The Calvin Powell Dorsey Family

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Calvin P. DORSEY 1852 → Jessie Bell DORSEY 1880 → Jessie married Willie Green Scott, whose mother Sarah Green Jacks, married Hiram Demarcus Lanham

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Figure 1. Fan Chart for Calvin Powell Dorsey

Calvin P. DORSEY was born in Mar 1852 in Mississippi. Calvin married Martha Patsy West. Patsey was born in Jan 1853 in Kentucky.

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Figure 2. 1900 US Census in Rockwall, TX showing Dorsey Family

They had the following children:

(i.) Daughter, Mary Lee DORSEY was born in 25 Feb 1878 in Texas.[1] She died in 1965 in Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, USA. [2] Mary married [3] Otis Oscar SCOTT son of William Green (Willie) SCOTT and Lula Francis LANHAM on 04 Feb 1912 in Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, USA. Otis was born in 1888. He died in 1950 in Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, USA.

(ii.) Daughter, Jessie Bell DORSEY was born in 2 November 1880 in Texas. [2] [4] Jessie married [5] William Green (Willie) SCOTT son of John T. SCOTT and Sarah Green JACKS in 1906. William was born [5] on 22 Jul 1867 in Rockwall, Kaufman, Texas, USA. He died in 1931 in Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, USA. He was buried [6] in Rockwall Cemetery, Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas. See The Willie Green Scott Family

(iii.) Son, Hughey DORSEY was born in May 1885 in Texas. [2]

(iv.) Son, Clarance DORSEY was born in Apr 1888 in Texas. [2]

(v.) Son, Carl DORSEY was born in Apr 1888 in Texas. [2]


1. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
2. U.S. Census 1900 for Rockwall, Texas
3. Rockwall Success (newspaper) as quoted by the 13 Dec 1946 issue titled "Old News from the files of Success - 1912"
4. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
5. Rockwall County History, Sponsored by Rockwall County Historical Foundation, PO Box 916, Rockwall, Texas 75087
6. Oran Stroud Lanham’s Family History Research, October 1984.
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