George Keyport DorseyAge: 80 years1844–1925
- Name
- George Keyport Dorsey
- Given names
- George Keyport
- Surname
- Dorsey
 Birth | September 24, 1844 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 15 months)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Military service | Co. D Gordon's Missouri 5th Cav. CSA between 1861 and 1865 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 22 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 22 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Religious marriage | Margaret “Maggie” Hunter — View this family February 27, 1868 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary C Dorsey 1868 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 24 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Dorsey 1874 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | George A Dorsey 1878 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 33 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | 1880 (Age 35 years) |
 Occupation | Blacksmith 1880 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Robert Earl Dorsey about 1884 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Gladys Dorsey 1908 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | … Dorsey 1908 (Age 63 years) |
| Confederate Home | Confederate Home February 27, 1914 (Age 69 years) |
| Religious marriage | Lucy Elizabeth Platt — View this family June 17, 1915 (Age 70 years) Address: CSA Home |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 71 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 72 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 73 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 30, 1920 (Age 75 years) Address: Confederate Home |
 Death | February 28, 1925 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Confederate Home Cemetery |
| Family with Margaret “Maggie” Hunter |
| himself |
George Keyport Dorsey Birth: September 24, 1844 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: February 28, 1925 — Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Margaret “Maggie” Hunter Birth: about 1848 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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Marriage: February 27, 1868 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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10 months daughter |
Mary C Dorsey Birth: 1868 23 20 Death: |
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7 years son |
William Dorsey Birth: 1874 29 26 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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5 years son |
George A Dorsey Birth: 1878 33 30 Death: |
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7 years son |
Robert Earl Dorsey Birth: about 1884 39 36 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Family with Lucy Elizabeth Platt |
| himself |
George Keyport Dorsey Birth: September 24, 1844 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: February 28, 1925 — Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Lucy Elizabeth Platt Birth: August 17, 1849 35 16 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 11, 1929 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 17, 1915 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| William David Shemwell + Lucy Elizabeth Platt |
| wife’s husband |
William David Shemwell Birth: August 22, 1846 22 16 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1913 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Lucy Elizabeth Platt Birth: August 17, 1849 35 16 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 11, 1929 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 8, 1867 — |
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11 months step-son |
William Standard Shemwell Birth: September 7, 1868 22 19 — Missouri, United States Death: March 29, 1953 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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15 months step-daughter |
Ida Mae Shemwell Birth: November 29, 1869 23 20 — Missouri, United States Death: August 5, 1959 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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18 months step-son |
Solon Underwood Shemwell Birth: June 12, 1871 24 21 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 29, 1892 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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20 months step-son |
Edward Lee Shemwell Birth: February 15, 1873 26 23 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 7, 1896 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years step-daughter |
Elma Medora Shemwell Birth: June 5, 1875 28 25 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 30, 1876 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years step-daughter |
Anna Margaret “Maggie” Shemwell Birth: June 3, 1878 31 28 Death: October 13, 1898 — Missouri, United States |
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21 months step-son |
John Morton “Jack” Shemwell Birth: March 5, 1880 33 30 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 12, 1951 — Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States |
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2 years step-daughter |
Dovie Myrtle Shemwell Birth: July 26, 1882 35 32 — Missouri, United States Death: March 29, 1902 — Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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2 years step-son |
Henry Andrew “Boss” Shemwell Birth: September 30, 1884 38 35 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: September 26, 1911 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years step-son |
Infant Shemwell Birth: August 4, 1887 40 37 Death: August 4, 1887 |
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4 years step-son |
Robert Carter Shemwell Birth: July 7, 1891 44 41 Death: January 2, 1892 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
No family available
| Military service | Enlisted 1862 (Age 17) Missouri 5th Cav 8/18-12/31/1862 CSA
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Keyport Dorsey - Household
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