John Jack Dozier (1865 - 1934)

Born Nov 1865 in Rock Port, Atchison, Missouri, United States

Husband of Linna May (Kempton) Morningstar — married 3 Jul 1893 in Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, United States

Died 14 Nov 1934 at about age 69 in Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States

Biography

John Jack Dozier was born in November, 1865 in Rock Port, Missouri to Zachary Taylor and Orphelia Fanning (Kendell) Dozier. He married Linna Mae Kempton on July 3, 1893, in Fort Collins, Colorado. They were the parents of Frank Minthon (born 1894) and Travers Kempton (1895-1986). They were later divorced. He married Mable May Merrifield on September 13, 1902 in Fort Collins, Colorado. They were the parents of Orrin John (1901-1969), Birdie May (born 1903), Fremont “Monte” (1905-1965), Zachary Taylor (1911–1991), Bessie Edith (1914-1954), and Lee Earnest (1916–1983). He died on November 14, 1934, in Gering, Nebraska at the age of 73, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

• Fact: Residence (1880) Rockport, Atchison, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) Boulder city Ward 3-4, Boulder, Colorado, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Custer, Custer, South Dakota, United States
• Fact: Residence (1920) Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) Scotts Bluff, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States
• Fact: Burial (1934) Fairview Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States

Notes

The date given in Find a Grave for his birth contradicts all other sources, and thus is not used here.

Sources

• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66C-78L : 14 August 2017), John Dozier in household of Z T Dozier, Rockport, Atchison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 5, sheet 384A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,671.

• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMQ-KN5 : accessed 11 February 2017), John Dozier, Boulder city Ward 3-4, Boulder, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 161, sheet 17A, family 404, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,121.

• 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPXL-NNR : accessed 24 January 2020), John Dazier, Custer, Custer, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 13B, family 296, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1479; FHL microfilm 1,375,492.

• 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2M-HMT : 2 February 2021), John Dozier, 1920.

• 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ2F-7HS : accessed 1 July 2023), Jack Dozier in household of Lee H Dozier, Scotts Bluff, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 9A, line 8, family 167, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1293; FHL microfilm 2,341,028.

• Burial: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGB-2DP9 : 14 April 2023), Jack Dozier, ; Burial, Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States of America, Fairview Cemetery; citing record ID 132077932, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Find A Grave: Memorial #132077932.

• Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 20 July 2019, 02:52), entry for John Jack Dozier(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9QLJ-LTY); contributed by various users.

• Marriage to Linna Kempton: "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQS-8ZC : 3 December 2014), John Dozier and Linna Kempton, 03 Jul 1893, Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, United States; citing no. 1205, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,071.

• Marriage to Mabel Merrifield: "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQS-8Z8 : 10 December 2017), John Dozier and Mabel Merrifield, 13 Sep 1902, Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, United States; citing no. 2053, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,071.