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Cornelius Christopher Dorsey 1830–1920 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Mar 1830

Birth Location: Bruce, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1920

Death Location: Nicholas, West Virginia, USA

Father: Samuel Dorsey

Mother: Nancy Nutter

Spouse(s): Rachael Pitsenbarger

Children(s): Jacob DORSEY

Cornelius Christopher Dorsey was born in 1830 in Bruce, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA, the child of Samuel Walter Dorsey And Nancy Myra Nutter. Cornelius Christopher Dorsey married Rachael Pitsenbarger, and had children including Jacob Wesley Dorsey. Cornelius Christopher Dorsey passed away in 1920 in Nicholas, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Cornelius Christopher Dorsey was born in 1830 in Bruce, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA, the child of Samuel Walter Dorsey And Nancy Myra Nutter.
  • Cornelius Christopher Dorsey married Rachael Pitsenbarger, and had children including Jacob Wesley Dorsey.
  • Cornelius Christopher Dorsey passed away in 1920 in Nicholas, West Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Dorsey
1798–1875
Birth Location: , Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Nancy Nutter
1805–1848
Birth Location: Broad Run, Monroe, West Virginia
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Spouses(s)

Rachael Pitsenbarger
1827–1911
Birth Location: Nicholas, Virginia, United States
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Children(s)

Jacob DORSEY
1861–1948
Birth Location: Mt. Nebo, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA
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Cornelius Dorsey's Ancestors

Self
Cornelius Dorsey
1830–1920
Birth Place: Bruce, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA
Parents
Samuel Walter Dorsey
1798–1875
, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Nancy (Myra) Nutter
1805–1848
Broad Run, Monroe, West Virginia
Grandparents
John (Wesley Hammond) Dorsey
1754–1826
Maryland, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Cornelius Dorsey's Descendants

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Cornelius (Christopher) Dorsey (Mar 1830–1920) m. Rachael Pitsenbarger (Jul 1827–29 May 1911)
  1. 1. Jacob (Wesley) DORSEY 1861–1948 m. Elizabeth (Rebecca) CHILDERS 1866–1929
    1. 1. Alfred (Naman) Dorsey 1887–1961 m. Eunice (E) Reynolds 1891–1980
      1. 1. Alden (Jake) Dorsey 1912–1991 m. Opal (P) Cottle 1921–1997
        1. 1. David (Alden) Dorsey 1949–2014

Cornelius Dorsey's Timeline

2 Records

1830
Mar 1830
Birth of Cornelius Christopher Dorsey in Bruce, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA
Bruce, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA
1920
1920
Age 90
Death of Cornelius Christopher Dorsey in Nicholas, West Virginia, USA
Nicholas, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Mar 1830
    Event Place: Bruce, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Nicholas, West Virginia, USA
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