AR Family Group Sheet for Zachariah Taylor Dortch Family

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SUBMITTED BY: Mary Allen Brown
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FATHER :  Zachariah Taylor DORTCH
date and place of birth: August 23, 1846 (1) in Arkansas
date and place of marriage: about 1870
other marriages:
military service:
date and place of death: February 15, 1896 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
Died of appendicitis per family story
father's father : Signal A. DORTCH
father's mother: Mahala JENKINS
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MOTHER : Easter Jane MCELROY
date and place of birth: February 1848 in Mississippi (4)
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
date and place of death: after 1900 in Grant County, Arkansas, buried at Moore’s Chapel Cemetery supposedly beside Z. T. but no tombstone found.
mother's father : Chapley MCELROY
mother's mother : Martha (maiden name unknown)
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CHILD 1. : George Monroe DORTCH
date and place of birth: February 8, 1871 in Grant County, Arkansas (5)
married : Rebecca T. SAWYER
date and place of marriage: March 9, 1893 in Grant County, Arkansas (6)
other marriages:
date and place of death: July 13, 1948 in Grant County, Arkansas (5)
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CHILD 2. : Missouri E. DORTCH
date and place of birth: May 22, 1872 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
married :
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
date and place of death: October 21, 1882 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
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CHILD 3. : John F. DORTCH
date and place of birth: June 1874 in Grant County, Arkansas (7)
married : Viola H. SAWYER
date and place of marriage: January 5, 1896 (8)
other marriages:
date and place of death: Unknown
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CHILD 4. : Zachariah T. DORTCH
date and place of birth: July 24, 1877 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
married 
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
date and place of death: February 1885 (3)
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CHILD 5. : Olcey DORTCH
date and place of birth: February 17, 1880 in Grant County, Arkansas 
married : Lou ADAMS
date and place of marriage: March 4, 1900 in Grant County, Arkansas (9)
other marriages:
date and place of death: July 27, 1905 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
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CHILD 6. :  Anna DORTCH
date and place of birth:  1882 in Grant County, Arkansas 
married : Olen JOHNSON
date and place of marriage: October 5, 1905 in Grant County, Arkansas (10)
other marriages:
date and place of death: Unknown
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CHILD 7. :  James Walter DORTCH
date and place of birth: 1884 in Grant County, Arkansas
married : Sallie GREGORY
date and place of marriage: February 23, 1902 in Grant County, Arkansas (11)
other marriages:
date and place of death: Unknown
NOTE:  Petition for removal of legal disabilities granted on Monday, January 20, 1902 in Grant County, Arkansas.  James W. Dortch was listed as 18 years of age.
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CHILD 8. : Joseph Harvey DORTCH
date and place of birth: June 28, 1886 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
married : Georgia May POSEY
date and place of marriage: February 16, 1905 in Grant County, Arkansas (12)
other marriages:
date and place of death: April 1, 1968 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
NOTE:  Joseph, aged 15, petitioned the Grant County Court for removal of legal disabilities on Monday, January 20, 1902 and it was granted.
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CHILD 9. : Thomas J. DORTCH
date and place of birth: July 30, 1890 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
married :
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
date and place of death: August 20, 1890 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
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SUBMITTED BY: Mary Allen Brown
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NOTES:
(1)	Mahala Jenkins Dortch family bible
(2)	1850 Saline County , Arkansas Census, dwelling 621
(3)	Tombstone inscription located at Moore’s Chapel Cemetery, Grant County, Arkansas
(4)	1900 U. S. Census Davis Twp., Grant County, Arkansas, page 231A
(5)	THE DORTCH FAMILY RECORDS, on microfilm with Ephesus Church, Grant Co., AR, found at History Commission, One Capital Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas.
(6)	Grant County, Arkansas Marriage Book C-79
(7)	1900 U. S. Census for Davis Twp. Grant County, Arkansas, page 231A
(8)	Grant County Marriage Book, (note marriage performed by R. A. Crosby, Minister of the Gospel)
(9)	Grant County Marriage Book C-450 (note: marriage performed by J. N. Crutchfield)
(10) Grant County Marriage Book D-138 (note: marriage performed by J. H. 
      Bradford, Minister of the Gospel)
(11) Grant County Marriage Book C-559 (note: marriage performed by W. F. 
       Lassiter, Minister of the Gospel)
(12) Grant County Marriage Book C-450