.
  941. Alexandria, VA Archaelogy website, C-3:230. See abstract in property fact.
    "This indenture mde between Rolulus Riggs and Mercy Ann [Lawrason], his wife, of the city of Philadelphia, PA...
  942. Genealogical & Memorial Encyclopedia of Maryland, p 607. Remus, born Jan 12, 1790, died Dec 18, 1867; married Katharine Adams.
  943. The National Intelligencer, Washington, DC, p 143 - 1819. Dorsey, Nicholas, of Anne Arundel Co, and Miss Sarah Hyatt, of P G Co., were married by the Rev Mr Walch (June 23).
  944. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 46. William Ball, b. 1760, m. 1) 1809 Hannah Jones - one son William Ball d. unm.; 2) Elizabeth Dorsey.
  945. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 104. Elizabeth Dorsey (Michael, Michael, John, Col Edward, Edward) b. 1785; d. 1856 Portsmouth, VA; m. Jan 27, 1814 as 2nd wife, William Ball, Jr, b. 1790, AA Co; d. July 30, 1863 Baltimore.
  946. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 46. Achsah Ball, b. 1793; d. Jan 31, 1860, m. Rev John Robb.
  947. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 46. Child of William and Sarah (Dorsey) Ball: Elizabeth Ball, m. 1) Enoch Betz; m 2) Lloyd Worthington.
  948. Cemeteries of Cuivre Township, Pike Co Missouri (Bowling Green, Pike, MO: Pike County Genealogical Society, n.d.), p 17. Worthington Cemetery: Elizabeth, 21 Oct 1800 - 31 Dec 1876, age: 76y 2m 28d.
  949. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, 1850, Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; page: 171B; Image: 347. Loyd Worthington, 56, farmer, $5,000, b. MD;
    Elizabeth, 51, b. MD;
    George, 24, to the mines, b. MD;
    Caleb L, 17, farmer, b. MD;
    John, 14, attending school, b. MD;
    William, 11, attending school, b. MO;
    Nicholas D, 9, attending school, b. MO.
    Living next door to Edward Worthington Dorsey.
  950. Federal Census, 1860, Missouri, 1860, Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M653_639; Page: 162; Image: 166; FHL Film: 803639. Loyd Worthington, 64, farmer, $12,000, $7,200, b. MD
    Elizabeth, 60, Domestic, b. MD;
    William, 21, farm lab., b. MO.
  951. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. Lloyd Worthington married Jan 19, 1825, Elizabeth Betts, removed to Missouri.
  952. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. Lloyd Worthington son of John and Anne (Dorsey) Worthington, married Jan 19, 1825, Elizabeth Betts, removed to Missouri.
  953. Cemeteries of Cuivre Township, Pike Co Missouri, p 17. Worthington Cemetery: Loyd D. Worthington, 17 June 1795 - 9 Jan 1877, age: 81y 6m 22d.
  954. Cemeteries of Cuivre Township, Pike Co Missouri, p. 17. Worthington Cemetery: Loyd D. Worthington, 17 June 1795 - 9 Jan 1877, age: 81y 6m 22d.
  955. Cemeteries of Cuivre Township, Pike Co Missouri, p 17. Worthington Cemetery: Nicholas D., 26 Sept 1840 - 24 Dec 1866, s/o Lloyd D & Elizabeth Worthington.
  956. Cemeteries of Cuivre Township, Pike Co Missouri, p 17. Worthington Cemetery: Nicholas D., 26 Sept 1840 - 24 Dec 1866, s/o Lloyd D & Elizabeth Worthington.
  957. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 46. Henrietta Ball, m. Lt Levin Handy.
  958. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 46. Walter Ball, b. 26 Sept 1795; d. 25 Sept 1863; m. 13 Sept 1815, Mary Ball b. 1794; d. 1865.
  959. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 322. John Henry Worthington, b 8 Jan 1793, married Anne Hammond, dau of Joshua and Henrietta (Hammond) Dorsey, Mar 2, 1815; he died Apr 1858.
  960. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 152. John Hammond - Ann Hammond Dorsey, of Joshua and Henrietta Hammond. Issue, Joshua Dorsey Worthington, Nicholas, John T Worthington.
  961. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. Nicholas Dorsey Worthington, b Oct 28, 1788, married Matilda Odle. License Sept 15, 1815, Balt. Co.
  962. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. Mary Anne Worthington, b 26 Jun 1791, m. 9 Apr 1816, Thomas Beale Cockey.
  963. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. John Worthington, son of John and Anne (Dorsey) Worthington, married 30 May 1832.
  964. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. Elizabeth Worthington married Mar 25, 1806, Alexander Walters.
  965. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. Henrietta D Worthington married Joshua Frederick Cockey.
  966. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 328. Marcella M Worthington married 1 Nov 1831 Job Bernard, removed West.
  967. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 50. Levin Lawrence, b 8 Apr 1774; d 1852; s/o Benjamin and Urith; m Mary Snowden Dorsey; d/o Elias Dorsey and Susan Snowden; they were in Nelson Co, KY 1802 (Marylanders to KY).
  968. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 54. 1155-4 Rebecca Lawrence, b. 6 Dec 1796; d. 5 Feb 1853; m1 20 Sept 1820; m. 3 Oct 1820 Baltimore Co to David Waters, b. 12 Oct 1796; d. 20 Jun 1838; s/o Nathan Waters; she inherited portions of Cumberland and Popular Spring Meadows Garden from her father's estate in Anne Arundel Co.
  969. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 54. 1155-4 Rebecca Lawrence, b. 6 Dec 1796; d. 5 Feb 1853.
  970. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 54. 1155-4 Rebecca Lawrence, b. 6 Dec 1796; d. 5 Feb 1853; m1 20 Sept 1820; m. 3 Oct 1820 Baltimore Co to David Waters, b. 12 Oct 1796; d. 20 Jun 1838; s/o Nathan Waters; she inherited portions of Cumberland and Popular Spring Meadows Garden from her father's estate in Anne Arundel Co.
  971. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 54. 1155-4 Rebecca Lawrence, m1 20 Sept 1820; m. 3 Oct 1820 Baltimore Co to David Waters, b. 12 Oct 1796; d. 20 Jun 1838; s/o Nathan Waters.
  972. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 54. 1155-4 Rebecca Lawrence, m. 3 Oct 1820 Baltimore Co to David Waters, b. 12 Oct 1796; d. 20 Jun 1838; s/o Nathan Waters.
  973. Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol II, p 54. 1155-3 Larkin Lawrence, b. ca 1792; went to MO with Col. Edward Dorsey.
  974. Federal Census, Slave Schedule, 1850, Missouri, NARA, 7th Census of the US, 1850, M432. Larkin Lawrence, 3 slaves - 1 male 45, 1 male 25, 1 female 14.
  975. Death Certificate.
  976. Federal Census, 1840, Missouri, 1840, Waverly, Lincoln, MO; Roll: 225; Page: 218; Image: 445; FHLFilm: 0014856. Larkin Lawrence: 1 male 15-19, 1 male 40-49, 1 female 20-29, total white persons: 3
    Slaves: 2; Persons employed in agriculture: 2.
  977. Death Certificate, #17444. Lev Lawrence - Father's Name: Larkin L Lawrence, b. MD; Mother's Name: Theresa Borwn, b. MD.
  978. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 169. Theresa Browne, of Moses, m. Larkin Lawrence.
  979. Missouri Marriages to 1850. Brown, Theresa; Lawrence, Larkin; 14 Jan 1840; Pike County, MO.
  980. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, 1850, Dist 49, Lincoln, MO; Roll: M432_404; Page: 428; Image: 322. Larkin Lawrence, 55, farmer, $1,000, b. MD;
    Theresa, 37, b. MD;
    Mary E, 9, b. MO
    Sarah A, 7, b. MO;
    Ann, 5, b. MO;
    Jane, 4, b. MO;
    Larkin D, 7 mos, b. MO.
  981. Pike County, Missouri Deaths, 1878-1917. Mrs. Larkin Lawrence, b. 31 Oct 1812, d. 20 Mar 1889.
  982. Federal Census, Slave Schedule, 1850, Missouri, NARA, 1850, M432. Larkin Lawrence, 2 males ages 25 and 45, one female age 14.
  983. Federal Census, 1860, Missouri, 1860, Waverly, Lincoln, MO; Roll: M653-629; Page: 532; Image: 527; FHL Film: 803629. Teresa Lawrance, 45, farmer, $2,000, $1930, b. MD;
    Mary E, 19, b. MO;
    Sally H, 18, b. MO;
    Ann R, 16, b. MO;
    Jane, 13, b. MO;
    Levin, 9, b. MO;
    Elias M Brown, 29, $100, b. MD.
  984. Federal Census, 1870, Pike Co, Missouri, 1870, Waverly, Lincoln, MO; Roll: M593_788; Page: 199; Image: 401. Theresa Lawrence, 60, keeping house, $2,700, $700, b. MD;
    Sarah, 27, at home, b. MO;
    Jennie, 21, at home, b. MO;
    Leaven, 16, works on farm, b. MO.
  985. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, 1880, Waverly, Lincoln, MO; Roll: 699; FHLFilm: 1254699; Page: 335D; ED: 93; Image: 0673. Leven Lawrence, 25, married, farmer, b. MO, both parents b. MD;
    Florence Lawrence, 24, wife, keeping house, b. MO, both parents b. IN;
    Charlie Lawrence, 1, son, b. MO, both parents b. MO;
    Teresa Lawrence, 67, mother, widowed, b. MD, both parents b. MD;
    Curtis Murphy, 18, brother-in-law, single, farm laborer, b. MO, both parents b. IN.
  986. Descendants of Rev Robert Browne. Theresia Josephine (1812-1889).
  987. [Ida M Shirk], Descendants of Richard & Elizabeth Talbott (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1995), p 424. Hammond Dorsey Lawrence, died 12 Aug 1844 at Holliday's Cove, Brooke Co., W. Va.
  988. [Shirk], Descendants of Richard & Elizabeth Talbott, p 424. His wife was born 25 Jan 1892, and died May 1858 at Baltimore.
  989. Federal Census, 1850, Maryland, Baltimore, Ward 12, Baltimore, MD; Roll: M432_285; Page: 251A; Image: 72. Louisa Lawrence, 48, b. MD;
    Sarah, 19, b. MD;
    Josephine, 16, b. MD;
    Mary, 13, b. MD, attending school;
    Edwd, 15 b. MD, attending school;
    Caleb, 10, b. MD;
    George, 8, b. MD;
    Jno P, 7, b. MD.
  990. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900.
  991. [Shirk], Descendants of Richard & Elizabeth Talbott, p 424. France La Fayette Lawrence, b. 12 March 1824.
  992. [Shirk], Descendants of Richard & Elizabeth Talbott, p 424. Sarah Elizabeth Lawrence, b. 18 Feb 1831; m. Free E Crawford, and had issue: Belle, Sarah Elizabeth, Caroline and Alta.
  993. [Shirk], Descendants of Richard & Elizabeth Talbott, p 424. Larkin Hammond Lawrence, b. 3 Nov 1832; d. 22 Nov 1853.
  994. [Shirk], Descendants of Richard & Elizabeth Talbott, p 424. Josephine Louise Lawrence, b. 15 March 1834.
  995. [Shirk], Descendants of Richard & Elizabeth Talbott, p 424. Edward Thomas Lawrence, b. 8 June 1835.
  996. [Shirk], Descendants of Richard & Elizabeth Talbott, p 424. Mary Margaret Lawrence, b. 8 June 1835.
  997. [Shirk], Descendants of Richard & Elizabeth Talbott, p 424. Caleb Van Buren Lawrence, b. 24 Oct 1839; d. 1850.
  998. [Shirk], Descendants of Richard & Elizabeth Talbott, p 424. George Benton Lawrence, b. 18 July 1841.
  999. [Shirk], Descendants of Richard & Elizabeth Talbott, p 424. John Polk Lawrence, b. 10 Feb 1843.
  1000. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 99. Evan Dorsey, son of Basil, was born in Frederick County. He married on January 6, 1789, Susannah, the daughter of John and Martha (West) Lawrence, by the rector of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Frederick.
  1001. Maryland State Archives, Index to Marriage Records 1649-1886 S1397 - MSA SE 27-91 . MARRIAGE REFERENCE:
    Lawrence, Susanna M Evan Dorsey
    Remarks: Frederick County, Date of Marriage: 1788, December 23
    Reference: Frederick County Marriage Record, 1779-1798, p. 30.
  1002. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 322. James Worthington, son of John and Susannah (Hood) Worthington, was born Jan 16, 1772, in Anne Arundel Co. He married on Jan 24, 1792, Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Warfield) Griffith. The license was applied for in Baltimore Co.
  1003. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 323. The wife of James Worthington died on Dec 31, 1853. He died June 9, 1854, near New Market, Frederick County. The are both interred in the Episcopal churchyard at Urbana, MD.
  1004. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 322. John Worthington, son of John and Susannah (Hood) Worthington, was born in Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel County. On Feb 4, 1790, he married Anne, the daughter of Reuben and Sarah (Dorsey) Meriweather.
  1005. Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants, p 216. Thomas Tolley Worthington and James Tolley Worthington born Dec 1771; intermarried - Thomas, the Misses Whipps; James with Miss S. James died Oct 1830. Thomas died July 30, ---.
  1006. Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants, p 217. Thomas Tolley Worthington and James Tolley Worthington born Dec 1771; intermarried - Thomas, the Misses Whipps; James with Miss S. James died Oct 1830. Thomas died July 30, ---.
  1007. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 317. Rezin Hammond Worthington, b June 28, 1794, married Rachel Shipley and Mary Shipley.
  1008. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 329. Rezin Hammond Worthington died in the year 1884. His will was admitted for probate on October 8, same year, at Towson, Baltimore County.
  1009. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 336. Nicholas Worthington, son of Nicholas and Catherine (Griffith) Worthington, was born Oct 24, 1757, in St Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co. He married Elizabeth, b Aug 7, 1758, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Rutland on July 7, 1778 in Anne Arundel Co.
  1010. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 336. Captain Worthington died on Dec 6, 1782, and was buried at "Summer Hill." His father administered on his estate and rendered an account on April 24, 1784. In the will of Colonel Nicholas Worthington in 1793, he stated that "his granddaughter Anne daughter of his deceased son Nicholas was not to be disturbed during her maiden life in the parental dwelling.".
  1011. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 336. Captain Worthington died on Dec 6, 1782, and was buried at "Summer Hill." His father administered on his estate and rendered an account on April 24, 1784. In the will of Colonel Nicholas Worthington in 1793, he stated that "his granddaughter Anne daughter of his deceased son Nicholas was not to be disturbed during her maiden life in the parental dwelling.".
  1012. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 134. 1. Hammond Dorsey, born Jan. 31, 1807, married Oct. 17, 1839, Lucretia Brown, born 1810, and had Richard H., Sally Ann, and Larkin. He died 2 Mar 1875.
  1013. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 134. 1. Hammond Dorsey, born Jan. 31, 1807, married Oct. 17, 1839, Lucretia Brown, born 1810, and had Richard H., Sally Ann, and Larkin. He died 2 Mar 1875.
  1014. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 134. 2. William Baker Dorsey married May 6, 1841, Susan Woods; all children died in infancy.
  1015. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 134. 3. Mary Dorsey married ------ Bailey.
  1016. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 134. 6. Elizabeth Dorsey married Henry Owings, Oct 1, 1842. .
  1017. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 134. 8. Sheredine Dorsey married twice, dsp.
  1018. Cemeteries of Cuivre Township, Pike Co Missouri, p 38. DORSEY, Sheridan, 4 June 1810 - 5 Aug 1879, born in Howard co. Md. [Howard County had not been formed in 1810 - it was only a district in Anne Arundel County].
  1019. Federal Census, 1840, Missouri, 1840, Pike, MO; Roll: 228; Page: 86; Image: 178; FHFilm: 0014857. Sheridan Dorsey: 1 male 30-39, 1 male slave under 10, 1 male slave 10-23, 2 female slaves 10-23; Total All persons: 5; Persons employed in agriculture: 4; Free white persons 20-49: 1; Total Free White Persons: 1.
  1020. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, 1850, Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; Page: 166A; Image: 336. Sheredine Dorsey, 37, farmer, $2,000, b. MD;
    Elizabeth, 32, b. KY;
    Frances Sanford, 28, b. KY.
  1021. Federal Census, 1860, Missouri, 1860, Ashley, Pike, MO; Roll: M653_639; Page: 436; Image: 440; FHFilm: 803629. Sheridon Dorsey, 48, farmer, $8,500, $11,225, b. MD;
    Elizabeth, 46, domestic, b. KY;
    William Glasscock, 35, farm labor, b. KY.
  1022. Federal Census, 1870, Pike Co, Missouri, 1870, Ashley, Pike, MO; Roll: M593_798; Page: 2A; Image: 9; FHFilm: 552297. Sheredan Dorsey, 55, white, farmer, $12,000, $3,000, b. MD;
    Elizbeth, 55, white, keeping house, b. KY;
    Eliza Dorsey, 26, mulatto, domestic servant, b. MO;
    David, 25, black, farm laborer, b. MO;
    George, 8, mulatto, b. MO;
    Frank, 5, mulatto, b. MO;
    Hammond, 3, mulatto, b. MO.
  1023. Cemeteries of Cuivre Township, Pike Co Missouri, p 38. DORSEY, Elizabeth, 4 Dec 1813-26 Feb 1892, w/o Sheridan Dorsey.
  1024. Pike County, Missouri Deaths, 1878-1917. Mrs. Elizabeth P. Sanford Dorsey, b. 22 Dec 1813, d. 26 Feb 1892, issue date: 3 mar 1892.
  1025. Missouri Marriages to 1850. Adams, Mary; Dorsey, Sheridin; m. 27 Apr 1838, Pike County, Missouri.
  1026. Dorsey Genealogy from internet source. She died on 8 Jul 1836. She was buried in St John's Cemetery, Howard Co, MD in Sec G-1 row 18: " Sacred to the memory of Rebecca Comfort, wife of Bowie Davis and eldest child of Thomas Beale and Milcah Dorsey/ born on the 16th day of Feb 1809, and died on the 8th of July 1836, in the 28th year of her age, entered this life in perfect submission to the will of God and hope of glorious resurrection through the merits and the Saviour in whom she trusted.".
  1027. The National Intelligencer, Washington, DC, p 841 - 1836. 1836 - DAVIS, Rebecca Comfort, wife of Allen B Davis, and daughter of Thomas B Dorsey, died July 8, 1836, in her 28th year. (July 12, 1836).
  1028. Dorsey Genealogy from internet source. Samuel Worthington Dorsey was born on 23 Apr 1811. See tombstone inscription.
  1029. Dorsey Genealogy from internet source. He was buried in St John's Cemetery, Howard Co, MD with his parents and some siblings in section G-1, row 17, "DORSEY, Samuel W, Apr 23, 1811 - Oct 18, 1875.".
  1030. Dorsey Genealogy from internet source. He died on 18 Oct 1875.
  1031. Mississippi Marriages - 1776 - 1935, database on-line, Ancestry.com. Sarah A. Ellis, Samuel W Dorsey married 19 Jan 1853, Adams County, Mississippi.
  1032. Dorsey Genealogy from internet source. Samuel Worthington Dorsey and Sarah Ann Ellis were married on 19 Jun 1853.
  1033. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 142. Samuel Worthington Dorsey, born Apr 23, 1811, removed to Mississippi and married June 19, 1853, Sarah Ann Ellis. It was his widow who bequeathed "Beauvoir" to Ex-President Davis of the Confederacy.
  1034. Confederate Veteran, Vol III, No 5, May 1895, p 144. Comrades have written the Veteran of the malicious story revived that President Davis was capture in female attire. Again, others have asked that the ridiculous story that a Federal secured Albert Sidney Johnston's watch at Shiloh be repudiated.
    In refutation of the former, Mrs. Dorsey, who provided liberally for Mr. Davis and family, had his picture made, in citizen suit, that he wore when captured, and it may be seen in the Capitol at Jackson, Miss. It is too well known that the Federals never got possession of Gen. Johnston's body, for that tale to have credence.
    The official telegram by Major-General Wilson from Macon, Ga., to Gen. Grant and to Secretary of War Stanton, dated May 12, 8165, at eleven a. m. states that Col. Pritchard and his Michigan Cavalry surprised and captured Jefferson Davis and family, Mr. Reagan, P. M. General; Col. Harrison, private Secretary; Col. Johnston, Aid-de-Camp; Col. Lubbock and others, in camp near Irwinville, Ga.
  1035. Last Will and Testament, Sarah Ann Dorsey, Rootsweb Tensas Parish, LA. I Sarah Ann Dorsey of Tensas parish, Louisiana, being aware of the uncertainty of life and being now in sound health of mind and body, do make this my last will and testament, which I write, sign and seal with my own hand in the presence of three competent witnesses, as I possess property in the state of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, I owe no obligation of any sort whatsoever to any relative of my own. I have done all I could for them during my life, I therefore give and bequeath all my property, real, personal and mixed, wherever located and situated, wholly and entirely without hindrance or qualification, to my most honored and esteeemed friend, Jefferson Davis, ex-president of the Confederate States, for his own sole use and benefit in fee simple and I hereby constitute him my sole heir, executor and administrator. If Jefferson Davis should not survive me I give all that I have bequeathed to him, to his youngest daughter, Varina.
    I do not intend to share in the ingratitude of my country toward the man who is in my eyes the highest and noblest in existence. In testimony whereof I sign this will, written with my own hand, in the presence of W T Walhall, F L Hewes and John C Craig, subscribing witnesses, resident in Harrison County, Mississippi.
    Signed Sarah Ann Dorsey (Seal).
  1036. Federal Census, 1860, Maryland, 1860 Ellicott, Howard, MD - Roll: M653_477; Page: 56; Image: 187. Gilbert L Thompson, 61, b. NY; Mary A F, 45, b. MD; Dorsey, 20, b. MD; Gilbert L, 19, b. MD; Edward L, 17, b. MD; Robert L, 10, b. MD; Rebecca G, 8, b. MD; Eliza D, 6, b. MD.
  1037. Federal Census, 1870, Maryland, 1870, Dist 2, Howard Co, MD - Roll: M593_589; Page: 351; Image: 100. Thompson, G L, 70, civil engineer, b. NY; Mab, 54, keep house, b. MD; R. G., 18, female, at home, b. DC; E. D., 15, female, at home, b. DC. One residence away lives: R. L. Thompson, 19, male, civil engineer, b. DC; Dorsey Rodgers, 20, male, at home, b. MD.
  1038. Federal Census, Slave Schedule, 1860, Maryland, Ancestry.com 1860 Roll: M653. Gilbert Thompson owned eight slaves.
  1039. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 23. 1862, Oct 26, Wm. H. G. Dorsey .
  1040. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Marriages, p 19. 1846, May 28, W. H. G. Dorsey to Elizh W. Dorsey.
  1041. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals p 22. 1847, April 8, Elizh W. Dorsey.
  1042. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 22. 1847, April 8, Elizh W. Dorsey.
  1043. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 22. 1847, April 9, Infant of W. H. G. Dorsey.
  1044. John Worthington Dorsey Genealogy. "Comfort W Dorsey, Born Aug 29, 1830, Died Dec 16, 1893.".
  1045. John Worthington Dorsey Genealogy, p 7. She died on 16 Dec 1893. See obituary in notes.
    "Comfort W Dorsey, Born Aug 29, 1830, Died Dec 16, 1893.".
  1046. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals p 25. 1855, Dec 19, Thos B. son of Wm H. G. Dorsey (infant).
  1047. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 25. 1855, Dec 19, Thos B. son of Wm H. G. Dorsey (infant).
  1048. St. Louis City Directory, 1890, Funerals, p 25. 1855, Dec 19, Thos B. son of Wm H. G. Dorsey (infant).
  1049. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms, p 25. 1860, Feb 2, John Tolly Worthington son of Wm H G & Comfort Dorsey.
  1050. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 142. He was captain in CSA; died 1896.
  1051. Baltimore Sun, p 2. FROM HOWARD COUNTY; CASES IN THE CIRCUIT COURT - CHANGING HIS NAME FROM DORSEY TO D'ARCY
    Mr. John T B Dorsey, one of the best known citizens of Howard county and the oldest lawyer of the Ellicott city bar, petitioned the Circuit Court today to have his name changed to "D'Arcy." The reasons for asking the change, as set forth in the petition, are: "1. On account of the unreasonable length of same. 2. That his correspondence is frequently opened by persons having one or more prefixes. 3. That 'D'Arcy' is the original name by which his ancestors were known." Mr. Dorsey is extensively connected throughout the county, and is the only surviving son of the the late Judge Thomas B. Dorsey, who was a distinguished Maryland jurist. The petition was granted by the court.
  1052. Baltimore Sun, P. 2. FROM HOWARD COUNTY; Cases in the Circuit Court - Changing His Name from Dorsey to D'Arcy
    (Special Correspondence of Baltimore Sun.)
    Ellicott City, Sept 20 - Mr. John T B Dorsey, one of the best known citizens of Howard county and the oldest lawyer of the Ellicott city bar, petitioned the Circuit Court today to have his name changed to "D'Arcy." The reasons for asking the change, as set forth in the petition are: "1. On account of the unreasonable length of same. 2. That his correspondence is frequently opened by persons having one or more prefixes. 3. That "D'Arcy" is the original name by which his ancestors were known." Mr. Dorsey is extensively connected throughout the county, and is the only surviving son of the late Judge Thomas B. Dorsey, who was a distinguished Maryland jurist. The petition was granted by the court.

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  1053. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 142. ...and thirdly Catherine Murray Mason, dau of the Confederate Commissioner to Great Britain.
  1054. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms, p 25. 1860, Apr 1st, Milcah Goodwin dtr of J. T. B. & Kate C. Dorsey.
  1055. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 21. 1845, Dec 22, Mrs J. T. B. Dorsey.
  1056. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 142. ...secondly Mary Campbell Harris, June 11, 1849...
  1057. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms, p 16. 1846, Aug 9, Charles Ridgely & John Worthington sons of C. S. W. & Mary Dorsey.
  1058. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 144. John Worthington Dorsey, born Sept 4, 1831, married Eleanor Harrison.
  1059. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 144. Rebecca Hanson Dorsey, born May 1, 1833 married Aug 7, 1851, Col. George Riggs Gaither, CSA.
  1060. Anne Arundel Gentry, p. 144. Rebecca Hanson Dorsey, born May 1, 1833 married Aug 7, 1851, Col. George Riggs Gaither, CSA.
  1061. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 144. Charles Ridgely Dorsey, born Jan 20, 1835, married sisters - Catherine and Margaret Collins.
  1062. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms. 1871, July 31st, Mary Ridgely daughter and Chas Saml Worthington son of Chas R & Catherine C Dorsey.
  1063. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms,. 1871, July 31st, Mary Ridgely daughter and Chas Saml Worthington son of Chas R & Catherine C Dorsey.
  1064. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 144. 6. Samuel Worthington Dorsey, born July 8, 1838, married Jennie Hempstone, of Va., Apr 18, 1862.
  1065. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Confirmations. By Bishop Whittingham, Sept 11th 1842: Miss E. R. Dorsey, Miss Mary Ann Ridgely, Mrs. Mary Dorsey, Mrs. Achsah Dorsey, Mrs. Sally Anne Ligon, Miss Mary T. Dorsey...
  1066. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 140. 3. Sarah Ann Dorsey married Sept. 29, 1840, Thomas Watkins Ligon, Gov. of MD, she died Aug 1847.
  1067. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 22. 1847, Aug 29, Mrs T W Ligon.
  1068. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Marriages, p 19. 1840, Sept 29, T. W. Ligon to Sally Anne Dorsey.
  1069. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Burials. 1881, 14 Jan, Thomas Watkins Ligon, By Rev. Hall Harrison, Entered 24 July 1893.
  1070. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptims, p 16. 1844, Sept 8, Caleb Dorsey son of T. W. & Sally Anne Ligon. Baptized by the Bishop.
  1071. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms, p 16. 1844, Sept 8, Caleb Dorsey son of T. W. & Sally Anne Ligon. Baptized by the Bishop.
  1072. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Confirmations. July 25, 1858: Caleb D Ligon, Ellen Nabb, Mrs. Mary Dorsey.
  1073. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 25. 1858, Oct 20, Caleb D. Ligon.
  1074. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms, p 16. 1846, Sept 20, Martha Watkins daughter of T. W. & Sally A. Ligon.
  1075. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Funerals, p 22. 1847, Oct 5, Martha W. infant daughter of T. W. Ligon.
  1076. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Marriages, p 20. 1854, Jany 31st, T. Watkins Ligon to Mary Tolly Dorsey (in church).
  1077. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms, p 18. 1856, July 20, Charles Worthington Dorsey son of T. W. & Mary T. Ligon.
  1078. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms p 18. 1856, July 20, Charles Worthington Dorsey son of T. W. & Mary T. Ligon.
  1079. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms, p 25. 1861, Oct 20, Sallie Augusta dgtr of T. W. & Mary T. Ligon.
  1080. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms, p 25.
  1081. History of Tuolumne County California, p 373. CALEB DORSEY
    This gentleman, one of the practicing attorneys of Sonora, was born in Howard County, Maryland, March 25, 1825, receiving there his primary education. When about eighteen years of age, he attended school at Rockville, Maine, and afterwards was prepared for college. He graduated from Harvard College, and received instruction from the celebrated jurists, Greenleaf, Kent , and Judge Story. He studied Law with Robert J. Brent, was admitted to the Bar, and commenced practice at Baltimore, Maryland. Coming to this State via the Isthmus of Panama, he arrived in October, 1850. He came to this county, settled at Shaw's Flat, and mined for six months. At the Flat he erected a sawmill, and conducted that business, in addition to practicing his profession, for nearly two years. Then, settling at Sonora, he opened a law office, since which time he has been practicing his profession. He has held the office of District Attorney for several terms in Tuolumne County. This volume contains numerous references to Mr. Dorsey's career, which, throughout, has been of the greatest importance to the County.
  1082. Golden Roots of the Mother Lode, P 10. Caleb Dorsey was born in Howard County, Maryland, 25 March 1825.
    [Howard County did not exist in 1825 - it was formed in 1851.].
  1083. Federal Census, 1870, Maryland, 1870 Township 1, Tuolumne, CA; Roll: M593_93; Page: 308; Image: 12. Caleb, 45, lawyer, $500, $500, b. MD.
  1084. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 66, Dorsey Family Bible. Caleb Dorsey was born 25 March 1825.
  1085. Harvard University Records. Note: Residence information coincides with later references to Howard County.

    Record #1
    The undersigned acknowledge that they are members of Harvard College and subject to its laws, August 1843:

    Caleb Dorsey, age 18; dob: 26 March 1825; Residence: near Ellicott Mills, Md.; By whom offered: Rockville, Md.; Parent or Guardian: Mary Ann Dorsey, Thomas D. Dorsey.

  1086. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 170. Caleb Dorsey, son of Thomas Beale and Ann (Worthington) Dorsey, and grandfather of Caleb Dorsey, Sonora, donated the land for St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church near Ellicott City, Howard County in 1850. Ellicott Mills is where the family resided. The church is almost identical to the church constructed on Caleb's land (sold for $500) in Sonora.
  1087. Anne Arundel Gentry, p. 140. Caleb Dorsey, born Mar. 3, 1825, married Mar. 12, 1858, Esther M. Knabb, removed west.
  1088. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 494. John Worthington Dorsey (of Caleb)...brought his wife...Mary Ann Hammond...the late Judge Reuben M. Dorsey; Caleb, of California, Charles W Dorsey, of the Confederate Home; Mrs. Levin Gale, Mrs. Dr. Mackey and Mrs. Benjamin Cook, of Virginia, were heirs.
  1089. Golden Nugget Library, A History of Toulumne County, California, by B F Alley, pp 373-374. CALEB DORSEY - This gentleman, one of the practicing attorneys of Sonora, was born in Howard County, Maryland, March 25, 1825, receiving there his primary education. When about eighteen years of age, he attended school at Rockville, Maine, and all afterwards was prepared for college. He graduated from Harvard College, and received instruction from the celebrated jrists, Greenleaf, Kent, and Judge Story. He studied law with Robert J Brent, was admitted to the Bar, and commenced practice at Baltimore, Maryland.

    Detail comments:
    This is in error - see Harvard Records - he progressed from Rockville, Md. to Harvard College in 1843.

  1090. Harvard University Records. Record #1
    The undersigned acknowledge that they are members of Harvard College and subject to its laws, August 1843:

    Caleb Dorsey, age 18; dob: 26 March 1825; Residence: near Ellicott Mills, Md.; By whom offered: Rockville, Md.; Parent or Guardian: Mary Ann Dorsey, Thomas D. Dorsey.

    [His father John Worthington Dorsey died in 1841, so his older brother who would have of age at 23 in 1843 served as his guardian with his mother]

    Record #2
    Library Bureau card: Dorsey, Caleb; College: 1843-44, 1844-45, 1845-46; Law: 1846-47
    This man must be dead but there is no means of verifying the fact. Card placed in dead file Dec 1922.

  1091. Golden Nugget Library, A History of Toulumne County, California, by B F Alley, pp 373-374. CALEB DORSEY - This gentleman, one of the practicing attorneys of Sonora, was born in Howard County, Maryland, March 25, 1825, receiving there his primary education. When about eighteen years of age, he attended school at Rockville, Maine, and all afterwards was prepared for college. He graduated from Harvard College, and received instruction from the celebrated jurists, Greenleaf, Kent, and Judge Story. He studied law with Robert J Brent, was admitted to the Bar, and commenced practice at Baltimore, Maryland.

    Detail comments:
    It has now (Aug 2009) been established that he did NOT graduate from Harvard - although it seems clear that he attended the school - and the law school for one year, 1846-47 - see Harvard Records
    Judge Story died in 1845, so it is doubtful that he studied under him;
    Simon Greenleaf was a professor from 1833-1848;
    William Kent arrived at the Law School in 1848 - and was in Europe prior to his arrival.

  1092. Harvard University Records. Record #1
    The undersigned acknowledge that they are members of Harvard College and subject to its laws, August 1843:

    Caleb Dorsey, age 18; dob: 26 March 1825; Residence: near Ellicott Mills, Md.; By whom offered: Rockville, Md.; Parent or Guardian: Mary Ann Dorsey, Thomas D. Dorsey.

    [His father John Worthington Dorsey died in 1841, so his older brother who would have of age at 23 in 1843 served as his guardian with his mother]

    Record #2
    Library Bureau card: Dorsey, Caleb; College: 1843-44, 1844-45, 1845-46; Law: 1846-47
    This man must be dead but there is no means of verifying the fact. Card placed in dead file Dec 1922.

    According to research 19 Oct 2009: The Harvard Law School states that their information is: Caleb Dorsey entered Harvard Law School 9 Sept 1846 and left in 1847.
    No record has been located at Harvard that suggests that he was awarded any degree - undergraduate or graduate.

  1093. Quinquennial Catalogue, Harvard University, 1273. Caleb Dorsey is NOT listed in the Index of Graduates. All research supports the assertion that Caleb Dorsey did not graduate from the college with an undergraduate degree.
  1094. The Centennial History of the Harvard Law School, p 23. Nothing was done to impose requirements for admission except a certificate of good character which had been sufficient for most of the previous history of the School. I t is true that down to 1865 about two-thirds of the students had been college graduates, but the proportion began to diminish after 1845, and from 1856 to 1870 it suffered a sudden reduction, very likely a result of the Civil War...
  1095. Quinquennial Catalogue of the Harvard Law School, p 38 Chronological List. 1847: Dorsey, Caleb.
  1096. Quinquennial Catalogue of the Harvard Law School, p 48 - Alphabetical List. Dorsey, Caleb, Ellicott's Mills, Md., entered 9 Sept 1846, left 1847.
  1097. Harvard College, Records of the Class of 1847, Page 5. Dorsey, Caleb, near Ellicot's Mills, Md. (Left end Junr yr).
  1098. Maryland State Archives - online database, Maryland Attorneys General, 1657 -. 12. 1851 Robert J Brent - Whig - Democrat of Baltimore City. Born in Louisiana in 1811. Son of William Leigh Brent and wife Maria Fenwick. Married Matilda Lawrence. Died in Baltimore City, February 4, 1872.
  1099. Federal Census, 1850, California. Caleb Dorsey, 25, miner, b. MD. Census taken 1 Mar 1851.
  1100. Golden Nugget Library, History of Tuolumne County, California, by BF Alley, 1882, pp373-374. ...Coming to this State via the Isthmus of Panama, he arrived in October, 1850. He came to this county, settled at Shaw's Flat, and mined for six months. At the Flat he erected a sawmill, and conducted that business, in addition to practicing his profession, for nearly two years. Then, settling at Sonora, he opened a law office, since which time he has been practicing his profession. He has held the office of District Attorney for several terms in Tuolumne County.
  1101. San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, Vol II, pp 40, 41. SHIP: Panama
    TYPE: Steamer
    ARRIVED: September 22, 1850
    FROM: Panama
    CAPTAIN: Bailey
    PASSAGE: 19 1/2 days from Panama, via Acapulco, Mexico, 10 1/2 days, Mazatlan, Mexico, 7 days and Monterey, CA, 16 hours.
    CARGO: 167 packages of unidentified merchandise

    Passengers: Caleb Dorsey.

  1102. California State Library, Pioneer File - Caleb Dorsey. Married - Dorsey Church Mar 16, 1858 Howard Co. MD

    Arrived in Calif. 15 or 20 Jan 1850 via the Isthmus - lived in San Francisco for 1 year, then the next spring came up to Sonora & entered practice of profession - mining law his specialty.

