Daniel Day Dorrell (1862 - 1950)

Born 15 Oct 1862 in Johnson, Indiana, United States

Died 27 Feb 1950 at age 87 in Greenwood, Johnson, Indiana

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Biography

Squire Dorrell was a Justice of the Peace in White River Township, Johnson County, in the early 1900s.

Daniel was a Justice of the Peace.

In 1914, he ran in the Democratic party primary election for township trustee in White River Township and lost.^[1] At some time after that, he moved from White River Township to the Town of Greenwood in Pleasant Township and was appointed one of the two J.P.s in Pleasant Township by the county commissioners. ^[2]

He served as J.P. in Pleasant Township from at least 1919 to 1945.^[3],^[4]

Research Notes

This Daniel Dorrell should not be confused with Daniel Dorrell born 8 January 1832 and died 21 March 1912. Both men were of the same name and both were in White River Township, Johnson County, Indiana at the same time. Both men went by D. D. Dorrell. The elder Daniel's obituary^[5] shows that this Daniel was not the son of that Daniel. The 1870 and 1880 census records also show no Daniel as a son of the elder Daniel.

• Fact: Residence (1870) White River Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) White River Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) White River Township (north half), Johnson, Indiana, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) White River, Johnson, Indiana, United States
• Fact: Burial (1 March 1950) Mt. Pleasant, Johnson, Indiana

Sources

1. ↑ [1]
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3. ↑ [3]
4. ↑ Justice of the Peace Civil & Criminal Docket Books in the possession of Johnson County Museum of History
5. ↑ [4]

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 09 May 2020, 15:57), entry for Daniel Day Dorrell(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KGWL-2VD); contributed by various users.

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/11740161/daniel-day-dorrell : accessed 9 May 2021), memorial page for Daniel Day Dorrell (15 Oct 1862–1 Mar 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11740161, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Bryan Murphy (contributor 46583326) .