Isaac R Dorrance

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Isaac R Dorrance

Birth
Monroe County, Illinois, USA
Death
16 Mar 1896 (aged 60)
Pettis County, Missouri, USA
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Isaac Dorrance left Illinois to work as a ranch hand in California when he was 16 years old. He was able to buy a farm within four years. By the mid 1860's, Isaac returned to Illinois for a short time before purchasing a farm in Elk Fork Township, Pettis County, Missouri.

He returned to Illinois with Mary J Ham to be married in Calhoun County on August 13, 1865. After their marriage they returned home to Missouri.

They had five children: Angieleex, born in 1866; George, born in 1868; Viola, born in 1869; Joel, born in 1872; and Laura, born in 1874. According to the Sedalia Daily Democrat, when Mary died on May 12, 1875, at age 29, she left four children. Angieleex preceded her in death; and Joel did not survive childhood.

He married Elmedia Bradley on November 4, 1875, in Elk Fork, Pettis County, Missouri. They had seven children. Their only daughter lived 19 days. Their six sons lived to become adults: Randolph Millard; Gordon I; Everett Earl; Arthur E; Nolan William and Leamon Leonard.

Isaac died suddenly on March 16, 1896, at age 60, and was buried in the Dorrance Family plot, Bethel Union Church Cemetery, Pettis County, Missouri, near his three young children and first wife.

Bethel Union Church and Bethel Union Church Cemetery were next to each other. The frame church no longer exists; however, the huge rock foundation is visible in winter. The Methodist and Baptist shared the church. One met in the morning and the other in the evening. Two other names for the cemetery are Old Bethel Cemetery or Bethel Cemetery.

Isaac Dorrance left Illinois to work as a ranch hand in California when he was 16 years old. He was able to buy a farm within four years. By the mid 1860's, Isaac returned to Illinois for a short time before purchasing a farm in Elk Fork Township, Pettis County, Missouri.

He returned to Illinois with Mary J Ham to be married in Calhoun County on August 13, 1865. After their marriage they returned home to Missouri.

They had five children: Angieleex, born in 1866; George, born in 1868; Viola, born in 1869; Joel, born in 1872; and Laura, born in 1874. According to the Sedalia Daily Democrat, when Mary died on May 12, 1875, at age 29, she left four children. Angieleex preceded her in death; and Joel did not survive childhood.

He married Elmedia Bradley on November 4, 1875, in Elk Fork, Pettis County, Missouri. They had seven children. Their only daughter lived 19 days. Their six sons lived to become adults: Randolph Millard; Gordon I; Everett Earl; Arthur E; Nolan William and Leamon Leonard.

Isaac died suddenly on March 16, 1896, at age 60, and was buried in the Dorrance Family plot, Bethel Union Church Cemetery, Pettis County, Missouri, near his three young children and first wife.

Bethel Union Church and Bethel Union Church Cemetery were next to each other. The frame church no longer exists; however, the huge rock foundation is visible in winter. The Methodist and Baptist shared the church. One met in the morning and the other in the evening. Two other names for the cemetery are Old Bethel Cemetery or Bethel Cemetery.

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I. R. Dorrance
Born Jan. 4, 1836
Died Mar. 16, 1896

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