  1103. Sacramento Transcript, Vol 1, No. 125, 25 Sept 1850. PASSENGERS - PER STEAMER PANAMA FROM PANAMA -- J R West, wife and child, Mrs. E V Joyce and child, Mrs. Dexter Tafft, Mrs. M Coffin, Mrs. A J Tobin, Mrs. Jane Down, Mrs. S Bearse, Mrs. A Bellemere, Miss L Belemere, Allen P Lee, J P Ferris, A Brooks, T Pardze, R H Stone, Caleb Dorsey...
  1104. Federal Census, 1850, California, 1850, Township 5, Tolumne, CA; Roll: M432_36; Page: 143; Iamge: 294. Caleb Dorsey, 25, miner, b. Maryland.
  1105. History of Tuolumne County California, Mills & Manufactures. Somewhat later than Messrs. Heslep & Manning's venture, Mr. Caleb Dorsey erected a mill on Mormon Creek, near Springfield, with the double object of sawing lumber and of hoisting water for the use of the miners of Shaw's Flat. Failing in his objects, he removed his mill to Sawmill Flat, and engaged in lumber making, with good success.
  1106. Golden Nugget Library, Miners & Business Mens Directory 1856. Columbia:

    One the 21st day of June, '51, a meeting of the miners of Tuttletown was called for the purpose of taking measures to survey a route for a ditch, to convey the waters of the South Fork of the Stanislaus into Columbia, and the adjacent Camps. Joseph Dance, of Alabama, was Chairman, and J D Patterson, Secretary. A Committee consisting of General Benard, Civil Engineer, J D Patterson and Judge W H Carlton was appointed to make a preliminary survey of the route, and report in two Weeks. --- at the expiration of the time the Committee made a report favorable to the enterprise. The company was then organized at Tuttletown. --- Joseph Dance was chosen President, and J D Patterson, Secretary, and Gen. Benard, Engineer. The company then consisted of twenty-one members. An assessment of five dollars on each member was then made. Another meeting a few days after was called at Shaw's Flat, to induce the people of that Camp to co-operate in the enterprise; and Caleb Dorsey, our present District Attorney, took an active part in favor of the scheme. Another meeting was called, at Columbia, in which P Mc. D. Collins was active in urging the importance of the work. At this meeting the Company was fully organized, and the work was commenced at Summit Pass. The Company persevered under great difficulties on account of the want of means, but were prevented from being obliged to suspend operations by the pecuniary assistance afforded by D O Mills & Co., Bankers, of Sacramento, and who afterwards established a House in Columbia.

  1107. Original Record - Letter, Dated 8 Nov 1852, from the Carlo de Feranchi Archive, Sonora, Tuolumne, CA. We find Caleb Dorsey and G. Worthington Esqrs to possess the qualifications necessary to practice law in this State
    Sonora Nov 8th 1852 signed G L Martin (unreadable title)

    Front of document: Caleb Dorsey; filed Nov 8th 1857; WH Wrd C P.

  1108. Tuolumne County Records, Pre-Emption Claim, Book 7, p 240. A S Moore, Andrew Lowe and Caleb Dorsey present this pre-emption claim for 400 acres of grazing land near the Tuolumne Water Co's saw mill and Woods Creek at Martinis - not more than one hundred and sixty acres to each party.
  1109. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 3, Vol 5, No 700, 21 June 1853. SAN FRANCISCO SUMMARY
    A correspondent of the Herald gives the following list of delegates to the Democratic State Convention from the county of Tuolumne:...Caleb Dorsey...
  1110. Columbia Gazette, Vol 2, No 16, 25 Feb 1864, p 2, col 2. Disappearance - Charles W Dorsey, late of Baltimore, has recently disappeared from Sonora and is feared has met with foul play. Any information regarding him left at this office or forwarded to his brother, Caleb Dorsey, of Sonora, would be thankfully received.
  1111. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 2, 1 Aug 1854, Vol 7, No 1046. TUOLUMNE TELEGRAPH CO - The following is the list of officers elect: President - J E Strong, Sacramento; Secretary - J Heckendorn, Columbia; Treasurer - J A Jackson, Columbia; Directors - E Mills, Jos. Harrison, Columbia; Caleb Dorsey, J P Yaney, Sonora; E S Holden, Stockton.
  1112. Columbia Gazette, From Carlo M De Ferrari's files. Dorsey, Caleb - Marshal of Sonora Lodge No. 10, IOOF. Spoke to alumni of the Sonora Lodge and Tuolumne Lodge No. 21, IOOF, at Springfield.
  1113. Daily Democratic State Journal, P. 2. TUOLUMNE K. N. NOMINATIONS. -- The K. N.'s of Tuolumne county have made the following nominations: State Senator, J W Coffroth; for Assemblyment, TC Brunton, JW Vandusen, M McGhee, TJ Oxley; for Sheriff, James M Stewart; Clerk, R A Robinson; Recorder, Mark C Walworth; for Treasurer, W W Taylor; for District Attorney, Caleb Dorsey; for Assessor, J P Clough; for Public Administrator, WF Finney; Surveyor, RM Wilson; Superintendent Public Schools, R Porterfield; Coroner, John Davis; Supervisor, Wm Collier, HA Nelson, G H Bradbury, Chas. Deering, and Jonathan Brown.
  1114. Official Bonds, Tuolumne County, CA, AR1037, Book A, pp 111, 112. Know all men by these presents that we Caleb Dorsey as principal and John W Kelly, W Y Heslip and Joseph A Smith as sureties are held and firmly bound unto the Sate of Calif in the sum of ten thousand dollars as payment of which well and truly to made we bind ourselves our heirs executors and administrators and assigns jointly and severally firmly by these presents. 28 Sept 1855
    Filed 1 Oct 1855
    5 Sept 1855 duly elected...District Attorney...
  1115. Daily Democratic State Journal, P. 3. SUPREME COURT, OCTOBER TERM, 1855, Tuesday, October 2d; San Francisco Causes.
    #828 JW Cunningham vs Caleb Dorsey et al.
  1116. Daily Democratic State Journal, P. 3. SUPREME COURT -- OCTOBER TERM; Thursday, Oct. 4th, 1855;
    J W Cunningham vs Caleb Dorsey et al -- Argued and submitted.
  1117. Golden Nugget Library, Miners & Business Mens Directory 1856. Tuolomne:

    ...Mr. Charboniell, of Sonora, built the first mill in the county, it was located in Sonora. Heslep and manning soon after erected one on Wood's Creek, on the site now occupied by Heslep & Bell, as a Flouring mill. Caleb Dorsey, our present District Attorney, built a mill below Springfield. It was designed both as a Saw mill and to hoist water from Mormon creek to supply the miners on Shaw's Flat. The enterprise failed, and Mr. Dorsey removed his machinery to Saw Mill Flat, where he done (sic) a fair business in manufacturing lumber.

  1118. Sonora City Directory, 1856 - http://freepages. genealogy.rootsweb/ancestry.com/~npmelton/mn_46.jpg. Dorsey, Caleb, District Attorney, Maryland.
  1119. Golden Nugget Library, Miners & Business Mens Directory 1856. County Officers: District Attorney - Caleb Dorsey. Acting Attorney - Hugh G Platt.
  1120. Golden Nugget Library, History of Tuolumne County, California, by BF Alley, 1882,. Officers of Tuolumne County 1854 - 1858:
    District Attorney: H P Barber, C Dorsey, Leander Quint

    1864-1868
    District Attorney: C Dorsey, E R Galvin, Caleb Dorsey

    1865 - 1873
    District Attorney: R Galvin, Caleb Dorsey, EA Rodgers, EA Rodgers.

  1121. Miners & Business Men's Directory, p. 3. ...Caleb Dorsey, our present District Attorney, built a mill below Springfield.
    Page 4: County Officers: District Attorney. - Caleb Dorsey.
  1122. Miners & Business Men's Directory, p 46. Sonora Directory - for the year commencing January 1st, 1856:
    Dorsey, Caleb. District Attorney, Maryland.
  1123. Military Assessment Roll, 1856, p 67. Dorsey, Caleb.
  1124. Official Bonds, Tuolumne County, CA, AR1037, Bond Book A, p 169, 170. 20 Feb 1856
    ...Caleb Dorsey was on the 16th day of Feb AD 1856 appointed District Attorney of Tuolumne County by the Board of Supervisors of said County to fill the vacancy occasioned by the absence of the said Caleb Dorsey from the State of California for the space of three months and nine days. Now if the said Dorsey shall well and truly perform all and singular the duties of said office of District Attorney for and during the time he shall hold said office, according to law then this obligation to be null and void otherwise to be in full force and virtue.
    Sureties, Smith, Heslip, and Kelly were sworn and deposed 20 Feb 1856
    Filed 20 Feb 1856.
  1125. Sacramento Daily Union, Vol 11, No 1699, p. 2. ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT;
    Mr. Sargent, expressing much regret, withdrew the name of D R Ashley, of Monterey, as that gentleman had no desire to fill the state; but would under any circumstances devote all his energies to the election of the entire ticket.
    On motion of Mr. Maddux, of Sacramento, Bailie Peyton, of San Francisco, was elected by acclamation, the first electoral candidate for the State at large - the cheering all the while being intense...The names of Caleb Dorsey, of Tuolumne, AM Roseborough, of Siskiyou, and Geo. H Rhodes, of Mariposa, were withdrawn from the list of candidates.
  1126. San Joaquin Republican, 7 Mar 1857. DISTRICT ATTORNEY - The Board of Supervisors of Tuolumne County have elected Leander Quint, Esq. District Attorney of that county, in place of Mr. Dorsey, now absent over three months in the Atlantic States.
  1127. Official Bonds, Tuolumne County, CA, AR1037, pp. 321, 322. Sureties for Leander Quint elected 2 Sept 1857 District Attorney; $10,000 bond - Caleb Dorsey, Chas. Fridenburg
    Bond approved 5 Oct 1857
    Took office 1 Oct 1857 for term of 2 years.
  1128. Golden Nugget Library, A History of Tuolumne County, California, BF Alley, 1882, Appendix pg 19-31. "With reference to the grade of character and intelligence among the early Californians, what a notable illustration was afforded of this in the flusher days of Sonora. What a galaxy of cleverness, talent, quick intelligence, wit and humor was found in the following group of men, all residents there in 1859: ...Caleb Dorsey...
  1129. Tuolumne County Records, Tuolumne County Museum Photo Archives. Photos discovered in the archives - address provided. See photos.
  1130. The Quarterly of the Tuolumne Historical Society, Vol 4, No 3 Jan - Mar 1965. The Episcopal Churches in Tuolumne County by John S. Germain,

    The three lots upon which St. James' Church now stands were donated by Mr. Dorsey.

  1131. Brief History of St. James Episcopal Church, p. 6. Mr. Caleb Dorsey, Mr. Frederick Salter and Mr. Abner Pitts comprised the Committee to decide ways and means, and select a building site for the church. Mr. Dorsey gave the three lots on which the church stands.
  1132. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 3, 1 Jan 1861, Vol 20, No 3047. LIST OF ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS ADMITTED TO THE SUPREME COURT DURING THE YEAR 1860:
    Caleb Dorsey, Feb 7.
  1133. Tuolumne County Records, Deed Book A, Vol 9, pp 228, 229 - Tuolumne Co Recorder's Office. 1. Deed Book A, Vol 9, pp 227-228; Deed. CL & HS Street to St James Church - $200
    2. Deed Book A, Vol 9, pp 228-229; Deed, Frederick Salter to St James Church - $1
    2. Deed Book A, Vol 9, pp 229-230; Deed, Abner Pitts to St James Church - $1.
  1134. Official Bonds, Tuolumne County, CA, AR2724, Bond Book B, p. 85. Surety for Chas. I Galan, appointed Notary Public by governor of California 10 Mar 1860
    Sureties: Caleb Dorsey, Leander Quint, Charles F Galan Principal
    Approved 17 Mar 1860 by BA Martin, County Judge.
  1135. Tuolumne County Records, Deed Book A, Vol 9, pp 227, 228 - Tuolumne County Recorder's Office.
  1136. Tuolumne County Records, Deed Bk A, Vol 9, pp 229, 230 - Tuolumne Co Recorder's Office.
  1137. Tuolumne County Records, Book A, Vol 21, p 593.
  1138. Sacramento Daily Union, 5 Apr 1865, Vol 29 No 4380. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; APRIL TERM
    The People ex rel. Dorsey vs. Smyth, County Auditor (No. 545) - At the September election, in 1863, the relator, Caleb Dorsey, and one Hugh G Platt were opposing candidates for the office of District Attorney of Tuolumne county. At that election two hundred and eleven votes were cast for the candidates for that office by soldiers in the military service of the United States. Of these votes Platt received two hundred and ten and Dorsey one. With these votes in Platt was elected, otherwise Dorsey. They were included in the count and Platt declared elected. Thereupon Dorsey brought suit to contest the election upon the ground that the votes in question were illegal, which was finally determined in his favor by the County Court on the 7th of December 1863, and by this Court on appeal at the October term 1864. Prior to the first Monday in march, 1864, at which time the term of office to which he had been elected commenced, the relator duly qualified and anon that day formally demanded from C C Brown, the then incumbent, possession of the office and the books and papers pertaining thereto. On account of the pending controversy between the relator and Pratt, Brown refused to comply with the demand and continued to hold the office and exercise its functions until after the final determination thereof, at which time he surrendered the office to the relator. For the time during which he thus held over, Brown received from the county the salary belonging to the office, amounting to the sumo f seven hundred dollars, which was paid to him in obedience to a mandamus issued by the District Court upon his relation against the Board of Supervisors, to which proceeding neither the relator nor the respondent were parties both however, were cognizant of the prceeding and the judgment thereon. Upon coming into the possission of his office, the relator made claim for the back salary before the respondent and demanded from him a warrant therfor which was refused. Hence the present proceeding.
    The question involved in the case is whether Brown, the old incumbent, or the relator is entitled to the salary for the time during which the former held over. This question is wholly unaffected by the mandamus against the Board of Supervisors. The relator was not a party to that proceeding, nor had the Board any power over to duty to perform touching the salary of his office. The salary of District Attorneys is not audited and allowed by the Board of Supervisors but by the County Auditor. (Wood's Digest, p. 665, Sec 2, and p. 694, Sec 9) Admitting that he could have intervened in that proceeding we know of no rule by which he was compelled to do so, and such being the case his rights in the premises could not be prejudiced by his omitting to do what no rule of law required.
    Every one is presumed to know the law, and therefore Mr. Brown was bound to know under the circumstances who was his successor, and to yield the office upon his qualification and demand. He was bound to act at his peril, and if he held over, and thereafter it should appear that the party so qualifying and demanding the office had at the time a title thereto he could claim nothing on the score of services rendered, for upon the determination of that question he became a usurper ab initio. The salary annexed to a public office in incident to the title to the office, and not to its occupation and exercise. (The People ex rel. Morton, vs. Tieman, 8 Abbott's Practice Reports, 359.) In the case cited the Court said: "The salary and fees are incident to the title, and not to the usurpation and colorable possession of an office. An officer de facto may be protected in the performance of acts done in good faith in the discharge of the duties of an office under color of right, and third persons will not be permitted to question the validity of his acts by impeaching his title to eh office. Public interests require that acts of public officers, who are such de facto, should be respected and held valid as to third persons who have an interest in them, and as concerns the public, in order to prevent a failure of justice (2 Kent's Com., 295). But it does not follow that a right can be asserted and enforced on behalf of one who acts merely under color of office, without legal authority, as if he were an officer de jure. When an individual claims by action the office or the incidents to the office, he can only recover upon proof of title. Possession under color of right nay well serve as a shield for defense, but cannot, as against the public, be converted into a weapon of attack to secure the fruits of the usurpation and incidents to the office."
    The technical objection interposed to the relator's official bond is, in our judgment, untenable.
    Having the title to the office, the relator is entitled to the salary from the commencement of the term for which he was elected, and he cannot be deprived of it by the usurpation of Brown, or the wrongful payment of the same to the latter by the direction of a Court in a proceeding to which he was not a party.
    Peremptory mandamus allowed.
    We concur: Sanderson, CJ; Sawyer, J; Sahfter, J; Rhodes, J; Currey, J.
  1139. US IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862 -1918, NARA Series M756, Roll: 22. Dorsey, Caleb, Lawyer, Sonora, $10.00 for income, one gold watch valued at $150, taxed at $2.00 - total tax Oct 1865 - $12.00.
  1140. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 3. LEGAL QUESTION. --- Caleb Dorsey, the present District Attorney of Tuolumne county, refuses to surrender his office to his successor elect, Galvin, for the reason that the latter has never been admitted to the bar.
  1141. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 4. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IN TUOLUMNE; Sonora, July 14th.
    The Democratic County Convention met in Sonora to-day and nominated the following ticket: For State Senate, J W Mandeville; for Assembly, B A Mardis and Wm. Darrow; for Sheriff, John L. Bourland; for County Judge, C H Randall; For District Attorney, Caleb Dorsey; for County Clerk, R E Gardiner; for Treasurer, Thomas Norwood; for Superintendent of Public Schools, ----Clark,; for Surveyor, W S Cooper; for Coroner, F A Freund.
  1142. Court Records - Tuolumne County, Archive 2638. Caleb Dorsey made claim to the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors for legal work done regarding a case of Thomas Norwood who was suspected of embezzling about $12,000 as Treasurer of the County of Tuolumne - rejected, appealed, judgment affirmed by the Supreme Court of California. Filed 18 Sept 1868.

    Supreme Court affirms 15 Jan 1869
    see relief bill for Caleb Dorsey in 1870.

  1143. St. James Episcopal Church Records, Vol 1, p 16. 1870 - Families
    Sept 1st - Caleb Dorsey Esqur & Wife 40y, Residence Opposite Ch on M.
    Mrs Esther Dorsey 36 y BCC
    Children - Elizabeth m. Dorsey 12 y
    Annetta Dorsey 10 y
    Katie Dorsey 8 y
    Caleb Chauncey Burr Dorsey 3 y.
  1144. Daily Alta Newspaper, Vol 27, No 7265, 10 Feb 1870. PASSAGE OF SUNDRY BILLS -
    Sacramento, Feb 9th -
    In the Senate the following bills were passed: for relief of Caleb Dorsey; ....
  1145. Daily Alta Newspaper, P. 1, 1 April 1870, Vol 22, No 7315. SUNDAY BILLS PASSED - Sacramento, March 31st -In the Assembly, Afternoon Session, the following bills passed:...for the relief of Caleb Dorsey.
  1146. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 2, 23 Apr 1870, Vol 39, No 5951. STATUTES OF CALIFORNIA -PASSED AT THE EIGHTEENTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE;
    CHAPTER DLXXIV - Relief of Caleb Dorsey, District Attorney of Tuolumne. Appropriates $1,161, being the percentage due him for obtaining judgment on the official bond of Thomas Norwood.
  1147. Daily Alta Newspaper, P. 3, 17 Apr 1870, Vol 22, No 7331. STATUTES OF CALIFORNIA - PASSED AT THE EIGHTEENTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE -
    574 Relief of Caleb Dorsey, District Attorney of Tuolumne.
  1148. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 4, Vol 39, No 5939, 9 Apr 1870. NOTARIES APPOINTED - Commissions were issued yesterday from the Secretary of State's office to the following named persons appointed as Notaries Public by Governor Haight; W L Corlew and William H Davis, for Stanislaus; Jubal Harrington, to reside at Columbia, and E R Galvin and Caleb Dorsey, to reside at Sonora, Tuolumne county....
  1149. Official Bonds, Tuolumne County, CA, AR 2725, Bond Book C, p 85. N N Haight, governor of California has commissioned Caleb Dorsey a Notary Public for Tuolumne County - term of E A Rodgers expired 7 Apr 1870. Sureties, Josiah Hall, D M McLean, C Dorsey
    C H Randall County Judge approved 18 Apr 1870.
  1150. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 4, Vol 46, No 7054, 12 Nov 1873. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; OCTOBER TERM, 1873

    EBELER VS. HUTCHINGS (3,783)
    Imperfect Transcript.---Query as to whether a transcript which does not contain the records, but refers to a transcript in another case before the court as containing the records of the case, can be considered.
    Default --- Hutchings vs Ebeler (3,609), decided November 5th 8173, affirmed.
    Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, Tuolumne county. The appeal was taken from an order granting a writ of assistance in a foreclosure suit. The transcript contains a copy of the order appealed from, the notice of appeal, and as a bill of exceptions a request by counsel that the court consider the transcript in Hutchings vs Ebeler (3,699), recently pending as a part of the transcript on this appeal.
    J D Redmond and E A Rodgers for appellant.
    Caleb Dorsey for respondent.
    BY THE COURT: (Ebeler vs Hutchings, No. 3,783 - Filed November 11th 1873.) If we concede that the imperfect transcript presented could be considered at all, the decision in the case of Hutchings vs Ebeler, No 3,699 lately rendered, effectually disposes of all points attempted to be made upon this appeal.
    Order affirmed.

  1151. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 3, Vol 44, No 6819, 10 Feb 1873. SUPREME COURT; Saturday, February 8th; Calendar for to-day;
    3690 - John L Hutchins vs William Ebeler and J A S Twist, Sheriff -- From Fifth District Court, Tuolumne county. Suit to enjoin defendants from ejecting plaintiffs under a decree in a foreclosure suit. Judgment for defendants and appeal therefrom. J D Redmond and Edwin A Rodgers for appellant; Caleb Dorsey for respondents.
  1152. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 8, 14 Feb 1874. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; JANUARY TERM, 1874

    THE GILSON QUARTZ MINING COMPANY VS. GILSON (3,970)
    PRACTICE - NONSUIT - EQUITY. Findings after judgement of nonsuit, part payment of judgment, equity, interest of stranger to suit - considered.
    Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, Tuolumne County. The action was brought against L. Gilson and E M Hampton to cancel as fraudulent the satisfaction of a judgment obtained against them in a former action. The judgment had been rendered in September, 1866, for the conveyance of a quartz mill and other mining property, and for $7,249.59. The plaintiff, desiring to sell the mining property, agreed with the defendant Gilson, in June 1871, that if he would pay $2,000 cash on the judgment and procure a purchaser for the mining property at $5,000, the judgment should be cancelled.(sic) One Kenfield, who is not a party to this action, claimed to hold eleven shares of the capital stock of plaintiff, each share representing $10. The plaintiff also claimed the stock under a sheriff's sale. June 16th, 1871, Gilson represented to the plaintiff that he had procured a purchaser for the property. He then paid the $2,000 in money, and promised that on the next day, as soon as the deed for the mining property should be drawn and delivered to Kenfield, the latter would pay the $5,000 purchase money by check on Jesse Holliday of San Francisco, having previously exhibited a letter from Holliday, authorizing the transaction. Thereupon, at the request of the defendants, the judgment was cancelled, but before cancelling it the plaintiff induced Kenfield to surrender his claim to the stock. The deed was duly prepared and delivered y the plaintiff, but Kenfield refused to draw the check. The complaint alleges that the proposition as tot he sale of the mining property was not made in good faith, but with a design to fraudulently procure a full satisfaction of the judgment.
    The defendants answered that the consideration for the satisfaction of the judgment was the payment of the $2,000 and the surrender of the stock, and that the matter of the sale of the mining property was a separate transaction entirely. At the trial, afer the plaintiff had introduced his evidence, the court granted a nonsuit on the ground that the plaintiff, before bringing the suit, should have returned the $2,000 to defendants, and retransferred the eleven shares of stock to Kenfield. Subsequently the court filed the findings referred to in the opinion. The plaintiff moved for a new trial, which was denied, and this appeal was then taken from the judgment and from the order refusing new trial.
    Caleb Dorsey for appellant, argued that the findings should be disregarded because not authorized by the code in such a case. He also argued that as the action was not brought for the rescission of a contract, but for fraud and for money due on a judgment, the defendants were not entitled to have the money paid on the judgment return, citing Pierce vs Wood, 3 Foster, 519; Frost vs. Lowery, 15 Ohio, 200.
    ER Colvin and WL Dudley argued that the action was brought for the rescission of a contract for the cancellation of the judgment on the ground of fraud; and that the action could not be maintained until the defendants had first been placed in statu quo. They cited Bohall vs Diller et al
    BY THE COURT [The Gilson Quartz Mining Company vs Gilson, No. 3,970 - Filed Feb 11 1874] 1. The plaintiff having been nonsuited at the trial on July 11th, the "findings of fact and conclusions of law" filed on the 26th of July, are without precedent in point of practice.
    2. The court manifestly erred in nonsuiting the plaintiff, who was not bound to return to the defendants the moneys received of them in part satisfaction of the judgment, for the plaintiff is entitled to retain these moneys in any aspect of the case.
    Nor does it concern the defendants what disposition has been made of the Kenfield stock. If it had been returned to Kenfield it would not have benefited the defendants in anywise.
    Judgment reversed and cause remanded for a new trial. Remittitur forthwith.

  1153. Union Democrat, Tuolumne Co, CA, 23 Oct 1875. In Sonora Oct 20th 1875, Mrs. Kitty Mathus, a native of Maryland aged 64 years.
    Mrs. Mathus was a colored woman in the employ of Caleb Dorsey, Esq., and having been an inmate(sic) of that gentleman's family from girlhood was regarded with an affection almost akin to relationship. She has nursed and cared for his children, as she did for himself while he was a child, and endeared herself to the hearts of this family by a lifetime full of ties that will never be forgotten.
  1154. Cemetery Record, City Cemetery Records, Sonora, Calif., p 12. #477, Oct. 20, 1875; F; MATHUS, Kitty; age 64; nativity - Maryland; # of grave - 397; died in Sonora; cause of death - paralysis.
  1155. Sacramento Daily Union, Vol 1, No 113, 3 July 1875. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION;
    Clerk of the Supreme Court.
    Dorsey, of Tuolumne, place L. C. Branch, of Stanislaus, in nomination, eulogizing him highly.
    Terry of San Joaquin supported the nomination.
  1156. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 1, Vol 1, No 113, 3 July 1875. AFTERNOON SESSION:
    At 1:50 PM the Convention was called to order, Governor Downey in the chair, who said it had been alleged the Cahir was very sound on adjournment. He had been so, believing the interests of the Convention demanded it.
    Call was then made for the Judicial Districts to report the names of Central Committeemen. The reports were then made, as follows:...Fifth District - Caleb Dorsey, of Tuolumne; Sonora.
  1157. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 8, Vol 1, No 107, 26 Jun 1876. STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; The Democratic State Convention is to assemble in Union Hall, San Francisco, on Tuesday next. The delegates, so far as returns have been made public, are as follows:
    Tuolumne -- Caleb Dorsey, Burn, Galvin, Baxter, Dr. Eichelroth and William Connelly.
  1158. Tuolumne Independent, 4 Apr 1885. Obituary for Caleb Dorsey:

    ...A few months ago he was appointed by Governor Stoneman, a Director of the State Insane Asylum at Stockton and on the 10th ult. he attended a meeting of the Directors in that city.

  1159. Stockton State Hospital Records, R320.01(3) Board of Directors Meetings 10 Apr 1884-8 Mar 1889. Page 134
    State Insane Asylum
    Stockton Friday April 10/85
    An adjourned meeting of the Board of Directors of the State Insane Asylum was held at the above mentioned time and place. President Robert Watt in the chair and Directors Cutting, Doak and McDougal present.
    C H Randall presented his commission from Governor Geo. A. Stoneman showing that he was appointed a Director vice Caleb Dorsey deceased on April 5th for the balance of the term or until January 1888, and then took his seat as a member of the Board.
  1160. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 2. RAILROAD MATTERS IN TUOLUMNE COUNTY. ---
    At a late railroad meeting in Sonora, Mr. C. Dorsey presented a letter from Leland Stanford, which was read and is as follows:
    San Francisco, May 24, 1876.
    Gentlemen: We have had your matter under consideration and concluded to submit the following proposition, subject to your approval: If your people will organize a company, then grade and prepare the road for the iron with practical grades and curvatures on a gauge corresponding with the San Joaquin Valley Road, we will then furnish the iron, taking as payment therefor(sic) the first mortgage bonds on the road at their market value. When the road is completed and ready for the rolling stock, should you prefer not to equip and operate the same, a fair arrangement could be made by which we will operate the road, for a just and fair division of the earnings, until such time as you may deem it advisable to stock it and operate it yourselves.
    LELAND STANFORD
    Caleb Dorsey and others, Sonora, California.
    The following, among other motions, was adopted:
    On motion of Mr. C Dorsey, it was ordered that a committee of eight be appointed to open books for subscriptions to secure the building of a railroad from Columbia to Modesto; that the subscribers are not to be called upon unless the whole amount of $200,000 be subscribed, and that none of the money even after it is subscribed be used unless it be sufficient, with the amount contributed from Stanislaus county, either to grad the road or to secure the completion of the same.
    Committee - J. Hall, S. S. Bradford, Louis Levy, L. F. Jarvis, John Pereira, B. F. Butterfield, G. E. Sprague, D. F. Longfellow.
  1161. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 1, Vol 2, No 180, 20 Sept 1876. CAMPAIGN NOTES.
    DEMOCRATIC:
    SONORA - The Club meeting on the 9th was a very large an enthusiastic one. Caleb Dorsey, E R Galvin and Benjamin Platt were the speakers. There are sixty names on the club roll.
  1162. Daily Alta Newspaper, P. 1, Vol 28, No 9664, 21 Sept 1876. The Sacramento Bee of yesterday had this report: The Second District Democratic Congressional Convention re-assembled at 11 o'clock this morning in Central Hal...The roll was tehn called by counties, when all responded, except Alpine and Tuolumne....
    On the motion of Clark of Alameda, the following Congressional Central Committee was appointed:...Caleb Dorsey, Tuolumne...
  1163. Daily Alta Newspaper, Vol 29, No 9867, 13 Apr 1877. STATE POLITICS:
    Caleb Dorsey and Dr. Eichelroth want the Democratic nomination for Senator in Tuolumne county.
  1164. Sacramento Daily Union, Vol 3, No 307, 9 Feb 1878. THE LATE STAGE ROBBERY - CONFESSION BY ROBBERS
    On the morning of January 16th, on the Brown's Flat road, Tuolumne county, the stage was robbed and Wells, Fargo's box taken, an account of which has already appeared in the Record-Union. The case was worked up by detectives J B Hume and Ben K Thorn. The main points of the testimony at the examination are given by the Tuolumne Independent of the 2d instant. It is admitted on all sides that the acuteness of the officers, and the experience of detectives Hume and Thorn led to the prompt unearthing of the robbers and the subsequent confessions. The Independent says:
    D M Kenfield, agent for Wells, Fargo & Co., stated that he prepared the packages for shipment; there were two certain packages of silver half-dollars, containing $1,000 each; other packages containing $2,500 and upwards in United States gold coin, in $20 pieces. The silver was in canvas coin bags; the gold was in packages, and all put in a large treasure-bag. The silver was in $20 rolls, and ifve rolls to a package, and tied.
    On the morning referred to Mr. Monahan said that he put the money on board the stage and deposited it in the iron safe, and locked it with a heavy brass padlock.
    Mr. Shine said that he left Sonora on the 16th, about 3 o'clock and 20 minutes; drove on as usual above Brown's Flat; Caleb Dorsey, J H Condit, and J G Divoll were on board inside, and when at a certain point was stopped by two men - ...
    Full clipping with account of crime and aftermath in book..
  1165. San Francisco Bulletin, Page 1, 28 June 1879. SACRAMENTO, June 27th - The Convention reassembled at three o'clock. Nominations for Associate Justices of Supreme Court being taken up - Howard of Los Angeles proposed Caleb Dorsey of Tuolumne.
  1166. San Francisco Bulletin, Page 2, 1 Sept 1879. THE SUPREME COURT
    It is unnecessary to waste any words upon the importance of securing an able, upright and conscientious Supreme Court. If any other department of the Government should fall into loose or corrupt practices, there is always some method of getting at it and compelling it to mend its ways. If nothing else, it can be ignominiously retired at the end of its term, which is comparatively short. But it is different with the tribunal of last resort. It it is short-sighted or prejudiced; if it is venal or corrupt; if it is partisan or biased, it will leave a mark on the jurisprudence of the State which cannot easily be effaced. The evil which it does may last for generations...The peculiarity of the last mentioned ticket (the Honorable Bilks) is that three of the nominees for the Associate Judgeships, though able men, were pronounced and active secessionists. Calhoun Benham was in the Confederate service. Mr. Burch (John) was an advocate of a Pacific Republic. Dorsey is a politician of the same stripe. The nominee for Chief Justice, Nathaniel Bennet, is notoriously unfit for the place. The other three nominees, CA Tuttle, J H McKune and Alex Campbell, are not lawyers in the broad sense.
    The Republican ticket is, in the main, excellent. If there is a necessity for any scratching, the intelligent citizen will know just how much of it is necessary. If so, some good names may be found on the combined Workingmen's and Democratic ticket. McKinstry, J D Thornton and S B McKee stand high in the judicial ranks. In the selection of any one or more of them for other names on the Republican ticket that may not be considered strong, there is not much chance that any great mistake will have been committed.
  1167. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 3, Vol 10, No 121, 10 Jan 1880. THE STATE GOVERNMENT - FINAL VOTE RESULTS

    ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
    Caleb Dorsey (NC).......................20,888

    Out of a field of 20 candidates, he came in 14th.

  1168. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 2, Vol 8, No 1919, 20 Oct 1879. OFFICIAL RETURNS OF THE ELECTION
    The election reutrns for the election of September 3d have all been received and counted by the clerks in the Secretary of State's Office, and to-day will be formally certified to the Governor. The following are the correct figures:
    Associate Justices.
    20 candidates - Caleb Dorsey came in 14th with 20,888 votes statewide.
  1169. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 3. PERSONALS; MF Allen of Los Angeles; JB Proctor of Fitchburg, Mass.; Caleb Dorsey of Sonora; Creed Raymond of Sacramento, and John C Byrnes of Mendocino, are at the Cosmopolitan.
  1170. San Francisco Bulletin. THE OLD SECESSIONISTS AS NEW CONSTITUTION MEN; ...In a very large sense David S. Terry is the father of the party [New Constitution] which subsequently appeared on the scene and which is now know as the Honorable Bilk. Terry is a man of great ability, strong prejudices and deep convictions. In the early struggle in this State between free and slave society, he slew the champion of the popular party. When it was found that there was no chance to carry California out of the Union he went to Mississippi, and there held, we believe, an important command in the rebel army.

    The element of which this gentleman [David Terry] is a representative is large enough to give character to the whole HB [Honorable Bilk] movement. The sudden appearance of these fossils served for a time to whet the popular sense of humor, but there is a serious side to it. These men have seized upon every point where real power is located. Hugh J. Glenn, a native of Virginia, and whose farm is a reproduction, so far as the different surroundings permit, of a Southern plantation on a large scale, is the candidate of the Honorable Bilks for Governor. David S Terry, though at first declining all preferment, has since stepped into the candidacy for the important office of Attorney-General, who has charge of the legal conscience not only of the Governor but of the State Government. Calhoun Benham, who held a position on the staff, we believe of Stonewall Jackson, is one of the nominees for the Supreme Bench. Another is John C Burch, who, as a member of Congress from this State in 1860 openly advocated the formation of a Pacific Republic. A third is Caleb Dorsey, who was also a pro-slavery Democrat, and is the same manner of man....

  1171. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 2, 2 Sept 1879, Vol 8, No 150. KILLED BY DEMOCRATIC INDORSEMENT; YREKA JOURNAL:
    Caleb Dorsey, of Tuolumne, regretted the feeling which had been made manifest. He differed with Gen. Howard. It was said Dr. Glenn would carry Democratic votes, but wouldn't the part lose as much among Republican voters? Dr. Glenn had refused the nomination unless the Democracy would indorse him. For him he wanted no party to indorse the ticket unless it takes it all, from top to bottom. (Applause) Looking at all things, and the availability of the men, he believed the indorsement of the head of the ticket alone by the Democracy would virtually destroy the NCP [New Constitution Party]. He therefore would support Mr. Webster. (Applause) The remarks above given were made by Mr. Dorsey in the H B [Honorable Bilk] State Convention. He seems to have had a prophetic view of the situation, for he declared then and there that destruction would follow the indorsement of the head of the ticket alone by the Democracy. Glenn was nominated. It was declared by him that he must have Democratic indorsement. He got it and it has killed him. He is politically dead, and on his tombstone might well be written, "Killed by Democratic indorsement and Chronicle treachery.".
  1172. Tuolumne Independent, P. 5. A tramp, the other night, wandered into lawyer Dorsey's office, which was vacated for the night. He lighted up a blazing fire on the hearth, filled up an old stinker of a pipe and had a social smoke. The he proceeded to an adjoining room, which is tenanted as a bed-room by another limb of the law, who was absent that night. The tramp climbed into the elegant four-poster, which he defiled before morning; also, committing a like depredation upon another article of vertu in the room. In the morning he was arrested and sent up for fifteen days.
  1173. Daily Alta Newspaper, P. 1. HOTEL PERSONALS; Caleb Dorsey, Tuolumne...at the Baldwin.
  1174. Tuolumne Independent, 26 Jun 1880. The Temperance and Literary Society, on Monday evening, had a large gathering in the Court-room. The exercises were quite interesting and instructive, and enlivened by some very good instrumental and vocal music, Miss Fannie Greiner presiding at the organ with much ability. Col. Dorsey and Rev. S S Harmon, the last named being President of Washington College, in Alameda county, being present, were invited to address the Society. They each made a few appropriate and well-timed remarks, referring to the pioneer days of Sonora, when they both were members of a debating society, twenty-seven years ago, which held its weekly meetings in the same Court-room where the Literary Society now meets...
  1175. City Directory, City & County Directory of San Joaquin, etc, LM McKenney San Francisco, 1881 p. 371. DORSEY & Nicoll (Caleb Dorsey and F D Nicoll) attorneys at law.
  1176. Sacramento Daily Union, 11 Jan 1882, p. 3. COURT PROCEEDINGS TO TUOLUMNE COUNTY
    ---- RAIN

    Sonora, January 10. -- Frank G. Gilkey, one of the parties arrested on suspicion of having killed William Bargel some time ago, was held by Justice Miller yesterday to appear in the Superior Court on a charge of murder. Tobe Richards is on examination to-day for the same offense. While James Burns, one of the witnesses, was being examined by Caleb Dorsey, Assistant District Attorney, hot words passed, which resulted in Dorsey's drawing a six-shooter, which was followed by Burns drawing his pistol. Parties in the Court-room got between them and prevented any further demonstrations.
    It rained this morning, but it is clear and cold to-night.

