Brief Life History of Anderson Glenn
When Anderson Glenn Dorsey was born on 26 May 1839, in Hall, Georgia, United States, his father, John Dorsey, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth McMillan Brice, was 33. He married Lorena Sophronia Boring on 13 March 1871. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 27 June 1911, in Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, United States.
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- A G Dorsey in household of W P Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
- Anderson Glenn Dorsey, "Find A Grave Index"
- Anderson Glenn Dorsey in entry for John Boring Dorsey, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (East Yorkshire): of French origin, a habitational name, with French preposition d(e), from Orsay in Seine-et-Orne, France, or from Orçay in Loire-et-Cher, recorded in the 13th century as Orceiacum, from the Latin personal name Orcius + the locative suffix -acum.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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