Descendants of William DORRIS, JR. and Eleanor BROWN DORRIS
© 1998
1 William Dorris, Jr. b. 1761 Hopewell Twp, Hunterdon, NJ
d. 22-NOV-1842 Sumner Co., TN
m. 15-JAN-1785 Caswell Co., NC Eleanor Brown
b. 1763 Orange Co., NC d. Aft. 1850 cens. Sumner Co., TN
2 Elijah Dorris b. 27-FEB-1786 Caswell Co., NC d. 1875
m. 23-FEB-1815 Sumner Co., TN Mary "Polly" Hough
3 Rebecca Dorris b. 1808
m. 08-SEP-1828 Sumner Co., TN Greenberry Bush
3 Nancy Dorris b. 1809
m. 04-AUG-1828 Sumner Co., TN Timothy Ingram
3 Elizabeth Dorris b. 1814
m. 22-MAY-1833 James Holland b. 1811 TN
3 Andrew J. Dorris b. 1820 d. 1877
m. 1840 Saline Co., IL Harriet Gaskins
3 Henry Dorris b. 1824 d. 1853
m. 1844 Catherine Stiff
3 William Dorris b. 1827 d. FEB-1876
m. 1847 Clarissa Adkins d. ca 1876
3 Eleanor Dorris
m. 28-JAN-1833 Richard Stiff
3 Mary Dorris
m. 1836 Offey Hampton
2 William Dorris, III b. 24-NOV-1787 Caswell Co., NC
d. 13-JAN-1882 Sumner Co., TN
m. 16-JUL-1812 Sumner Co., TN Mary "Polly" Rippy
b. 01-MAR-1793 Orange Co., NC d. 13-MAR-1877
Sumner Co., TN
3 Frances Dorris b. 18-FEB-1814 Sumner Co., TN d. 12-AUG-1879
m. 02-JUN-1833 Sumner Co., TN Joseph West b. 03-NOV-1811 Sumner Co., TN
d. 07-AUG-1900 Sumner Co., TN (See the Joseph West Family
Album entry.)
3 James R. "Jimmie" Dorris b. 02-FEB-1816 TN
d. 17-MAY-1895 Sumner Co., TN
m. 25-MAR-1841 Sumner Co., TN Pyrena Powel Meador
b. 04-APR-1821 d. 24-MAR-1879 Sumner Co., TN
m. 30-MAY-1880 Adeline Gray b. 11-OCT-1825
Wilson Co., TN d. 29-SEP-1896 Sumner Co., TN
3 Nancy Elizabeth Dorris b. 1820 Sumner Co., TN
3 Elias Dorris b. 11-DEC-1821 Sumner Co., TN
d. 11-SEP-1903 Erath Co., TX
m. 07-OCT-1841 Sumner Co., TN Effie Paul b. ca 1822
d. 1852/53 Hunt Co., TX
m. Mrs. Finley
3 Mary Ann Dorris b. 1821 Sumner
Co., TN
m. 18-OCT-1843 Sumner Co., TN Louis
Berry Holly Brown
b. 19-JAN-1822 Caney Fork, Sumner, TN d. 1899
Sumner Co., TN
3 Elizabeth Adaline F. Dorris b. 11-OCT-1825
Sumner Co., TN d. 29-SEP-1886
3 Sara Louisa Dorris b. 20-AUG-1826
Sumner Co., TN
d. 05-JAN-1908 Sumner Co., TN
m. 13-JAN-1848 Sumner Co., TN Asa
Wilson Ausbrooks, Sr.
