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From: Dale West <>
Subject: [ORMARION-L] Joshua Denny Dorsey/Rosilla Ann (West) Dorsey
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:43:00 -0400

I am trying to locate information on my 2nd great grandaunt, Rosilla Ann

(West) Dorsey.

In Pickens Co., Georgia Heritage 1853-1998, on page192 under the
John Henry Dorsey family. Joshua Denny son of John Henry Dorsey
b.1-16-1816,
d.4-16-1904 and Sarah Denny. Joshua was b.3-16-1839 in S.C. married
Rosilla
West b.1843.

Joshua Denny Dorsey was the Pickens County, GA, Probate Court appointed
executor of Rosilla's fathers estate in 1862. Folklore passed down in
the West family by Rosilla's sisters and brother claim Joshua and
Rosilla moved out to Oregon shortly after the Civil War ended.

Rosilla's parents, Eber and Elizabeth (Rippy) West, both died of
smallpox in 1862, within weeks of each other. This left 4 young orphaned

children (3 girls and 1 boy) who migrated to Texas with another older
sister, Roxanna (West) Reed around 1869. After Rosilla or Joshua left
Georgia the West children never heard from them again.

I have been trying to track them for several months to no avail.
Recently, I received information from a great grandchild of Joshua Denny

Dorsey that her great grandfather died in Salem, Oregon and had a wife
named Rosilla West. This is all the information I have.

Any information (census information, death information, where they might

be buried, issue, etc.) about Joshua Denny and Rosilla Ann (West) Dorsey

will be greatly appreciated.

--
Dale West
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e-mail:
Visit West Family Genealogy
http://www.westfamilygenealogy.co

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