  1177. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 4, Vol 14, No 150, 14 Feb 1882. MORE CANDIDATES;...Caleb Dorsey, of Tuolumne, is mentioned as a candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court.
  1178. San Francisco Bulletin, 3 May 1883, p. 1. EPISCOPALIANS IN CONVENTION; Yesterday afternoon the Protestant Episcopal Convention organized at Trinity Church with the appointment of the following committees...Last evening a missionary meeting was held at which the secretary of the Board of Missions submitted his report showing that the labors of the missionaries were widening and affairs improving. Addresses were also delivered by Rev. D. O. Kelly, Rev. Elias Birdsall, Caleb Dorsey, and D. S. Payne. The services were then closed with a benediction.
  1179. Daily Alta Newspaper, P 8, 25 Nov 1886, Vol 41, No 13601. EPISCOPALIANS IN CONVENTION; Yesterday afternoon the Protestant Episcopal Convention organized at Trinity Church with the appointment of the following committees...Last evening a missionary meeting was held at which the secretary of the Board of Missions submitted his report showing that the labors of the missionaries were widening and affairs improving. Addresses were also delivered by Rev. D. O. Kelly, Rev. Elias Birdsall, Caleb Dorsey, and D. S. Payne. The services were then closed with a benediction.
  1180. Tuolumne Independent, 4 Apr 1885. Obituary for Caleb Dorsey:

    A few months ago he was appointed by Governor Stoneman, a Director of the State Insane Asylum at Stockton and on the 10th ult. he attended a meeting of the Directors in that city. About three weeks ago he was again honored by the Governor, receiving an appointment as Regent of the State University, but did not qualify on account of ill health.

  1181. Sacramento Daily Union, 28 January 1885, Vol 52, No 132. Tuesday, January 27, 1885
    The Senate met at 11 o'clock, President Daggett in the chair. Roll called and quorum present. The Chaplain invited the Rev. Mr. Levi, of the Hebrew church of Oakland, to make the prayer. Journal of yesterday read and approved.
    The appointment of George J. Ainsworth as a Regent of the University was confirmed. The appointments of J K Doak, Caleb Dorsey and Robert Watt were next confirmed.
  1182. Golden Roots of the Mother Lode, P 11.
  1183. Grass Valley Union, Wednesday, April 1, 1885 - Obituary - https://docs.co.nevada.ca.us/dsweb/ImageStoreViewer/Document-413726. DEATH OF CALEB DORSEY; Caleb Dorsey, a leading lawyer, and a pioneer resident of Tuolumne county, died suddenly at his residence in Sonora on Saturday evening. Mr. Dorsey has always been prominent in public life, having held various positions of trust, and at the time of his death was a Regent of the State University and a Director of the Stockton Insane Asylum. He was well known throughout the state, particularly by members of the Democratic party, in the affairs of which he always took a prominent part.
  1184. Tuolumne Independent, 4 Apr 1885. Death of Caleb Dorsey - The sudden and unexpected death of our esteemed fellow-citizen, Caleb Dorsey, at 9:30 pm on last Saturday caused universal sorrow and sincere regret, and the sad news fell as a personal grief upon every heart in the community. The immediate cause of his death was a spasmodic contraction of the throat, of which he had had several previous attacks. The day before, he had overexerted himself in his argument in defense of a poor unfortunate on trial for murder, and on going home at noon he complained to us that his throat was sore, and that he felt hoarse and exhausted. On Saturday afternoon, and a few hours before his death, he was in the Independent office twice, and seemed cheerful and in better health than usual. Alas, how short is life! We never saw him after - that night our ever faithful friend, the man we had known and respected for over 30 years - had laid down the cares of this life and gone to receive the reward he had so richly earned in this vale of sorrow and of tears.
    Deceased was born in Howard County, Maryland, March 25th, 1825, receiving there his primary education. He entered Harvard College at the age of 18, from which he graduated in 1847. He then entered the law-school of that institution, from which he also graduated with distinctive honors. He received instruction from the celebrated jurists Greenleaf, Kent and Judge Story; was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession in Baltimore, Maryland. He came to this state via the isthmus, in October, 1850, settled in Shaws Flat where he engaged in mining, afterwards opening an office in Sonora and practicing his profession. He returned to his native state during the years 1855, 1856 and 1857 successively, his last trip being the occasion of his marriage to Miss Esther McNabb of Baltimore, Maryland. He returned with his bride to Sonora where they have since resided and reared their family which now consists of three daughters and one son.
    Mr. Dorsey was a prominent member of the Democratic party in the old days - was honored by his fellow-citizens in electing him to the office of District Attorney. In later years he was more independent in his action and refused to agree with every measure deemed expedient by the party management. In principle he was still a Democrat but refused to obey every crack of the political whip. In fact, he was in advance of parties in many points which are now considered essential to success in politics. He believed that what was right was better than what was politic and consequently dropped out of the inside workings of his party and followed the dictate of his own conscience rather than assent to the advocacy of measures only adopted, as he considered, as a means to success. Perhaps, not always right, but never afraid to express his honest convictions, however much they might tend to injure his political standing with his party. In this he was no hypocrite, for his opinions were never masked under the veil of obscurity, never obtrusive among political opponents yet never faltering, when questioned in a friendly manner, as to his views on means or measures. In the new constitutional campaign he was a candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court, and received a very flattering vote. A few months ago he was appointed by Governor Stoneman, a Director of the State Insane Asylum at Stockton and on the 10th ult. he attended a meeting of the Directors in that city. About three weeks ago he was again honored by the Governor, receiving an appointment as Regent of the State University, but did not qualify on account of ill health.
    In his profession Mr. Dorsey stood among the highest and was recognized as among the ablest lawyers in the State, having on several occasions conducted successfully, important suits in the Courts of our neighboring State and Territories. It was while thus engaged in Arizona that he contracted the sickness which ruined his health and finally resulted in his death.
    An old pioneer of Tuolumne, Mr Dorsey was ever alive to its best interests and advocated and assisted by every means in his power to advance and develop the resources of the county. His public enterprise in this respect is well known to all our citizens.
    In the community where he has lived 35 years, almost from boyhood - he was honored and esteemed for his many virtues, for he was faithful to his trusts, honest and sincere in his convictions, generous to a fault and a gentleman whose sterling qualities were open to the light of day. Not a professing christian as the term is understood in these days he was better - he practiced the virtues of Christian faith among his fellow men. The last professional act of his life - and which undoubtedly was the immediate cause of his death - was the defense of a poor Indian on trial for his life. Without fees, hope of reward for professional fame, he entered into the defense of the wretch with all the ardor of his nature. There is no question that by Mr. Dorsey's able efforts alone was the friendless wretch snatched from the scaffold.
    In his family relations he was the idol of a happy home, a loving husband and an affectionate father.
  1185. Daily Alta Newspaper, P. 5, Vol 38, No 12769, 30 Mar 1885. THE PACIFIC COAST;
    SUDDEN DEATH OF CALEB DORSEY -
    Sonora, March 29th - Caleb Dorsey, a leading lawyer here, died suddenly at his family residence last evening of spasmodic affection of the throat. During the day and evening he was in his usual health and spirits. His sudden death has cast a feeling of gloom over our city. Mr. Dorsey came to California in 1850 and has resided here since that time. He has held the position of District Attorney of Tuolumne county several times. He was at the time of his death a Regent of the State University and a Director of the Stockton Insane Asylum, having been appointed recently by Governor Stoneman. He was a native of Maryland.
  1186. Sacramento Daily Union, P. 1, 30 Mar 1885, Vol 53, No 30. SUDDEN DEATH OF A PROMINENT CALIFORNIAN;
    Sonora, March 29th -- Caleb Dorsey, one of our leading lawyers, died quite suddenly at his family residence last evening of spasmodic affection of the throat. During the day and evening he was in his usual health and spirits. His sudden death has cast a gloom over our city. Mr. Dorsey came to California in 1850, and has resided here since that time. He has held the position of District Attorney of Tuolumne county several times. He was at the time of his death a Regent of the State University and a Director of the Stockton Insane Asylum, having been appointed recently by Governor Stoneman. He was a native of Maryland.
  1187. CH Burden Undertaking Company 1890-1953, p 40-41. Rest of family cared for by this undertaker - Caleb was not - but burial site is named: IOOF Cemetery, Sonora.
  1188. Court Records - Tuolumne County, Archive 2636. Esther Dorsey requested that Fred Sutton be appointed Guardian ad Litum for minor child Caleb C. Dorsey son and heir of Caleb Dorsey deceased - appointed this date.
  1189. Probate Court Records, Probate file at Carlo M de Ferrari Archive, Sonora, Tuolumne, CA. Petition for Letters of Administration File 29 May 1885, Joseph Fitzgerald Clerk

    Know all men by these Presents:
    That we, Esther M Dorsey as principal, and, J W Dorsey and Caleb Dorsey both of the County of Stanislaus and State of California as sureties, are held and firmly bound to the state of California in the sum of fifteen Thousand dollars - 21st day of Oct 1885
    Administratrix of the Estate of Caleb Dorsey...died 28 Mar 1885 without a will...heirs at law Elizabeth M Dorsey Anita E Dorsey Kate W Dorsey all over 21, and Caleb, 17 years of age.

  1190. Court Records - Tuolumne County, Archive 2636. Esther McNabb Dorsey, adminstratrix of estate of Caleb Dorsey requests allowance of $250 a month from the estate - 1 Mar 1887 Court awards family allowance of $200 per month.
  1191. Tuolumne County Records, Deed Book A, Vol 23, p 788. Two deeds, one stating that the three daughters of Caleb Dorsey, Elizabeth M, Anita E and Kate W, and the other stating that Caleb Channing (C C) Dorsey, son of Caleb Dorsey, all relinquished their inheritance to their mother for the nominal consideration of $1 each deed.
  1192. Sacramento Daily Union, 24 Nov 1856. PROSPERITY OF SONORA - The Sonora Herald of Tuesday, Nov 11th, draws the following encouraging picture of that mining town:
    Probably no town in the State has improved, in proportion to size, so rapidly as Sonora within the past eight months. The erection of stone and brick buildings took a start immediately after the fire of February last, when some eight or nine frame buildings on Washington street were consumed. Since then the enterprise of our citizens has never slackened - the mason's trowel and the carpenter's hammer have been constantly employed - until now Washington street presents as fine and durable an appearance as most of the streets of our principal cities. To any person who may have been absent from here during the period referred to, the change must appear indeed remarkable. It is the best evidence that could be afforded of the stability, prosperity and wealth of Sonora, showing that our own people have not only the confidence but the means to beautify the town and cast their fortunes here for life.
    At some other time we shall furnish a statement of the number of stone and brick buildings in Sonora. At present we will content ourselves by mentioning those lately finished and now under way. In a previous number we have spoken of Mr. Alexander's building. It is really as fine a two-story house as can be seen in the State, containing two stores in the first, and two large rooms in the second story. Mr. Merriam has lately erected a two-story brick at the north end of Washington street, which is now finished. Mr. Brodigan has erected a massive two-story building on his lot, near Sonora Creek Bridge. It is one of the largest houses in town, built of a species of slate rock which is extensively quarried in this vicinity. The carpenters are now engaged finishing it inside. Mr. Charles Rutherford and Caleb Dorsey, Esq., have had brick dwelling houses erected, which are almost finished. Dr. Kendall is having a brick building erected on Washington street, which he designs for an office. Last, but not least, we have to mention the beautiful two-story brick, with iron front, and which is designed for stores, now in course of erection by Mr. Joseph Armitage. It is in the center of the city, and will be, when finished, one of the handsomest and largest buildings in town. We understand that the second story is intended for a Masonic Hall.
  1193. Golden Roots of the Mother Lode, p 10. Caleb Dorsey's wife, Esther Marie McNab, was born in Baltimore 31 July 1835. They were married on one of Dorsey's several trips back to that city. He brought her as a bride to the new brick home he had built in Sonora. The house and property were valued at $9,675 in the 1860 tax records.
    Date is estimated from the date of first child's birth.
  1194. Tuolumne Independent, 4 April 1885, p 1. ...He returned to his native State during the years 1855, 1856 and 1857, successively, his last trip being the occasion of his marriage to Miss Esther McNabb, of Baltimore, MD, which occurred March 16th, 1858. He returned with his bride to Sonora, where they have since resided and reared their family, which now consists of three daughters and one son.
  1195. Maryland State Archives, Howard Co Circuit Court, Marriage Licenses 1857-1870, 01/69/06/037; MdHR #: 14,720-1, MSA Citation: MSA C1000-2. Marriage Licenses: 1857
    Mar 12 Caleb Dorsey - Esther McNabb - Wm Harrison - $4.50.
  1196. Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar 1858. MARRIED: On the 16th instant, at St. John's Church, Howard county, by Rev. Hugh T. Harrison, CALEB DORSEY, of California, to ESTHER M. NABB.
  1197. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Marriages, p 20. 1858, March 16, Caleb Dorsey to Esther Maria Nabb (in church).
  1198. Federal Census, 1860, California, 1860 Township 1, Tuolumne, CA; Roll: M653_71; Page: 205; Image: 206. Caleb, 35, lawyer, $3,000, $1,600, b. MD;
    Ester M, 26, b. MD;
    Elizabeth, 1, b. CA.
  1199. Federal Census, 1870, California, 1870 Township 1, Tuolumne, CA; Roll: M593_93; Page: 308; Image: 12. Caleb, 45, lawyer, $500, $500, b. MD;
    E M, 35, keeping house, b. MD;
    E M, female, 11, at school, b. CA;
    AA, female, 9, at school, b. CA;
    Kate, 6, at school, b. CA;
    CC B, 2, male, at home, b. CA;
    Kate Mathews, black female, 65, domestic servant, b. MD.
  1200. Federal Census, 1880, California, 1880, Sonora, Tuolumne, CA; Roll: T9_85; FHFilm: 1254085; Page: 138.1000; ED: 107; Iamge: 0663. Caleb Dorsey, 55, married, lawyer, b. MD, both parents b. MD;
    Esther, 45, wife, married, keeping house, b. MD, both parents b. MD;
    Bessie, 21, daughter, single, at home, b. CA, both parents b. MD;
    Anita, 20, daughter, single, at home, b. CA, both parents b. MD;
    Katie, 18, daughter, single, at home, b. CA, both parents b. MD;
    Caleb C Dorsey, 12, son, at school, b. CA, both parents b. MD.
  1201. Chispa, library@mohistory.orgVol 22, No 4, April-June, 1983, pp. 753-55. Memories of Old Sonora, by Mae Bromley McMahon:
    Beyond where Stewart St goes into Elkin St and Elkin St into Washington St is the Rowan Hardin home, Judge Hardin's old family home. Several lots beyond was the Caleb Dorsey home. It must have been a beautiful large residence when Caleb Dorsey was alive. He was a very prominent lawyer in his time and his services were sought all over California. When I knew and remembered it, all that remained of the garden were the two oleander bushes by the front entrance. It was a large, square two-story red brick house with wooden porches on both stories around three sides (171 N. Washington St.). Then, the porches were falling down because the two Dorsey sisters had a hard time making ends meet. Mr. Dorsey, when he died, left a fairly substantial estate to his wife, who was a proud southerner used to the best servants, etc. Frequent trips to San Francisco and stays at the Palace Hotel soon exhausted the family finances. One sister, Elizabeth, was a deaconess at St. James' Episcopal Church. The other, Nita Dorsey, earned what she could by selling her beautiful handwork to the City of Paris. Many hours she spent doing this work so difficult on her eyes and health so that her demanding mother, now senile, could have the things she wanted. My family knew them well. My father was their doctor for many years. Each year they would bake us a beautiful fruit cake at Christmas time. Once, my mother sent me on an errand there. Although their porches were falling down, there in the parlor were their sterling heirloom; beautiful candelabra, a lovely tea set and many other pieces. I am sure they deprived themselves of many things to pass these on to some distant relative. A good example of southern pride.
  1202. Golden Roots of the Mother Lode, P 10.
  1203. Federal Census, 1900, California, 1900; Township 4, Tuolumne, CA; Roll: T623_116; Page: 8B; ED: 237. Caleb C Dorsey, head, 28, b. Sept 1878, single, b. CA, both parents b. MD, gold miner, owns own home free and clear;
    Easter, mother, 62, b. July 1837, widowed, b. MD, both parents b. MD;
    Charles Fraser, Partner, 31, b. Mar 1869, single, b.Canada, father b. Canada, mother b. Scotland, immigrated 1887, 11 years in US, Pa - (papers?)- gold miner;.
  1204. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 1. PASSENGERS PASSING OMAHA; Omaha, November 3d -- The following through passengers passed here on to-day's train, leaving at 12:13 PM to arrive in San Francisco November 7th:...Mrs. Caleb Dorsey and son, Sonora...
  1205. Tuolumne County Records, De Ferrari Archives. Tuolumne County Court Records, filed 5 Sept 1885
    Esther Dorsey requests that Fred Sutton be appointed guardian ad litum for minor child, Caleb C Dorsey. Appoint that date.
  1206. Tuolumne County Records, De Ferrari Archives. Tuolumne Court Records, filed 17 Nov 1886
    Esther McNab Dorsey petitions the court for family allowance of $250 per month from date of decease of her husband, Caleb.
  1207. Court Records - Tuolumne County, Archive 2637. Summers Quartz Mine in Summersville (now Tuolumne City) also known as the Lady Washington Mine, was quit claimed to Caleb Dorsey but never recorded - deed was passed to widow after husband's death - she had it for about 3 months, but now the deed cannot be found. Asks court to reissue the deed. Judgment filed 1 Dec 1886 for the plaintiff.
  1208. Tuolumne County Records, De Ferrari Archives. Tuolumne County Court Records, file 1 Mar 1887. Court awards family allowance of $200 per month.
  1209. Tuolumne County Records, Deed, Book A, Vol 23, p 788. Elizabeth M. Dorsey, et al, To E M Dorsey, Deed

    Know all men by these Presents that we the undersigned Elizabeth M. Dorsey, Anita E Dorsey and Kate W Dorsey daughters of Caleb Dorsey deceased, being all over the age of eighteen years and unmarried, in consideration of the sum of One Dollar lawful money of the United States to each of us in hand paid by Esther M Dorsey, widow of the said Caleb Dorsey the receipt where of is hereby severally acknowledged do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Esther M Dorsey her heirs and assigns for ever, all the interest, estate and claim of us and each of us in and to the property, real and personal, and estate of every kind coming or to come to us or to either of us from the Estate of our Father, the said Caleb Dorsey by inheritance or any other way, and we hereby appoint the said Esther M Dorsey to receive from the Superior Court of the County of Tuolumne State of California in the matter of the Estate of the said Caleb Dorsey deceased, final distribution to her of all shares of us and each of us in the said Estate. In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 24th day of August, AD 1888. Elizabeth M Dorsey, Anita E Dorsey, Kate W Dorsey. Signed and delivered in Presence of F W Street, State of California, County of Tuolumne ss. On this 24th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight before me F W Street a Notary Public in and for the said County of Tuolumne residing therein duly commissioned and sworn personally appeared Elizabeth M Dorsey, Anita E Dorsey and Kate W Dorsey known to me to be the same persons described in whose names are subscribed to and who executed the within instrument and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal at my office in the County of Tuolumne the day and yare in this Certificate first above written. F W Street, Notary Public (Seal) Recorded at request of J T Johnson Aug 31st 1888 at 5 mp 9 AM R Inch County Recorder.

  1210. Tuolumne County Records. CC Dorsey to Esther M Dorsey, Deed
    Know all men by these presents that I the undersigned Caleb C Dorsey son of Caleb Dorsey deceased in consideration of the sum of One Dollar lawful money of the United States to me in had paid by Esther M Dorsey widow of the said Caleb Dorsey, the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge do hereby grant bargain sell and convey unto the said Esther M Dorsey her heirs and assigns forever, all my interest estate and claim in and to the property real and personal and the estate of every kind coming to me from the estate of my father the said Caleb Dorsey by inheritance or any other way, and I hereby appoint the said Esther M. Dorsey to receive from the Superior Court of the County of Tuolumne State of California in the matter of the Estate of said Caleb Dorsey deceased final distribution to her of all my share in the said Estate. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of August AD 1888 Caleb C Dorsey (Seal) Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of F W Street, State of California, County of Tuolumne, so. On this 24th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight before me F W Street a Notary Public in and for the the said County of Tuolumne residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn personally appeared Caleb C. Dorsey known to me to be the same person described in whose name is subscribed to and who executed the within instrument, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at my office in the County of Tuolumne the day and year in this Certificate first above written. F W Street Notary Public (Seal). Recorded at request of J F Johnson, Aug 31st 1888 at 9 o'clock AM R Inch, County Recorder.
  1211. Daily Alta Newspaper, P. 7, 9 Feb 1890, Vol 82, No 40. Mrs. Caleb Dorsey of Sonora, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Kate Dorsey, is a guest at the Occidental Hotel. Miss Kate has been in poor health for several months past, and is visiting the city in the hope that the change of climate will prove beneficial.
  1212. Court Records - Tuolumne County, Archive 2637. John Bell had labored for Dorsey family for 29 1/2 months and promised $58/mo - had received partial payments, but balance owed is $1,104.63. Sues for payment. Estate is ordered to sell land in order to pay debt - Sheriff sale ordered 4 Dec 1890 - John Bell highest bidder for: 44 miles of water ditch from Hardin Ranch Tuolumne County to Big Oak Flat known as the Golden Rock Water Co. and two gravel mine claims - Hoffman (8 miles E of Groveland) and Little Gap (9 miles E of Groveland).
  1213. Federal Census, 1910, California, 1910; East Sonora, Tuolumne, CA; Roll: T624_111; Page: 3A; ED: 165; Image: 418. Esther M Dorsey, Head, 74, widowed, had 6 childre, 3 surviving, b. MD, both parents b. MD, no occupation, owns own home free & clear;
    Elizabeth M, daughter, 50, single, b. CA, both parents b. MD, deaconess in church;
    Anita, daughter, 48, single, b. CA, both parents b. MD, no occupation;
    Caleb C, son 40, single, b. CA, both parents b. MD, miner in gold mine.
  1214. Tuolumne Banner, 12 Sept 1921, Friday. MRS E. DORSEY PASSES AWAY
    Last Monday morning at 1 o'clock the angel of death entered the home of Mrs. Esther Marie Dorsey in this city and plucked her spirit from the withered body. She was aged 86 years, having been born in the city of Baltimore Maryland, on the 31st of July 1835.
    She was the widow of the late Col. Caleb Dorsey.(sic) The large brick house in north Sonora has been her home for 60 years and was the home to which her husband brought her from the old south as a bride in 1861. When young in spirit and in beauty she made that place the social center of the city of Sonora and the place of entertainment fro all persons of distinction who visited this county. Her bright mind and knowledge of the manners of the South easily placed her in the lead of the society of that day and she made that held many friends until advancing age and feeble health confined her spirit and restricted her activity.
    For may years she has not been seen upon our streets and the younger generation knew her not. But, to the older citizens, she was well known and highly respected.
    Her mind remained unusually bright until the last few months and she could not only tell of the many exciting events which took place in Tuolumne County in the early days but was equally interested in the doings of the present day.
    She leaves two daughters to mourn her departure, Miss Elizabeth Dorsey, a Deaconess of the Episcopal church, and Miss Anita Dorsey, both of this city.
    Following the custom of the south, where she was born and raised and received her first impressions of such matters, it was her request that no public notice be given but merely that her friends alone be present at her funeral. Undertaker C. H. Burden had charge of the arrangements and the funeral was conducted from the family home about 2:30 Wednesday afternoon. Interment was made in the family plot in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Bishop A R Graves read the service at both the house and the grave. The pall was carried by Hon. G W Nichols, G P Morgan, Rowin Hardin, O J Mouron, J B Doyle and Charles P Jones. A number of Native Daughters escorted the cortege to the final resting place.
    A number of relatives were present from Oakdale and other points.
  1215. Baltimore Sun, P. 10. MRS. ESTHER MARIA DORSEY.
    Word has been received here of the death, on September 12, in Sonora, Tuolumne county, Cal., of Mrs. Esther Maria Dorsey, 86 years old, a native of Baltimore. She was the widow of Caleb Dorsey and mother of Anita E. and Deaconess Dorsey.
  1216. CH Burden Undertaking Company 1890-1953, p 40-41. Dorsey, Esther Maria, age 86, d. 12 Sept 1921, buried 12 Sept, IOOF, Sonora.
  1217. Federal Census, 1900, California, 1900, Sonora, Tuuolumne, CA; Roll: T623_116; Page: 12A; ED 124. Elizabeth M Dorsey, head, 40, b. Feb 1860, single, b. CA, both parents b. MD, occupation, Deaconess, owns own home free and clear;
    Annetta E, sister, 37, b. June 1864, single, b. CA, both parents b. MD, no occupation;
    Kate W, sister, 34, b. June 1865, single, b. CA, both parents b. MD, no occupation.
  1218. Tuolumne County Records, Deed, Book A, Vol 23, p 788. Elizabeth M. Dorsey, et al, To E M Dorsey, Deed

    Know all men by these Presents that we the undersigned Elizabeth M. Dorsey, Anita E Dorsey and Kate W Dorsey daughters of Caleb Dorsey deceased, being all over the age of eighteen years and unmarried, in consideration of the sum of One Dollar lawful money of the United States to each of us in hand paid by Esther M Dorsey, widow of the said Caleb Dorsey the receipt where of is hereby severally acknowledged do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Esther M Dorsey her heirs and assigns for ever, all the interest, estate and claim of us and each of us in and to the property, real and personal, and estate of every kind coming or to come to us or to either of us from the Estate of our Father, the said Caleb Dorsey by inheritance or any other way, and we hereby appoint the said Esther M Dorsey to receive from the Superior Court of the County of Tuolumne State of California in the matter of the Estate of the said Caleb Dorsey deceased, final distribution to her of all shares of us and each of us in the said Estate. In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 24th day of August, AD 1888. Elizabeth M Dorsey, Anita E Dorsey, Kate W Dorsey. Signed and delivered in Presence of F W Street, State of California, County of Tuolumne ss. On this 24th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight before me F W Street a Notary Public in and for the said County of Tuolumne residing therein duly commissioned and sworn personally appeared Elizabeth M Dorsey, Anita E Dorsey and Kate W Dorsey known to me to be the same persons described in whose names are subscribed to and who executed the within instrument and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal at my office in the County of Tuolumne the day and yare in this Certificate first above written. F W Street, Notary Public (Seal) Recorded at request of J T Johnson Aug 31st 1888 at 5 mp 9 AM R Inch County Recorder.

