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Catherine 'Keturah' Dorsey |
| Birth |
14 Jan 1808, Ellicott City, Anne Arundel, Maryland |
| Death |
9 Apr 1857, Moundsville, Marshall, West Virginia |
| Father |
Basil Dorsey (1777-1856) |
| Mother |
Susannah Lindsey |
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| Marriage |
27 Oct 1826, Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Notes for Michael Elder |
Based on the birthplaces of his children he resided in Md. until ca 1845. He may have gone to Pa. for a time. Then, 1845, he went to Moundsville, Marshall Co. W. Va. (formerly Virginia).
1830 Census: No ELDER's listed in Va. index for Marshall Co., (2 Elder's were listed in Lunenburg Co., Va. and 1 in Harrison Co., Va.)
1840 Census: not listed in the Va. index, (though there was a William) 1850 Census: Resided 33rd dist. Marshall Co. Va. Nicholas Warfield (age 6? , farmer, b. Md.)resided with them. There were only 2 Elder listed in the index in Marshall Co.
1860 Census for Elizabethtown, Moundsville, Marshall Co. Va.: Pg. 100 Wm.age 32 Blacksmith b. Pa. Elisabeth age 35 b. Va James W. age 7 b. Va.
Pg. 101 Samuel age 39 Blacksmith b. Pa. Ellen age 33 b. Va. Mary J. age 3 b. Va. Anne B. age 1 b. Va. William age 65 school teacher b. Pa.
Michael's Will written 21 Feb 1868 proved 7 Apr 1868 Executor: Cornelius DORSEY & George A. JONES Witnesses: James Allison & John W. White |
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