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View Tree for Martha R. BookerMartha R. Booker (b. August 13, 1796, d. September 20, 1836)

Martha R. Booker (daughter of Richard Marot Booker Jr. and Tabitha Fuqua) was born August 13, 1796 in Shelby County, Kentucky19, and died September 20, 1836 in Jefferson County, Kentucky19. She married Elias Dorsey on February 22, 1815 in Shelby County, Kentucky19, son of Edward Dorsey and Susannah Lawrence.

 Includes NotesNotes for Martha R. Booker:
Mrs. Dorsey [Martha R. Booker] was the daughter of Col. Richard Booker who served in the War of 1812. Elias Dorsey enlisted under him at the age of seventeen years and on the promise of good behavior, the colonel promised to give him one of his daughters in marriage on his return, which promise was fulfilled. Elias Dorsey and his wife were natives of Maryland and Kentucky respectively and their married life was spent in Jefferson County of the latter state. They went on a prospecting tour to Illinois, preparatory to determining whether they would make that State their home and while on the return trip Mrs. Dorsey was thrown from a carriage while crossing a bridge in Indiana. A limb was fractured and the accident resulted in the loss of her life.

Source:
Portrait and Biographical Record of Macoupin County, Illinois containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State and of the Presidents of the United States.
Chicago; Biographical Publishing Company, 1891, Page 207

More About Martha R. Booker:
Burial: November 22, 1879, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky - Relocated from Lawrence Family Cemetery.

More About Martha R. Booker and Elias Dorsey:
Marriage: February 22, 1815, Shelby County, Kentucky.19

Children of Martha R. Booker and Elias Dorsey are:
  1. John Williamson Dorsey, b. February 5, 1816, Jefferson County, Kentucky19, d. August 12, 1845, Gillespie, Macoupin County, Illinois19.
  2. +Richard Edward Dorsey, b. May 17, 1817, Jefferson County, Kentucky19, d. May 24, 1874, Gillespie, Macoupin County, Illinois.
  3. +Levin Lawrence Dorsey, b. February 7, 1819, Jefferson County, Kentucky19, d. April 1888, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
  4. +Benjamin Lawrence Dorsey, b. December 14, 1820, Jefferson County, Kentucky19, d. June 19, 1895, Macoupin County, Illinois.
  5. +Basil Hobbs Dorsey, b. March 20, 1822, Jefferson County, Kentucky19, d. March 24, 184619.
  6. +William Montjoy Dorsey, b. October 11, 1823, Jefferson County, Kentucky19, d. March 13, 1902, Bunker Hill, Macoupin County, Illinois20.
  7. +Francis Cordelia Dorsey, b. December 1, 1825, Jefferson County, Kentucky21, d. February 28, 1895, Bunker Hill, Macoupin County, Illinois.
  8. +Ann Carmalita Dorsey, b. March 7, 1827, Jefferson County, Kentucky21, d. February 7, 1901, St Louis County, Missouri.
  9. +Elias Lawrence Dorsey, b. November 16, 1828, Jefferson County, Kentucky21, d. August 12, 1866, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
  10. Mary Matilda Dorsey, b. April 11, 1830, Jefferson County, Kentucky21, d. June 19, 1845, Jefferson County, Kentucky21.
  11. Orlena O. Dorsey, b. December 20, 1831, Jefferson County, Kentucky21, d. July 3, 186321.
  12. +Plutarch Hines Dorsey, b. November 8, 1833, Jefferson County, Kentucky21, d. December 6, 1915, Macoupin County, Illinois.
  13. +Martha R. Dorsey, b. October 31, 1835, Jefferson County, Kentucky21, d. Aft. 1910, Kansas.
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