  1219. Tuolumne Banner, 2 Aug 1935, p. 7, col. 4. From her obituary:
    She was the first woman in California to be honored with the ordination of deaconess of the Episcopal Church, in 1900. Among her relationships she could trace back to Washington and down to Robert E Lee.
  1220. Union Democrat, Tuolumne Co, CA, 16 Feb 1918. Mrs. P(sic B Dorsey, sister-in-law of the late Colonel Dorsey of Sonora, died in San Francisco late last week of heart disease. Deaconess Dorsey, a niece of the deceased attended the funeral from this city.
    [The deceased was Frances Emaline Dorsey, the wife of Thomas Beale Dorsey, the brother of Col. Caleb Dorsey, but a second cousin of Elizabeth's father - she was not a niece but a second cousin once removed. The Thomas B Dorsey family, including Frances Emaline Sydnor Dorsey, are buried in Oakdale, Stanislaus, CA].
  1221. Union Democrat, Tuolumne Co, CA, 2 Aug 1935. DEACONESS DORSEY JOINS THE FAMILY CIRCLE AGAIN
    Miss Elizabeth M Dorsey, 76, passed away in Sonora, the home of her birth, early last Friday morning. A week before she had submitted to an operation and despite her age and the seriousness of the operation, she rallied and for a few days it looked like she would be able to again take up the good work in the community to which she so generously gave her time and so nobly attended.
    Miss Dorsey was Deaconess of St. James Episcopal Church, an honor conferred on her 35 years ago and one to which she has been faithful at all times. Other activities in addition to the church, held much of her attention, she feeling ti her duty at all times to function in whatever was for the good and welfare of the people in the community, so when the World War was in progress and ever since she has acted as secretary of Sonora Chapter, American Red Cross, for years has affiliated herself with the Sonora branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. She was kind and considerate and through her efforts and alertness many needy persons received succor and many a dumb animal was spared the blow by an irate master.
    She was a good Christian woman and was sincere in all her undertakings and now that she is no more - the last of a pioneer family that was proud but reasonable - the name will ever stand as a monument in our midst - handed down by her father, the late Caleb Dorsey, a great attorney in his day and at one time District Attorney of Tuolumne County.
    The family consisted of the parents, four daughters and a son, devoted during their life time - what a joyful reunion.
    Under the direction of the Burden Company the funeral was held from St James Episcopal Church at 2:30 Monday afternoon where the Right Rev. Bishop Louis C Stanford conducted the services, assisted by the Very Rev A W Farlander of the same city and of the deceased were in attendance at the last sad rites. Interment was made in the IOOF Cemetery, this city.
    Cousins of the deceased surviving are as follow: Mrs. H P Badgley, San Francisco; E W Dorsey, Oakdale; E S Dorsey, Alberta, Canada; Mrs. Harry C Marsh, Mrs. Frank Boggs and Dr S W R Langdon, Stockton; besides relatives residing in Maryland.
  1222. Tuolumne Banner, 2 Aug 1935, p. 7, col. 4. ELIZABETH M. DORSEY
    Miss Elizabeth M. Dorsey died in this city Friday morning, July 26, after a long and confining illness. Born in Sonora in the year 1859, she lived to be one of the oldest residents, highly respected devoted to welfare work as applied by the Red Cross, the Episcopal Church, and county relief, and at all times deeply concerned with the political life of the nation.
    Her parents were the late Attorney and Mrs. Caleb Dorsey, pioneers of the year 1852. They left their native Maryland, accompanied with a few household slaves, whom they immediately freed, when the great gold rush was underway. He was a man of extraordinary ability, force and intelligence, and immediately became a leader in the life of Tuolumne County. He served as head of the Democratic Party for years; was elected district attorney and was the leading attorney of the county throughout the years of his residence.
    Miss Dorsey followed in the footsteps of her father in many ways; she was a staunch Democrat, ideally optimistic of the honesty of others, sympathetic to every plea for help, whether from a human or dumb source, and kept informed of all the national and state events, particularly in her younger years.
    The Dorsey home, the square red brick building just east of the Episcopal Church, was at one time the finest residence in the city, and was always the headquarters for every visitation to our city of persons of prominence. It formerly was surrounded on each side by lower and upper porches, with an upper roof, and presented a fine appearance with large yards on either side and in front.
    Miss Dorsey was the last of the family, which originally consisted of the parents and three daughters and one son. She was a great worker for the cause of her country during the World War (and we presume was equally active during the Spanish American War) and following that conflict was for years working in the interest of the ex-soldiers. She served as secretary of the Red Cross for years, as also she did for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, assuming the presidency upon the death of Mrs. Edna Winn.
    She was the first woman in California to be honored with the ordination of deaconess of the Episcopal Church, in 1900. Among her relationships she could trace back to Washington and down to Robert E Lee.
    Among the surviving and geographically near relatives are the following cousins, most of whom were her during her illness or at the time of her funeral: Hrs. H P Badgley, San Francisco; E W Dorsey, Oakdale; E S Dorsey, Alberta Canada; Mrs. Harry C Marsh, Mrs. Frank Boggs, Dr S W R Langdon, Stockton; John Dorsey Ewing, Sacramento.
    The funeral was conducted from the family home at 2:15 Monday. The body was carried to St. James Church where services were under direction of Rt. Rev L C Sanford, from Sacramento, assisted by the Very Rev A W Forlander, dean of St James Cathedral of Fresno, and the Rev. Will Cash, rector of St. Luke's Church of Merced.
    Interment was made in the family plot in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
  1223. Tuolumne Banner, 2 Aug 1935, p. 7, col. 4. Interment was made in the family plot in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
  1224. CH Burden Undertaking Company 1890-1953, p 40-41. Dorsey, Elizabeth M, age 79, d. 26 Jul 1935, buried 29 July 1935, IOOF - Sonora.
  1225. Tuolumne Banner, 23 Jul 1920, P 1, col. 4. Anita E. Dorsey, acting at the request of her mother, Mrs. Esther M. Dorsey, Filed a petition for letters of administration Wednesday in the estate of her brother, C C Dorsey, who died in this county August 10, 1916. The estate comprises an undivided interest in lots 3 and 4, block 25, Sonora, and does not exceed the value of $1,000.
  1226. Union Democrat, Tuolumne Co, CA, 10 Dec 1932. ANITA DORSEY, PIONEER DAUGHTER, DIES MONDAY
    Miss Anita Ester Dorsey passed away at her home in Sonora at 10 o'clock last Monday morning. She had been ill for the past two months, and the close attention by physician and the kind gentle ministrations by a devoted sister but availed her of a more peaceful ending.
    Miss Dorsey was the daughter of the late Caleb and Mrs. Dorsey, pioneer residents of Sonora, where her father was a noted attorney during those hectic days when law and order required the services of such brilliant lawyers. She was born in Sonora in the house where she died and spent the 71 years of her christian life.
    Funeral services were held at St. James Episcopal Church Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. Chester Hill officiating. Under the direction of the Burden Undertaking Co. the interment was made in the family plot in IOOF cemetery, this city.
    She is survived by the one remaining member of a pioneer family, Deaconess Elizabeth Dorsey, to whom the community sympathy is extended.
  1227. Union Democrat, Tuolumne Co, CA, 10 Dec 1932. Funeral services were held at St. James Episcopal Church Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. Chester Hill officiating. Under the direction of the Burden Undertaking Co. the interment was made in the family plot in IOOF cemetery, this city.
  1228. St. James Episcopal Church Records, Vol I p 76. Jan 25 1864 - House - No. 16 - Robert Lee Dorsey 2 mos.; parents: Caleb Dorsey & wife; clergyman: D D Chapin.
  1229. St. James Episcopal Church Records, Vol 1, p. 76. Jan 25 1864 - House - No. 16 - Robert Lee Dorsey 2 mos.; parents: Caleb Dorsey & wife; clergyman: D D Chapin.
  1230. Sonora City Cemetery Records, p. 6. 223. June 10, 1864; M; DORSEY; No age listed; b. Sonora, Cal.; Grave #73; Where died: Sonora; Cause of death: Unknown; Infant son of C. Dorsey, Esq.
  1231. St. James Episcopal Church Records, Vol I, p 76. Jan 25 1864 - House - No. 16 - Robert Lee Dorsey 2 mos.; parents: Caleb Dorsey & wife; clergyman: D D Chapin.
  1232. Tuolumne County Records, Tuolumne County Death Record, Book 3, p 9. Kate Wilkins Dorsey; dod: 9 Oct 1907; dob: 20 June 1865, CA; father: Caleb Dorsey, MD; mother: Esther M. Nabb, MD; cause: TB.
  1233. CH Burden Undertaking Company 1890-1953, p 40-41. Dorsey, Kate, age 42, d. 9 Oct 1907, buried 12 Oct 1907, IOOF - Sonora.
  1234. The California 1890 Great Register of Voters Index, Vol II, p 710. Caleb C Dorsey, 21, b. CA, res. Sonora Co Tu, reg date 3 Mar 1888, p 6.
  1235. Tuolumne County Records, Book A, Vol 23, p 788. CC Dorsey to Esther M Dorsey, Deed
    Know all men by these presents that I the undersigned Caleb C Dorsey son of Caleb Dorsey deceased in consideration of the sum of One Dollar lawful money of the United States to me in had paid by Esther M Dorsey widow of the said Caleb Dorsey, the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge do hereby grant bargain sell and convey unto the said Esther M Dorsey her heirs and assigns forever, all my interest estate and claim in and to the property real and personal and the estate of every kind coming to me from the estate of my father the said Caleb Dorsey by inheritance or any other way, and I hereby appoint the said Esther M. Dorsey to receive from the Superior Court of the County of Tuolumne State of California in the matter of the Estate of said Caleb Dorsey deceased final distribution to her of all my share in the said Estate. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of August AD 1888 Caleb C Dorsey (Seal) Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of F W Street, State of California, County of Tuolumne, so. On this 24th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight before me F W Street a Notary Public in and for the the said County of Tuolumne residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn personally appeared Caleb C. Dorsey known to me to be the same person described in whose name is subscribed to and who executed the within instrument, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at my office in the County of Tuolumne the day and year in this Certificate first above written. F W Street Notary Public (Seal). Recorded at request of J F Johnson, Aug 31st 1888 at 9 o'clock AM R Inch, County Recorder.
  1236. US Forest Service, http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/mine_cleanup/mc_projects/chemung.pdf. On July 4, 1902, mining partners John Stuart Phillips, Caleb Dorsey and John M Bryan located a rich quartz ledge on the southern edge of the district, which developed into the Pittsburg-Liberty Mine. The rich gold ore assayed at $35 to $800 per ton.
  1237. Mono County Historical Society Newsletter, 2004 Newletter. Masonic Mining District; On July 4, 1902, mining partners John Stuart Phillips, Caleb Dorsey and John M Bryan located a rich quartz ledge on the southern edge of the district, which developed into the Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (named for Phillip' home town and in the spirit of the holiday).
  1238. Voter Registration, Precinct Registers of Tuolumne Co, 1904, p 24. 50. Dorsey, Caleb C, age 34.
  1239. Voter Registration, Precinct Registers of Tuolumne Co, 1900, p 29. 45. Dorsey, Caleb C, age 34.
  1240. San Francisco Call, P. 5, 22 Oct 1904, Vol 96, No 144. ORGANIZE A DISTRICT
    The miners in the Masonic mountain district in Mono County recently met and adopted rules for the government of the district. The boundaries were defined as extending to a point five miles north of the old Pittsburg shaft, thence south ten miles, east five miles, west ten miles, north five miles. Caleb Dorsey was elected mining recorder for a year.
  1241. Voter Registration, Precinct Registers for Tuolumne Co, 1906, p 30. 49. Dorsey, Caleb C, miner, age 38.
  1242. Los Angeles Herald, P. 5. NIXON BUYS CALIFORNIA MINE;
    United States Senator George S. Nixon and George Wingfield have purchased the Pittsburg-Liberty mine at Masonic, Cal., for $500,000. Masonic is eighty-six miles south of Carson. Sam Platt, United States district attoarney for Nevada, acting as agent for Nixon and Wingfield, has paid the money for the property to a Carson bank. The sellers are J Phillips, J M Bryan, Caleb Dorsey, W H Paul, State Seantor L G Campbell and J E Claypool.
  1243. San Francisco Call, P. 9, 27 May 1907, Vol 101, No 178. RICH MINING PROPERTIES SOLD TO PURCHASES FROM NEVADA; NIXON-WINGFIELD INTERESTS OBTAIN FOUR CLAIMS AT MASONIC FOR $500,000;
    The largest mining deal made for some time was the acquisition recently by the Nixon-Wingfield interests of the Pittsburg Liberty properties at Masonic. The price was $500,000. Of this sum $50,000 was paid down in cash as the first and forfeit payment. The Pittsburg Liberty consists of four full claims that were located by Caleb Dorsey, John W Phillips and John Bryan. The property is hardly more than prospects, as the deepest shaft is down only about 100 feet.
  1244. Voter Registration, Precinct Registers of Tuolumne Co, 1908, p 21. 46. Dorsey, Caleb C, miner, age 37.
  1245. Federal Census, 1910, California, 1910; East Sonora, Tuolumne, CA; Roll: T624_111; Page: 3A; ED: 165; Image: 418. Esther M Dorsey, Head, 74, widowed, had 6 children, 3 surviving, b. MD, both parents b. MD, no occupation, owns own home free & clear;
    Elizabeth M, daughter, 50, single, b. CA, both parents b. MD, deaconess in church;
    Anita, daughter, 48, single, b. CA, both parents b. MD, no occupation;
    Caleb C, son 40, single, b. CA, both parents b. MD, miner in gold mine.
  1246. Tuolumne Banner, 11 Aug 1916. SONORA RESIDENT PASSES AWAY
    Caleb Channey (sic) Dorsey, who was born in Sonora, Sept. 29th, 1867, died at his home here, Thursday morning, the 10th inst. being aged 48 years, 10 months and 12 days. A mother and two sisters are left to mourn his loss. The funeral will take place Saturday, at 3 o'clock, PM form the St James Episcopal church, the interment to be in the family plot in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Mr. Dorsey was a miner by occupation and has been in poor health for sometime past. During his long residence in this county he has won the esteem and good will of all for his many good qualities. The sincere sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved relatives.
  1247. Union Democrat, Tuolumne Co, CA, 12 August 1916. SON PASSES TO REST AFTER LONG ILLNESS
    Caleb C Dorsey, son of the late C C Dorsey who was a prominent lawyer and participated in all the big litigations in the early history of the county, died at the home of his mother in this city Thursday morning. Deceased had been in ill health for two years past during which time he was confined to the house.
    Deceased was born in this city 48 years ago and almost his entire life was spent here. Mining was always attractive to him and he generally followed that calling, his latest operations being in the Tuttletown district, and where his efforts were crowned with some success. He was a companionable and entertaining man and his many friends throughout the county will learn with regret that he has gone. His mother and two sisters are bereft of an affectionate son and brother and in their sorrow they have the sympathy of the community.
    The funeral will occur at 3 o'clock this Saturday afternoon from the Episcopal church. Interment will be in the 1OOF cemetery.
  1248. St. James Episcopal Church Records, Vol 3, p 132. Chauncey Caleb Dorsey, male, 48, BCC, Last Residence: Sonora, Cal.; Date of Death: Aug 10, 1916; Cause of death: Tuberculosis of the Bowels or cancer; Place of Interment: Odd Fellows Cemetery; Date of Burial: Aug 12, 1916; Minister: Geo. DB Stewart.
  1249. CH Burden Undertaking Company 1890-1953, p 40-41. Dorsey, Caleb C, age 48, d. 10 Aug 1916, buried 12 Aug 1916, IOOF - Sonora.
  1250. Tuolumne Banner, 23 Jul 1920, p. 1, col. 4. Anita E. Dorsey, acting at the request of her mother, Mrs. Esther M. Dorsey, Filed a petition for letters of administration Wednesday in the estate of her brother, C C Dorsey, who died in this county August 10, 1916. The estate comprises an undivided interest in lots 3 and 4, block 25, Sonora, and does not exceed the value of $1,000.
  1251. Court Records - Tuolumne County, Archive 2636. Edward W. Dorsey, son of Thomas B. Dorsey is now administrator of his estate - sister Anita, original adminstratrix now deceased, reports to court about the disposition of land -.
  1252. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 66, Dorsey Family Bible. Mary Ann Dorsey was born 25 February 1827.
  1253. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Confirmations p 13. By Bishop Stone - July 19th 1835 - Miss Mary Anne Dorsey.
  1254. Dorsey Genealogy. Mary Ann Dorsey and Alexander L Mackey were married on 3 Nov 1846 in Howard Dist, Anne Arundel Co, MD. They obtained a marriage license on 3 Nov 1846 in Howard Dist, Anne Arundel Co, MD.
  1255. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p. 494. John Worthington Dorsey (of Caleb)...brought his wife...Mary Ann Hammond...the late Judge Reuben M. Dorsey; Caleb, of California, Charles W Dorsey, of the Confederate Home; Mrs. Levin Gale, Mrs. Dr. Mackey and Mrs. Benjamin Cook, of Virginia, were heirs.
  1256. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms, p 16. Wm Dorsey, Jno Worthington Dorsey, sons of A. L. & Mary Anne Mackey.
  1257. St. John's Episcopal Church Records, Baptims, p 16. Wm Dorsey, Jno Worthington Dorsey, sons of A. L. & Mary Anne Mackey.
  1258. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 66, Dorsey Family Bible. Reuben Dorsey was born, 22 February, 1829.
  1259. The Dorsey Family and Allied Families, p 212. Ruben Merriweather Dorsey (1829-1899) m. Mary Eliza Krafft (1838-1904).
  1260. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 66, Dorsey Family Bible. Reuben M Dorsey died 2 February 1899, in the 75th year of his age.
    Clearly, either the birth date or the death date is incorrect - and they are both from the same source. Also, this may not be the correct Ruben Merriweather Dorsey - it may be referring to his uncle..
  1261. Reuben J Dorsey, 51, b. MD, both parents b. MD;
    Mary E, 43, wife, keeping H, b. MD, father b. Bremen, mother b. Baltimore;
    John, 23, son, single, b. MD, both parents b. MD;
    Charles, 14, son, attending school, b. MD, both parents b. n/s;
    Reuben M, 12, son, attending school, b. MD, both parents b. n/s;
    Phillip H, 10, son b. MD parents b. n/s
    Caleb, 8, son, b. MD;
    Nicolas B, 6, son, b. MD;
    Henry R, 8 mos, b. MD, both parents b. MD;
    Mary Oliver, 29, black, single, servant, cook, b. MD, both parents b. MD.
  1262. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 66, Dorsey Family Bible. Charles Worthington Dorsey was born 4 June 1831.
  1263. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 141. Charles W Dorsey, born June 4, 1831, married Mary Penny.
  1264. Columbia Gazette, Vol 2, No 16, p 2, col 2. Disappearance - Charles W Dorsey, late of Baltimore, has recently disappeared from Sonora and is feared has met with foul play. Any information regarding him left at this office or forwarded to his brother, Caleb Dorsey, of Sonora, would be thankfully received.
  1265. Federal Census, Slave Schedule, 1860, 1860, 2nd Election District, Howard, MD. Charles W Dorsey, 27 slaves listed, from ages 70 to 1.
  1266. Federal Census, 1860, Maryland, 1860, District 1, Howard, MD; Roll: M653_477; Page: 681; Image: 127. Mary A Dorsey, 65, Farmer, $18,000, $6,600, b. MD;
    Charles W, 27, Farmer, b. MD;
    Elizabeth, 24, b. MD;
    Wm D Mackey, 8, b. MD, attending school;
    J W Mackey, 6, b. MD, attending school.
  1267. Federal Census, 1900, Maryland, 1900, Election District 3, Baltimore City, MD; Roll: T623_606; Page: 4A; ED: 27. Chas W Dorsey, 68, b. July 1831, MD, inmate in Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers Home, Pikesville.
  1268. Anne Arundel Gentry, P. 141. Charles W Dorsey, born June 4, 1831, married Mary Penny.
  1269. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 66, Dorsey Family Bible. Sally Waring Dorsey was born 27 October 1833.
  1270. Dorsey Genealogy. Sarah "Sally" Waring Dorsey and Levin Gale were married on 15 Oct 1856.
  1271. Federal Census, 1860, Maryland, 1860, Baltimore Ward 20, Baltimore (Independent City), MD; Roll: M652_466; Page: 338; Image: 664. Levin Gale, 36, Atty at Law, b. MD;
    Sally, 26, b. MD;
    Levin, 2, b. MD;
    John, 1, b. MD.
  1272. US IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862 -1918, NARA Series: M771; Roll: 12. Levin Gale, 34 St. Paul, (Baltimore?), lawyer, taxed $10.00.
  1273. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol 5, No 4, Nov 1964, p 66, Dorsey Family Bible. Zuleika Dorsey was born 17 April 1836.
  1274. Dorsey Genealogy. Luleika(sic) E (Zelica) Dorsey and Benjamin D Cooke were married on 16 Sept 1860.
  1275. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 143. Comfort Ann Dorsey, born Apr 10, 1824, married Philip D Barbour.
  1276. Anne Arundel Gentry, p 143. Charles Samuel Dorsey, born Feb 11, 1827, married Elizabeth Lewis, Jan 1, 1849, and secondly Katherine Oglesby.
  1277. Nellie Levering Roberts Young, Porter Family Notes (Handwritten notes).
  1278. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-129 Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey Family. Comfort W. Dorsey b. March 6, 1823, Md. m. Gilchrist Porter.
  1279. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Holt Atherton Collection, UofP Libraries, Eleanor Young papers. Comfort Worthington Dorsey, born in Ellicott Mills or Elk Ridge.
  1280. Handwritten notes in family records. According to handwritten notes from Abby Hammond Roberts:
    (according to Celeste Young Cary) when Comfort Worthington Dorsey's family moved west to Missouri she remained with her Grandmother in Ellicott City, MD to finish her education at Patabsco (actually Patapsco) Institute (about 1 year). This has been confirmed online with Howard County, MD Dept of Recreation and Parks, Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park (in book). "In our records we did find a Comfort W Dorsey from Spring-Hill, MD. She was a student at the Patapsco Female Institute 1842 - 1844.".
  1281. Daily National Intelligencer, P. 3. PATAPSCO FEMALE INSTITUTE, Near Baltimore, Md.;
    The Principal, Mrs. Lincoln Phelps, has had long experience in directing a literary institution, and is well known to the public from her former connexion in the Troy (NY) Seminary with her sister, Mrs. Emma Willard, as the author of Lincoln's Botany, and of a series of works on Chemistry, Natural Philosophy, &c., of sundry works on the subject of Education, &c.
    The Patapsco Female Institute is situated within five minutes' walk of the depot of the railroad in the vicinity of Ellicotts' Mills, Md., ten miles west of Baltimore, with which, as with Washington, there is a constant communication, both by railroads and turnpikes. The building for the accommodation of the School is of dressed granite, erected in a chaste styles of architecture, at an expense of $27,000. The present Principal, aided by the advice and assistance of her husband, the Hon. John Phelps, has expended about $5,000 in additions and improvements. The adjacent grounds, consisting of about twelve acres, belonging to the institution, are beautifully situated, and afford many advantages for health and recreation.
    The terms for the scholastic year, for board and English education, are $240; no extra charges being made but for ornamental branches, lectures, and foreign languages.
    A Board of five trustees (the Hon. Thomas B. Dorsey, President) have a general oversight of the condition and management of the institution. The Right Rev. Wm R. Whittingham is visiter. A resident Chaplain, the Rev. Wm. H Clarke, a graduate of Yale College, is Professor of Mental Philosophy and English Composition. Besides the experienced and excellent Vice Principal, Miss Browne, there are associated in the care, discipline, and instruction of the pupils nine ladies resident in the family. Mons. Louis F. Levis, a graduate of the University of France, (licentiate de droit,) Professor of Modern Languages, resides in the institution, and devotes his time wholly to its interests. There are in regular attendance two distinguished German Professors of the Piano; two English Professors, one of Vocal Music and the guitar, and one of the Harp and Organ; and a Professor of Drawing and Painting, in water colors and oil; Professor Aiken of the University of Maryland, is Lecturer on the Physical Sciences. Mr. Henry C. Cornwell is Secretary and Business Agent.
    An organization of officers and teachers like the above, with the accommodations provided, entitle the Patapsco Institute tot eh rank of a College or University for the perfecting of female education in useful and ornamental branches. It is vested, by an act of incorporation, with the power of granting diplomas to those who pass through a prescribed course of study...
    Extract from a report of the Principal, October 1847.
    "Patrons of various Christian denominations have continued to give the institution their support and friendship; and as a due return, the principles of all are respected. Controversy among us is discountenanced. We endeavor to train up our pupils as Christians, relying much on the influence of religious habits and example.
    "A Northern school in all its essential features and characteristics, but divested of all that might be offensive to Southern feelings, is planted in a Southern climate."
    This Institution is at all times open for the reception of pupils. Those who wish to do so, remain during vacations.
    Applications may be made to Mrs. Lincoln Phelps, Ellicott Mills Post Office, Maryland.
    NB The services of well qualified teachers for schools and families may usually be obtained by applying to the Patapsco Institute, in which is a Normal Department, for the training and improvement of teachers.
  1282. Montgomery County Standard, 9 Nov 1894. Ralls Co MO - Yesterday morning at her home in Hannibal, Mrs. Comfort Worthington Porter, wife of Judge Gilchrist Porter, age 69y 5m 3d. Miss Comfort Worthington Dorsey was born in Howard co MD, and lived to womanhood there. Her father was Col. Edward W. Dorsey, who migrate to Pike co, MO in 1838. In Pike co Judge Porter, then circuit attorney for that circuit, met, wooed and won her. They marr. at home of her father, Feb. 25, 1844, and went to housekeeping at Bowling Green. In 1853 they moved to Hannibal and have lived there since, with the exception of the 14y that Judge Porter was on the circuit bench during which time they resided at Clarksville. (Hannibal Journal).
  1283. Federal Census, 1840, Missouri, 1840 Pike, MO; Roll: 228; Page: 85. Gilchrist Porter - one male btwn 20 & 30; one female btwn 15 & 20.
  1284. Handwritten notes in family records. Married at 23 to Comfort Worthington Dorsey, 2/25/1840 in Pike Co. Missouri.
  1285. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 281. February 25, 1840, he was married to Miss Comfort Worthington Dorsey, of Pike county, where his father-in-law, Colonel Edward W. Dorsey, was a pioneer settler, coming from Carroll county, Maryland. They have had twelve children, only seven of whom, four sons and three daughters, are living.
  1286. Missouri Pioneers of Pike Co, p.41. Marriage Book A p. 38 (21)
    25 Feb 1840 Gilchrist Porter and Comfort W Dorsey by James W Campbell, Minister of the Gospel.
  1287. Marriage Record, Pike County, MO, Marriage Book 2, page 39. No. 166 State of Missouri Pike county
    Gilchrist Porter March 5th 1840
    to I hereby certify that on the twenty fifth
    C W Dorsey day of February AD one thousand eight
    hundred and forty, personally ap-
    peared before me (a minister of the Gos-
    pel) Gilchrist Porter and Comfort W
    Dorsey and were lawfully married.
    Given under my hand this day and
    date first aforesaid. James W. Campbell MG
    Filed for record 5th March 1840
    Attest. M F Noyes Recorder.
  1288. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, 1850, Bowling Green, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; Page: 163; Image: 327. Gilchrist Roberts, 38, Lawyer, $1,800, b. VA
    Comfort W, 37, b. MD
    Mary Eleanor, 8, b. MO
    Julia, 2, b. MO
    Margaret D, 11/12mos b. MO.
  1289. Federal Census, 1860, Missouri, 1860 Hannibal, Marion, MO; Roll: M653_632; Page: 0; Image: 308. Gilchrist Porter, 42, att-at-law, $15,160, $8,000, b. VA
    Comfort W, 37, b. Md
    Mary E, 18, b. MO
    Julia, 12, b. MO, attending school
    Edward, 8, b. MO, attending school
    Anna, 5, b. MO
    Comfort D, 3, b. MO
    Gilchist, 6 mos, b. MO
    Susan, 15, b. MO, attending school.
  1290. Federal Census, 1870, Pike Co, Missouri, 1870, Clarksville, Pike, MO; Roll: M593_798; Page: 115; Image: 235. Porter, Gilchrist, 52, Judge State Circuit Court, b. VA; Comfort, 46, keeps house, b. MD; Julia, 20, at home; Annie, 15, attending school; Comfort, 12, attending school; Dorsey, 9, attending school; William, 5, at home; Charles, 3, at home; all children born in Missouri.
  1291. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, 1880, Clarksville, Pike, MO; Roll: T9_709; Family History Film: 1254790; Page: 595.3000; Enumeratoin District: 135; Imge: 0501. Porter, Gilchrist, 61, married, Judge, b. VA, both parents b. VA; Comfort, 55, wife, married, keeping house, b. MD, both parents b. VA; Annie, 25, daughter, single, at home; Dorsey, 17, son, single, at school; Willie, 15, at school; Charlie, 13, at school. All children b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD.
  1292. R. I. Holcombe, History of Marion County Missouri, 1884 (Reprint by Marion Co Historical Society, 1979), 613. Gilchrist Porter was born in Culpepper County, Virginia, Nov. 1, 1817.
  1293. Handwritten notes in family records.
  1294. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Porter, Gilchrist, a Representative from Missouri; born in Windsor, near Fredericksburg, VA, November 1, 1817...
  1295. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 280. This eminent lawyer and jurist, who left the bench of the third judicial circuit at the close of 1880, was born in Culpepper County, Virginia, November 1, 1817. His father was William Porter, a native of Fredericksburg, Spottsylvania county.
  1296. Federal Census, 1820, Virginia, 1820, Culpepper, VA; Roll: M33_133; Page: 250; Image: 111. William Porter: 2 males under 10, 1 male 16-26, 1 male over 45, 1 female under 10, 26-44, 9 people involved in agriculture;
    Slaves: 4 males under 14, 5 males 14-26, 4 males 26-45, 3 females under 14, 2 females 14-26, 1 female 26-45.
  1297. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 280. In 1835 the family came to this state [MO], and settled on a farm in Lincoln county.
  1298. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 280. Gilchrist soon commenced reading law at Troy, the county seat; was admitted to the bar in 1837, and in the same year located at Bowling Green, in the adjoining county of Pike.
  1299. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 280. In 1838 he was elected circuit attorney of the third judicial circuit; was re-elected in 1840, and served six years.
  1300. History of Pike County, 1883, p 203. (1840) Gilchrist Porter, now of St. Louis, was a candidate for re-election as circuit attorney for the district.
  1301. History of Pike County, 1883, p 203. Gilchrist Porter, now of St. Louis, was a candidate for re-election as circuit attorney for the district.

    On the 9th of November (1840), Mr. John Mackey aged 74 years, died. He was one of the earliest settlers, coming to the county in 1810 and improving the farm on which he died.

    Census - In 1840 the number of inhabitants of the county was 10,766.

  1302. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 280. In 1844 he represented Pike county in the state legislature, and occupied the whig side of the house.
  1303. Federal Census, Slave Schedule, 1850, Missouri.
  1304. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 280. In 1850 Mr. Porter was elected a representative to congress from the second district. He was again elected in 1854, having, the year before, removed to Hannibal.
  1305. Daily Missouri Republican, P. 2. GILCHRIST PORTER, ESQ, has assented to run for Congress in the Second District, if nominated by a Convention. There will hardly be any opposition to him.
  1306. Daily Missouri Republican, P 2. MONDAY MORNING JUNE 10, 1850; WHIG NOMINATIONS; FOR CONGRESS - FIRST DISTRICT: JOHN F DARBY; SECOND DISTRICT: GILCHRIST PORTER ...
  1307. Daily Missouri Republican, 23 June 1862, p 2. As presented by the newspaper -
    List of Candidates:

    For Congress
    1st District - Samuel Caruthers (Whig)

    2nd District - Gilchrist Porter.

  1308. City Directory, Washington, DC, published by Alfred Hunter, 1853, p 30. CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY
    STANDING COMMITTEES - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
    Committee of Claims
    Mr. John R J Daniel, of NC
    Alfred P Edgerton, Ohio
    Richard I Bowie, MD
    Origen S Seymour, CT
    Chauncey F Cleveland, CT
    William A Sacket, NY
    Carlton B Curtis, PA
    Gilchrist Porter, MO
    Daniel Mace, IN
    Room No. 50, first story, east.
  1309. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 280. n 1850 Mr. Porter was elected a representative to congress from the second district. He was again elected in 1854, having, the year before, removed to Hannibal.
  1310. Missouri Courier. 28 Dec 1854
    PROFESSIONAL CARDS:

    GILCHRIST PORTER
    Attorney at Law.
    HANNIBAL, MO.
    Office in Collins' new building, corner of Main and Bird street.

  1311. Federal Census, Slave Schedule, 1860, Missouri.
  1312. City Directory.
  1313. Palmyra Spectator Newspaper, January 22, 1936 (Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri). Judge Gilchrist Porter - who was appointed Circuit Jedge by Gov. Hamilton R Gamble in 1861 when Judge John T Redd failed to take the oath of allegiance to the Federal government because of his Southern sympathies.
  1314. US IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862 -1918, Ancestry.com, US IRS Tax Assessment Lists, microfilm at NARA. 1865: Gilchrist Roberts, Hannibal, Lawyer, 12 months, rate: 10, total: amount: $10.
  1315. Historic Inventory, MO Office of Historic Preservation.
  1316. Palmyra Spectator Newspaper, January 22, 1936.
  1317. Unknown Newspaper - Hannibal, MO. Judge Porter dead - he passes peacefully away on the morning of his anniversary leaving a noble record behind.
  1318. St. Louis Republic, P. 8. JUDGE GILCHRIST PORTER; His Death at Hannibal at the Advanced Age of Seventy-Seven Years.
    Judge Gilchrist Porter, who died at Hannibal on November 1, at the age of 77 years, was well known in St. Louis, where his death is sincerely regretted.
    Judge Porter was born in Culpepper County, Virginia, but removed to Missouri when a young man, taking up his residence at Bowling Green, Pike County. When only 24 years old he was elected Circuit Attorney for the Third Judicial Circuit, which office he held for six years, resigining it to become a candidate for the Legislature on the Whig ticket. He served acceptably in the Legislature, and in 1850 was elected to Congress from what was then the Second District. Two years later he was re-elected.
    Judge Porter occupied a position on the Circuit bench for more than 17 years, being first appointed by Governor Gamble to fill a vacancy and afterwards elected by the people. In private and public life Judge Porter was noted for the able and faithful manner in which he discharged every duty imposed upon him. He enjoyed the entire confidence of the people among whom he lived, and died deeply regretted.
  1319. Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov 1894, Vol 306, p 7. Obituary Notes: Gilchrist Porter, ex-Congressman from Missouri and brother-in-law of J O Broadhead, Minister to Switzerland, died yesterday.
  1320. Philadelphia Inquirer, 2 Nov 1894. TOLD IN A FEW WORDS; Gilchrist Porter, ex-member of Congress and brother-in-law of J C Broadhead, of Switzerland, died in Hannibal, Mo., yesterday of heart disease, aged 77 years.
  1321. Salt Lake Herald, Nov 11, 1894, p 12, Image 12 - accessed on Lib of Congress. OBITUARY - GILCHRIST PORTER
    Hannibal, Mo., Nov. 1 - Gilchrist Porter died suddenly at his home in this city at 8 o'clock this morning of heart failure, the day of his death marking his seventy-seventh birthday. Judge Porter was for seventeen years a circuit judge in Missouri, held the position of circuit clerk for two terms, represented Pike county in the Missouri legislature in 1844 and 1845, and served two terms in Congress, having been elected as a Whig over John B. Henderson and Tully R. Cormick, Democrats, in the fifties. He refused a third term in Congress. Judge Porter was a brother-in-law of Hon. James O. Broadhead, minister to Switzerland, who with his wife, arrived in Hannibal today to attend the funeral, which will occur tomorrow.
    Judge Porter was brother of Mrs. J. F. McElroy and uncle of Mr. W. P. McElroy of the Rio Grand Western Railway, this city.
  1322. Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians - online database.
  1323. Headstone, Cuivre Township Cemeteries, P 13. Location: Cuivre township 52N - Range 2W, Section 28. East of Route HH.

    Sacred to the memory of Emma Rebecca, daughter of Gilchrist and Comfort W. Porter, born Dec 7th 1844, died Jan 1st, 1845, age: 11 months and 24 days. (footstone: ERP died 1845.

  1324. Headstone, Misc Cemeteriesof Cuivre Township, Pike, MO P. 13. Location: Cuivre township 52N - Range 2W, Section 28. East of Route HH.

    Sacred to the memory of Emma Rebecca, daughter of Gilchrist and Comfort W. Porter, born Dec 7th 1844, died Jan 1st, 1845, age: 11 months and 24 days. (footstone: ERP died 1845.

  1325. Headstone, Cuivre Township Cemeteries, P 13. Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth, beloved daughter of Gilchrist and Comfort W Porter, born Oct (rest of stone is badly defaced and couldn't be read).
  1326. Headstone, Cuivre Township Cemeteries, P 13. Margaret D. 9 July 1849 - 16 Nov 1850 d/o G & CW Porter.
  1327. Headstone, Cuivre Township Cemeteries, P 13. Margaret D 9 July 1849 - 16 Nov 1850 d/o G & CW Porter.
  1328. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900, Hannibal Ward 3, Marion, MO; Roll: T623_874; Page: 11B; ED: 100. Aaron R Levering, 61, b. Sept 1839, married 40 years, b. MO, both parents b. MD, capitalist, owns home no mortgage;
    Mary E, wife, 58, b. May 1842, married 40 years, no children, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, no occupation
    Annie D Porter, sister-in-law, 45, b. Oct 1854, single, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, no occupation
    Margaret Whaland, 33, b. JUly 1866, single, b. IL, both parents b. IA, servant.
  1329. Federal Census, 1910, Missouri, 1910, Hannibal, Ward 3, Marion, MO, Roll: T624_798; Page: 2A; ED: 106; Image: 252. AR Levering, Head, 71, married once for 49 years, no children, b. MO, both parents b. MD, banker;
    Ella Levering, wife, 69, married once for 49 years, no children, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, no occupation
    Annie Porter, 54, sister-in-law, single, own income;
    Carrie Way, 41, black, servant, married 10 years, no children
    Eleanor Wing, 20, white, maid, b. CA, both parents b. CA.
  1330. Federal Census, 1920, Missouri, 1920, Hannibal, Ward 1, Marion, MO. Annie Porter, head, owns home, 52, single, b. MO, both parents b. VA, no occupation;
    Sarah E Bolton, boarder, 25, single, b. MO, both parents b. MO, teacher in public school;
    Geraldine McCroy, boarder, 20, single, b. b. MO, both parents b. MO, teacher in public school;
    Bertha Watson, adopted, 15, single, b. MO, both parents b. MO, no occupation.
  1331. Last Will and Testament, Annie Dorsey Porter, 21 Dec 1923. Executor: Frank T Hodgdon. Left property, 1100 Hill St, Hannibal to Aunt Dot (Annie Roberts Hodgdon) and other lots, and all personal property. To brothers J Dorsey Porter, William C Porter, sister Comfort D Smith, nephews Paul Porter and Edward Porter and niece Helen Porter White and niece Nellie Levering Young, $1.00 each. $2,000 in trust for Ann Dorsey Hodgdon, $200 to Riverside Cemetery for Porter plot upkeep, 2/3 residue to Annie Roberts Hodgdon, 1/3 to nephew Gilchrist Porter Roberts.

    Also on file - probate documents, appraisals etc.

