Snowden T. Dorsey
Snowden T. Dorsey, eldest son of the above-named John and Catharine Dorsey, was born in Green Township, Shelby County, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1825. He was reared on a farm, and has made farming his principal avocation. May 20, 1849, he married Miss Margaret J. Dodson, of Champaign County, born Sept. 2, 1826, daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth Dodson. By this marriage he had two children, Edward C. and John E. Mrs. Dorsey died Oct. 25, 1862. He then married Miss Sarah A. Shaw, March 28, 1863, daughter of William and Sarah Shaw, born June, 1839, with whom he lived until May 9, 1864, when she died. On the 28th day of July, 1864, he married Anna M., daughter of Samuel and Hannah R. Mathers, born in Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, July 6. 1836, by whom he has two children, Samuel M. and Charles M. March 28, 1854, Mr. Dorsey settled on a farm in section 5, Green Township, where he has since resided. He filled the office of trustee of Green Township one term.
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From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883
