Winfield Scott (Wall) Dorn (1861 - 1913)

Born 15 Oct 1861 in Yosemite Casey Co Ky.

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Foley) Dorn — married 14 Dec 1889 (to 1 May 1913) in Casey Co Ky

Died 1 May 1913 at age 51 in Casey County, Kentucky

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Biography

Could read & Write and he was primarily a farmer. He was a Barber, gambler, bootlegger. Casey County is a Dry County.

He was the tallest boy in the family. He supposedly left a large amount of money upon his death. Only one child known of and he my not be her father according to the rejection he gave to his son. By Ida Mae Dorn Phair (His Niece).

Wall is on the Headstone "Waiting till the Resurrection Morn". He was buried at Green River Cemetery, Casey County, Kentucky. It thought that he died at the closest hospital in Boyle County.

The 1880 and 1910 Census states that his parents were born in Kentucky.

The 1900 Census has W.S. and Sallie being married for 10 years and childless and W. S.'s parents being born in Kentucky.

Warning

Wall-2688 always went by the last name of Dorn. The Wall Surname is being used as a compromise with Steele-3094. The WT software didn't like some of Wall surname mixed wih Dorn at birth. It created 2 profiles of the same person. The surname had to be one or the other.

Friend Wall/Dorn Wall-2677 is the Gr. Grandfather of Pike-2301 and was the only son known of that used the Wall surname exclusively but carried the Dorn surname down through his family with many of their children interchanging their surname.

1870 Census

Jacob A Wall, Husband, Male, White, Age 29, born Kentucky

Frances A Wall, Wife, Female, White, Age 28, born Kentucky

Widfield C Wall, Son, Male, White, Age 8, born Kentucky

Simons C Wall, Son, Male, White, Age 6, born Kentucky

William A Wall, Male, White, Age 4, born Kentucky

Louisa Wall, Dau, Female, White, Age 0, born Kentucky

Kentucky^[1]

1880 Census

Jacob A Wall, Husband, Male, White, Age 39, born Kentucky

Fanny D Wall, Wife, Female, White, Age 39, born Kentucky

Winfield S Wall, Son, Male, White, Age 18, born Kentucky

Friend C Wall, Son, Male, White, Age 16, born Kentucky

William A Wall, Son, Male, White, Age 14, born Kentucky

Liza E Wall, Dau, Female, White, Age 10, born Kentucky

James F Wall Son, Male, White, Age 6, born Kentucky

Walter B Wall Son, Male, White, Age 1, born Kentucky

Casey County, Kentucky^[2]

1900 Census

Winfield S Wall, Husband, Male, White, Age 39, born Kentucky

Sallie Wall, Wife, Female, White, Age 30, born Kentucky

Middleburg and Yosemite towns, Casey, Kentucky^[3]

1910 Census

Winfield S Wall, Husband, Male, White, Age 48, born Kentucky

Sallie Wall, Wife, Female, White, Age 39, born Kentucky

Bonta Wall, Son, Male, White, Age 8, born Kentucky

South Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky^[4]

Death

Father, Jacob Wall, Male, Wife Fannie D Spears Mother Fannie D Spears

Son Winfield Scott Wall, Male, Age 52, Birth Year (Estimated)1861

Event 1 May 1913, Liberty, Casey, Kentucky, United States

Boyle County, Kentucky^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX75-TR6 : accessed 31 October 2015 Ed L Pike-2301), Digital Folder 4263744, Image 465, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 15, family 99, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,953. Pike-2301 18:43, 31 October 2015 (EDT)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCC-W94 : 11 August 2016), Casey, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 21, Volume 1, sheet 720B, Household ID 13480383, Digital Folder 5160669, Image 724, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0408; FHL microfilm 1,254,408. Pike-2301 17:25, 29 April 2017 (EDT)
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9WP-WMY : accessed 2 May 2017), Magisterial District 8, Middleburg Middleburg, Yosemite towns, Casey, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 12B, family 221, Digital Folder 4118902, Image 697, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,514. Pike-2301 23:38, 1 May 2017 (EDT)
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M28L-3BH : accessed 2 May 2017), Winfield S Wall, South Liberty, Casey, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 1B, family 15, Digital Folder 4971583, Image 207, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 470; FHL microfilm 1,374,483. Pike-2301 22:51, 1 May 2017 (EDT)
5. ↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSXG-6VT : accessed 20 September 2015 Ed L Pike-2301), GS Film 1915017, Digital Folder 4185529, Image 2566, Jacob Wall in entry for Winfield Scott Wall, 1913.Pike-2301 20:41, 19 September 2015 (EDT)

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