  1332. Federal Census, 1930, Missouri, 1930, Hannibal, Marion, MO; Roll: 1211; Page: 10B; ED: 5; Image: 706.0. Annie E Porter, head, owns home worth $6,100, not a farm, 69 yrs old, single, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, no occupation;
    David Bear, roomer, 19, b. MO, both parents b. KY, no occupation.
  1333. Obituary, Hannibal Evening Courier-Post, P. 1. Text found in family group page notes for Annie Dorsey Porter.
  1334. Federal Census, 1930, California.
  1335. Federal Census, 1920, California.
  1336. Correspondence, Letter in hanging file. 5 April 1893, from his sister Mary Eleanor Porter Levering, to John Dorsey Porter, Alamo, Lower California Mexico (via San Diego):
    My Dear Brother!
    I was glad to receive your letter, which came day before yesterday - though very sorry your prospects are no brighter . I have wondered, for some time, how you could afford to spend so many of the best years of your life, on so slight a prospect, as you said you had, to collect a few debts. Of course, I know nothing of the circumstances & yuo do not tell me, in your letter, what it is you need. Whilst I have every thing I could think of needing, you know, I have no separate estate, no income of my very own, but I happen just at this time, to have fifty dollars, & Righter insists upon giving one fifty more, which I am so glad to have for you. That will be enough to pay your way up into California & give you a little, till you have time to find work, will it not? & was that what you wanted? I am glad you feel that your rxperience down there, will help you, in your future life. Forget all the discouragement of your failure there, & start anew, determined to succeed. Keep near to the dear Savior, & put yourself under the influence of good Christian people & when temptation comes, He will surely strengthen you, if you determine to help yourself. Dear Dorse, I have always had a more tender love for you, than for any of my Brothers, because, I feel sure you have the making of a noble, true man committed to your keeping & if you fail to work out a grand manhood, you will be frustrating your Maker's plan for you. You know how little Pa & Nan have to look for in the other boys - Let them see you can not only honor yourself, but be a son & brother they can look up to & honor. When we talked of having a monument put up to our Mother's memory, I thought, each of us, her children is a monument to her memory & how doubly she will rejoice if we show her name worthy of honor, in her children. The only condition I attach to the little gift I send you is, that not one penny of it shall be spent in a way that would give her, that would give me pain. I hope you will get something to do quickly. I know you can succeed, & I will pray that you may. I feel sure Will Smith will help you find work. He spoke of you in such a brotherly way. Write as soon as you are out of Mexico, & if you have decided to go, why not at once? Nan & Dot are still in St. Louis. Dr Green encourages Nan about Dot's eyes. Pa is in Joplin. He says he is ten per cent better than when he lift home, but Pa is a very old man & very childish. Port is with us. I am not well this Spring - have been confined to my bed for several days. We are having Spring at last. 'Tis uncomfortably hot. There is a great deal of seckness here. I have thought so much of Gillie Dorse, since I began to write to you & am so thankful he escapted the troubles of this world & is saafe at home to wellcome us, when we reach there. But life is all before you, yet & I count upon your keeping your promise to make us all proud of you I can write no more now. Lovingly Sister.
  1337. Correspondence, Apr 5, 1893. Letter to "My Dear Brother" signed "Lovingly Sister" admonishing him to come home and sending him money. Does not disclose the purpose of his trip to Mexico. He must have gone down with brother Edward Porter - and they left from Joplin. He shows up in Joplin after the time of this letter in the 1910 census.Clearly he received it, or it wouldn't have found its way into Abby Hammond Roberts' possession. Note - at the end of his life he lived with Abby and Porter Roberts in Stockton.
  1338. Federal Census, 1910, Missouri, 1910, Joplin, Ward 4, Joplin, MO; Roll: T624_790; Page: 3A; ED: 42; Image: 832. John D Porter, 48, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, own income.
  1339. Federal Census, 1920, California, 1920. Pajaro, Santa Cruz, CA; Roll: T625_148; Page: 1B; ED: 293; Image: 1001. John H Porter, 58, single, b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. US, farmer.
  1340. Federal Census, 1930, California, 1930, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA; Roll: 211; Page: 5B; ED: 35; Image: 329.0. Gilchrist P Roberts, head, 51, owns home worth $6,000, married 25 years b. MO, both parents b. MO, body builder for automobiles;
    Abby, wife, 51, married 25 years, b. CA, father b. RI, mother b. PA, no occupation
    Gilchrist, son, 24, b. CA, father b. MO, mother b. CA, bookkeeper in office;
    Junius Y, son, 21, b. CA, father b. MO, mother b. CA, no occupation
    John H, son, 19, b. CA, father b. MO, mother b. CA, Life Guard at Baths.
    John D Porter, uncle, 68, single, b. MO, both parents b. VA, Watchman in factory.
  1341. Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, Block 20, Lot 23. Headstone: John Dorsey Porter, 1861 - 1936. Lot located with Langdon family, next to Ewing and Dorsey family plots.
  1342. Stockton Record Newspaper, 17 April 1936. JOHN DORSEY PORTER
    Private funeral services were held this morning in the chapel of DeYoung & Conklin for John Dorsey Porter, 74, native of Missouri who for 12 years had made his home in Stockton with his nephew, G. Porter Roberts, 27 West Poplar Street. Porter died suddenly Wednesday [Tuesday] of a heart attack.
    Rev. Seth C. Hawley of St. John's Episcopal Church conducted the ritual of the church. Pallbearers were G. Porter Roberts Sr, G Porter Roberts, Jr, Junius Y Roberts, John H. Roberts, J. Dorsey Ewing and Edward Dorsey.
  1343. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, St Louis, St Louis, MO; Roll: T9_724; Family History Film: 1254724; Page: 290.3000; Enumeration District: 146; Image: 0525. Mary Broadhead, age 53, living in St Louis with two children, a husband and four live-in servants!.
  1344. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900, St Louis, Ward 23, St Louis, MO; Roll: T623_898; Page: 13B; ED: 352. Mary S Broadhead, head, b. Jul 1825, 74, widowed, had 7 children, 3 surviving, b. MD, both parents b. MD, no occupation, owns own home free and clear;.
  1345. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-129 Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey Family. Mary S. Dorsey B. July 20 - 1825 md. James O. Broadhead.
  1346. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, St Louis, St Louis, MO; Roll: T9_724; Family History Film: 1254724; Page: 290.3000; Enumeration District: 146; Image: 0525.
  1347. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900, St Louis, Ward 23, St Louis, MO; Roll: T623_898; Page: 13B; ED: 352. Mary S Broadhead, head, b. Jul 1825, 74, widowed, had 7 children, 3 surviving, b. MD, both parents b. MD, no occupation, owns own home free and clear;
    Charles S., son, b. Dec 1851, 48, single, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, lawyer;
    Nannie D, daughter, b. July 1864, 35, single, b. MO, father b. VA; mother b. MD, no occupation;
    George Warfell, visitor, b. Jun 1861, 39, b. IN, father b. PA, mother b. IN, passenger agent for the B&O railroad;
    Susie Walkermann, 19, servant;
    Elizabeth Tate, 35, servant;
    Katie Doyle, 38, servant.
  1348. Federal Census, 1910, Missouri, 1910, St Louis Ward 16, St Louis, MO; Roll: T624_817; Page: 8B; ED: 256; Image: 851. Mary S Broadhead, 85, widowed, had 7 children, 3 surviving, b. MD, both parents b. MD, keeper, own home;
    Charles S, 57, single, b. MO, father b. VA; mother b. MD, lawyer, general practice;
    Nannie D, 45, single, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, no occupation;
    Alice Johnson, 35, servant - cook;
    William Johnson, 24, servant - gardner.
  1349. Pike County, Missouri Deaths, 1878-1917, Bowling Green Times - 17 Sept 1914. Mrs. Mary Broadhead, abt 90 years, died 14 Sept 1914.
  1350. Missouri Marriages to 1850, Database on-line - Ancestry.com. James Broadhead married Mary S Dorsey on 13 May 1847 in Pike County, Missouri.
  1351. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 9. Col Broadhead was married in 1847, to Miss Mary S Dorsey, a native of Maryland, and they have three children, one son and two daughters, the son, Charles S Broadhead, being a lawyer in practice in this city.
  1352. Missouri Pioneers of Pike Co, p. 58. Marriage Book A - 13 May 1847 James O Broadhead m. Mary S Dorsey By James W Campbell, Minister of the Gospel.
  1353. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, 1850, Bowling Green, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; Page: 163; Image: 326. James O Broadhead, 31, Lawyer, $300, b. VA;
    Mary, 25, b. MD;
    Edward D, 1, b. MO.
  1354. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 8. One of the ablest members of the Saint Louis bar is the gentleman whos name appears above [Hon. James O Broadhead], and who has been in practice in this city since 1859, and in this state since 1842.
  1355. Federal Census, 1860, Missouri, St Louis Ward 5, St Louis, MO; Roll: M653_651; Page: 0; Image: 15. James O Broadhead, aged 40, Mary S, age 35, Chas S, age 7, Mary W, age 4, John D, age 2. Living with them is James's sister Elizabeth M. Broadhead, age 32 and a live-in servant, Mary Newby. James is worth $2,500, born in VA, as is his sister, the rest of the family all born in Missouri.
  1356. Federal Census, 1860, Missouri, Bowling Green, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; Page 163; Image: 326. James O, age 31 born VA, wife Mary, age 26, born MD, son Edward O, age 1, born MO. Living nextdoor to Gilchrist Porter and his family.
  1357. Federal Census, 1870, Pike Co, Missouri, St Louis Ward 3, St Louis, MO; Roll: M593_812; Page: 65; Image: 129. James, 51 Lawyer $54,000/$12,000 born VA; Mary S, 45, keeping house, born MD; Charles S, 17, attending school, born MO; Minnie, 14, attending school, born MO; Nannie, 5, born MO; four Irish servants - domestic, gardener, seamstress and Molly Edmundson, 23, born MO - relationship unclear and unknown - may have been a nanny.
  1358. Death Register, #5582. James O Broadhead, married, 79, b. VA, residence - 3333 Lafayette ave., Lawyer, Brights Disease & mitral insufficiency, white male, attending physician - Dr. EW Saunders, buried, Bellefontaine, undertaker - Geo. N Lynch.
  1359. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 8. He was born in Charlottesville, Albemarle county, Virginia, May 29, 1819, being the eldest son of Achilles and Mary Winston (Carr) Broadhead. His father was a captain of Virginia troops in the second war with England. His grandfather, Jonathon Broadhead, came from Yorkshire, England, and settled in Virginia while the first war with the mother country was progressing. The Carrs were from Sctoland, and early settlers in the "Old Dominion.".
  1360. In Memoriam, James Overton Broadhead, p 30. Speech by Henry T Kent, Esq of the St. Louis Bar.:
    James Overton Broadhead was born on the 29th of May, 1819, at Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. His father was Achilles Broadhead, of English stock, a captain in the war of 1812 and the County Surveyor for many years. The maiden name of his mother was Mary Winston Carr, whose ancestors had emigrated from Scotland and became possessed of large landed estates in Virginia.
  1361. Civil War St. Louis. Having competed studies in Red Hills at the classical school of his uncle, Dr Francis Carr, Broadhead thereafter entered the University of Virginia in 1836 at age 16. When in 1837 most of his immediate family removed to St. Charles County, Missouri, James remained behind and taught at a private school near Baltimore before joining them out west a year later.
  1362. Civil War St. Louis. When in 1837 most of his immediate family removed to St. Charles County, Missouri, James remained behind and taught at a private school near Baltimore before joining them out west a year later.
  1363. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 9. He was licensed in 1842 by Judge Hunt of Bowling Green, Pike County, in which county he located and practiced his profession, until he came to Saint Louis at the date already mentioned.
  1364. Civil War St. Louis. (The Honorable Edward) Bates, a prominent attorney as well as nationally recognized Whig politician, reversed roles and soon took Broadhead on as student of his own in the study of law. By 1842 Broadhead was licensed as an attorney and had moved to Pike County.
  1365. Federal Census - Slave Schedule - 1860 - Missouri, Roll: M653. James O Broadhead owed two slaves, 1 40 year old male and 1 23 year old mulatto female.
  1366. County Recorder, Land Records, Pike County, MO, Deed Book Y, pp 279-280.
  1367. Probate Court Records, Pike Co, Book D, p 273, Friday, April 10, 1863. James O Broadhead, administrator of the estate of Edward W Dorsey, deceased, comes and makes a report of the sale of the Real Estate belonging to said deceased, made by him, the pursuance order of this Court on the 2nd day of February 1863 and said report being examined by the Court, the same is approved and filed and it ------ That the said Broadhead, Administrator as aforesaid became the purchaser of a tract of said Real Estate as set forth in said report. It is ordered that the Clerk of this Court execute and deliver to the said James O Broadhead a good and sufficient ----- to such of said Real Estate as it appears from said report he was the purchaser, thereof conveying to said Broadhead all the rights and title of the deceased in and to said real estate as fully as he is by law authorized to do.
  1368. County Recorder, Land Records, Pike County, MO, Book Y, pp 184-185. James O Broadhead is the purchased by this deed of 6 lots of land owned by the estate of Edward W Dorsey.
  1369. Civil War St. Louis, James O Broadhead, Ardent Unionis, Unrepentant Slaveholder. Even as he was being assigned in 1863 to the position of Provost Marshal General - a military command that encompassed Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kansas, and southern Iowa - he maintained this mind-set and was reported to have gone so far as to assert that "every damned Abolitionist in the country should be hung.".
  1370. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 9. Colonel Broadhead was a member of the constitutional convention in 1875; and was quite efficient in that body, where his ripe judgement and great legal attainments were shown to the best advantage.
  1371. Civil War St. Louis. In 1868 and 1872 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and in 1875 played a leading role in the Missouri Constitutional Convention. The following year he was appointed special counsel for the US Attorney's office in St Louis and assisted in the prosecution of the so-called "Whisky Ring" - a scandal that reached directly into the White House. That same year he was the Missouri delegation's favorite son choice for President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention. Two years later he helped found the American Bar Association and was elected to be that organization's first president.
  1372. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, 1880, St Louis, St Louis, MO; Roll: T9_724; Family History Film: 1254724; Page: 290.3000; Enumeration District: 146; Image: 0525. James O Broadhead, 59, Lawyer, born in Virginia, both parents from Virginia;
    Mary S, 54, wife, keeping house, b. MD, both parents b. MD;
    Charles S, 27, son, lawyer, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD;
    Nannie D 15, daughter, at school, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD;
    E E Dorsey, 76, mother-in-law, b. MD, both parents b. MD;
    Three servants - one Prussian, two Irish.
  1373. The Bench and Bar of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, etc., p 9. In the autumn of 1882 he was elected to the 48th congress on the democratick ticket, and is now (1884) serving in the council halls of the nation, where his splendid talents can have ample scope for their display. In 1876 he was the choice of the Missouri delegation of his party for president of the United States, a good indication of his standing where best known.
  1374. Veterans Schedule, 1890; St Louis, St Louis, MO; Roll: 27; Page: 3; ED: 247. James O Broadhead, Major, US Res Corps, enlisted 1861, discharged Mar 1864 - was promoted to the rank of Colonel.
  1375. US Embassies. Name: James O Broadhead
    State of Residency: Missouri
    Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
    Appointment: Apr 7, 1893
    Presentation of Credentials: Jul 5, 1893
    Termination of Mission: Appointment terminated, Nov 1, 1895.
  1376. Death Register, # 3582. James O Broadhead, married, 79, b. VA, residence - 3333 Lafayette ave., Lawyer, Brights Disease & mitral insufficiency, white male, attending physician - Dr. EW Saunders, buried, Bellefontaine, undertaker - Geo. N Lynch.
  1377. Civil War St. Louis. His activities that followed, important though they might have been in the scheme of events, were almost anti-climactic compared to what had preceded them. Broadhead spent 1862 serving on the military staff of Provisional Governor Gamble as Judge Advocate General, at the rank of colonel. He also continued in the employ of Edward Bares where he received a promotion from Assistant US Attorney to US Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, where he served from November 1861 through August 1862.
    The following year he was commissioned Lieutenant colonel of the Third Missouri State Militia Cavalry Regiment, a Pike County unit. He was then detached from the regiment and assigned to the post of Provost Marshal General for the Department of the Missouri from June 1863 through January 1864. In this position he ironically wielded far more power than his commanding officer in the Third MSM ( who happened to be Edward Bates' cousin and law partner). While his wife's brothers - John and Caleb Dorsey of Pike County - and their Confederate activities occasionally bedeviled him in his position as PMG, his Conservative Unionist policies offered relative moderation towards the non-combatant slaveholding and Southern-oriented citizenry of the state, as well as extreme aggravation to his Radical Unionist political opponents that desired sterner action on his part.
  1378. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri.
  1379. Federal Census, 1860, Missouri, St Louis Ward 5, St Louis, MO; Roll: M653_651; Page: 0; Image: 15. James O Broadhead, aged 40, Mary S, age 35, Chas S, age 7, Mary W, age 4, John D, age 2. Living with them is James's sister Elizabeth M. Broadhead, age 32 and a live-in servant, Mary Newby. James is worth $2,500, born in VA, as is his sister, the rest of the family all born in Missouri.
  1380. Federal Census, 1870, Pike Co, Missouri, St Louis Ward 3, St Louis, MO; Roll: M593_812; Page: 65; Image: 129. James, 51 Lawyer $54,000/$12,000 born VA;
    Mary S, 45, keeping house, born MD;
    Charles S, 17, attending school, born MO;
    Minnie, 14, attending school, born MO;
    Nannie, 5, born MO;
    four Irish servants - domestic, gardener, seamstress and Molly Edmundson, 23, born MO - relationship unclear and unknown - may have been a nanny.
  1381. Pioneer Registry, Native Daughters of the Golden West, 5-360. Thomas Beale Dorsey, son of EW Dorsey, was born in Baltimore, MD July 15, 1832.
  1382. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-129 Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey Family. Dorsey Family Bible: Thomas Beale Dorsey July 15 1831 md. Fanny Sydnor.
  1383. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; Page: 171; Image: 343. Edward Worthington Dorsey, aged 56, farmer, value of real estate, $10,300, born in MD with wife, Eleanor E and children: John 23, to the mines, Thomas, 19 to the mines, all born in MD, Caleb 16, farmer, Ann, 10, Susan, 6, Edward A, 4, all born in Missouri.
  1384. Federal Census, 1850, California, 1850; Above Sacramento City on the River, Sacramento, CA; Roll: M432_35; Page: 202; Image: 395. Thomas B Dorsey, 19, no occupation, b. MO.
  1385. Pioneer Registry, Native Daughters of the Golden West, 5-360. Thomas Beale Dorsey arrived in California in 1850 overland. He lived in Sonora, Chinese Camp, San Jose and Oakdale where he was a farmer.
  1386. History of Stanislaus County, p 1130. When a young man, he came from Maryland to Missouri; and then, lured by the discovery of gold, he started from Missouri for California across the great plains, with ox teams, and reached California in 1850. On this first trip, he was accompanied by his brother, John W Dorsey. He returned to Missouri, and on his second trip he brought out 400 head of cattle, and in this enterprise he was assisted by the same brother. He again made a trip back to Missouri, and for the third time he crossed the plains to California, again driving before him a large herd of cattle. The Dorsey brothers first settled in Stanislaus County in 1865; and later, in this county, they were joined by Caleb, ...
  1387. Annals of Stanislaus County, p 138. See item as Fact dated 1855 - John W Dorsey's purchase of land from Benson.
  1388. Miners & Business Men's Directory, p 84, Chinese Camp Directory. Dorsey, Thos. B., Butcher, Missouri.
  1389. Tuolumne County Records, De Ferrari Archives, Grand Jury Reports, AR2544, p 44. Thomas B Dorsey served as a Grand Juror Tuolumne County - reporting 11 Feb 1857
    "Recommend abolition of the contract to the lowest bidder for caring for the poor - Inhumanity of selling the care and maintenance of this unfortunate class of our fellow men to the lowest bidder has engaged the -??- of the Philanthropist and statesman of our county - From reliable data we all assumed that an alms house with a visiting physician under a salary and a steward would supplant and relieve a much larger number of indigent sick and infirm at a cost not exceeding the present hospital fund tax.
  1390. Tuolumne County Records, Book A, Vol 9, p 105.
  1391. Official Bonds, Tuolumne County, CA, AF1037, Bond Book A, p 283. Thomas B Dorsey was surety for John Sedgwick for $25,000. Sedgwick was elected Sheriff of Tuolumne County 2 Sept 1857.
  1392. Federal Census, 1860, Missouri, Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M653_639; Page: 0; Image: 164. T B Dorsey, age 29, at home with Caleb, 27, mother Eleanor, 57, sisters Annie, 21, Susan 15, and Edwa 13. The post office is Bowling Green. Real estate $15,000, personal estate $10,000.
  1393. San Francisco Bulletin, P. 1, 21 Jan 1870. MATTERS IN THE STATE CAPITOL:...Mr. Walden's bill, introduced yesterday, for the improvement of the Stanislaus river for rafting logs, cordwood, lumber and fencing material, grants Thomas B. Dorsey and Caleb Dorsey the franchise for fifty years; the improvements to be completed in five years, including a boom at the head of navigation; and tolls are allowed at $1 per thousand feet.
  1394. Daily Alta Newspaper, Vol 28, No 9657, 14 Sept 1876. PACIFIC COASTERS AT THE CENTENNIAL.
    Names registered at Pacific Coast Centennial Hall September 5th, 1876:
    Thomas b. Dorsey, Stanislaus county.
  1395. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, Joplin, Jasper, MO; Roll: T9_695; Family History Film: 125-4695; Page: 516,4000; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 0048. Thomas Dorsey, age 47, mine owner, born Maryland - both parents born in Maryland;
    Emma F, 35, wife, keeping house, b. MO, both parents b. VA;
    Ella, 4, daughter, b. MO, father b. MD, mother b. MO;
    Edward W, 2, son, b. MO, father b. MD, mother b. MO;
    Jane McLane, 25, black, servant, cannot write, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. TN.


    . Family living next door to Richard Morris and Julia Roberts and Edward Dorsey Porter.

  1396. Probate Court Records, Probate file at the Carlo M de Ferrari Archive, Sonora, Tuolumne, CA. Petition for Letters of Administration File 29 May 1885, Joseph Fitzgerald Clerk

    Know all men by these Presents:
    That we, Esther M Dorsey as principal, and, J W Dorsey and Caleb Dorsey both of the County of Stanislaus and State of California as sureties, are held and firmly bound to the state of California in the sum of fifteen Thousand dollars - 21st day of Oct 1885
    Administratrix of the Estate of Caleb Dorsey...died 28 Mar 1885 without a will...heirs at law Elizabeth M Dorsey Anita E Dorsey Kate W Dorsey all over 21, and Caleb, 17 years of age.

  1397. Kansas City Times, P 3. The Record; United States Circuit Court - Krekel, Judge;...Edward D Porter vs Thomas B Dorsey; account attached; continued.
  1398. Memorial & Biographical History of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, p 130. The Bank of Oakdale was established in February, 1888, under the authority vested in it by articles of incorporation issued January 18, 1888, with an authorized capital stock of $150,000. The first officers were: J. Haslacher, president; Louis Kahn, cashier; Directors - Jacob Haslacher, Louis Kahn, N. S. Harold, Thos. Be. Dorsey, A. Harris, E. Reynolds, Chas. E. Welch, J. D. Bentley and D. Goldstein.
  1399. History of Stanislaus County, p 200. Oakdale has two fine banks, each bank carrying on business in its own handsome two-story building. The first bank in Oakdale, incorporated in 1884, was a complete failure. The Oakdale Bank was incorporated in January, 1888, with Thomas B Dorsey, president; Louis Kahn, cashier, and H Kahn, assistant cashier. The bank became involved in the failure of Kahn and the irrigation enterprise and was compelled to close its doors. The court appointed A L Gilbert receiver and in the compromise suit, the Oakdale Irrigation Company paid him $8000.
  1400. The California 1890 Great Register of Voters Index, Vol I, p 711. Thomas Beal Dorsey, 56, b. MD, res Oakdale, Stanislaus, reg date 19 Mar 1888, A M.
  1401. Land Patent, Texas, File #2204, Patent #22. Grantee: T B Dorsey
    Patentee: T B Dorsey
    Date: 24 Feb 1890
    160 Acres, Bexar;Travis District, Taylor County
    File #2204
    Survey: SW 1/4 24
    Patent #181
    Patent Vol 22
    Class: Lun Asy.
  1402. The California 1890 Great Register of Voters Index, Vol I, p 711. Thomas Beal Dorsey, 56, b. MD, res San Jose S Cl, No 3, reg date 4 Oct 1890, p 38.
  1403. Memorial & Biographical History of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, p 133. The Waterford Land and Development Company was incorporated in 1891, with a capital stock of $100,000, and officers for the first term as follows: J. Haslacher, president; Louis Kahn, secretary; Directors: M. Esberg, B. Ettlinger, J. Haslacher, Louis Kahn, Chas. E. Welch, R. H. Bentley, Thomas B. Dorsey.
  1404. City Directory, 1893, HF Husted, Publisher, p 168. Dorsey Thos B, rancher, res 405 S 10th.
  1405. San Francisco Call, 19 Jan 1897, p 6. Thomas B Dorsey, the mining man and stock-raiser, of Stanislaus County, is a late arrival here.
  1406. Court Records - San Joaquin County, Superior Court of San Joaquin County, 19 Dec 1899. Lawsuit brought by WR Langdon and Edwa W Langdon, executors of the estate of John Worthington Dorsey (her brother), against brother Thomas Beale Dorsey and his wife, the last living partner of Dorsey Brothers, and LED Ewing, administratrix of the estate of Caleb Dorsey to settle accounting problems existing because of "common laxity of dealing between all three brothers.".
  1407. Federal Census, 1900, California, Oakdale, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: T623 114; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 50. Thomas Dorsey, aged 68, born July 1831 MD, married 25 years, both parent b. MD, farmer, works own land w/mortgage;
    Fannie E, wife, 57, b. Mar 1843, married 25 years, had 3 children all surviving, b. MO, both parents b. VA
    Ella D, daughter, 24, b. Oct 1875 MO, father b. MD, mother b. MO;
    Edward W, son, 22, b. Feb 1878 MO, father b. MD, mother b. MO, farmer;
    Eppa S, son, 19, b. Aug 1880 MO, father b. MD, mother b. MO, farmer;
    Ah Sing, servant, 42, b. May 1868, married 22 years, b. China, both parents b. China, cook.
  1408. Land Records, Stanislaus County, CA, Vol 88, b 554. On 5 Mar 1904, Thomas B Dorsey and his wife E Fannie Dorsey, sold all of their farming property and equipment and machinery and animals to their sons Edward W Dorsey and E Sydnor Dorsey.
  1409. New York Times, 26 May 1905. CASHIER SHOT, BANK QUITS.
    California Financial Institution Suspends - Official May Die
    Stockton, Cal., May 25 - Consequent upon the fact that Cashier Kahn of the Oakdale Bank shot himself yesterday, the Directors of that institution, of which Thomas B. Dorsey is President, have suspended business indefinitely.
    The State Bank Commissioners have been sent for. The condition of the cashier, which is somewhat improved, is still serious.

    The New York Times; Published May 26, 1905.

  1410. Los Angeles Herald, Vol 32, No 237, 26 May 1905. OAKDALE BANK DECIDES TO SUSPEND BUSINESS
    STOCKTON, Cal., May 25. --Consequent upon the fact that Cashier Louis Kahn of the Oakdale bank shot himself yesterday morning, the directors of the institution, of which Thomas B. Dorsey is the president, met last night and suspended business indefinitely. The state bank commissioners have been sent for. The condition of the cashier, while somewhat improved this morning, is still precarious.
  1411. Salt Lake Telegram, P. 6, 26 May 1905. BELIEVE THE CASHIER ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
    Stockton, Cal., May 26 -- Consequent upon the fact that Cashier Kahn of the Oakdale bank shot himself yesterday, the directors of the institution, of which Thomas B Dorsey is the president, met last night and suspended business indefinitely. The State Bank Commissioners have been sent for. The condition of the cashier, while somewhat improved today, is still precarious. On the other hand, friends and relatives declare that the shooting was purely accidental. In fact, shortly after it occurred Mr. Kahn told his wife in a moment of consciousness that he had been examining the weapon, which had been out of order, and that it was accidentally discharged. There is no hint of criminal shortages.
  1412. Dallas Morning News, P 2. CASHIER IS SHOT; Oakdale (Cal.) Bank Officer Badly Wounded
    Stockton, Cal., May 25 - Consequent upon the fact that Cashier Kahn of the Oakdale Bank shot himself yesterday, the directors of that institution of which Thomas B Dorsey is the president, have suspended business indefinitely. The State Bank Commissioners have been sent for. The condition of the cashier, which is somewhat improved, is still precarious.
  1413. Idaho Statesman, P. 1. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF; Cashier of Oakdale, Cal., Bank Probably Fatally Injured.
    STOCKTON, Cal., May 25. -- Consequent upon the fact that Cashier Kahn of the Oakdale bank shot himself yesterday, the directors of the institution, or which Thomas B Dorsey is president, met and suspended business indefinitely. The state bank commissioners have been sent for. The condition of the cashier is precarious. It is stated here by bankers that the Oakdale bank has been in bad standing for some time. The institution lost about $12,0000 in the Eppinger grain failure and Mr. Kahn sustained a heavy loss in a barley deal not so very long ago. Kahn was formerly a member of the grain firm of Haslacher & Kahn. These facts have occasioned a persistent rumor that Kahn, because of the liabilities and ill health, attempted self-destruction in a fit of despondency.
    On the other hand, friends and relatives declare that the shooting was purely accidental. In fact, shortly after it occurred Mr. Kahn told his wife in a moment of consciousness, that he had been examining the weapon, which had been out of order, and that it was accidentally discharged. There is no hint of criminal shortage.
  1414. Duluth News-Tribune, P. 1. CALIFORNIA BANK FAILS
    STOCKTON, Cal., May 25 -- Consequent upon the fact that cashier Kahn of the Oakdale bank shot himself yesterday, the directors of the institution, of which Thomas B Dorsey is the president, have suspended business indefinitely. The state bank commissioners have been sent for. The condition of the cashier, which is somewhat improved, is still precarious.
  1415. Cemetery Record, Oakdale Citizens Cemetery database. Thomas Beale Dorsey, 15 Jul 1831, 25 Jan 1910, BK 41, lot 2, GR 1, 78y, owner Dorsey Brothers.
  1416. Pioneer Registry, Native Daughters of the Golden West, 5-360. Thomas Beale Dorsey died January 10, 1910 in Oakdale, CA. He is buried in Stockton, CA in the Rural Cemetery.
  1417. Tuolumne Independent, 27 Jan 1910. DEATH OF THOMAS B. DORSEY
    Thomas B. Dorsey, of Oakdale, a brother of the late Col. Caleb C. Dorsey, of Sonora, and a cousin to Mrs. Dorsey, died at his home, Tuesday evening. The funeral will be held this Thursday after noon. Deceased formerly resided in this county and was well known here.
  1418. Tuolumne Banner, Page 7, col 2, 28 Jan 1910. Thomas B. Dorsey, a pioneer of Stanislaus county and well known in this one, died at his home in Oakdale last Sunday night. His end was by a stroke of apoplexy. Deceased was an uncle to the Misses Dorsey of this city.
  1419. Probate Court Records, Probate Case #1324 - Application for letters of Administration. Principal: E. S. Dorsey (Eppas Sydnor Dorsey)
    Sureties: E. W. Dorsey (Edward Worthington Dorsey) and W. L. Rodden in sum of $7,400.
  1420. Official Bonds, Tuolumne County, CA, AR1037, Bond Book A, p. 167. Thomas B Dorsey was surety for W C Goodwin who was appointed Constable for Township 5, Tuolumne County occasioned by the resignation of Cyrus Woodford.
    18 Feb 1856.
  1421. Pioneer Registry, Native Daughters of the Golden West, 5-360. Informant, Edward Worthington Dorsey, son of Thomas Beale Dorsey, states his father married Fanny Emaline Sydnor in 1823 in Tory, MO. 1823 is before TBD was born, so is not correct. Correct date is unknown.
  1422. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, Oakdale, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: %623 114; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 50. Thomas Dorsey, age 68 and Fannie E Dorsey had been married 25 years.
  1423. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002. State of Mo.
    Lincoln County
    It is hereby certified that on the 18th day of Nov 1874 within the county and state aforesaid Thomas B Dorsey and E Fannie Sydnor were by me united in the bonds of matrimony Witness my hand this 9th Day of December 1874. Filed for record Dec 10th 1874. Wm Colbert Recorder.
  1424. History of Stanislaus County. Edward W Dorsey was born at Joplin, Mo., on February 20, 1878, and came out to California with his parents, Thomas B. Dorsey, a native of Maryland, who married Miss Emaline Fanny Sydnor at Troy, Mo., in 1872.
  1425. City Directory, 1895, FM Husted, Publisher, p 154. Dorsey Thos B, r 405 S 10th
    Residing with Edw and Ella.
  1426. City Directory, 1896, FM Husted, publisher, p 173. Dorsey, Thos B, 405 S 10th.
  1427. Tuolumne County Records, De Ferrari Archives, #2637, Folder #3. Thomas B Dorsey testified that he was in San Jose at the time of death (of Col Caleb Dorsey).
  1428. City Directory, 1897, FM Husted, publisher, p 162. Dorsey T B, r 405 S 10th.
  1429. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri.
  1430. Federal Census, 1900, California, Oakdale, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: T623 114; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 50. Fannie E Dorsey, aged 57, born Mar 1843.
  1431. Federal Census, 1870, Pike Co, Missouri, Clark, Lincoln, MO; Roll: M593_788; Page: 34; Image: 68. Emeline F Sydnor, aged 27, birthplace Missouri.
  1432. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, Roll: T9_695; Family History Film: 125-4695; Page: 516.4000. Emma F. Dorsey age 35, listed with children Ella W. 4, Edward W. 2, and black domestic servant, Jane McLane.
  1433. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, Joplin, Jasper, MO; Roll: T9_695; Family History Film: 125-4695; Page: 516,4000; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 0048. Emma F Dorsey, age 35, wife, keeping house, born MO, both parents born in Virginia.
  1434. Federal Census, 1900, California, Oakdale, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: T623 114; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 50. Fannie E Dorsey listed with Husband Thomas and dau Ella D, b. Oct 1876, aged 24, son Edward W, born Feb 1878, aged 22, and son Eppa S, aged 19, born Aug 1880.
  1435. Cemetery Record, Oakdale Citizens Cemetery database. Fannie E Dorsey, 1844, Feb 8, 1918, BK 42, Lot 2, GR 2, 74y, d. San Francisco, owner Dorsey Brothers.
  1436. Tuolumne Banner, Page 1, Col 7, 15 Feb 1918. ATTENDS FUNERAL OF A DEPARTED COUSIN
    Deaconess Dorsey returned from Oakdale Monday evening, where she was called on account of the death of her cousin, Mrs. T. B. Dorsey, who died in San Francisco of hearts disease Friday morning. Mrs. Dorsey was a native of Virginia and was born March 3, 1843. Her husband was one of the largest land owners in the Oakdale district in the early days. She was a sister-in-law of the late Colonel Dorsey, who was prominent in early Tuolumne history, and was well known here. Deceased leaves a daughter, Mrs. Howard Badgley of Colusa County, and two sons, Edward and Snyder well known ranchers of Oakdale.
  1437. Union Democrat, Tuolumne Co, CA, 16 Feb 1918, Vol LXIV. Mrs. P(sic B Dorsey, sister-in-law of the late Colonel Dorsey of Sonora, died in San Francisco late last week of heart disease. Deaconess Dorsey, a niece of the deceased attended the funeral from this city.
    [The deceased was Frances Emaline Dorsey, the wife of Thomas Beale Dorsey, the brother of Col. Caleb Dorsey, but a second cousin of Elizabeth's father - she was not a niece but a second cousin once removed. The Thomas B Dorsey family, including Frances Emaline Sydnor Dorsey, are buried in Oakdale, Stanislaus, CA].
  1438. Federal Census, 1900, California, Oakdale, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: T623 114; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 50. Eppa S, aged 19, born Aug 1880 in Missouri.
  1439. Land Records, Stanislaus County, CA, Vol 88, p 554. On 5 Mar 1904, Thomas B Dorsey and his wife E Fannie Dorsey, sold all of their farming property and equipment and machinery and animals to their sons Edward W Dorsey and E Sydnor Dorsey.
  1440. Union Democrat, Tuolumne Co, CA, 2 Aug 1935. Obituary for Elizabeth M Dorsey, dau of Caleb and Esther Dorsey, Sonora, Tuolumne, CA:

    Cousins of the deceased surviving are as follow: Mrs. H P Badgley, San Francisco; E W Dorsey, Oakdale; E S Dorsey, Alberta, Canada; Mrs. Harry C Marsh, Mrs. Frank Boggs and Dr S W R Langdon, Stockton; besides relatives residing in Maryland.

  1441. Pioneer Registry, Native Daughters of the Golden West, 5-360. Informant was Edward Worthington Dorsey, son of Thomas Beale Dorsey - lists child of TBD as E S Dorsey, Canada.
  1442. Cemetery Record, Oakdale Citizens Cemetery database. E Sydnor Dorsey, 1881, 1941, BK 42, Lot 1.
  1443. Death Certificate, #607, San Joaquin County, CA.
  1444. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-129 Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey Family. Dorsey Family Bible: Susannah Lou Eleanor Dorsey Feb 7 - 1844 m. Philip C S Ewing.
  1445. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, p 81. She was born at Forest Level, Bowling Green, Pike Co., Mo., 7 Feb. 1844, died in Stockton, Calif., 7 Dec. 1923, and was buried in Rural Cemetery.
  1446. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, Archive 60-0068 - ltr from W R Holcombe. Letter from correspondent - she had evidently asked for a dirty ragged Rebel - clearly a romantic!.
  1447. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, Archive 60-0068 Code letter referring to recruiting Rebel soldiers. Letter written to Lou from Capt. Harry Knight intended for Wm. D. Gullett Esq - code references to recruiting efforts.
  1448. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, Archive file 60-0068, letter from Geo Clarke. See Comments. Note: Lou Eleanor wrote a number of Confederate soldiers, sent them items they needed, as well as encouraging and supportive letters and good food. She was an important a member of the cause as her brother. Her devotion to her brother is clear by the handwritten note added to the back of this letter: My own Darling Brave Brother reached home the 24th Sept: after a long& tiresome journey.
  1449. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, Material provided by John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, pp 81-83. He met Lou Eleanor Dorsey and her brother Caleb Dorsey while they were visiting their uncle, Caleb Dorsey, at Louisville. Learning that Lou Eleanor Dorsey and her mother and sisters were soon to remove from Missouri to the Dorsey ranch in Stanislaus county, Calif., he decided to come to the West and look over the country. this he did in the fall of 1868. He left Missouri with others from near Kansas city, travelled most of the way on horseback, and continued from Stockton to the 26-Mile House, about three miles north of the Dorsey ranch by stage.
  1450. Federal Census, 1870, California, 1870, Emory, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: M593_92; Page: 16; Image: 34. Thomas B Dorsey age 38, farm laborer, living with brothers John W 40, Caleb 32, mother Eleanor all born in Maryland, and sisters Annie 30, Luda 26, Adnella 23 all born in Missouri. (Sisters named Anne, Susan and Edwa) All together now in California, not Missouri. Value of head of household (Caleb) $25000, personal $15,000).
  1451. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Haggin Museum, LB66-1265. Grocery receipts for Mrs. P B Ewing from H G Boisselier, Fancy and Staple Groceries and Provisions, 174 El Dorado St, Stockton, CA
    Covers the months of January through June, 1884 - demonstrating that they were living in Stockton by Jan 1884.
  1452. City Directory, Dir of Stockton, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Merced Cos, FM Husted Pub, SF, 1891, p. 121. EWING P B Mrs res 85 El Dorado.
  1453. Pension File, War of 1812, Deposition for re-issue of bounty land warrant - see notes.
  1454. Federal Census, 1910, California, 1910, Stockton Ward 2, San Joaquin, CA; Roll: T624_103; Page: 9A; ED: 136; Image: 389. Lou E D Ewing, 56, widowed, had 5 children 3 surviving, b. MO, both parents b. MD, no occupation, own own home free & clear;
    Edwa Dorsey Ewing, 34, single, b. MO, father b. MS, mother b. MO, no occupation;
    John W Dorsey Ewing, 29, single, b. TX, father b. MS, mother b. MO, clerk at National Bank;
    Anna Dorsey, sister, 60, b. MO, both parents b. MD, no occupation.
  1455. United Daughters of the Confederacy. Charter, Sterling Price Chapter, 27 Apr 1911, lists Lou E Dorsey Ewing and Edwa W Dorsey Ewing as founding members.
  1456. Stockton Record Newspaper, Dec 8, 1923, p 2. STERLING PRICE CHAPTER FOUNDER TAKEN BY DEATH
    Mrs. Lou Eleanor Ewing Passes Away Following Two Weeks' Illness

    Mrs. Lou Eleanor Dorsey Ewing, esteemed Stockton woman of many years' residence, founder and first president of Sterling Price chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, and long an active worker in St. John's Episcopal Church, died yesterday afternoon at the family home, 1125 N. El Dorado street. Her passing came after an illness of over two weeks' duration, although she had been in poor health for a longer period. She lacked two months of being 80 years of age.
    Mrs. Ewing, widow of Philip C. Barbour Ewing, a pioneer resident of a San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, who died many years ago, was the mother of Miss Edwa W. D. Ewing and J. Dorsey Ewing of Stockton and Mrs. Harry Marsh of San Francisco, formerly Miss Barbour Ewing. There is a grandson, Dorsey Ewing Marsh of San Francisco. A Sister, Miss Anna B. Dorsey, who has made her home at the Ewing residence, survives.
    Mrs. Ewing was born in Missouri of parents who had recently moved there from their home in Maryland. Her girlhood was spent in her natal state and she was there during the trying period of the Civil war. Her parents being southerners, their sympathy was naturally with the Confederacy and Miss Dorsey was active in the war relief work which is always the lot of women to perform.
    A number of years ago in Stockton Mrs. Ewing interested a group of Southern women in the formation of a chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. She was chosen the first president when Sterling Price chapter was organized, and continued in that office for seven years or as long as her health permitted. Her daughter, Miss Ewing, is president at the present time. Mrs. Ewing was present at the chapter a month ago, but her illness prevented her attendance at the meeting earlier this week.
    All during her long residence in Stockton, Mrs. Ewing has been actively identified with the Episcopal church. She was treasurer of the Sunday school and a teacher there for many years. In times past the Christmas tree, with its decorations and gifts, was one of the things in which she took a special interest.
    Mrs. Ewing was a fine type of southern gentlewoman with a wholesome personality and quiet charm which won her many friends. Her untiring efforts in church, charity and other work to which she devoted herself, made her many more admirers.
    Of distinguished lineage, she had many prominent family connections in Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky, as well as in this state. She was a great-aunt of Mrs. J. D. Young of Stockton and Dr. Samuel Langdon, formerly of this city, but more recently of Livingston, Merced County.

  1457. Confederate Veteran, Vol XXI, No 8, Aug 1913, p 410. NEW OFFICERS CALIFORNIA DIVISION, UDC; The California Division, UDC, at their convention held in Visalia, Cal., May 8-10, 1913, elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. J H Stewart, Los Angeles; Vice Presidents, Mrs J P Massie, Berkeley, Mrs. John Knox, Visalia; Recording Secretary, Mrs R P Queen, Long Beach; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. A W Ellington, Hermosa Beach; Treasurer, Mrs George N Ingle, Oakland; Registrar, Mrs Harry Woodward, San Diego; Historian, Mrs M K Harris, Fresno; Recorder of Crosses, Mrs J R Martyr, Sacramento; Flag Custodian, Mrs P B Ewing, Stockton..
  1458. Confederate Veteran, Vol XXII, No 7, July 1914, p 300. The California Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, held its fourteenth annual convention at the Hotel Virginia, Long Beach, Cal., on May 6 and 7, Mrs. J Henry Stewart, state president, presiding, with a large representation from the twenty-three California Chapters present...
    The election of State officers resulted as follows:
    Custodian of the Flag, Mrs. P B Ewing, Stockton.
  1459. City Directory, Stockton & San Joaquin County, 1920. Ewing Mrs. Lou E D h 1125 N El Dorado.
  1460. Death Certificate, #607, San Joaquin County, CA. Burial Rural Cem 12/10/23. Undertaker: Pope & Smith.
  1461. Cemetery Record, Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA - Block 20, Lot 26.
  1462. Death Certificate, #509, San Joaquin County. Lou Eleanor Dorsey Ewing, widow, b. 2/7/1844, age 79 years 10 mos, no occupation, b. MO. Father: Edward Dorsey, b.MD; mother: Eleanor E Brown, b. MD, lived at residence 40 yrs, in California 43 years. Cause of death: colicystitus acute, hypostatic pneumonia. Dr. Robert R Hammond. Informant: John Worthington Dorsey Ewing (son).
  1463. Stockton Record Newspaper, Dec 8, 1923, p 2. STERLING PRICE CHAPTER FOUNDER TAKEN BY DEATH
    Mrs. Lou Eleanor Ewing Passes Away Following Two Weeks' Illness

    Mrs. Lou Eleanor Dorsey Ewing, esteemed Stockton woman of many years' residence, founder and first president of Sterling Price chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, and long an active worker in St. John's Episcopal Church, died yesterday afternoon at the family home, 1125 N. El Dorado street. Her passing came after an illness of over two weeks' duration, although she had been in poor health for a longer period. She lacked two months of being 80 years of age.
    Mrs. Ewing, widow of Philip C. Barbour Ewing, a pioneer resident of a San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, who died many years ago, was the mother of Miss Edwa W. D. Ewing and J. Dorsey Ewing of Stockton and Mrs. Harry Marsh of San Francisco, formerly Miss Barbour Ewing. There is a grandson, Dorsey Ewing Marsh of San Francisco. A Sister, Miss Anna B. Dorsey, who has made her home at the Ewing residence, survives.
    Mrs. Ewing was born in Missouri of parents who had recently moved there from their home in Maryland. Her girlhood was spent in her natal state and she was there during the trying period of the Civil war. Her parents being southerners, their sympathy was naturally with the Confederacy and Miss Dorsey was active in the war relief work which is always the lot of women to perform.
    A number of years ago in Stockton Mrs. Ewing interested a group of Southern women in the formation of a chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. She was chosen the first president when Sterling Price chapter was organized, and continued in that office for seven years or as long as her health permitted. Her daughter, Miss Ewing, is president at the present time. Mrs. Ewing was present at the chapter a month ago, but her illness prevented her attendance at the meeting earlier this week.
    All during her long residence in Stockton, Mrs. Ewing has been actively identified with the Episcopal church. She was treasurer of the Sunday school and a teacher there for many years. In times past the Christmas tree, with its decorations and gifts, was one of the things in which she took a special interest.
    Mrs. Ewing was a fine type of southern gentlewoman with a wholesome personality and quiet charm which won her many friends. Her untiring efforts in church, charity and other work to which she devoted herself, made her many more admirers.
    Of distinguished lineage, she had many prominent family connections in Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky, as well as in this state. She was a great-aunt of Mrs. J. D. Young of Stockton and Dr. Samuel Langdon, formerly of this city, but more recently of Livingston, Merced County.

