Born in Madison, Arkansas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alexander Bowden Dorsey
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Jason Samuel Dorsey
Wife of
Pleasant S Scott
— married
1 Jan 1905 in Madison, Arkansas, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at age 76
in Huntsville, Madison, Arkansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Feb 2015
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Biography
Bethenia Dorsey was born on 7 Nov 1866 in Madison, Arkansas to parents Alexander Bowden Dorsey and Eliza Boyd. She married Pleasant S Scott. She died on 30 Dec 1942 in Huntsville, Madison, Arkansas.
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Bethenia Scott (born Dorsey)
Gender: Female
Birth: Nov 7 1867
Death: Dec 30 1942
Father: Alexander Bowden Dorsey
Mother: Eliza Dorsey (born Boyd)
Husband: Pleasant Scott
Siblings: Drusie Stanfill (born Dorsey), Charles Wesley Dorsey, Alexander Bowden Dorsey, Neal Dorsey, Rutha Jane Dorsey, Jason Samuel Dorsey, Osie Dorsey, Eliza Dorsey, Amanda Elizabeth Dorsey
Sources
- US Federal Census 1870
- US Federal Census 1880
- US Federal Census 1900
- US Federal Census 1910
- US Federal Census 1920
- US Federal Census 1930
- Arkansas Death Index 1942
- "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQRL-TMC : 11 January 2020), Bethsena Dorsey in entry for P. S. Scott, 1905.
- Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019. Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1942; Roll: 5. Certificate Number: 249.
- "Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJT3-86M : 27 November 2014), Bethena Scott, 30 Dec 1942; derived from "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); a multigenerational derivative citing Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 (Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society).
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKV-H9RM : 6 March 2021), Bethenia Dorsey Scott, ; Burial, Huntsville, Madison, Arkansas, United States of America, Bohannan Mountain Cemetery; citing record ID 47526347, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bethenia by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bethenia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bethenia by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bethenia:
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~2.34%
~9.38%
William Ussery 
:
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Joy (Fowler) Jernigan :
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