Mervin Clayborn Dorsey (1898 - 1971)

Born 6 Jul 1898 in Perry, Pike County, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Died 4 Apr 1971 at age 72 in Toulon, Stark County, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Mervin was born in 1898. He was the son of Herschel Dorsey and Ida Ham. He married Grace L. Gregory in 1924. Their marriage was blessed with one child, Herschel. He passed away in 1971 and was laid to rest at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKXW-ZPF : accessed 10 May 2019), Mervin Dorsey in household of Hershel Dorsey, Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 138, sheet 12A, family 330, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 318; FHL microfilm 1,374,331.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3MV-LZ2 : accessed 10 May 2019), Mervin Dorsey, Essex, Stark, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 3B, line 76, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 562; FHL microfilm 2,340,297.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V94G-SPD : 20 May 2014), Mervin Dorsey, Apr 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Find A Grave: Memorial #131386004