  1464. Stockton Record Newspaper, 10 Dec 1923, p 13, col 1. LAST RITES FOR MRS. EWING HELD THIS AFTERNOON;
    Quantities of beautiful flowers and floral pieces were banked about the casket of the late Mrs. Lou Eleanor Dorsey Ewing for whom services were conducted this afternoon. The funeral rites were held at St. John's Episcopal church commencing at 2 o'clock, Rev. Hugh R. Montgomery officiating.
    There was a large attendance of friends and members of the parish to which she had devoted so many hours during her life time. Interment was held privately in Rural cemetery.
    At the annual church dinner Friday evening, Bishop Louis C. Banford expressed his sorrow at her passing and paid a tribute to her long years of service to the church. He recalled her early work in the parish, not only at the time he took chare of the diocese of the San Joaquin but also when he was a young cleric in the diocese of California, many years before.
    The church members at the dinner stood in silence for thirty seconds out of respect to Mrs. Ewing's memory. A committee composed of C M Jackson, F N Vail and Mrs. C R Harry was named to send resolutions expressing the sympathy of the parish to the Ewing family.
  1465. Edwa Worthington Dorsey Ewing Boggs, DAR Application of Edwa Worthington Dorsey Ewing Boggs. Information provided by Edwa Worthington Dorsey Ewing Boggs.
  1466. Early Marriages of Stanislaus County 1854-1905, I:179. EWING, E B
    Lou E Dorsey
    1871 May 23 Elias Birdsall, Rect. St. John's Ch., Stockton.
  1467. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, Material provided by John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, pp 81-83. He met Lou Eleanor Dorsey and her brother Caleb Dorsey while they were visiting their uncle, Caleb Dorsey, at Louisville. Learning that Lou Eleanor Dorsey and her mother and sisters were soon to remove from Missouri to the Dorsey ranch in Stanislaus county, Calif., he decided to come to the West and look over the country. This he did in the fall of 1868. He left Missouri with others from near Kansas City, travelled most of the way on horseback, and continued from Stockton to the 26-Mile House, about three miles north of the Dorsey ranch by stage. He walked from there to the ranch, but before doing so, he put on a ruffled white linen shirt which he had brought with him. This was a custom strange in the West and he was immediately designated "Caballero Blanca Camisa."
    Philip C Barbour Ewing married on the Dorsey and Ewing Ranch, Stanislaus Co., Calif., 30 May 1871, Lou Eleanor Dorsey.
  1468. Marriage Announcement. Married, Tuesday, May 23rd, 1871.
    MR. P. C. B. EWING
    of Louisville, KY
    MISS LOU. E. DORSEY,
    Stanislaus Co. Cal.
  1469. History of California & Biographical Record of San Joaquin County, p. 1404. Later he purchased the old Mayo place in Cooper County, Mo., where he continued to raise tobacco and livestock. The old Mayo home was built of black oak slabs in 1831, and still stands [1909] on a hill on the old plantation where Daniel Boone and his companions camped during the Indian Wars.
  1470. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, pp 81-83. The year after his marriage Philip C. Barbour Ewing returned to Kentucky and thence to his home in Pilot Grove, Mo.
  1471. Stockton Daily Independent, Tuesday, Aug 19, 1884, p 3. DIED; EWING - In this city, August 17th, P. C. Barbour Ewing, a native of Columbus, Miss., aged 46 years. (The funeral qill take place from the family residence, El Dorado street, near Magnolia, TO-DAY (Tuesday) at 4 o'clock PM Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend.
  1472. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, Material provided by John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, pp 81-83. Philip Chesterfield Stanhope Barbour Ewing was born in Columbia, Miss., 29 Dec. 1837, died 17 Aug. 1884, and was buried in Rural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.
  1473. Federal Census, 1850, Mississippi, 1850, Lowndes, MS; Roll: M432_376; Page: 95; Image: 189. Baker W Ewing, 53, planter, b. KY;
    Anne E, 34, b. VA;
    Barbour, 12, b. MS;
    Pollock H, 10, b. MS;
    Olitipa, 1, b. MS.
  1474. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, Material provided by John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, pp 81-83. [After graduation] He returned to his father's plantation, Chesterfield, at Worthington, Ky., and also operated another plantation, Hempland, near Louisville, Ky. He raised cotton and tobacco in addition to blooded horses for racing, as was the custom in the bluegrass region of Kentucky.
  1475. History of California & Biographical Record of San Joaquin County, p. 1404. Upon reaching manhood he returned to the old Ewing plantation in Owen County, Ky., where he raised tobacco, cattle, horses and mules. During the Civil War, on account of his sympathy with the cause of the South, he gave to the Confederate Army all of his livestock.
  1476. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, Material provided by John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, pp 81-83. Philip C Barbour Ewing was graduated from Kentucky Military Institute as a Lieutenant in 1857.
  1477. Federal Census, 1860, Kentucky, 1860; Dist 2, Owen, KY; Roll: M653_391; Page; 0; Image: 244. B W Ewing, 64, farmer, $12,000, $14,000, b. KY;
    P B, 22, b. KY;
    Geo P, 20, MD, b. KY;
    Annie E, 10, attending school, b. KY.
  1478. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, Material provided by John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, pp 81-83. He met Lou Eleanor Dorsey and her brother Caleb Dorsey while they were visiting their uncle, Caleb Dorsey, at Louisville. Learning that Lou Eleanor Dorsey and her mother and sisters were soon to remove from Missouri to the Dorsey ranch in Stanislaus county, Calif., he decided to come to the West and look over the country. This he did in the fall of 1868. He left Missouri with others from near Kansas City, travelled most of the way on horseback, and continued from Stockton to the 26-Mile House, about three miles north of the Dorsey ranch by stage. He walked from there to the ranch, but before doing so, he put on a ruffled white linen shirt which he had brought with him. This was a custom strange in the West and he was immediately designated "Caballero Blanca Camisa.".
  1479. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Haggin Museum, LB67-7215-4. Freight contract with the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, dated 22 Sept 1871, for shipping 2 boxes mds, and 2 trunks clothing from Louisville, KY to PB Ewing, Stockton, California. Copy acquired from Haggin Museum 3 Sept 2009.
  1480. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, Material provided by John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, pp 81-83. The year after his marriage Philip C. Barbour Ewing returned to Kentucky and thence to his home in Pilot Grove, Mo.
  1481. Cooper County, MO Records, Deed Book Q2, p 564, 565, 566.
  1482. Cooper County, MO Records, Deed Book R2, pp 332, 333.
  1483. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, Material provided by John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, pp 81-83. From there (Pilot Grove, Mo.) he went to San Antonio, Texas and raised cattle that he sent to the ranch in Stanislaus county. He even experimented with sending some Texas Longhorns to the ranch, but they proved too wild and fierce for California.
  1484. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Haggin Museum, LB67-681. Public Sale notice for sale of farm goods, animals and implements - looks like everything they owned - their personal property - was sold:

    Ninety 2-year-old steers, 20 cows & heifers, 3 saddle horses, 1 mower and reaper combined, 1 corn planter, nine plows, four harrows, two hay rakes, two scrapers, one roller, one cider mill, one oat cutter, one hand sheller, two wagons and harness, 1500 lbs. bacon & lard. 70 acres corn in the field. Terms of sale. All sums of $10 and under, cash; on all sums over $10 a credit of six months will be given, the purchaser required to give bond with approved security. P B EWING.

  1485. Cooper County, MO Records, Deed Book 2, pp 300, 301. 120 Acres sold to Rudolph Schotyhouse - Sec 20 T45 R18 - sold from San Joaquin County, CA.
  1486. The Stanislaus News, Friday, 27 May 1881. Mr. Ewing, now of Cooper County, Missouri, and brother-in-law of Col. Dorsey, was in town last Tuesday. He is out to this State on a visit and in search of health. Mr. Ewing was here some nine years since. He was surprised at seeing the growth and substantial improvements of Modesto and vicinity since his last visit.
  1487. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, Material provided by John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, pp 81-83. Philip C Barbour Ewing continued in farming and raising cattle, sheep and horses until his death.
  1488. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 23, Material provided by John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, pp 81-83. From Texas he returned to California, settling in Stockton where he purchased the Ewing home on North Eldorado Street, a three story brick house of fourteen rooms, the erection of which was begun in 1854 with bricks brought from Glasgow, Scotland, as ballast in sailing vessels that landed in Stockton. This home remained in the family until 1951 when it was razed. Philip C Barbour Ewing continued in farming and raising cattle, sheep and horses until his death.
  1489. Cooper County, MO Records, Deed Book 4, pp 32, 33. Sale from PCB and Lou E Ewing - The North East quarter of Section twenty one (21) of Township
    Forty Seven (47) of Range Eighteen (18) containing One hundred and
    sixty acres more or less to Washington Eichelberger.
  1490. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Haggin Museum, LB67-7341-623-1. Check book of PB Ewing, for The San Joaquin Valley Bank, showing two sums of $6,157.30 and $,399.25 for total of $12,557.55 plus an additional $.70.
  1491. City Directory, Stockton City, San Joaquin and other counties, LM McKenney & Co, SF, 1884, p. 119. EWING Philip B, farmer, res W s El Dorado bet Magnolia and Rose.
  1492. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records. Receipt from John J Jackson, Hardware, Stoves and Ranges, Stockton, Cal. - Mr. P B Ewing purchased 5 14ft 1 1/2" galvanized waste Pipe at $2.80.
  1493. Stockton Daily Independent, Tuesday, Aug 19, 1884, p 3. DIED; EWING - In this city, August 17th, P. C. Barbour Ewing, a native of Columbus, Miss., aged 46 years. (The funeral will take place from the family residence, El Dorado street, near Magnolia, TO-DAY (Tuesday) at 4 o'clock PM Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend.
  1494. Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, Block 20, Lot 26. Headstone: Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, P. C. Barbour Ewing, Miss 1837 - Calif 1884.
  1495. DAR - Records of the Families of California Pioneers. He met Lou Eleanor Dorsey and her brother Caleb Dorsey while they were visiting their uncle, Caleb Dorsey, at Louisville. Learning that Lou Eleanor Dorsey and her mother and sisters were soon to remove from Missouri to the Dorsey ranch in Stanislaus county, Calif., he decided to come to the West and look over the country. this he did in the fall of 1868. He left Missouri with others from near Kansas city, travelled most of the way on horseback, and continued from Stockton to the 26-Mile House, about three miles north of the Dorsey ranch by stage.
  1496. Cooper County, MO Cemetery Records, Vol 1 - 12, Record 7,274:. Name: Philip Chesterfield Barbour Ewing
    Birth Date: 30 Sep 1872
    Death Date: 17 Sep 1974
    b. in Stockton, Calif.; (page 18)
    Cemetery: Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    Description: Location: T-47-N; R-18-W; Section 5, Pilot Grove, Mo. Established by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. These names are all recorded and in files in the court house.
  1497. Cooper County, MO Cemetery Records, Vol 1 - 12. Name: Philip Chesterfield Barbour Ewing
    Birth Date: 30 Sep 1872
    Death Date: 17 Sep 1974
    b. in Stockton, Calif.; (page 18)
    .
  1498. Ancestry.com, Unattributed World Family Tree submittal. Philip Chesterfield Barbour Ewing was born 1872, and died 1877.

    Although I have nothing to substantiate this right now, it seems much more logical. If this is true, he should be buried in Cooper County, Missouri.

  1499. Cooper County, MO Cemetery Records, Vol 1 - 12. Ewing, Philip Chesterfield Barbour, b. 30 Sept 1872, Stockton, Calif.; died 17 Sept 1975(sic)
    Cemetery: Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    Description: Location: T-47-N; R-18-W; Section 5, Pilot Grove, Mo. Established by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. These names are all recorded and in files in the court house.
  1500. Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA. Tombstone: LANGDON; EDWA W. D, 1846 - 1903; DR. SAM W R, 1831 - 1906.
  1501. Dorsey Family Papers/Letters, 60-129 Family papers, genealogical notes on Dorsey Family. Dorsey Family Bible: Edwa W. Dorsey Jan 21 - 1846 m. Dr Walter Langdon.
  1502. Tuolumne Independent, April 4, 1885, p 1. Mrs. Dr. Langdon, of Stockton, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dorsey, of Oakdale, late of Texas, Col. Caleb Dorsey and Mr. John Dorsey of Stanislaus, relatives of the late Caleb Dorsey, returned to their respective homes on Wednesday.
  1503. Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, S 1/2 Lot 23 Block 20. Tombstone: LANGDON; EDWA W. D, 1846 - 1903; DR. SAM W R, 1831 - 1906.
  1504. Probate Court Records, No 3459, Superior Court of San Joaquin, CA. That Edwa W. Langdon died on or about the 31st day of March, 1903, in the City of Stockton in said County of San Joaquin, State of California.
  1505. Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, S 1/2 Lot 23 Block 20. LANGDON; EDWA W. D, 1846 - 1903; DR. SAM W R, 1831 - 1906.
  1506. Old Cemeteries of San Joaquin County, Vol II, p 114. Edwa W D Langdon, buried 2 Apr 1903, aged 57.
  1507. Probate Court Records, #3459. Petition for letters of administration initiated by SWR Langdon, son of the deceased.
  1508. Federal Census, 1900, California. census data states they had been married 27 years in 1900.
  1509. Early Marriages of Stanislaus County 1854-1905. LANGDON, Walter R.
    I:222
    Edna W. Dorsey
    1872 Nov. 19 H. L. Foote, Rect. St. John's Ch., Stockton.
  1510. Doctors of San Joaquin, p 220. On November 19, 1872, the wedding of SWR Langdon and Edna(sic) Worthington Dorsey was solemnized. She was the daughter of Edward Worthington - and Mary Eleanor - Brown - Dorsey, natives of Maryland. There was one son with this marriage, named for his father.
  1511. Private papers of Eleanor Young, California Pioneer Genealogical Application. Walter Ross, b. Jan 5, 1831; d. Aug 5, 1906; m. Nov 19, 1872 to Edwa Worthington Dorsey.
  1512. Stockton Daily Independent, Wednesday, 20 Nov 1872. MARRIED -- at the residence of the bride's mother, in Stanislaus county, Nov 19th, by Rev Mr. Foote, Rector of St John's Parish, Stockton; Dr. Walter R Langdon and Miss Edwa W Dorsey. (Missouri and North Carolina papers please copy) (Bumpers of sparkling champagne were drank by the printers in toasts to the health, happiness and good fortune of the worthy bride and bridegroom.)

    Dr. Walter R Langdon, brother to Dr. Samuel Langdon, of this city, and Assistant Physician of the State Insane Asylum, was joined in matrimony yester, with an estimable young lady, sister of Colonel Dorsey of Stanislaus county. The nuptioal ceremony was performed at the dwelling of the bride's mother and brother, and the knot was duly tied by Rev. Mr. Foote, Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church of this city. The worthy couple took their departure last evening on a wedding tour for a few days.

  1513. Federal Census, 1880, California, 1880, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA; Roll: T9_79; FH Film: 1254079; Page: 54.1000; ED: 97; Image: 0791. Walter R Langdon, 49, Physician, b. NC, father b. ME, mother b. NC;
    Edwa W, wife, 32, keeping house, b. MO, both parents b. MD;
    Sam'l WR, 6, son b. CA, father b. NC, mother b. MO;
    Junius D Young, 22, nephew, medical student, b. NC, both parents b. NC;
    Mary Beckman, 14, servant, b. CA, father b. Sweden, mother b. Ireland.
  1514. Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA. Headstone: Dr Samuel WR Langdon 1831 - 1906.
  1515. The Granite Monthly Company, The Granite Monthly (1904, Rumsford Printing Co, Concord, NH), Vol XXXVI, No 5, May 1904. Samuel, the son of Paul, married Miss Halsey of New Jersey and had six children, William A, Smauel, Celestina, Paul, Dr. Richard F, and Walter Ross, of whom the two last and W A never married; the daugher married Armand De Rosset Young, and left children, one of whom is Dr. Junius D Young of Stockton, Cal. where his uncle, Dr. Walter Ross Langdon, lives and has a son, Dr. Samuel W R Langdon of 603 East Linden street.
  1516. Doctors of San Joaquin, p 220. Samuel Walter Ross Langdon was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, January 5, 1831...He was instructed in the primary grades of Wilmington and at St. James Academy, and then entered William and Mary College, Virginia. Jefferson College conferred his medical degree. He practiced in Philadelphia until the outbreak of the Civil War...
  1517. Doctors of San Joaquin, p 220. He practiced in Philadelphia until the outbreak of the Civil War and then enlisted in the medical corps of the army of the South, remaining in the service throughout the entire period of conflict. During the later months, when the manpower was at a low ebb, he was appointed on a commission to determine the fitness of hospitalized soldiers. Those declared suitable for duty had no recourse or appeal from the decision and were sent to the front. After the war he returned to Philadelphia.
  1518. Doctors of San Joaquin, p 220. In 1868 he came to California and entered the partnership with his brother.
  1519. Federal Census, 1870, California, 1870, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA; Roll: M593_86; Page: 139; Image: 279. Wm. Gravett, 54, Clerk, b. VA;
    S Langdon, 47, D of Medicine, $20,000, $500, b. NC;
    Walter Langdon, 28, D of Medicine, b. NC.
  1520. City Directory, Stockton City Dir, CM Hopkins & Co, Stockton, 1870-71, p. 95. LANGDON W R physician 185 El Dorado bds. Yo Semite House.
  1521. Stockton State Hospital Records, R32.01 (2) Board of Director Meeting Minutes Apr 1 1878-Mar 10, 1884. Page 6: W R Langdon, on staff payroll is paid $208.34 per month.
  1522. Doctors of San Joaquin, p 220. His service as assistant resident physician for the Asylum continued from 1871 to 1888. He resigned at this later date and devoted the remainder of his life to travel and literary pursuits.
  1523. City Directory, 1871-72 Stockton, CA, p 90. Langdon, Walter R, physician, 185 El Dorado, Stockton.
  1524. Sacramento Daily Union, 28 Feb 1872, Vol 42, No 4723. A PROPER SPIRIT. - The Fresno Expositior of February 21st has the following:
    We are informed that Miller & Lux have sent up a number of men to the Alabama Settlement who are to work under the instructions of the farmers in that locality, but at the expense of the firm mentioned, in herding the stock off the growing crops. These men, in conjunction with the farmers, will enable the farmers to keep the loose stock off their premises without the aid of fences. This is certainly a very commendable spirit, and one which we are particularly pleased to notice, as it comes from the most prominent stock-raisers in the country. A general adoption of this course on the part of the stock-men would have a tendency to put a stop to the clamor for a no fence law, and would restore the relations of the agricultural and stock interests to an amicable status, and would stop the lawless shooting and maiming of stock. We learn also that Samuel Langdon, agent for Peres & Tuber of the Palo Alto Ranch has sent men to the settlement to assist in keeping off the stock. The arrangement has been made by Miller & Lux to furnish two men to Peres & Co's one. We only wish that other of our stock-raisers would pursue this same fair and proper course. Because the law protects a man it is not reason that he should override his neighbor.
  1525. City Directory, Stockton City Dir, 1873-74, p. 110. LANGDON Walter R, second assistant physician State Insane Asylum, res Park ss (south side) bet California and American.
  1526. City Directory, Bishop's Stockton Directory, D M Bishop & Co, Stockton, 1876, p 130. LANGDON & CLARK (Samuel Langdon & Asa Clark) physicians and surgeons, NW cor Hunter & Main
    LANGDON, Samuel physician (Langdon & Clark) res cor Hunter and Main.
  1527. City Directory, Bishop's Stockton Directory, D M Bishop & Co, Stockton, 1876, p 130. LANGDON, Walter R, assistant physician State Insane Asylum, res NE cor Lindsay & American.
  1528. Golden Nugget Library, San Francisco Court Cases: No. 7751 - Sept 1, 1877. Dr. Langdon testified in the case concerned with the validity of a patient's will. See attached document.
  1529. City Directory, City & County Directory of San Joaquin, etc, LM McKenney San Francisco, 1881 p. 160. LANGDON Walter R, physician State Insane Asylum, res cor American & Lindsay.
  1530. City Directory, Stockton City Directory, JW Smith, San Francisco, 1883, p. 140. LANGDON, Walter R, assistant physician insane asylum, res 313 Lindsay.
  1531. City Directory, Stockton City, San Joaquin and other counties, LM McKenney & Co, SF, 1884, p. 159. LANGDON W R assistant physician State Insane Asylum res 313 Lindsay [living with J D Young].
  1532. Stockton State Hospital Records, R32.01 (3) Board of Director Meeting Minutes Apr 10 1884-Mar 8, 1889. W R Langdon, staff physician, listed with employees for pay roll accounting, was paid $208.34 per month - the same salary he was earning at the beginning.
  1533. The California 1890 Great Register of Voters Index, Vol II, p 533. Walter Ross Langdon, 55, b. NC, res Stockton, SaJo, Reg Date 24 May 1886, p. 44.
  1534. City Directory, Stockton City & San Joaquin County Directory, Calif Pub Co, SF, 1887 p 141. LANGDON W R physician State Insane Asylum.
  1535. Golden Nugget Library, Great Register of San Joaquin County, CA, 1897 supplement. 3 Apr 1897 -- Langdon, Walter Ross, physician, age 66, blue eyes, gray hair, 5' 9", b. NC; current address: 603 E Lindsay st, Stockton.
  1536. Probate Court Records, No 3586, Superior Court of San Joaquin, CA. Son and only heir, SWR Langdon appointed administrator 5 Mar 1907. JD Young and JD Ewing appointed appraisors of estate. Value of estate $9,550; final distribution to administrator, 13 Sept 1909.
  1537. Doctors of San Joaquin, p 220. Dr. Langdon's death, at Santa Cruz, August 5, 1906, was the result of submersion. An excellent swimmer, he had overestimated his powers of endurance and had to be recovered. Though resuscitated, early, death followed the episode within forty-eight hours. His only surviving relatives were the son, Samuel Walter Ross, Jr. and a brother, Paul H. of Atlanta, Ga.
  1538. Old Cemeteries of San Joaquin County, Vol II, p 114. Samuel W R Langdon, buried 7 Aug 1906, aged 75.
  1539. Cemetery Record, Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, Block 20, Lot 23. LANGDON
    EDWA W. DR SAMUEL W R
    1846-1903 1831 - 1906.
  1540. Probate Court Records, No. 3586, Superior Court of San Joaquin, CA. This date son, SWR Langdon applied for letters of administration to probate the estate of his father, WR Langdon, who had died 5 Aug 1906 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA intestate.

    JD Young, his nephew, and JD Ewing, also a nephew, and Frank W Goodrum were appointed appraisers of the estate 16 Dec 1906. They reported 11 Jun 1907 an estate valued at $9,550. Son, SWR Langdon is sole benificiary and only heir at law.

    Probate file in book and file box. Includes, petition for letters of administration plus award, notice to creditors, assignment of appraisers, report of appraisers, final accounting and petition for distribution of the estate.

  1541. Old Cemeteries of San Joaquin County, Vol II, p 114. Edward Levi, b. 1875 a 5.
  1542. Old Cemeteries of San Joaquin County, Vol II, p 114. Edward Levi, buried 1875, aged 5.
  1543. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 359. Lawrason, born Nov 22, 1814, in Georgetown, DC, married February 4 1840, Sophia Crittendon, who died in 1841 without issue; married second in 1843, Frances Behn Clapp, who died January 4, 1849; married third February 24, 1859, Mary Bright, daughter of Senator Jesse D Bright, of Indiana, and died in Baltimore, October 13, 1888, leaving issue by his last two wives.
  1544. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 359. Lawrason Riggs lived for may years in St Louis, Mo., and was in business with his cousin, Lawrason Levering.
  1545. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 359. He moved to New York in 1858 and to Baltimore in 1868.
  1546. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 359. Lawrason, married February 4 1840, Sophia Crittendon, who died in 1841 without issue;.
  1547. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 359. Lawrason, married February 4 1840, Sophia Crittendon, who died in 1841 without issue; married second in 1843, Frances Behn Clapp, who died January 4, 1849; married third February 24, 1859, Mary Bright, daughter of Senator Jesse D Bright, of Indiana, and died in Baltimore, October 13, 1888, leaving issue by his last two wives.
  1548. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 359. Lawrason, married February 4 1840, Sophia Crittendon, who died in 1841 without issue; married second in 1843, Frances Behn Clapp, who died January 4, 1849;.
  1549. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p 152. Nicholas Worthington, of John H and Ann, --- first, Sarah E. Anderson. Issue, Laura--Lloyd E Dorsey. Second, Henrietta A. Dorsey.
  1550. Death Certificate, File 17444, Reg #22, Bowling Green, Pike, MO. Date of birth: 12 July 1851; place of birth: Lincoln County, MO.
  1551. Probate Court Records. Lev Lawrence was appointed as administrator for Edward W Dorsey's estate regarding the reissue of the lost bounty land warrant #55142.
  1552. Federal Census, 1930, Missouri, 1930 Cuive, Pike, MO Roll: 1218; Page: 5B; Enum Dist: 12; Image: 712.0. Lev Lawrence, 75, lodger in Lute Jamerson home, no occupation - b. MO, father b. MD, mother b. KY(?).
  1553. Death Certificate, File 17444, Reg #22, Bowling Green, Pike, MO. Lev Lawrence, widowed, age 81 yrs, 9 mo, 20, b. 12 Jul 1851 in Lincoln Co, MO, father: Larkin L Lawrence; mother: Theresa Brown both of MD; cause of death: myocarditis; contibutor to death: senility; date of death: 2 May 1933. Undertaker: Grace Bankhead.
  1554. Death Certificate, File No 17444 Reg #22, Bowling Green, Pike, MO. Undertaker: Grace Bankhead. Burial: Bowling Green Cemetery, 4 May 1933.
  1555. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900 Cuivre, Pike, MO Roll: T623 882; Page: 4B; Enum Dist: 87. in 1900, married 24 years.
  1556. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, 1880, Waverly, Lincoln, MO; Roll: T9_699; FHFilm: 1254699; Page: 335.2000; ED: 93; Image: 0673. Levin Lawrence, 25, farmer, married, b. MO, both parents b. MD;
    Florence, 24, married, b. MO, both parents b. IN;
    Charlie, 1, b. MO, both parents b. MO;
    Tenecy (Theresa), 67, mother, widowed, b. MD, both parents b. MD;
    Curtis Murphy, 18, brother-in-law, farm laborer, b. MO, both parents b. MO.
  1557. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900 Cuivre, Pike, MO Roll: T623 882; Page: 4B; Enum Dist: 87. Lev Lawrence, 47, farmer, b. July 1852, MO, both parents b. MD; Florence, 43, b. Jun 1856 IN, both parent b. IN; married 24 yrs, 6 children, 5 surviving; Charley L, 21, b. May 1879, dentist; Verdied, 15, b. Jul 1884; Leona, 9, b. Dec 1890; Everett C, 8, b. Feb 1892; R. V., 5, b. Mar 1895; all children b. MO.
  1558. Federal Census, 1910, Missouri, 1910 Cuvire Pike MO; Roll: T624_805; Page: 4A; Enum Dist: 124; Image: 254. Lev Lawrence, 59, teamster, general work, married once 35 yrs, b. MO, both parents b. MD; Florence, 55, b. IN, both parents b. IN; Ray V, 14, b. MO.
  1559. Death Certificate, File 35201 Reg 55 Bowling Green, Pike, MO. Date of birth: 27 June 1853; Indiana.
  1560. Death Certificate, File 35201 Reg 55 Bowling Green, Pike, MO. Florence M Lawrence, 67 yrs, 6 mos, 3 days, b. 27 June 1853, Indiana, d. 30 Dec 1922; father: C W Murphy, b. IN; mother: Maggie Cannon, b. IN; married to Lev Lawrence; cause of death: chronic interstitial myocarditis.
  1561. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900 Cuivre, Pike, MO Roll: T623 882; Page: 4B; Enum Dist: 87. Charley L, 21, dentist.
  1562. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900 Cuivre, Pike, MO Roll: T623 882; Page: 4B; Enum Dist: 87.
  1563. WW I Military Registration, #24, Bowling Green, Pike, MO. Everett Curtis Lawrence, b. 17 Feb 1892, Lincoln Co, MO, residing in Bowling Green, occupation is electrician, self-employed, single.
  1564. [Shirk], Descendants of Richard & Elizabeth Talbott, p 424. Richard Dorsey Lawrence, b. 20 Sept 1820 (or 12 Sept 1821).
  1565. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, 1850, Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; Page: 173A; Image: 350. Richard Lawrence, 30, farmer, b. MD;.
  1566. Cemeteries of Cuivre Township, Pike Co Missouri, p 18. Worthington Cemetery:
    Richard D Lawrence, died 20 Dec 1866.
  1567. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, 1850, Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; Page: 173A; Image: 350. Richard Lawrence, 30, farmer, b. MD;
    Amanda Lawrence, 19, b. MD;
    Edward Lawrence, 5, b. MO;
    Emma Lawrence, 5 mos, b. MO.
  1568. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, 1850, Cuivre, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; Page: 173A; Image: 350. Asbury Worthington, 22, farmer, $1,000, b. MD;
    Caroline Worthington, 26, b. MD;
    Ann Worthington, 4, b. MO;
    Elizabeth Worthington, 2, b. MO;
    Richard Lawrence, 30, farmer, b. MD;
    Amanda Lawrence, 19, b. MD;
    Edward Lawrence, 5, b. MO;
    Emma Lawrence, 5 mos, b. MO.
  1569. Federal Census, 1860, Missouri, 1860, Waverly, Lincoln, MO; Roll: M653_629; Page: 532; Image: 527; Family History Library Film: 803629. Richard D Lawrence, 39, farmer, $1,600, $1,520, b. MD;
    Elisabeth M, 29, b. MD;
    Emma, 10, b. MO;
    Francis, 8, b. MO;
    Virginia, 6, b. MO;
    Mary, 3, b. MO;
    Richard, 2, b. MO;
    Fanny, 2 mos, b. MO;
    Edwin, 15, farmer, b. MO (NOT attending school)

    Living near Mary F Gillum, John Gillum, Keeling Gillum and Teresa Lawrence.

  1570. Cemeteries of Cuivre Township, Pike Co Missouri, p 18. Lawrence, Elizabeth, 30 Mar 1831 - 12 July 1907 - w/o R D Lawrence.
  1571. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900, Waverly, Lincoln, MO; Roll: T623_871; Page: 7B; ED: 58. Richard Lawrence, 40, head, b. Nov 1859, married 0 years, b. MO, both parents b. MD, farmer, renting;
    Mary, 27, wife b. Aug 1873, married 0 years, no children, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MO;
    Amanda, 69, mother, b. Mar 1831, widowed, had 8 children, 4 surviving, b. MD, both parents b. MD.
  1572. Cemeteries of Cuivre Township, Pike Co Missouri, p 18. Waverly, Lincoln, MO.
  1573. Federal Census, 1900, Virginia, 1900, Election District 2, Howard, MD Roll: T623 624; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 81. Dorsey Thompson, head, 60, b. Jan 1840, widowed, b. MD, father b. NY, mother b. MD, farmer owns his own farm.
  1574. Federal Census, 1900, Maryland, 1900, Election District 2, Howard, MD Roll: T623 624; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 81. Dorsey Thompson, head, 60, b. Jan 1840, widowed, b. MD, father b. NY, mother b. MD, farmer owns his own farm; Sallie, 31, single, b. Feb 1869, daughter, b. MD; Ledgion T, 29, son, single, b. Oct 1870, b. MD; Eleanor R, daughter, 4, b. Oct 1895, b. MD; Gilbert L, nephew, 18, b. Dec 1880, b. LA, father b. MD, mother b. Mississippi, at school.
  1575. Maryland Military Men, 1917 - 18, database online - Ancestry.com. Gilbert Livingston Thompson, white, residence: Albion Hotel, Baltimore; birth place: Buck Ridge, LA; birth date: 17 Dec 1881; Comment: ORC 7/3/17 capt QMC; USA 2/23/19 maj Transp C, Camp Meade MD 8/26/17; Hq 41 Div 3/24/18; Railhead Off Le Bourget France 6/14/18; Regulating Off Dunkerque France 11/7/18; Port Comdr Cobienz Germany 2/17/19; Transp Branch Pur Stor & Traf Div GS Washington, DC 8/10/19; Still in service 1/1/20, Overseas 3/24/18 to 8/10/19, Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; Oise-Aisne; Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne, French Ordre des Palmes Universitaires (Officier d'Academie) No specific citation.
  1576. Maryland Military Men, 1917 - 18.
  1577. Federal Census, 1930, New York, 1930, Brooklyn, Kings, NY Roll: 1508; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 1122; Image: 409.0. Gilbert Thompson, renter, $110, 47, married, was 30 when married, b. LA, father b. MD, mother b. LA, occupation: Captain, US Army; H Edith, wife 43, 26 when married, b. MD, both parent b. MD.
  1578. The American Practioner and News, Vol 26, No 12, Dec 15, 1898, p 477-78. Dr. Philip Chesterfield Stanhope Barbour was born in Jefferson County in September, 1847, of an old and honored family. At that time his parents resided nine miles from Louisville.
  1579. The American Practioner and News, Vol 26, No 12, Dec 15, 1898, p 477-78. In 1867 he went to Philadelphia, and took a course in medicine at the Jefferson Medical College. After receiving his diploma there, he returned to Louisville and began the practice of his profession. He soon attained prominence and acquired a splendid practice.
  1580. The American Practioner and News, Vol 26, No 12, Dec 15, 1898, p 477-78. "Obituary of Dr. P C S Barbour"
    ...During the eight years that he had been connected with the City Hospital, Dr. Barbour took only three weeks' vacation. He was up early and late. He did his best to please everybody, and no one had more warm and admiring friends than had the lamented physician.
  1581. The American Practioner and News, Vol 26, No 12, Dec 15, 1898, p 477-78. Dr. Barbour married Miss Rebecca Tarlton in 1869. She was the sweetheart of his boyhood. She was born within sight of his birthplace, and they were playmates as children.
  1582. Federal Census, 1880, Kentucky, 1880 Springdale, Jefferson, KY; Roll: T9_421; Family History Film: 1254421; Page: 26.3000; ED: 87, Image: 0249. Mary G Newman, wife, 32;.
  1583. Federal Census, 1880, Kentucky, 1880 Springdale, Jefferson, KY; Roll: T9_421; Family History Film: 1254421; Page: 26.3000; ED: 87, Image: 0249. J. William Newman, 32, Schoolmaster, b. KY, both parents b. KY;
    Mary G, 32, wife, keeping house, b. KY, both parents b. KY;
    Fannie Newman, 8, attending school;
    Philip B, 7, attending school;
    John W, 2;
    Reuben S,
    all children born KY, both parents b. KY

    William Nash, 22, laborer, b. MO, both parents b. Ireland
    Nancy Lewis, 14, black, servant, nurse, b. KY, both parents b. KY;
    Osborne Lewis, 19, black, laborer, b. KY, both parents b. KY.

  1584. Federal Census, 1880, Kentucky, 1880 Springdale, Jefferson, KY; Roll: T9_421; Family History Film: 1254421; Page: 26.3000; ED: 87, Image: 0249. J. William Newman, 32, Schoolmaster, b. KY, both parents b. KY;
    Mary G, 32, wife, keeping house, b. KY, both parents b. KY;.
  1585. Federal Census, 1900, Kentucky, 1900, Harrod's Creek, Jefferson, KY; Roll: T623_533; Page: 20A; ED: 144. R S Newman, 22, boarder, b. June 1877, KY, both parents b. KY, no occupation listed.
  1586. Handwritten notes in family records. Abby Roberts notebook: Reuben Sheridan Newman born June 17th 1878 died Aug 11, 1904.
  1587. Ann Elizabeth McKee Ray Bible. Newpaper clipping pasted in bible: HAMMOND - In this city, August 11, 1904, Reuben Newman Hammond, beloved wife of Dr. Robert Ray Hammond, a native of Kentucky, aged 26 years, 1 month and 25 days.
  1588. Cemetery Record, Rural Cemetery, Stockton. West 1/2 Lot in Block 29.
  1589. Probate Court Records, No 3292, Superior Court of San Joaquin, CA. Husband, Robert Ray Hammond appointed administrator, 10 Dec 1904; surviving husband; also 18 month old infant son, Robert Ray Hammond, both residing in Stockton, CA. GP Roberts appointed appraiser of her estate. Estate totals $870.
  1590. Cemetery Record, Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA - Block 29, Lot 21.
  1591. Missouri Marriages, 1851 -1900, Ancestry.com - database online. A R Levering married Ella Porter, 4 Dec 1860, in Marion County, Missouri.
  1592. R. I. Holcombe, History of Marion County Missouri, 1884, p 962. In 1860 he married Miss Ella Porter, daughter of Judge Gilchrist Porter, of Hannibal, mentioned elsewhere.
  1593. Unidentified Newspaper, Dec 4 1910, Hannibal, MO. MARRIED FIFTY YEARS AGO
    TODAY - Mr and Mrs A R Levering Will Celebrate their Golden Wedding

    Fifty years ago today in the parlors of the home of Judge Gilchrist Porter, on the northwest corner of Fifth and Lyon streets, the Rev. Mr. Dunn, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, united the destinies of Miss Ella M. Porter and Aaron Righter Levering...

