Dorcas Alexander

Brief Life History of Dorcas

Dorcas Alexander was born on 1 March 1799, in Virginia, United States. She married Christian Botleman on 12 December 1824, in Adams, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Winchester Township, Adams, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. She died on 23 January 1873, in Winchester, Winchester Township, Adams, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Winchester Cemetery, Winchester, Winchester Township, Adams, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Christian Botleman
1799–1863
Dorcas Alexander
1799–1873
Marriage: 12 December 1824
Hamilton A Botleman
1825–1891
Ellis R. Botleman
1827–1875
William R Botleman
1828–1864
Robert A Botleman
1829–1898
Newton M Botleman
1834–1911
Andrew Washington Botteman
1837–1911
Elizabeth J Botleman
1838–1869
Wilson Shannon Botleman
1842–1917

Sources (11)

  • Dorcas Bottleman in household of Christian Bottleman, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Dorcas Alexander - Published information: birth-name: Dorcas Alexander
  • Dorcas Alexander Botleman, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

Scottish, English, German, and Dutch: from the personal name Alexander, classical Greek Alexandros, which probably originally meant ‘repulser of men (i.e. of the enemy)’, from alexein ‘to repel’ + andros, genitive of anēr ‘man’. Its popularity in the Middle Ages was due mainly to the Macedonian conqueror, Alexander the Great (356–323 BC ) - or rather to the hero of the mythical versions of his exploits that gained currency in the so-called Alexander Romances. The name was also borne by various early Christian saints, including a patriarch of Alexandria (c. 250–326 AD ), whose main achievement was condemning the Arian heresy. The Gaelic form of the personal name is Alasdair, which has given rise to a number of Scottish and Irish patronymics, for example McAllister . Alexander is a common personal name in Scotland, often representing an Anglicized form of the Gaelic name. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Spanish Alejandro , Italian Alessandro , Arabic or Assyrian/Chaldean Iskandar and Iskander , and their derivatives, e.g. Greek patronymic Alexandropoulos.

Jewish: from the adopted personal name Alexander (see 1 above) or shortened from the eastern Ashkenazic (originally Slavic) patronymics Aleksandrovich or Alexandrowicz.

History: A number of Scotch-Irish families of this name landed at New York in the early 18th century. By 1746, six of them were established in NC. Others came in through Philadelphia, for example Archibald Alexander, who came from Londonderry in northern Ireland in 1736 and established himself in VA. — The Revolutionary general William Alexander (1726–83) was always known as ‘Lord Sterling’ to his compatriots, although his claim to the title was denied by the College of Arms in London. His father, James Alexander, was a Jacobite who had fled to New York after the failure of the Jacobite rising in 1715. The claim to the title arose in connection with their ancestor Sir William Alexander, a courtier and poet at the court of King James VI of Scotland (James I of England), who created him Earl of Stirling in 1633.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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