b. 26-JUL-1826 Sumner Co., TN d. 31-DEC-1863 Sumner Co., TN
3 Malinda Emeline Dorris b.
MAY-1821 Sumner Co., TN
d. aft 1900
m. 09-JAN-1845 Sumner Co., TN Pleasant H. Ausbrooks
b. AUG-1824 Sumner Co., TN d. after JUN-1900 Sumner
Co., TN
3 John Francis Dorris b. 1828
3 William Matthew Dorris b. 15-FEB-1830 Sumner Co., TN
d. 25-APR-1912
m. 20-NOV-1851 Sumner Co., TN Susan Frances Perdue
b. 12-MAR-1834 TN d. 08-OCT-1907
2 John Dorris b. 10-JAN-1790 Caswell Co., NC
d. 08-AUG-1824 Sumner Co., TN
m. UNKNOWN
m. 09-FEB-1816 Sumner Co., TN Jane Dorris b. 1792 VA
d. aft 1870
3 Joab Dorris b. 1808
m. Susan
3 Caroline Dorris b. 1810 Sumner Co., TN
m. 04-MAR-1849 Sumner Co., TN Joshua Blackard
3 William Tyree Dorris b. 1817 Sumner Co., TN
3 Permilia Dorris b. 1819 Sumner Co., TN
m. William Curtis
3 John H. Dorris b. 1821 Sumner Co., TN d. 1901
m. Jane Matherly
m. Martha Duke
3 Isaac A. Dorris b. 1822
m. 14-SEP-1848 Davidson Co., TN Julia Lowrey
3 Martha Jane Dorris b. 1824
m. Preston Honeycutt
2 Robert Dorris b. 06-MAY-1791 Caswell Co., NC
d. 16-MAR-1857 Logan Co., KY
m. 18-JUL-1818 Sumner Co., TN Jane "Jenny" Rippy
b. 01-FEB-1801 Orange Co., NC d. 04-AUG-1853
Logan Co., KY
3 Josiah Dorris b. 06-JUN-1819 Sumner Co., TN
d. 29-DEC-1891 Logan Co., KY
m. 03-AUG-1848 Sumner Co., TN Melinda Rippy
b. 04-JUL-1829 TN d. 20-SEP-1912 Logan Co., KY
3 Elmira Dorris b. 24-AUG-1820 Sumner Co., TN
d. 1907 Logan Co., KY
m. 09-OCT-1840 Sumner Co., TN Ed Needham
m. 04-NOV-186_ Andrew Sears
3 Sarah Dorris b. 03-DEC-1821 Sumner Co., TN
d. 03-MAR-1895 Todd Co., KY
m. Levi Richmond
3 Eleanor Dorris b. 24-DEC-1822 Sumner Co., TN
d. ca 1889 Todd Co., KY
m. 04-JUN-1842 Sumner Co., TN William Gresham
3 Francis Johnson Dorris b. 28-APR-1824 Sumner Co., TN
d. 20-OCT-1911 Logan Co., KY
m. 18-MAR-1847 Sumner Co., TN Nancy Rippy
b. ca 1826 TN
3 Martha A. Dorris b. 28-JUN-1825 Sumner Co., TN
b. 00-FEB-1881 Logan Co., KY
m. 29-JUL-1847 Sumner Co., TN Quinton Anderson Rippy
b. ca 1827 Sumner Co., TN
3 Jane Dorris b. 28-JUN-1825 d. 1890 Logan Co., KY
3 Delila Dorris b. 08-SEP-1828 Sumner Co., TN
m. 20-DEC-1849 Sumner Co., TN Addison Rippy b. 1829
3 Zelpha Ann Dorris b. 27-MAY-1829
m. 06-AUG-1850 Sumner Co., TN Jonathan M. Good
3 Elias Dorris b. 20-MAY-1830 Sumner Co., TN
d. 20-JUL-1876 Logan Co., KY
m. 04-OCT-1854 Logan Co., KY Mary A. Johns
3 Marriah Dorris b. 02-MAR-1832 Todd Co., KY
d. 14-JAN-1924 Palestine, Crawford, IL
m. 06-NOV-1856 Todd Co., KY Finis Malcom Gilbert
m. Asa Gaines
3 James Robert Dorris b. 1833
m. L. A.
3 Emily Dorris b. 13-OCT-1835 Sumner Co., TN
m. 29-NOV-1855 Todd Co., KY Sam L. Motsinger
b. 01-SEP-1839 TN d. 25-JUN-1878
3 Malakijah V. Dorris b. 03-NOV-1837
m. 24-SEP-1857 Todd Co., KY Mary Jane Gilbert
b. ca 1841 KY
3 Malvina Dorris b. 23-AUG-1838
m. 23-JUL-1891 Logan Co., KY James King
3 Mary Elizabeth Dorris b. 03-JUN-1841
m. 1857 William Johnson
3 Albert Harris Dorris b. 25-JAN-1843
m. 27-APR-1882 Logan Co., KY Lena E. Perkins
3 Abram Bradley Dorris b. 13-SEP-1846
d. 15-APR-1876 Logan Co., KY
m. 19-NOV-1867 Logan Co., KY Rebecca Motsinger
b. ca 1840 KY
2 Zelpha Dorris b. 14-JAN-1795 Caswell Co., NC
d. 20-SEP-1864 Sumner Co., TN
m. 27-JUN-1818 Sumner Co., TN Abraham Bradley
b. 13-FEB-1792 d. 25-DEC-1866
3 Alexander M. Bradley b. 30-NOV-1819 Sumner Co., TN
d. 05-MAR-1872
m. 03-MAY-1849 Sumner Co., TN Eliza A. Bell