  1594. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, 1880, Hannibal, Marion, MO; Roll: T9_702; Family History Film: 1254702; Page: 235-4000; ED: 10; Image: 0475. A R Levering, 40, b. MO, both parents b. MD, banker
    M E Levering, 37, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, no occupation
    Lizzie Liggins, 22, b. servant.
  1595. R. I. Holcombe, History of Marion County Missouri, 1884, page 962. A R Levering. This gentleman was born in Clark county, Mo., September 26, 1839.
  1596. Unidentified Newspaper, 4 Dec 1910 - 50th Anniversary Article. Mr. Levering was born in Clark county, Missouri, in 1839, and came with his father's family to Hannibal in 1841.
  1597. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, 1850, Hannibal, Marion, MO; Roll: M432_406; Page: 306; Image: 97. Franklin Levering, 39, Clerk, b. MD
    Alice M, 36, b. MD
    Aaron R, 10, b. MO
    Ann E, 8, b. MO
    Mary V, 5, b. MO.
  1598. R. I. Holcombe, History of Marion County Missouri, 1884, p 962. see notes.
  1599. Unidentified Newspaper, 4 Dec 1910 - 50th Anniversary Article. For many years he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Stevens' college and William Jewell college, the two important Baptist Educational institutions of the state, and within the past few months was unanimously chosen president of the Board of Trustees of William Jewell college which is considered to be the highest honor which can be conferred upon a layman by the Baptist church of the state.
  1600. Unidentified Newspaper, 4 Dec 1910, Hannibal, MO. MARRIED FIFTY YEARS AGO
    TODAY - Mr and Mrs A R Levering Will Celebrate their Golden Wedding.
  1601. Headstone, Riverside Cemetery, Hannibal, Marion, MO. There are two headstones for Julia Porter Roberts - one is the left side of the Porter family headstone where she is represented by and inscription: JULIA, NOV 26, 1847 JUNE 1883
    Below and to the left "Dick" her husband is buried and she is represented with a very small headstone that says simply "JULIA".
  1602. Louisiana Journal, Dec 3, 1870, p. 3, col. 4. Capt. R. M. Roberts, of the steamer St. John, was married at Clarksville last Thursday evening to Miss Julia Porter, daughter of Judge Porter. Several of our citizens attended the nuptials.
  1603. Wedding Invitation. Envelope reads, "Mrs. E. E. Dorsey & Family";
    Judge & Mrs. Gilchrist Porter; HOME; Thursday Evening, December 1st, 1870. AT EIGHT O'CLOCK;
    Two small cards tied together with a tiny pink ribbon: Julia Porter.; R. M. Roberts.
  1604. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, 1880, Joplin, Jasper, MO; Roll: T9_695; Family History Film: 1254695; Page: 516.4000; ED: 69; Image: 0048. Richard M Roberts, 40, grocer, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD; Julia, 25, wife, keeping house, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD; Nellie, 8, daughter at school, b. MO, parents b. MO; Annie, 3, b. MO, parents b. MO; Porter, 1, son, b. MO, parents b. MO.; Edward D Porter, 27, boarder, grocer b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD; Cordelia Pierce, 20, black, domestic servant, b. TX, parents b. KY; Barbour Reuben, 26, black, servant, coachman, b. TX, both parents b. AL.
  1605. Federal Census, 1870, Pike Co, Missouri. Residing in the home of brother John O Roberts.
  1606. Federal Census, 1840, Missouri, 1840 Peno, Pike, MO; Roll: 228; Page 71. Jeremiah Roberts, living next door to John Fagg, one male under 5, two between 5 and 10, one between 30 and 40, one female under 5, one between 5 and 10, one between 30 and 40.
  1607. Federal Census, 1850, Missouri, 1850, Clarksville, Pike, MO; Roll: M432_409; Page: 219; Image: 438. Jeremiah Roberts, 46, merchant, $100, b. VA;
    Lucy M, 40, b. VA;
    John O, 20, clerk, b. VA;
    Richard M, 12, b. MO, attended school;
    Helen S, 10, b. MO, attended school;
    Caroline, 8, b. MO, attended school.
  1608. Federal Census, 1860, Missouri, 1860, Clarksville, Pike, MO; Roll: M653_639; Page: 0; Image: 366. Lucy M Roberts 50, domestic, $2,000, $10,000, b. VA; Corra V, 18, domestic, b. MO; R. M., 21, clerk in store, b. MO.
  1609. Missouri Masonic Grand Lodge, Email from Grand Masonic Lodge, Missouri. "When Richard Morris Roberts affiliated with FellowshipLodge #345, this meant that he was already a member some where, so thanks for the information about Clarksville, Missouri. I found that he was listed as a member of Clarksville Lodge #17, when it was chartered on October 8, 1830. I am sorry it did not give his degree dates but on records as old as this one is, no one had dates reported. So he left Clarksville Lodge #17 and joined with Fellowship Lodge #345. So he died as a Mason in good standing."

    Richard wasn't born in 1830 - so I'm assuming that this was a typo and have shifted it to 1860 - will leave it there until I can correct it with an accurate date.

  1610. Land Transaction. Pike County Deed Book 29, page 76.
  1611. Federal Census, 1870, Pike Co, Missouri, 1870, Clarksville, Pike, MO; Roll: M593_798; Page: 110; Image: 225. John O, 40, proprietor flour mill, $20,000, $5,000, b. VA; Mary, 42, keeping house, b. VA; Mainie A, 15, at home, b. MO, attended school; Jerry, 13, at home, b. MO, attended school; John O, 9, at home, b. MO, attended school; Richard M, 26, Steam Boat Clerk, $200, b. MO; Clifford, John J, 21, ret. dry goods mcht, $2,500; Mary J Farris, 23, black, house servant, b. MO, attended school during past year, cannot read, cannot write; George Farris, 5, black, at home, b. MO; Elliott Farris, 1, black, at home, b. MO.
  1612. Louisiana Journal, Dec 3, 1870, p. 3, col. 4. Capt. R. M. Roberts, of the steamer St. John, was married at Clarksville last Thursday evening to Miss Julia Porter, daughter of Judge Porter. Several of our citizens attended the nuptials.
  1613. History of Jasper County, Missouri, Vol II, p 412. 1879 - Mayor, R. M. Roberts; ...
  1614. Missouri Masonic Grand Lodge, Email. Richard Morris Roberts affiliated (joined) Fellowship Lodge #345 located in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri on September 12, 1890 and died a member of Fellowship Lodge #345 on August 29, 1893.
    There is no record of where he came from, if he came from another state, you need to contact that state's Grand Lodge to see if he became a member there.
    He held no offices while a member of Fellowship Lodge #345.
    We have no documents to show this information, just he Lodge annual reports and as they are so old we do not copy them.
  1615. Headstone. He was buried next to his wife on the same site as her parents, Gilchrist and Comfort Porter.
  1616. Probate File, Jasper County, MO. Executor was Edward Dorsey.
  1617. Missouri Masonic Grand Lodge, Email. Richard Morris Roberts affiliated (joined) Fellowship Lodge #345 located in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri on September 12, 1890 and died a member of Fellowship Lodge #345 on August 29, 1893.
  1618. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Holt Atherton Collection, U of Pacific Libraries, Eleanor Young papers. Letter written to 'Nell' concerning family Revolutionary War activity. Undoubtedly at the same time that she was applying to the DAR for membership.
  1619. DAR Application of Nellie R Young, #35118. based on the service of John W Dorsey.
  1620. Federal Census, 1920, California, 1920, Stockton, Ward 2, San Joaquin, CA: Roll: T625_144; Page: 1A; ED: 164; Image: 99. Nellie L Young, head, 48, widowed, b. MO, both parents b. MO, no occupation;
    Eleanor, daughter, 29, single b. CA, father b. NC, mother b.MO, no occupation;
    Julia P, daughter, 25, single, b. CA, father b. NC, mother b. MO, no occupation'
    Edwa, daughter, 18, single, attended school, b. CA, father b. NC, mother b. MO, no occupation.
  1621. City Directory, Stockton & San Joaquin County, 1920. Young Mrs Nellie L h 430 W Flora [I believe this is in error - it should be "400" W Flora.
  1622. City Directory, Stockton & San Joaquin County, 1925. Young, Mrs Nellie L h 400 W Flora.
  1623. Federal Census, 1930, California, 1930, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA; Roll: 211; Page: 53A; ED: 38; Image: 511.0. Nellie L Young, head, owns own home, $15,000, two radios, 59, widowed, 17 when first married, b. MO, both parents b. MO, no occupation;
    Eleanor, daughter, 39, single, b. CA, father b. NC, mother b. MO, no occupation;
    Lydia Buhner, maid, 58, single, b. Germany, both parents b. Germany, servant in private home.
  1624. Death Certificate, #56 San Joaquin County. Nellie L Young, 400 W Flora, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA; widowed, husband: Dr J D Young, deceased. Born Clarksville, Missouri. Father: Richard Roberts, b. MO. Mother: Julia Porter, b. MO. In California about 49 years. Informant: Eleanor Young, 400 W Flora St, Stockton, CA (daughter). Cause of death: carcinoma involving ileum - onset 1/28/38, operated 2/5/38 - died February 9, 1938.
  1625. Doctors of San Joaquin, p 338. Mrs Young died February 9, 1938. Surviving her were five daughters and seven grandchildren. The daughters are: Eleanor; Celeste, Mrs. Irwin Carey; Julia, Mrs. Charles A. Cruikshank; June, Mrs. Gordon F Stephens, and Edna(sic). The grandchildren: Junius Young and Evelyn Irwin Carey; Charles A. III, Eleanor Young and Julia Porter Cruikshank; Eleanor Young and Gordon F Stephens.
  1626. Death Certificate, #56 San Joaquin County. Burial: Rural Cemetery, Stockton. Undertaker: B C Wallace & Son. Date: 2/11/38.
  1627. Funeral Card, Smith's Funeral Home. IN MEMORIAM: Mrs Annie Porter Hodgdon, b. June 22, 1876, d. July 1, 1953.
  1628. Funeral Card, Smith's Funeral Home, Hannibal, MO. IN MEMORIAM: Mrs. Annie Porter Hodgdon, b. June 22, 1876, d. July 1, 1953
    SERVICES FROM: Trinity Episcopal Church, Friday, July 8, 1953, at 10:00 a.m.
    CLERGYMAN: Reverend G. Ernest Lynch
    ORGANIST: Miss Bertha Seibel
    INTERMENT: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Missouri
    CASKETBEARERS: Frank Sultzman, Dr. D. B. Landau, Walter Storrs, Jr., H A Scheidker, Roger Higgins, Glen Wilson
    USHERS: Havner Parish, Henry Grimm.
  1629. Hannibal Courier-Post, 1 July 1953. MRS. F. T. HODGDON DIES IN HOSPITAL; FUNERAL FRIDAY
    Mrs. Annie Hodgdon, 1000 Hill Street, widow of Frank Trowbridge Hodgdon, veteran former Hannibal banker, died this morning in Levering Hospital.
    The former Annie Porter Roberts, Mrs. Hodgdon, prominently identified with Hannibal's clubs and church organizations, was born June 22, 1876, at Joplin the daughter of Julia Porter and Richard Morris Roberts. Her mother died when she was six years of age and the three Roberts children came to Hannibal to live, the older sister, Nellie Levering Roberts living with Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Levering and Mrs. Hodgdon and her younger brother, Gilchrist Porter Roberts, residing in the home of their grandparents, Judge and Mrs. Gilchrist Porter, and Miss Annie Dorsey Porter.
    Mrs. Hodgdon graduated from Hannibal High School in 1895 and three years later, on June 2, 1898, was married to Mr. Hodgdon, in Trinity Episcopal Church by Rev. Edward Porter Little. Mr. Hodgdon died October 2, 1950.
    Active in the work of Trinity Episcopal Church, Mrs. Hodgdon taught in the church school before and after her marriage and at one time was superintendent of the Sunday school. One of the Woman's Club's early members, she was elected to membership in the club in the autumn of 1898 and held many offices in the organization, serving as president from 1919 to 1921. She was a member of Hannibal Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, becoming a member in 1903, Levering Hospital Auxiliary and of the Red Cross, serving on the advisory committee for Marion County Chapter.
    Mrs. Hodgdon was devoted to Hannibal and to a varied number of interests here. Her untiring energy and exceptional knowledge of Hannibal and its needs, carried her into numerous activities to which she made helpful and important contributions.
    Her broad acquaintance with the community and her interest in so many phases of its life brought her in contact with a vast number of people who recognized her capabilities and unselfish devotion to Hannibal. These characteristics with her pleasing personality and character made her many friends through her long and active life.
    Surviving are three children, Frank Trowbridge Hodgdon, Jr., of Cleveland, O.; Mrs. Julia Hodgdon Bogholt, of Madison, Wis.; and Miss Ann Dorsey Hodgdon, who lives at home, and a granddaughter, Mrs. Thomas Payton Clinard of the state of Florida. A grandson, Frank Hodgdon Bogholt, died in infancy.
    The body was removed to the Smith Funeral Home where friends may call after 7 o'clock Thursday evening. Services will be conducted at 10 o'clock Friday morning at the Trinity Episcopal Church, Rev. G. Ernest Lynch officiating. Burial will be in Mr. Olivet Cemetery. Friends are asked to omit flowers.
  1630. Hannibal Courier-Post, 1 July 1953. The body was removed to the Smith Funeral Home where friends may call after 7 o'clock Thursday evening. Services will be conducted at 10 o'clock Friday morning at the Trinity Episcopal Church, Rev. G. Ernest Lynch officiating. Burial will be in Mr. Olivet Cemetery. Friends are asked to omit flowers.
  1631. Funeral Card. INTERMENT: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Missouri.
  1632. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri.
  1633. Stockton City Directory - 1904. Roberts, G Porter, bkkpr Thomas & Buell r 440 E Vine.
  1634. Stockton City Directory - 1907. Roberts, Gilchrist P (Roberts & Clark) r 18 E Flora
    Roberts & Clark Planing Mill 425 S Center bet W Sonora & W Church Phone 116
    Gilchrist P Roberts Wm H Clark (Clark, William r 645 W Poplar).
  1635. Stockton City Directory - 1915. Roberts & Clark Gilchrist P (R & C) h 27 W Poplar.
  1636. Stockton City Directory - 1925. Roberts & O'Keefe 425 S Center Planing Mill (W. F. O'Keefe Rt 2 Box 277 Stktn)
    Roberts, G P (Roberts & O'Keefe) h 27 W Poplar.
  1637. WW I Military Registration. Gilchrist Porter Roberts, 27 W Poplar, 39, b. Sept 21, 1878;
    Occupation: Roberts & Clark, Planing Mills, self-employed, 425 E Center, Stockton, SJ Co., Calif.;
    Nearest relative: Abbie Hammond Roberts (wife), 27 W Poplar, Stockton, SJ Co, Calif.
  1638. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, 1880, Joplin, Jasper, MO; Roll: T9_695; Family History Film: 1254695; Pge: 516.4000. Richard M Roberts, 40, grocer, b. MO, father b.VA, mother b. MD;
    Julia, 35, wife, keeping house, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD;
    Nellie, 8, daughter, at school, b. MO, parents b. MO;
    Annie, 3, daughter b. MO, parents b. MO;
    Porter, 1, son, b. MO, parents b. MO;
    Edward D Porter, 37, boarder (brother-in-law), grocer, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD;
    Cordelia Pierce, 20, black, servant, b. KS, parents b. KY
    Reuben Barbour, 26, black, coachman, b. TX, parents b. OK.
  1639. Correspondence, Dated Aug 17, 1896. Dr J. D. Young,

    Dr June, Port starts to-night for Stockton. Enclosed find draft on FM for $250.00. Nell said she would go down with him and see to his board & c. I don't know how much it will cost and thought it best to send this, and you can advise me when it is gone. I hope he will be a success & that we will all be proud of him some day. My love to all & kiss for my Olivia. Yours truly, A. R. Levering
    I sent your statement book (back?). We have about 57% reserve. And propose to keep that way until we get result of Election. If McKinley we will reach out for business. If Bryan, I can't say what we will do.

    Written on Farmers & Merchants Bank - AR Levering, Cashier.

  1640. High School Diploma, High School Diploma. This certifies that Gilchrist Porter Roberts has honorably completed the Classical Course of Study as prescribed for the High School, and by his intellectual attainments and correct deportment is entitled to receive this DIPLOMA; In Withness Whereof the Seal of the Board of Education, and our signatures are hereunto affixed this twenty ninth day of May 1896. Robert ???, President, J W Whaley, Secretary, R B W Simonson, Superintendent, and Gertrude Ashmore, Prinicpal of High School.
  1641. School Program. Junior Reading Program; High School Assembly Hall; April 5, 1895; Motto: "Aim at a certain end"

    Class of '96 - Florence Thorne, Edith Hodgdon, Emma Henwood, Frank Theis, Ethel Carver, Porter Roberts, Helen Henwood, Myrtle Blake, Dan'l Hill, Queena Austin, Jessica Fuller, Elisabeth Norton, Katherine Cronin, Frances Catlett

    Program: Part I - #5 Dora by Edith Hodgdon; Part II #13 Oration - The Glory of American Citizenship - G Porter Roberts.

  1642. Federal Census, 1900, California, Stockton Ward 4, San Joaquin, CA; Roll: T623108; Page: 1A; ED: 116. Junius Young, head, b. Apr 1858, 42, married 11 years, b. NC, both parent b. NC, first asst physician at the State Hospital; Nelllie R, wife, b. Sept 1871, 28, m 11 yrs, 5 children born, 5 surviving, b. MO, both parent b. MO;
    Eleanor L R, daughter, b. June 1880, 9;
    Celeste L, daughter, b. Dec 1892, 7;
    Julia P, daughter, b. Aug 1894, 5;
    June D, daughter, b. Aug 1897, 2;
    Edwa D, daughter, b. Mar 1899, 1; all children b. CA, father b. NC, mother b. MO;
    Gilchrist P Roberts, b. Feb 1875, 25, b. MO, both parents b. MO, student.
  1643. Historical & Biographical Record of San Joaquin County. ...He continued his studies in Stanford University and graduated from that well-known institution of learning in 1900.
  1644. Stanford Univ Alumni Assn, Email from Chris Alonso, 30 Nov 2007. ...The only information we have for him is a degree - BA in Economics in 1900. We were unable to locate any photos of him in any of the Quads from 1899-1900.
  1645. Historical & Biographical Record of San Joaquin County, p 288. He is also interested in a number of fraternal organizations, becoming a member of the Elks organization in 1901, and in 1908 he was elected exalted ruler of his lodge, to serve for one term. He is also a member of Truth Lodge No. 55, IOOF.
  1646. City Directory, FM Husted & Co, Stockton, 1902, p 182. ROBERTS, G Porter bookkeeper Thoms & Buill r18 E Flora (living with Robert Ray Hammond).
  1647. Letter dated 7 October 1903, 7 Oct 1903. OFFICE OF IMPERIAL MILL COMPANY; JNO. O. ROBERTS, PREST.; Clarksville, Mo., Oct 7th 1903
    My dear Porter
    I was both surprised and gratified the other day by the --- of your Wedding Candy - Surprised, that the chubby faced boy, who so delighted to ride with his Papa and I on the Fox Hunt, but yesterday as it seems to me, should have attained to manhood and gratified to know that he may so early taking that most important step in any mans life, getting married -
    All of the family joins with me in congratulations - May your choice of a companion prove to be (as I doubt not it will) a happy one , and may your lives be full of blessings and happiness -
    Upon you and Jack, now - rest the hope of perpetuating the Roberts names it has ever been an honorable one - do not suffer it to be disgraced - with kind regards to Nellie & family
    Affectionately You Uncle John
    Write to me.
  1648. City Directory, Dir of Stockton City & San Joaquin Co, A Kingsbury, Stockton, 1904, p. 228. ROBERTS G Porter bookkeeper Thomas & Buell r440 E Vine.
  1649. San Francisco Call, 6 Mar 1910, p 42. The Stockton tennis club is looking forward to one of the most successful seasons in its history. Recently a few of the enthusiastic became affiliated with the Anteros club, with the result that a large number of new members were received. The board of directors at a meeting March 1 elected Asa Clark, Archie B Eichelberger and Franklyn Warner additional directors. Dr. Baron J Powell was elected president and Warner secretary-treasurer. The other directors are: Eugene Goodrum, G Porter Roberts, Dr. SWR Langdon, A M Barneit, Robert Inglis and Francis Hodgkins.
    The club has three of the finest courts in the state. They are located on the state hospital grounds. A grounds committee, consisting of Asa Clark, Dr SWR Langdon and Franklyn Warner, was appointed. The club belongs to the state association and contemplates a big tournament to be held later in the season. A reception and dance will be held at the Stockton, the new hotel, in a month or so.
    Following is a list of the new club members: Achier B. Eichelberger, D V Marceau, C J Campbell, Asa Clark Jr, Ben C Page, Robert Ritchie, Paul Smith, Sylvester Pearson, Raymond S Miller, R A Tremper, Russell Fitzgerald, E B Bradbury, Fred E Smith, William Knechler, L Milton Cutting, W J Gerlanch, Charles H Cullums, H E Balthrusch, A G Hampton, R W Fithian, Ben Haugen, From the Anteros club, and Miss Du Frame, Miss Jessie Williams, Miss Ernestine Gianelli, Miss Marie Markham, Miss Lucy Pearson, Miss Celeste Young, Miss Julia Young, Miss Wise, Mrs J L Craig, Mr and Mrs A F Flanagan, Roland Harltey and Messers Boalt and Crowe.
  1650. US Government Report, Final Reprot, Commission on Industrial Relations 1916. Discussion about open and closed shop employment practices -
    "Mr. Clark, the owner and proprietor of the Roberts & Clark planing mill, was in Los Angeles engaging men, employing nonunion men to come to Stockton. Those men were not informed as to the conditions, and were deliberately misled. Some of them went to work, others have ceased to work and refused to go to work. Tow of them never went to work at all, and gave us their affidavit, and the matter is now pending before the labor commissioner. Two nonunion hod carriers came to work with shotguns. They were arrested, charged with carrying concealed weapons, plead guilty, and the attorney for the M, M and E paid their fines.
  1651. WW I Military Registration, A-5719. Gilchrist Porter Roberts, 27 W Poplar, 39, b. Sept 21, 1878;
    Occupation: Roberts & Clark, Planing Mills, self-employed, 425 E Center, Stockton, SJ Co., Calif.;
    Nearest relative: Abbie Hammond Roberts (wife), 27 W Poplar, Stockton, SJ Co, Calif.
  1652. City Directory, Stockton & San Joaquin County, 1920. Roberts & Clark (GP Roberts WX Clark) planing mill 425 S Center.
  1653. Stockton Daily Independent, Classified Directory 1921, p 27. PLANING MILLS; ROBERTS & CLARK (G P Roberts and W X Clark) 425 S Center Stkn 116.
  1654. Stockton Daily Independent, Classified Directory, 1923, p. 27. PLANING MILLS; ROBERTS, GP, Planing Mill, 425 S Center, Phone 116.
  1655. City Directory, Stockton and San Joaquin County, 1925. Roberts & O'Keefe (G P Roberts W F O'Keefe) planing mill 425 S Center.
  1656. Stockton Daily Independent, Classified Directory. PLANING MILLS; ROBERTS & O'KEEFE (G P Roberts and W F O'Keefe) 425 S Center Phone 514.
  1657. Merchants Tradesmen & Mfgs Financial Condition for Stockton, CA 1930. ד Roberts & O'Keefe (Trade name) Pig Mill, Auto Body Bldg, IC.
  1658. Letters of Incorporation, Archive D 1743, #74453 Qualitibilt Motor Bodies, Inc. "Resolved that the name of this corporation be, and the same is hereby changed from Woodruff-Griffith Co., to Qualitibilt Motor Bodies Inc., and that the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation be, and the same are hereby amended fro that purpose so that Articles Firs thereof shall be in the following form:
    That the name of said corporation shall be:
    1. Qualitibilt Motor Bodies, Inc

    AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there be added to the powers and purposes of said corporation additional powers and purposes, to-wit: to manufacture and sell automotive bodies; to repair automobiles and motor vehicles; and generally deal in all kinds of automobiles, motors, motor bodies, machines, wagon, engines, apparatus, and vehicles of every kind and description, and to generally deal in machinery, machine supplies and engineering appliances incidental to the construction of motor cars and automotive bodies; to manufacture, buy and sell sash, doors, frames, mouldings, mill work, and lumber of all descriptions, including also the complete finishing of the same ready for the placing in buildings, and that the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation be, and the same are hereby amended for that purpose so that there shall be added to Article Second, Section aa, reading as follows:
    Section aa. To manufacture and sell automotive bodies; to repair automobiles and motor vehicles; and generally deal in all kinds of automobiles, motors, motor bodies, machines, wagons, engines, apparatus, and vehicles of every kind and generally deal in machinery, machine supplies and engineering appliances incidental to the construction of motor cars and automotive bodies; to manufacture, buy and sell sash, doors, frames, mouldings, mill work, and lumber of all descriptions, including also the complete finishing of the same ready for the placing in buildings.
    AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the place where the principal business of said corporation is to be transacted is hereby changed from the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, State of California, to the City of Stockton, County of San Joaquin, State of California, and that the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation be, and the same are hereby amended for that purpose so that Articles Third thereof shall be in the following form:

    Article Third: That the place where the principal business of said corporation is to be transacted is the City of Stockton, County of San Joaquin, State of California.

    Department of State Corporation Number - 74453
    Filed 31 Mar 1930, signed Robert Jordan, Asst Sec'y of State.

  1659. City Directory, Stockton City Directory, 1931, p 284. Roberts, Gilchrist P (Abby) pres. Qualitibilt Motor Bodies, h. 27 W. Poplar, 901 E Charter Way.
  1660. City Directory, R L Polk & Co, SF, 1932, P 271. ROBERTS, Gilchrist P (Abbie H) pres. Qualitibilt Motor Bodies Inc h27 W Poplar
    P. 473, Qualitibilt Motor Bodies Inc, 901 E Charter Way
    P. 373, East Charter Way, 901, Craig JL canner
    Qualitibilt Motor Bodies Inc.
  1661. City Directory, R L Polk & Co, SF, 1932, P 271. ROBERTS, Gilchrist P (Abbie H) pres. Qualitibilt Motor Bodies Inc h27 W Poplar
    P. 473, Qualitibilt Motor Bodies Inc, 901 E Charter Way
    P. 373, East Charter Way, 901, Craig JL canner
    Qualitibilt Motor Bodies Inc.
  1662. City Directory, Stockton City Directory, 1933, p 227. Roberts, Gilchrist P (Abby) h. 27 W Poplar
    P. 310 Charter Way, East 901 - Craig JL canner.
  1663. Letters of Incorporation, Archive D1743, #74485. File folder stamped, "Suspended Mar 16 1933" Assumption that it was suspended because of refusal to pay license fees.
  1664. Correspondence, Dated June 13, 1934. SALES TAX Bulletin No. 192, To All Field Men: ORGANIZATION; Effective this date, M. G. P. Roberts is appointed Assistant to the writer. I ask for Mr. G. P. Roberts, your full co-operation and helpful assistance at all times, in all cases, so that we may all continue to function for the best interest of the State, for the Board, for Mr. Stewart and for ourselves. Harry B Hoffman; H B Hoffman, Adminsitrator.
  1665. WW II Registration Card, U3213 - Roll: WWII_1782629; Local Board: San Joaquin, California. Gilchrist Porter Roberts, 27 W Poplar St, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, tel. 2-8251; age: 63, b. Joplin MO, 21 Sept 1878.
    Reference: Abbie H Roberts, 27 W Poplar St, Stockton, Calif.
    Employer: State of California
    Place of employment: 327 N San Joaquin, Stocton, San Joaquin, Calif.
  1666. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997. G Porter Roberts, dob: 21 Sept 1878; place: Missouri; dod: 12 Aug 1946; place: San Joaquin; mother's maiden name: Porter; father's surname: Roberts.
  1667. Death Certificate, Dist No 3901; reg no: 346. G Porter Roberts; dob: 21 Sept 1878; dod: 12 Aug 1946; father: Richard Morris Roberts b. VA; mother: Julia Porter b. MO; informant: Abby Roberts 819 N Madison Stockton. Cause of death: coronary occlusion.
  1668. Burial Records, Rural Cemetery, Stockton, CA. Burial: Buried at Rural Cemetery, Stockton CA; Lot 723, Block 31.
  1669. Death Certificate, Dist No 3901; reg no: 346. Burial, 15 Aug 1946, Rural Cemetery, Stockton, CA; funeral director: DeYoung Memorial Chapel.
  1670. Belk-Kennedy Cemetery Records, Joplin, MO. Porter, Edward D, b. 1852, d. 1901, ssw Millie S; Cemetery: Fairview - Joplin (Vol. 8 - 27).
  1671. History of Jasper County, Missouri, Vol II p 802. He came to Joplin in the month of February, 1872, when a youth of about twenty years, and became associated with R M Roberts, in the mining industry, continuing thus engaged until 1901, when he left the state and removed to San Antonio, Texas, a short time before his death, on January 23, 1901.
  1672. History of Jasper County, Missouri, 1883, p 405. One of the most important social events of the centennial year was the organization of a lodge of the KNights of Pythias...twenty charter members...ED Porter, Peter Schnur...
  1673. History of Jasper County, Missouri, Vol II, p 802. He was one of the organizers of the Joplin National Bank and at one time held the office of vice-president. He was postmaster of Joplin under President Grover Cleveland (the first administration) to the general satisfaction, and for one term served as mayor of Joplin and his administration of the affairs of that office were in the direction of progress and civic integrity.
  1674. Kansas City Star, P 1. POSTMASTERS APPOINTED.
    Washington, Nov 25 --- The president to-day appointed the following postmasters: Edward D. Porter, at Joplin, Mo; James S McGee, Paris, Mo.; D W Scott, Galena, Ill; John Marens, Hamilton, Mo.; Lloyd N Pease, Tiffin, O.; W H Canon, Merrill, Wis.; Frank White, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
  1675. Kansas City Times, p. 5. The protracted wrangle over the postmastership at Joplin, Mo., was ended to-day by the appointment of Edward D. Porter who was recommended by Congressman Stone.
    The president to-day appointed the following presidential postmasters: Edward W. Porter, Joplin, Mo., vice Matthew Stofford, commission expired, salary $1,800...
  1676. Kansas City Times, P. 3. The Record; United States Circuit Court - Krekel, Judge;...Edward D Porter vs Thomas B Dorsey; account attached; continued.
  1677. History of Jasper County, Missouri, Vol II p 802. Mr. Porter was married October 24, 1888, to Millie Schnur, daughter of Peter and Adaline Schnur, prominent citizens of Joplin and in this union he found the fulfillment of his youthful dreams.
  1678. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900 Joplin, Ward 4, Jasper, MO; Roll: T623_865; Page: 17B; ED: 39. Edward Porter, 48, b. Jun 1852, married 11 years, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, miner zinc & lead;
    Millie, wife, 32, b. July 1867, married 11 years, 3 children all surviving, b. OH, both parents b. OH;
    Hall D, son 10, b. Dec 1884, b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. OH;
    Edward D, son 7, b. Jan 1893, b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. OH;
    Helen, daughter, 3, b. Jun 1896, b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. OH;
    Anna, sister, 44, b. Sept 1855, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. IN(sic);
    Jessie High, 28, b. Dec 1881, married 6 years, one child surviving, b. MO, both parents b. MO.
  1679. Funeral Card. Services for Millie Schur Porter, born July 18, 1867, Gallion, Ohio, died June 1, 1935, Joplin, MO.
  1680. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, 1880, Joplin, Jasper, Roll: T9_695; Family History Film: 1254695; Page: 549.2000; ED: 71; Image: 0114. Peter Schnur, 34, married, Publisher of Daily News, b. OH parents birthplace not stated;
    Ada, 33, wife, married, keeping house, b. IN, father b. NY, mother b. OH;
    Millie, 12, daughter, single, at School, attending school, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. IN;
    Herbert, 10. son, single, at home, attending school, b. MO, father b. OH, mother b. IN;
    Mabel, 7, daughter, single, b. MO, father b. OH, mother b. IN;
    Mary C, 4, daughter, single, b. MO, father b. OH, mother b. IN;
    Mary Karonsnable, 20, servant, single, b. OH parents birthplace not stated;
    Coffeen, Cynthia, 76, mother-in-law, married, b. OH, parents birthplace not stated.
  1681. Federal Census, 1910, Missouri, 1910, Joplin Ward 4 Jasper, MO; Roll: T624_790; Page: 3A; ED: 44; Image: 918. Millie Porter, 42, widowed, had 3 children all surviving, own income, no occupation, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. IN;
    Paul, son, 20, student, b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. IN
    Edward D, son 17, no occupation, b. MO father b. MO mother b. IN
    Helen C, daughter, 14, no occupation b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. IN
    Claudia Cigler, 27, black, servant, single, one child surviving, b. AK, both parents b. AK.
  1682. Federal Census, 1920, Missouri, 1920, Joplin, Jasper, MO; Roll: T625_921; Page: 11B; ED: 50; Image: 1103. Millie Porter, 52, rents, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. IN, no occupation
    Paul D, 30, son, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. OH, salesman for grocery store
    Edwin D, 27, son, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. OH, salesman for electrical Co
    Helen P Sheperd, 23, daughter, 23, widowed, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. OH, no occupation
    John W Sheperd, 2 1/12, grandson, b. MO, mother b. MO, father b. MO.
  1683. Federal Census, 1930, Missouri, 1930, Joplin, Jasper, MO; Roll: 1205; Page: 6A; ED: 11; Image: 347.0. Millie Porter, 62, rents at $40/mo, widowed, 21 when first married, b. OH father b. OH, mother b. IN, no occupation;
    Paul D, son, 38, b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. OH, salesman for grocery business.
  1684. Funeral Card. Services held at residence 801 Empire Avenue, Joplin, MO; Cleryman Rev. Alfred L. Du Domaine; interment Fairview Cemetery, Joplin, MO.
  1685. Funeral Card. Services for Millie Schur Porter, born July 18, 1867, Gallion, Ohio, died June 1, 1935, Joplin, MO.
    Active Pallbearers: Harry Rogers, Bill Bohne, Arnold Leonard, O D Royce, TE Lennen, J E Garne; Honorary Pallbearers: Charles Glover, Howard Murphy, Dr M C Shelton, Dr J D Shelton, Mose Wilder, Dr M Gregg, Arthur Leonard, Frank Weeks

    Services held at residence 801 Empire Avenue, Joplin, MO; Cleryman Rev. Alfred L. Du Domaine; interment Fairview Cemetery, Joplin, MO.

  1686. Draft Registration, WWI, National Archives & Records Admin M1509. Edward Dorsey Porter born Jan 25, 1893.
  1687. Stockton Record Newspaper, 17 Apr 1936. JOHN DORSEY PORTER
    Private funeral services were held this morning in the chapel of DeYoung & Conklin for John Dorsey Porter, 74, native of Missouri who for 12 years had made his home in Stockton with his nephew, G. Porter Roberts, 27 West Poplar Street. Porter died suddenly Wednesday [Tuesday] of a heart attack.
    Rev. Seth C. Hawley of St. John's Episcopal Church conducted the ritual of the church. Pallbearers were G. Porter Roberts Sr, G Porter Roberts, Jr, Junius Y Roberts, John H. Roberts, J. Dorsey Ewing and Edward Dorsey.
  1688. Federal Census, 1930, California, 1930, San Diego, San Diego, CA, Roll: 192; Page: 9A; ED: 140; Image: 1026.0. Comfort Dorsey Smith, 65, head, owned home, $8,000, widowed, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, no occupation; Meredith, Mary Eleanor, granddaughter, 14, b. CA, father b. MO, mother b. Mexico;
    Charles Greil, boarder.
  1689. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997. Comfort Dorsey Smith (Comfort Dorsey Porter), dob: 29 May 1857; birthplace: MO; death date: 3 Jan 1950; death place: San Diego, San Diego, CA; mother's maiden name: Dorsey; father's surname: Porter.
  1690. History of Jasper County, Missouri, Vol II, p 1027. Mr. Smith was married in Hannibal, Missouri, October 18, 1877, his chosen lady being Miss Comfort D. Porter, daughter of Judge Gilchrist Porter, former member of Congress.
  1691. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900, Joplin Ward 4, Jasper, MO; Roll: T623 865; Page: 21A; ED: 39. William Smith, 45, Oct 1856, married, age at first marriage, 23, b. KY, parents b. VA; Comfort D, wife, 42, May 1858, married, age at first marriage, 22, has had three children, two survive, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD; Aaron L, son 13, Jun 1886; Mary C(?), 9, Oct 1890, born in Mexico, father b. KY, mother b. MO.
  1692. Federal Census, 1910, Missouri, 1910, Joplin Ward 7, Jasper, MO; Roll: T624_791; Page: 4B; ED: 51; Image: 51. William H Smith, 56, married for 33 years, b. KY, father b. KY, mother b. VA, Secretary;
    Comfort D. wife, 53, married once for 33 years, had 7 children, 2 surviving, b.MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD;
    Eleanita, daughter, 23, single, b. Mexico, father b. KY, mother b. MO.
  1693. Federal Census, 1920, California, 1920, San Diego, San Diego, CA, Roll: T625_131; Page 4B; ED: 308; Image: 795. William H Smith, head, renting, 55, married, b. KY, both parents b. VA, no occupation;
    Comfort D, wife, 61, married, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, no occupation;
    Meredith, Mary E, daughter, 29, married, b. Mex, father . KY, mother b. MO
    Mary E, granddaughter, 4, single, b. CA, father b. MO, mother b. Mexico.
  1694. History of Jasper County, Missouri, Vol II p 1027. Mr. Smith is a native of the state of Kentucky, his birth having occurred in Bowling Green, October 7, 1854.
  1695. History of Jasper County, Missouri, Vol II, p 1027. Mr Smith is a native of the state of Kentucky, his birth having occurred in Bowling Green, October 7, 1854.
  1696. History of Jasper County, Missouri, p 1027. The advantages of Joplin remained strong with him and he returned to the city in 1898, engaging in the real estate business and associating himself with John H Taylor, his brother-in-law. They are among the most important of the real estate dealers in the city, handling city properties, lands, farms, mining property, and is secretary and treasurer of the Gilchrist-Porter Realty Company.
  1697. History of Jasper County, Missouri, Vol II p 1027. ... he returned to the city in 1898, [becoming] director of the Joplin Trust Company.
  1698. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997. Smith, Aaron L, dob: 20 Jun 1886.
  1699. WW I Military Registration, Jasper Co, MO; Roll: 1683329; Draft Board: 0. Aaron L Smith, Joplin, Jasper, MO; birthplace: MO, USA; dob: 20 Jun 1886.
  1700. History of Jasper County, Missouri, Vol II, p 1028. To the union of Mr Smith and his wife have been born two children. A. Levering Smith was born in Hannibal, Missouri, June 20, 1886.
  1701. History of Jasper County, Missouri, Vol II, p 1028. A. Levering Smith was born in Hannibal, Missouri, June 20, 1886. He is a resident of Galena Township, three miles north of the city of Joplin, and is secretary and director of the Joplin Trust Company.
  1702. Passport Application, 142615. Aaron L Smith, b. 20 June 1886, father William Smith, b. KY - residing in San Diego, Cal., rancher, going to Mexico on personal business.
  1703. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997. Smith, Aaron L, SSN #548864746, dob: 20 Jun 1886; birthplace: Missouri; death date: 10 Jul 1968; death place: San Diego; mother's maiden name: Porter.
  1704. History of Jasper County, Missouri, Vol II, p 1028. His wife was Miss Ethel M Bacon, daughter of Judge Thomas Bacon, of Hannibal, Missouri. The daughter, Miss Ellenita, was born in Ensenada, Mexico, October 12, 1890, and is at home.
  1705. Federal Census, 1930, Missouri, 1930; Joplin, Jasper, MO; Roll: 1205; Page: 3A; ED: 12; Image: 369.0. Porter, William C, head, R, $30.66, 65, widowed, 30 (age at first marriage),did not attend school, can read and write, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, bookkeeper, ?? purchasing, yes - actually working, not a veteran.
    Wittich, Charlotte L, mother-in-law, 79, 21 (age at first marriage), did not attend school, can read and write, b. IN, father b. OH, mother b. OH, no occupation.
    Wittich, Julia H, sister-in-law, 54, single, b. Arkansas, father b. GA, mother b. IN.
  1706. Death Certificate, File #36652, Reg No 296. William C Porter, b. 29 Sept 1864, retired, residence 1000 Hill St, Hannibal, age 70, died Oct 9, 1934 of coronary disease and coronary embolism. Informant: Mr. Frank Hodgdon, Hannibal, MO.
  1707. Death Certificate, File No 36652, Reg No. 296. Burial Riverside Cemetery, Oct 10, 1934; Undertaker: Wm M Smith, 902 Bdwy, Hannibal, MO.
  1708. Obituary, Joplin Newspaper (Name Unknown).
  1709. Marriage License, copy of marriage license on file - obtained online database, Ancestry.com. William C Porter, Joplin, Jasper, MO (over 21 years of age) and Juanita Willich, Carthage, Jasper, MO (who is over 18 years of age). Witnessed 25 Apr 1895

    State of Missouri, County of Jasper. This is certify that the undersinged, a clergyman of the Prot. Episcopal Church did at Carthage in said County, on the 25th day of April A. D. united in marrige the above named persons. H A Duboc Rector, St. Phillips Church.

