Re: Lida Dorris/Benjamin H. Thompson in Iowa
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Re: Lida Dorris/Benjamin H. Thompson in Iowa
Lynda Thurman 9/01/02
This is what I have on Jonathan and Rachel.
Jonathan Murray b. abt 1784 NC married Rachel Dorris b. abt 1784 MD. Rachel is daughter of Samuel Dorris and Martha Hughes.
I have two children for them
1. Elizabeth "Betty" Murray b. October 22, 1813TN d. July 23, 1886 Sumner Co., TN buried in Beech Cumberland Baptist Church. Married first Anderson Wicks abt 1832 Sumner Co., TN. He was born 1808 in TN and died bef 1867 Sumner Co., TN.Had at least two children Elizabeth and John. Married second to Isaiah "Snow" Dorris July 2, 1867 Sumner Co., TN. He was the son of Samuel Dorris and Abigail Frost. He was born June 17, 1810 in Sumner Co., TN and died June 10, 1895 in Sumner co., TN buried in Dorris family Cemetery. She was Isaiah's third wife. Isaiah's first two wives were Susannah Bridgewater and Harriet Bridgewater, both were daughters of Elisha Allen Bridgewater and Margaret "Peggy" Dorris.
2. William Murray b. abt 1826 TN married Rachel. At least two children, Elizabeth and Sarah