b. 30-MAY-1929 d. 09-MAR-1897
3 Abigail C. Bradley b. 28-JUN-1822 d. OCT-1855
m. 17-APR-1845 Sumner Co., TN William Johnson
b. 02-MAY-1820 TN d. 30-OCT-1881
3 Richard W. Bradley b. 16-DEC-1825 d. 1897
m. 17-APR-1845 Sumner Co., TN Mary Jane Johnson
b. 20-SEP-1827 d. 18-APR-1898
3 Abram W. Bradley b. 22-JUL-1834 d. 09-JAN-1919
m. Frances E. b. 06-JAN-1848 d. 18-SEP-1914
2 Abigail Dorris b. 11-MAR-1797 Caswell Co., NC
d. 27-MAR-1808 Sumner Co., TN
2 Lewis Dorris b. 12-OCT-1799 Caswell Co., NC
d. 20-OCT-1867 Harrisburg, Saline, IL
m. 22-SEP-1828 Sumner Co., TN Mary Bush
b. 16-APR-1812 NC d. 13-AUG-1855 Saline Co., IL
m. 06-SEP-1857 Saline Co., IL Nancy Priest
b. 25-MAY-1823 OH d. 05-MAY-1898 OK
3 Zelpha Dorris b. 04-MAR-1832 d. 1922
m. 17-AUG-1848 Saline Co., IL Thomas Stiff
3 Wilburn S. Dorris b. 12-DEC-1833 IL d. 1866
m. 03-AUG-1854 Saline Co., IL Nancy M. Eaton
3 Elizabeth Dorris b. 21-DEC-1834 IL
m. 17-APR-1856 Saline Co., IL William Perkins
3 Jonathan Lewis Dorris b. 09-APR-1838 IL
d. 07-MAR-1920 Harrisburg, Saline, IL
m. 1860 Sarah "Sally" Wilson b. 24-JAN-1843 OH
d. 05-AUG-1917 Saline Co., IL
3 Elijah Dorris b. 29-FEB-1840 IL d. 12-JAN-1875
m. 28-NOV-1861 Saline Co., IL Mary Jane Cook
3 Abigail Dorris b. 1842
m. 1861 John Ward
3 Nancy L. Dorris b. 02-DEC-1843 IL
m. 21-DEC-1868 Saline Co., IL George W. Cain
3 Mary Jane Dorris b. 1848
m. 1866 Francis Ingram
3 Emeline Dorris b. 1849
m. 1868 James T. McIlrath
m. 1894 Benjamin Sisk
3 Charity Ann Dorris b. 03-APR-1858 d. 1922
m. 1879 Robert Hamilton
3 Henry Priest Dorris b. 11-FEB-1862 IL
d. 11-JUN-1944 Cherokee, Alfalfa, OK
m. 1882 Patsy Ellen Tuttle b. 11-MAY-1866 Saline Co., IL
d. 05-APR-1938 Cherokee, Alfalfa, OK
2 Jesse H. Dorris b. 26-DEC-1801 Caswell Co., NC
d. 21-OCT-1891 Sumner Co., TN
m. 14-AUG-1828 Sumner Co., TN Mary "Polly" Freeland
b. 05-DEC-1808 TN d. 20-OCT-1888
3 Jane Dorris b. ca 1830 TN
3 Zelpha A. Dorris b. ca 1831 TN
m. 08-AUG-1850 Sumner Co., TN Jonathan Mason Gant
b. ca 1830 NC
3 Isaac Wesley Dorris b. 13-SEP-1834 TN d. 20-DEC-1888
m. 28-SEP-1870 Nancy L. Denning b. 03-NOV-1844 TN
d. 16-NOV-1880
3 Mary Emily Dorris b. 26-MAR-1837 TN d. 29-MAR-1908
m. 20-JUN-1855 Sumner Co., TN Jonathan Karr Gant
b. 12-NOV-1836 Orange Co., NC d. 17-NOV-1908
Franklin, Simpson, KY
3 William A. Dorris b. ca 1840 TN
3 Thomas A. Dorris b. 29-OCT-1841 TN d. 02-MAY-1923
m. Katharine C. "Kate" b. 28-OCT-1858 TN d. 17-MAR-1931
2 Elias Dorris b. 21-JAN-1807 Sumner Co., TN
d. 24-DEC-1881 Sumner Co., TN
m. 19-JUL-1830 Sumner Co., TN Martha Rippy
b. 14-SEP-1812 Sumner Co., TN d. 15-NOV-1882
Sumner Co., TN
3 Wesley Smith Dorris b. 1831 TN d. 1864
m. 24-APR-1856 Robertson Co., TN Elizabeth Freeland
3 Zelpha J. Dorris b. ca 1832 TN
m. 27-JAN-1853 Sumner Co., TN N.B. Conyers
b. ca 1831 TN
3 Martha Adaline Dorris b. 19-NOV-1839 Sumner Co., TN
d. 10-MAY-1923 Milford, Ellis, TX
m. 18-JAN-1859 Sumner Co., TN James Addison Nimmo,
Capt. b. 13-FEB-1834 Robertson Co., TN d. 23-FEB-1883
Robertson Co., TN
3 James Richard Dorris b. 1845 TN d. 1884
m. 03-JUL-1873 Sumner Co., TN Louisa A. Garrett b. 1856
d. 1932
3 Sarah E. Dorris b. ca 1848 TN
m. 1869 Albert Wallace b. ca 1848
3 Franklin Chace Dorris b. 1852 TN d. 1946
m. Lou Ella Bradley b. 1864 d. 1945
3 Laura Dorris b. ca 1856 TN
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