  1710. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900, Joplin Ward 3 Jasper, MO; Roll: T623 865; Page: 3A; ED 37. Wm C Porter, 30, b. Sept 1864, married for five years; b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, asset cashier bank, residence owned, free, house; Juanita; wife, 26, b. Jan 1873, married for five years no children.
    Lottie L Wittich, 50, mother-in-law, b. Apr 1850; Julia L, 25, sister-in-law, b. Jan 1875; Lucius L Wittich, 17, b. Aug 1882, newspaper reporter.
  1711. Obituary, Joplin Newspaper (Name Unknown). Funeral services for Mrs. Juanita Wittich Porter, former society editor of the Joplin Globe and News Herald will be conducted by Mrs. J W McMillan, Christian Science reader, at the Porter home, 408 West B street, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
  1712. Obituary, Joplin Newspaper (Name Unknown). Funeral services for Mrs. Juanita Wittich Porter, former society editor of the Joplin Globe and News Herald will be conducted by Mrs. J W McMillan, Christian Science reader, at the Porter home, 408 West B street, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.

    Mrs. Porter, a resident of Joplin since 1895, following her marriage to Will C Porter was widely known for her writings and her work in women's democratic circles. She was a member of the Tri-State Writers' Club a contributor to several magazines, and while society editor on the newspaper, wrote many feature stories.

  1713. Obituary, Joplin Newspaper (Name Unknown), Issue dated Aug 17, 1928. Funeral services for Mrs. Juanita Wittich Porter ... will be conducted by Mrs. J. W. McMillan, Christian Science reader, at the Porter home, 408 West B street, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Mrs. Porter died at 9:30 o'clock last night...Surviving, besides her husband, are her mother, Mrs. Charlotte L. Wittich, as sister, Miss Julia Wittich, a nephew Porter Wittich, and niece, Mrs. Everett Muennig. (Ergo he survived his wife who died in Aug, 1928).
  1714. Death Certificate, #122835 Reg No 1493 - Kansas City, Jackson, MO. Name of Husband: Chas U Porter - widowed at time of death.
  1715. Federal Census, 1910, Missouri, Joplin, Jackson, MO 1910 - Roll: T624_790; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 40. Census data - at time of census they had been married 10 years.
  1716. Federal Census, 1910, Missouri, Joplin, Jackson, MO 1910 - Roll: T624_790; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 40. Charles U Porter: land agent, aged 43, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MD, married 10 years. Wife Ellen M, aged 32, no occupation, married 10 years.
  1717. Federal Census, 1920, Missouri, Joplin, Jasper, MO, 1920 - Roll: T625_921; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 52; Image: 1171. Charles and Ellen living in boarding house; his occupation is mine operator, of a zinc mine. She has none.
  1718. Federal Census, 1900, California, Oakdale, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: T623 114; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 50. Ella D, aged 24, born Oct 1876 in Missouri.
  1719. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997, San Francisco, 9 Feb 1947, no ssn. Ella Dorsey Badgley, b. 13 Oct 1876, TN; d. 9 Feb 1947, San Francisco, mother's maiden name: Sydnor; father's surname: Dorsey.
  1720. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, Joplin, Jasper, MO; Roll: T9_695; Family History Film: 125-4695; Page: 516,4000; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 0048. Ella W, age 4, born Missouri.
  1721. City Directory, 1893, HF Husted, Publisher, p 168. Dorsey, Ella Miss, 405 S 10th.
  1722. City Directory, 1894, FM Husted, Publisher, p 159. Dorsey Ella W Miss, r 405 S 10th.
  1723. City Directory, 1895, FM Husted, Publisher, p 154. Dorsey Ella W Miss, r 405 S 10th.
  1724. City Directory, 1896, FM Husted, publisher, p 173. Dorsey Ella W Miss, r 405 S 10th.
  1725. City Directory, 1897, FM Husted, publisher, p 162. Dorsey Ella Miss, r 405 S 10th.
  1726. Pioneer Registry, Native Daughters of the Golden West, 5-360. Informant Edward Worthington Dorsey son of Thomas Beale Dorsey, states he had a daughter, Mrs. H. P. Padgery of San Francisco.
  1727. Federal Census, 1910, California, 1910, Grand Island, Colusa, CA; Roll: T624_74; Page: 6B; ED: 22; Iamge: 351. Horace B Badgley, 39, married once, 8 years, b. CA, father b. NY, mother b. England, Decorator, House, renting home;
    Ella D, 34, married once for 8 years, b. MO, father b. MD, mother b. VA, music teacher.
  1728. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997, San Francisco; 9 Feb 1947 no SSN. Ella Dorsey Badgley, b. 13 Oct 1876, TN; d. 9 Feb 1947, San Francisco, mother's maiden name: Sydnor; father's surname: Dorsey.
  1729. Federal Census, 1900, California, Oakdale, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: T623 114; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 50. Edward W, aged 22, born Feb 1878 in Missouri.
  1730. History of Stanislaus County, p 1131. Edward W Dorsey was born at Joplin, Mo., on February 20, 1878, and came out to California with his parents, Thomas B. Dorsey, a native of Maryland, who married Miss Emaline Fanny Sydnor at Troy, Mo., in 1872.
  1731. Federal Census, 1880, Missouri, Joplin, Jasper, MO; Roll: T9_695; Family History Film: 125-4695; Page: 516,4000; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 0048. Edward W, age 2, born Missouri.
  1732. City Directory, 1894, FM Husted, Publisher, p 159. Dorsey Thos B, farmer, r 405 S 10th.
  1733. City Directory, 1894, FM Husted, Publisher, p 159. Dorsey Edward W, r 405 S 10th.
  1734. City Directory, 1895, FM Husted, Publisher, p 154. Dorsey, Edw W, r 405 S 10th.
  1735. Court Records - Tuolumne County, Archive 3142. He testified during the trial of JT Newcomer that he had been residing at the Snell mine site since 15 Nov 1895.
  1736. City Directory, 1896, FM Husted, publisher, p 173. Dorsey, Edw W, r 405 S 10th.
  1737. Court Records - Tuolumne County, Archive #3142. One of the last people to speak to Caleb Dorsey before his death was his nephew, Edward Dorsey, who was working at the mining operation. I believe that this is the Edward Dorsey, nephew of Caleb or "Uncle Cale" who testified at the trial of JT Newcomer.
  1738. Tuolumne County Records, De Ferrari Archives, #3142. Edward Dorsey, nephew of Caleb Dorsey, was working at the Snell Mine operation - since 15 Nov 1895 - was one of the last people to see him alive - testified at the trial of J T Newcomer; referred to him as Uncle Cale.
  1739. Cemetery Record, Oakdale Citizens Cemetery database. Edward W Dorsey, 1878, 1953, Bk 42, Lot 3.
  1740. Tuolumne Prospector, 9 July 1953. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR EDWARD W. DORSEY, 75
    Funeral services were held last week for Edward W. Dorsey, 75, in Oakdale who died the previous Sunday in an Oakdale hospital. Mr. Dorsey was the husband of the former Daisy Burgess, a long time resident of Tuolumne. Rev Arthur Beckwith of St. Matthias Episcopal church in Oakdale officiated and interment was in the Citizens Cemetery of that city under the auspices of Oakdale Lodge, 275, FAM. Dorsey was a native of Joplin, Missouri, ranched in the Oakdale area the jaor portion of his life. He was a member of Oakdale Lodge, FAM and Oakdale Dinner Club.
  1741. Unidentified Newspaper. Newspaper clipping from 1953:

    OAKDALE RANCHER CALLED BY DEATH
    Oakdale, June 22 - Edward Worthington Dorsey, 75, prominent Oakdale rancher, died yesterday in Oakdale Hospital after an illness of four days.
    Funeral services at Pascoe-Faber Mortuary are pending the arrival of his daughter, Mrs. Wallace (Edwa) Weber of Arabia.
    Other survivors are his widow Daisye, and a grandson, William. He also leaves a cousin, Barbour Ewing Marsh of San Francisco, and the following cousins in Stockton: John W. Dorsey Ewing, Edwa Langdon McDonald, Eleanor L. Young, Gilchrist Roberts and June Y. Roberts.
    A native of Joplin, Missouri, Dorsey lived in Oakdale the major portion of his life. He was the son of the late Thomas Beale Dorsey and a nephew of Joh W. Dorsey and Col. Caleb Dorsey, Stanislaus County pioneers.
    The original Dorseys were natives of Maryland and came to California in the Gold Rush days. Soon after a try at mining, they purchased a 5,000 acre ranch north of Oakdale.
    Dorsey was a member of the Oakdale Lodge, F&AM and Oakdale Dinner Club.

  1742. History of Stanislaus County, p 1131. Edward W. Dorsey was married in 1908 to Miss Nina Thomasine Woon, a native of Nevada City, Cal., and the daughter of Thomas K. Woon. He was born in England, was an early California gold miner and pioneer, and twenty-five years ago returned to England, where he is still living in affluence, a member of a well-known family of English manufacturers and tradesmen. They have one child, Edwa Elizabeth Woon Dorsey, in the Oakdale Union Grammar School.
  1743. Memories of Oakdale, Vicie Ralls Devine, July 1966. Ed Dorsey was a rancher and lived on his ranch North of the Stanislaus River. He married Nina Woon. She had come from Grass Valley to Oakdale and worked for Sadie Purcell in her milliner's shop.
  1744. Federal Census, 1910, California, 1910, Township 2, Madera, CA; Roll: T624_87; Page: 1A; ED: 84; Image: 891. Edward W Dorsey, 32, married 2 years, b. MO, father b. MD, mother b. MO, farmer, general farming;
    Nina, 26, wife, married 2 years, one child survives, b. CA, both parents b. England;
    Edwa, 1, daughter, b. CA, father b. MO, mother b. CA;
    Richard Lovett, 70, cook, b. England, both parents b. England, cook, general farm;
    William C Vawter, 49, hired man, b. OR, father b. KY, mother b. IL, blacksmith, journeyman;
    Lenton Gruy, 24, hired man, b. CA, father b. England, mother b. CA, farm laborer, general farm;
    James P Richey, 44, hired man, widowed, b. CA, father b. IL, mother b. OH, farm laborer, general farm.
  1745. History of Stanislaus County, p 193. The Dorado Club House was built in 1916 at the approximate cost of $2,000. It was "formally opened on the evening of April 15, 1916, and all of the elite of the city were present. 'The hall was transformed into a flower garden, the latticed walls being hung with roses, while potted plats and baskets of flowers were used in artistic arrangement to give a vivid color to the new furnishings.' The program given in the evening included musical numbers by Mesdames Roy Maxey, Edward Dorsey, Miss Ida Warford of Riverbank and Dot Moore of Stockton...".
  1746. Federal Census, 1920, California, 1920, Oakdale, Stanislaus, CA, Roll: T625_151; Page: 3A; ED: 178; Image: 1125. Edward W Dorsey, 41, married, b. MO, father b. MD, mother b. VA, farmer, general farming;
    Nina T Dorsey, 36, married, b. CA, father both parents b. England;
    Edwa E, 10, daughter, attending school, b. CA, father b. MO, mother b. CA;
    Sydnor E, 39, brother, b. MO, father b. MD, mother b. VA, farmer, grain farmer.
  1747. Federal Census, 1930, California, 1930, Oakdale, Stanislaus, CA; Roll: 224; Page: 9A; ED: 31; Image: 64.0. Edward W Dorsey, 52, married, 30 when first married, b. MO, father b. MD, mother b. VA, farmer, general farming;
    Nina, 45, married, 23 when first married, b. CA, both parents b. England;
    Edwa, 20, single b. CA, father b. MO, mother b. CA, no occupation.
  1748. Federal Census, 1910, California, 1910, Township 2, Madera, CA; Roll: T624_87; Page: 1A; ED: 84; Image: 891. Edward W Dorsey, 32, married 2 years, b. MO, father b. MD, mother b. MO, farmer, general farming;
    Nina, 26, wife, married 2 years, one child survives, b. CA, both parents b. England;.
  1749. History of Stanislaus County, p 1131. Edward W. Dorsey was married in 1908 to Miss Nina Thomasine Woon, a native of Nevada City, Cal., and the daughter of Thomas K. Woon.
  1750. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997. Nina Thomasina Dorsey, b. 9 Sept 1883, CA; d. 23 Jan 1950, Stanislaus Co, CA; mother's maiden name: Williams; father's surname: Woon.
  1751. Cemetery Record, Oakdale Citizens Cemetery database. Nina Thomasine Dorsey, 1883, 1950, Bk 42, Lot 3, w/o Edward Dorsey.
  1752. California Birth Index 1905 - 1995. Edna(sic) E Dorsey, b. 23 Mar 1909, Fresno County, mother's maiden name: Woon.
  1753. Cemetery Record, Oakdale Citizens Cemetery database. Infant female, Dorsey, d. 3 Spet 1919, BP, d/o E W age 0.
  1754. Cemetery Record, Oakdale Citizens Cemetery database. Infant daughter Dorsey, d. Sept 3, 1919, BP, d/o EW age 0.
  1755. Unidentified Newspaper.
  1756. Tuolumne Prospector. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR EDWARD W. DORSEY, 75
    Funeral services were held last week for Edward W. Dorsey, 75, in Oakdale who died the previous Sunday in an Oakdale hospital. Mr. Dorsey was the husband of the former Daisy Burgess, a long time resident of Tuolumne. Rev Arthur Beckwith of St. Matthias Episcopal church in Oakdale officiated and interment was in the Citizens Cemetery of that city under the auspices of Oakdale Lodge, 275, FAM. Dorsey was a native of Joplin, Missouri, ranched in the Oakdale area the jaor portion of his life. He was a member of Oakdale Lodge, FAM and Oakdale Dinner Club.
  1757. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997. Daisye Burgess Dorsey, b. 30 Dec 1879, MS; d. 6 Sept 1957, Stanislaus Co, CA; mother's maiden name: Hamett; father's surname: Smith.
  1758. City Directory, Stockton & San Joaquin County, 1920. Ewing Edwa D r 1125 N El Dorado.
  1759. Confederate Veteran, Vol XXXVII, No 5, May 1929, p 192. California - Mrs M L Stannard, Division President, has traveled over the State, making official visits to the Chapters. Such visits give encouragement to the workers, for the President gives a resume of the General Convention and explains and outlines the work of the Chapters. The members of the Gen. Tyreee H Bell Chapter, No 780, of Fresno, are making extensive preparations for the State convention, which meets in Fresno in May.
    One result of the efforts of California Division Daughters is the establishing of a home for veterans. "Dixie Manor" is located at San Gabriel, houses nine happy veterans already.
    The Sterling Price Chapter, 1343, Stockton, has a scholarship fund started through a bequest by Mrs Abbie A Elsom, a charter member, to the Chapter. In loving memory this is to be called the "Abbie A Elsom Scholarship Fund."
    (Edwa D Ewing Boggs, Publicity Chairman).
  1760. History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in California, p. 81. President, 1933 and 1934, Mrs. Frank Shackleford Boggs.
  1761. Cemetery Record, Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA - Block 20, Lot 26. Plaque as President of the California Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
  1762. Wedding Announcement. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dorsey Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. Barry Cory Marsh announce the marriage of their sister Miss Edwa Dorsey Ewing to Mr. Frank Shackelford Boggs, on Wednesday, the seventeenth of October, On thusand nine hundred and twenty-eight, Stockton, California.
    At Home, after the fifteenth of November, 945 North El Dorado Street.
  1763. Marriage Announcement. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dorsey Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. Barry Cory Marsh announce the marriage of their sister Miss Edwa Dorsey Ewing to Mr. Frank Shackelford Boggs, on Wednesday, the seventeenth of October, On thusand nine hundred and twenty-eight, Stockton, California.
    At Home, after the fifteenth of November, 945 North El Dorado Street.
  1764. Federal Census, 1930, California, 1930, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA; Roll: 211; Page: 11A; ED: 35; Image: 340.0. Frank S Boggs, 58, owns home worth $10,000, has radio, 27 age at first marriage, b. CA, father b. MO, mother b. GA, farmer, owns own farm;
    Edwa E, 52, 50 age at first marriage, b. MO, father b. MS, mother b. MO;
    John C, 29, b. CA, both parents b. CA, realtor;
    Thomas W, 25, b. CA, both parents b. CA, no occupation;
    Frank S, Jr, 15, b. CA, both parents b. CA, no occupation.
  1765. Federal Census, 1930, California. Frank S Boggs, 58, owns home worth $10,000, has radio, 27 age at first marriage, b. CA, father b. MO, mother b. GA, farmer, owns own farm;
    Edwa E, 52, 50 age at first marriage, b. MO, father b. MS, mother b. MO;
    John C, 29, b. CA, both parents b. CA, realtor;
    Thomas W, 25, b. CA, both parents b. CA, no occupation;
    Frank S, Jr, 15, b. CA, both parents b. CA, no occupation.
  1766. Passport Application, 302713. 4 June 1923 - John Cunningham Boggs, born 28 August 1900, son of Frank S Boggs who was born in Colusa, CA.
  1767. City Directory, Dir of Stockton and San Joaquin Co, FM Husted Pub, 1902, p.37. BOGGS, MEYER & SPURR (F S Boggs, H C Meyer & H W Spurr) general insurance, treasurer Union Savings Deposit & Loan Co 30 N San Joaquin Yosemite Theater Bldg tel Red 1531.
  1768. Golden Nugget Library, San Joaquin Lodge No 19, Masonic Directory, 1904. Past Masters: Boggs, Frank S.
  1769. City Directory, Dir of Stockton City & San Joaquin Co, A Kingsbury, Stockton, 1904, p. 45. BOGGS Frank S (Boggs Meyer & Spurr) r 123 E Magnolia.
  1770. Golden Nugget Library, Stockton Masonic Directory, 1923. OFFICERS: Treasurer, Frank S. Boggs.
  1771. City Directory, Stockton & San Joaquin County, 1925. Boggs Frank S real est 130 N Calif h 1009 N El Dorado.
  1772. City Directory, R L Polk & Co, SF, 1932, p 55. BOGGS Frank S (Edwa D) Real Estate & Insurance, 925 El Dorado, tel 6, h1017 N El Dorado.
  1773. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997, SSN 465123860. Frank Shackleford Boggs, SSN 465123860, dob: 14 Oct 1914 in another country, dod: 17 Jun 1942 in Tulare; mother's maiden name, Cunningham.
  1774. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997. Barbour Ewing Marsh b. 2 Dec 1878, MO; d. 9 Feb 1958, San Francisco, CA; mother's maiden name: Dorsey; father's surname: Ewing.
  1775. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Haggin Museum LB67-6453-1. San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Association Life Member's Ticket, Admit Miss B. Ewing - wife and minor children - signed by Caleb Dorsey.
  1776. Stockton Record Newspaper. MARSH - In San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 9, 1958, Barbour Ewing Marsh, wife of the late Harry Cory Marsh; loving mother of Dorsey Ewing Marsh; grandmother of James Lawrence and Philip Harry Marsh; sister of John Dorsey Ewing of Stockton and the late Edwa Ewing Boggs; a native of Missouri, aged 79 years.
    Friends are invited to attend funeral services Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1958, at 1 pm at Gray's, Divisadero St., at Post, San Francisco.
  1777. Federal Census, 1910, California, 1910, San Francisco, AD 34, SF, CA; Roll: T624_97; Page: 4B; ED: 101; Image: 1322. Harry C Marsh, 36, married once for 8 years, wholesale merchant, plumbing supply, b. CA, father b. MA, mother b. ME, owns own home w/o mortgage;
    Barbour E, 31, married once for 8 years, b. MO, father b. TN, mother b. MO;
    Dorsey E, 5, b. CA, father b. CA, mother b. MO;
    Helen S Geiselmen, 34, divorced, b. Ger, both parents b. Ger, servant for private family.
  1778. Federal Census, 1920, California, 1920, San Francisco AD 26, SF, CA; Roll: T625_135; Page: 1B; ED: 107; Image: 287. Harvey C Marsh, 45, b. CA, father b. MA, mother b. ME, manager of manufacturing company
    Barbour, 40, b. MO, father b. KY, mother b. MD;
    Ewing, 15, son, attending school, b. CA, father b. CA, mother b. MO.
  1779. Federal Census, 1930, California, 1930, San Francisco, SF, CA; Roll: 202; Page: 6B; ED: 213; Image: 692.0. Harry C Marsh, 53, owns home worth $14,000, married - 20 when first married, b. CA, father b. MA, mother b. ME, manager of wholesale plumbing supplies;
    Barbour E, 48, married - 27 when first married, b. MO, father b. MS, mother b. MO;
    Dorsey E, 25, single, b. CA, father b. CA, mother b. MO, civil engineer, bridge building.
  1780. Stockton Record Newspaper, 22 Feb 1937. Mr and Mr Harry Cory Marsh entertained in honor of their son, Mr Dorsey Ewing Marsh, and his fiancee, Miss Adelaide Hawks of San Francisco, Saturday night in their home, 1125 N. El Dorado Street.
  1781. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997, 555-03-8463. Harry Cory Marsh, b. 4 Dec 1873, CA; d. 4 Apr 1946, San Joaquin, CA; mother maiden name: Preble; father's surname: Marsh.
  1782. Federal Census, 1880, California, 1880, San Francisco, SF, CA; Roll: T9_78; FHFilm: 1254078; Page: 379.2000; ED: 174; Image: 0036. Pauline Marsh, 41, widowed, keeping house, b. ME, both parents b. ME;
    Harry, 6, son, attending school, b. CA, father b. MA, mother b. ME.
  1783. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997, 553-34-6745. Dorsey E Marsh, b. 22 Oct 1904, CA; d. 21 Oct 1976, San Francisco.
  1784. Military Order Stars & Bars, Membership #994. Dorsey Ewing Marsh, MOSB Member #994; MOSB Society: CA Army of Trans Mississippi; dob: 22 Oct 1904, SF; dod: 21 Oct 1976, SF; joined MOSB: 1972/73.
  1785. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997. Dorsey E Marsh, b. 22 Oct 1904, CA; d. 21 Oct 1976, San Francisco.
  1786. WW II Registration Card, U3230. John Dorsey Ewing, b. 4 Sept 1880, San Antonio, TX; residence: 1125 N Eldorado, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, tel 3-1383;
    Employer: Estate of F S Boggs - 925 N Eldorado, Stockton, Calif; Real Estate Broker - 925 N Eldorado, Stockton, Calif.
    Person to contact: Mrs. Tutt L. Ewing, 125 N Eldorado St, Stockton, Calif.
  1787. History of California & Biographical Record of San Joaquin County, p. 1404. Prominent among the distinguished residents of Stockton whose influence for progress is always perceptible is the very representative American, John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, who was born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, on September 4, 1880, the son of Philip C. S. Barbour Ewing and his good wife, who was Miss Lou Eleanor Dorsey before her marriage, the former, now deceased, a native of Mississippi and the latter of Missouri.
  1788. City Directory, Dir of Stockton & San Joaquin Co, FM Husted Pub, 1902, p. 79. EWING, J D clk SP Company r1125 N El Dorado.
  1789. City Directory, Dir of Stockton City & San Joaquin Co, A Kingsbury, Stockton, 1904, p. 99. EWING J D Stenog SP Co r1125 N El Dorado.
  1790. History of California & Biographical Record of San Joaquin County, p, 1404. Mr. Ewing is a very prominent in the Masonic fraternity. He is a past master in all bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, and belongs to the Ben Ali Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Sacramento. While he has advanced to the 32nd degree of the KCCH, the vestibule to the 33rd degree. He is past chancellor commander of the Centennial Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and held that office in 1903, the youngest man in the order with that responsibility and honor. This is natural enough, for Mr. Ewing's ancestors for generations were Masons, dating back to 1740, some of them being the first Grand Masters in the state of Maryland.
  1791. Business Papers, Ephemera, Asstd Records, Haggin Museum LB66-2651. Photo of the members of the Anteros Club (anti-eros - no girl friends, no wives, etc - just testosterone)
    John W D Ewing is fourth from left front row.
  1792. History of California & Biographical Record of San Joaquin County, p. 1404. He belongs to the Anteros Club of Stockton.
  1793. City Directory, Stockton & San Joaquin County, 1920. Ewing J Dorsey teller First Nat Bk 4 1125 N El Dorado.
  1794. City Directory, Stockton & San Joaquin County, 1920. Ewing J Dorsey teller First Nat Bk r 1125 N El Dorado.
  1795. Headstone, Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA. Headstone: Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, J. W. Dorsey Ewing, Tex 1882 - Calif 1958.
  1796. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997. Johnworthing Dorsey Ewing, b. 4 Sept 1881, Texas; d. 1 Apr 1958, San Joaquin County; mother's maiden name: Dorsey; father's surname: Ewing.
  1797. Stockton Record Newspaper, Unattributed newspaper clipping found in Abby Roberts' address book. J. DORSEY EWING FUNERAL SET

    J. Dorsey Ewing, 76, a Stockton resident most of his life, died yesterday in his home, 628 Bristol.
    Mr. Ewing is survived by his wife, he former Tutt List; a daughter and a son, Mrs. Barbour Ewing Scott of Stockton, S. John W. D. Ewing Jr. of McClellan Field, and two grandchildren, Susan Ann and John Crandall Scott of Stockton.
    His affiliations included St. John's Episcopal Church, Scottish Rite Bodies, San Joaquin Lodge of Masons, Ben Ali Shrine, and the Anteros Club.
    Born in Texas, Mr. Ewing moved to Stockton as an infant with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Philip Stanhope Barbour Ewing, and lived most of his life in the family home on North El Dorado Street.
    For many years Mr. Ewing was employed by the Frist National Bank and by Boggs Real Estate here. He later was affiliated with an investment firm in Sacramento, retiring 15 years ago.
    Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in St. John's Episcopal Church. Inurnment will be in Casa Bonita Crematorium. B. C. Wallace & Son is in charge of arrangements.

    .

  1798. Stockton Record Newspaper. EWING - In Stockton, April 1, 1958, John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, husband of Tutt Ewing of Stockton; father of Barbour Ewing Scott of Stockton and Lt. John W D Ewing Jr of McClellan Field; grandfather of Susan Ann and John Crandall Scott; uncle of Dorsey Ewing Marsh of San Francisco; brother of the later Edwa Dorsey Ewing Boggs and Mrs. Harry C marsh; a native of Texas, aged 76 years.
    Friends are invited to attend funeral services Thursday, April 3, 1958 at 2 pm in St. John's Episcopal Church, Miner and El Dorado streets. Friends may call at the chapel of B C Wallace & Son Inc, 520 N Sutter St, until 1 pm Tributes may be expressed through contributions to St John's Memorial Fund. Committal at Casa Bonita Crematorium.
  1799. Federal Census, 1910, California, 1910, Stockton Ward 2, San Joaquin, CA; Roll: T624_103; Page: 9A; ED: 136; Image: 389.
  1800. Wedding Announcement. Mrs. Fanny McCutcheon Barnes requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of her daughter Tutt List to Mr. John Worthington Dorsey Ewing on Wednesday, the second of June nineteen hundred and twenty-six at two o'clock, Presbyterian Church, Pilot Grove, Missouri.
  1801. Federal Census, 1930, California, 1930, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA; Roll : 187; Page: 3A; ED: 95; Image: 180.0. J Dorsey Ewing, head, 49, married. 45 yrs old when first married, b. TX, father b. MS, mother b. MD, investment banking in brokerage office, owns own home;
    Tutt L Ewing, wife, 35, married, 31 yrs old when first married, b. MO, father b. KY, mother b. MO, no occupation;
    Barbour M Ewing, 1 1/2, b. CA, father b. TX, mother b. MO;
    Fanny M Barnes, mother-in-law, 64, widowed, 27 when first married, b. MO, father b. KY, mother b. VA, no occupation.
  1802. Handwritten notes in family records, Christmas Card List, Abby Hammond Roberts, 1954-1959. Mr and Mrs J. Dorsey Ewing, 626 Bristol.
  1803. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997, 551-72-1191. Tutt L List Ewing, b. 14 Apr 1895, MO.
  1804. Headstone. Headstone: Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, Tutt L. Ewing, Mo 1895 - Calif 1982.
  1805. Social Security Death Index, 551-72-1191. Tutt Ewing, last residence: 94595 Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, CA; b. 14 Apr 1895; d. Aug 1982.
  1806. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997, 551-72-1191. Tutt L Ewing - d. 8 Aug 1982, Contra Costa, CA.
  1807. Ewing Genealogy. Barbour McCutcheon Ewing, b. 11 Oct 1928, Sacramento, CA; d. 15 Nov 1970, Stockton, Ca.
  1808. Headstone, Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA - Block 20, Lot 26. BARBOUR EWING SCOTT; CALIF 1928 - CALIF 1970.
  1809. Ewing Genealogy. John Worthington Dorsey Ewing, b. 12 Aug 1931, Sacramento, CA; m. Patricia Ann Meyer, Walnut Grove, CA, 9 Nov 1968.
  1810. Death Certificate, #509, San Joaquin County.
  1811. WW I Military Registration, A3355 - Roll: 1531203. Samuel Walter Ross Langdon, Merced, CA, age 45, born 12 Sept 1873, white, wife: Mary Eva Langdon.
  1812. Fourth Report, Harvard College, p 250. Born: at Stockton, Cal., Sept. 12, 1873.
  1813. Fourth Report, Harvard College, p 250. Lists S W R Langdon as member of class of '97.
  1814. Harvard University Quinquennial Catalogue, p 1341. Langdon, Samuel Walter Ross, 1897.
  1815. Golden Nugget Library, Great Register of San Joaquin County, CA, 1897 supplement. 3 Apr 1897 - Langdon, Samuel Water Ross, Jr, brown eyes, brown hair, 5' 10 3/4"; b. CA; current address: 603 E Lindsay st, Stockton.
  1816. Federal Census, 1900, California, 1900 SF, SF, CA - Roll: T623 105; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 220. Samuel W Langdon, 26, boarding house, intern, b. Sept 1873, single.
  1817. Golden Nugget Library, San Joaquin Lodge No. 19, Masonic Directory, Stockton, California, 1904. Officers: Samuel W R Langdon, Jr, Steward.
  1818. Fourth Report, Harvard College, p 250. In 1909 I was president of the Central California Health Association; in 1910 president of the San Joaquin Valley Medical Society. ...From 1906 to 1912, I was Chairman of the Stockton Democratic City Committee.
  1819. Probate Court Records, 3459 Superior Court of San Joaquin, CA. Sole beneficiary of the estate of Edwa W Langdon, son SWR Landon was appointed administrator of the estate 26 Feb 1906, other beneficiary, WR Langdon has since died, whole estate awarded to SWR Langdon.
  1820. Fourth Report, Harvard College, p 250. In 1909 I was president of the Central California Health Association; in 1910 president of the San Joaquin Valley Medical Society. ...From 1906 to 1912, I was Chairman of the Stockton Democratic City Committee.
  1821. San Francisco Call. The Stockton tennis club is looking forward to one of the most successful seasons in its history. Recently a few of the enthusiastic became affiliated with the Anteros club, with the result that a large number of new members were received. The board of directors at a meeting March 1 elected Asa Clark, Archie B Eichelberger and Franklyn Warner additional directors. Dr. Baron J Powell was elected president and Warner secretary-treasurer. The other directors are: Eugene Goodrum, G Porter Roberts, Dr. SWR Langdon, A M Barneit, Robert Inglis and Francis Hodgkins.
    The club has three of the finest courts in the state. They are located on the state hospital grounds. A grounds committee, consisting of Asa Clark, Dr SWR Langdon and Franklyn Warner, was appointed. The club belongs to the state association and contemplates a big tournament to be held later in the season. A reception and dance will be held at the Stockton, the new hotel, in a month or so.
    Following is a list of the new club members: Achier B. Eichelberger, D V Marceau, C J Campbell, Asa Clark Jr, Ben C Page, Robert Ritchie, Paul Smith, Sylvester Pearson, Raymond S Miller, R A Tremper, Russell Fitzgerald, E B Bradbury, Fred E Smith, William Knechler, L Milton Cutting, W J Gerlanch, Charles H Cullums, H E Balthrusch, A G Hampton, R W Fithian, Ben Haugen, From the Anteros club, and Miss Du Frame, Miss Jessie Williams, Miss Ernestine Gianelli, Miss Marie Markham, Miss Lucy Pearson, Miss Celeste Young, Miss Julia Young, Miss Wise, Mrs J L Craig, Mr and Mrs A F Flanagan, Roland Harltey and Messers Boalt and Crowe.
  1822. Fourth Report, Harvard College, p 250. In January, 1912, I found that my orchard interests required all my time, so I gave up my practice in Stockton and have moved to Yam, Merced County, Cal.
  1823. Golden Nugget Library, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/sfd_120.jpg. Photo of advertisement for Clark's Sanatorium - stating: Under the Management of Dr. Asa Clark, Medical Superintendent; Dr. Sam'l W R Langdon, Assistant Physician; James M Anderson, Business Manager.
    It was an institution established to treat mental disorders, which is the area Langdon specialized in according to his Harvard bio. The date was estimated based on the publication date of a History of San Joaquin County, which describes the sanatorium - 1923.
  1824. Death Certificate, #3901. Samuel W R Langdon, 1200 N California St, Stockton, CA died 30 Dec 1938 at St Joseph's Hospital. Informant was wife, Matie Root Langdon. Age at death, 65 yrs 3 mo 18 days, date of birth 12 Sept 1873. He lived in Stockton all of his life.
    Cause of death septic sore throat, hypostatic pneumonia, and myocarditis
    Father: Samuel Ross Langdon b. Wilmington, NC
    Mother: Edwa Worthington Dorsey b. Pike Co, MO
    Funeral Director: B C Wallace & Son.
  1825. Cemetery Record, Rural Cemetery, STockton, San Joaquin, CA, Block 20, Lot 23. LANGDON
    MATIE DR SAMUEL WR
    1880-1950 1873 - 1938.
  1826. Death Certificate, #509, San Joaquin County. Burial at Rural Cemetery 1/3/39. Undertaker: B C Wallace & Son, Stockton.
  1827. WW I Military Registration, A3355 Roll: 1531203. Samuel Walter Ross Langdon, Merced, CA, age 45, born 12 Sept 1873, white, wife: Mary Eva Langdon.
  1828. Federal Census, 1930, California, 1930, Oakland, Alameda, CA; Roll: 103; Page 8A; ED: 86; Image: 907.0. Ages when married - 30 and 22.
  1829. Fourth Report, Harvard College, p 250. Married: Mary Eva Root, Sept 28, 1904, Oakland, Cal.
  1830. WW I Military Registration, Roll: 1531203; Draft Board: 0. Samuel Walter Ross Langdon, Merced, CA, age 45, born 12 Sept 1873, white, wife: Mary Eva Langdon.
  1831. Federal Census, 1920, California, 1920, Township 8, Merced, CA; Roll: T625_121; Page: 20A; ED: 162; Image: 1076. Samuel W R Langdon, 46, farmer, fruit farm, b. CA, father b. NC, mother b. MO
    Mary Eva, wife, 39, b. CA, father b NY, mother b. WI
    Samuel W R, Jr, son, 11, attending school, b. CA, both parents b. CA
    Edwa D, daughter, 3 1/2, b. CA, both parents b. CA.
  1832. Federal Census, 1930, California, 1930, Oakland, Alameda, CA; Roll: 103; Page 8A; ED: 86; Image: 907.0. Samuel Langdon, 56, Home worth $10,000, owned, has a radio, age when first married, 30, b. CA, father b. SC, motehr b. MO, physician with own business
    Mary, wife, 49, 22 when first married, b. CA, father b. NY, mother b. MO
    Ross, son, 22, single b. CA, both parents b. CA, clerk in dry goods business
    Edwa, daughter, 13 single, b. CA, both parents b. CA, attending school
    Mary Root, mother-in-law, 81, wid, b. WI, both parents b. England
    Anna Dorsey, sister, 90, b. MO, both parents b. MD
    Nelly Pitts, cook, 68, b. Eng, both parents b. Eng.
  1833. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997, Ancestry.com - online database. Matie Root Langdon, birth date: 11 May 1880.
  1834. Customs Document, 17 Sep 1921. Matie R Langdon, age 41, b. CA 11 May 1880
    Arrival Quebec, Canada
    Departure Liverpool, England.
  1835. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997, Ancestry.com - online database. Matie Root Langdon, death date: 13 Jan 1950.
  1836. Harvard University Quinquennial Catalogue, p 1341. Langdon, Samuel Walter Ross, 1929.
  1837. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900, Waverly, Lincoln, MO; Roll: T623_871; Page: 7B; ED: 58. Richard Lawrence, 40, b. Mar 1859, married for 0 years, b. MO, both parents b. MD, farmer;
    Mary, 27, b. Aug 1873, married 0 years, no children, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MO;
    Amanda Lawrence, 69, mother, b. Mar 1831, widowed, had 8 children 4 surviving, b. MD, both parents b. MD.
  1838. Federal Census, 1900, Missouri, 1900, Waverly, Lincoln, MO; Roll: T623_871; Page: 7B; ED: 58. Richard Lawrence, 40, b. Mar 1859, married for 0 years, b. MO, both parents b. MD, farmer;
    Mary, 27, b. Aug 1873, married 0 years, no children, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MO;
    Amanda Lawrence, 69, mother, b. Mar 1831, widowed, had 8 children 4 surviving, b. MD, both parents b. MD.