Abraham C. Dorsey (1830 - 1900)

Born 23 Apr 1830 in Dresden, Muskingum, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Isabel (Lane) Dorsey — married 1 Nov 1855 in Muskingum, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 28 May 1900 at age 70 in Dresden, Muskingum, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Abraham is the son of Joseph and Joanna (Foster) Dorsey. The Dorsey family was living in Muskingum Township in 1860.^[1]

Abraham married Isabel Lane on 1 November 1855 in Muskingum County.^[2] They were living in Muskingum Township in 1880.^[3]

Abraham died 28 May 1900. Burial was in Dresden Cemetery.^[4]

"Abraham C. Dorsey was born in Cass township, Muskingum county, on April 30, 1830, and was educated in the common schools of his day. It was but natural, perhaps, that he should select agricultural pursuits for his calling in life, for his ancestors for several generations had been farmers.

He married Miss Isabella Lane, daughter of Jacob and Achsah (Butler) Lane... Abraham C. Dorsey settled on the old Lane homestead after marriage, resided there eight years, and then bought a farm near by, the Munson farm, and resided on that ten years. In March, 1872, he moved to the old homestead which had been willed to Mrs. Dorsey and which contained 219 acres.

Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey's marriage was blessed by the birth of six children: Salathial, Florida J., James L., Achsah, Johannah and George B. Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey are members of the Old School Baptist Church, and he has been deacon for about fifteen years. He is now the owner of 339 acres of land, and has given his sons 176 acres. Salathial married Miss Sarah B. McCann and became the father of three children: Nellie I. J., Loulie A. and Charles T. He is farming in Perry township. He is interested in educational matters and held the office of school director for some time. He was justice of the peace in Perry township for three years, and although a republican, he was elected to the office by democrats. Mr. Dorsey is a good penman, and possesses excellent business acumen. James married Miss Lora King and has three children: Alma, B.F. and Brice. He is farming in Colorado and doing well. Achsah married John W. Wirick, a farmer of Knox county, Ohio, and they have one child, an infant, unnamed. The remainder of the family are at home.

The Dorsey family is one of the best in the county and Mr. Dorsey is well known for his kind, genial disposition, and his interest in all good work. He is now sixty-two years old and his wife a few years younger. Her mother, Mrs. Lane, was the seventh daughter of the seventh daughter and was supposed to possess great healing powers. Mrs. Dorsey was born, reared, and has lived all her days on the same farm - nearly sixty years on the old homestead that has been in the family about seventy-one years.

When Mr. Dorsey was twenty-three years of age, 1852, he assisted in driving a heard of 100 cattle from Dresden across the Allegheny mountains to Philadelphia, and was from May 10 until July 1 making the trip. He attended the Centennial exposition at Philadelphia and also visited Washington, D.C. When a young man of twenty-one, he visited Indiana and bought 160 acres of land. This land he finally disposed of."^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGL-HV5 : Tue Oct 03 23:03:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Abraham Dorcey and Isabella Dorcey, 1860.
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ8W-LLQ : 8 December 2017), Abraham Dorsey and Isabella Lane, 01 Nov 1855; citing Marriage, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, P375, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8S4-TPX : Tue Oct 03 07:28:50 UTC 2023), Entry for Abraham Dorsey and Isabel Dorsey, 1880.
4. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23J-8F5P : 6 June 2016), Abraham C. Dorsey, died 28 May 1900; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Muskingum, Ohio, United States.
5. ↑ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio (Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1892), pp. 430-431. Available online: https://books.google.com/books?id=ASBEAQAAMAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s.