Dorsey, Sarah b. February 16, 1829 d. July 4, 1879 Author, Confederate Folk Figure. A noted writer of her day, she is much better remembered as the late-life friend and companion of President Jefferson Davis. Born Sarah Anne Ellis to a family of both wealth and literary distinction, she was to see her father die when she was nine but was to receive an education far superior to that of most girls of the time via her stepfather Charles Gustavus Dahlgren. Miss Sarah studied with a local tutor then at Madame Deborah Greland's French School in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Routh Cemetery, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, USA
b. February 16, 1829 d. July 4, 1879