Deacon Alexander Dorsey   Gen. 6, id #6690                           Edited 19920204
=======================   Son of Charles Dorsey & Eleanor Broiles           |[147]:484 
 
Born: 29 Nov 1824 TN, Rutherford                                            |[147]:484 
Died:                                                                       |          
 
The following entry is in the "History of Pike Co.":

Deacon Alexander Dorsey, the son of Charles Dorsey, was born in 
Rutherford county, Tenn., Nov. 29, 1824; his father was born in 
North Carolina in 1795, and was the son of Wm. Dorsey, who served 
for several years in the Revolutionary war.  Oct 16, 1823, 
Charles Dorsey married Miss Eleanor Broiles, of his native 
county.  She was born June 25, 1805.  Dec. 31, 1828, Mr. Dorsey 
landed in Pike county and wintered in a board tent.  During the 
following spring he cleared a piece of land on which a portion of 
Detroit now stands.  In the spring of 1831 he moved to Perry 
township and settled on sec. 24, and was one of the leading 
farmers and stock-raisers of the county.  Alexander Dorsey 
received his education in Pike county; in the winter of 1845-'6 
he made a visit to his old home in Tennessee, where he married 
Miss Jane Fox, who was born in Rutherford county, Nov. 29, 1829.  
Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey are both members of the Christian Church, and 
he has been Elder and Deacon for many years, and was a member of 
the executive committee that erected the new church building.  
[147]
 
Sources: 
[147] "History of Pike County (IL)"

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