Willie Esther Dorsey

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Obituary

Esther Gilchriest

Esther Dorsey Gilchriest, 82, of Beaumont died Friday, Feb. 10, 1995, at Beaumont Regional Medical Center in Beaumont.

Born Dec 16, 1912, in Milam as a daughter of the late Edward and Willie (Russell) Dorsey, she had lived in Beaumont the past 13 years and was a member of the Baptist Church and the Rebekar Jasmine #17 and Python Systers.

Survivors: daughter, Edwina Conn Hall of Milam; two sons, Mike Gilchriest of Milam and Pat Gilchriest of Beaumont; sisters, Virgie Dorsey Parrish of Geneva and Wilna Dorsey Horn of Beaumont; brother E. W. Dorsey of Milam; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Rev. Ralph Martin and Rev. Horace Dickerson officiating. Interment followed at Gravelhill Cemetery in Sabine County.

Pallbearers: Mike Gilchriest, Dwayne Buckley, James Roy Boyett, John E. Hall, Travis Dorsey, and David Parrish. Honorary pallbearers; James E. Dorsey, Gerald Buckley, Kenneth Horn, Woody Dorsey, Benji Dorsey, and Ronald Lee Pool III.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, February 15, 1995, Page 8

Willie married Edward Leonidas Conn on 6 Nov 1931. Edward (son of Elisha Leonidas Conn and Melissa Ella Ferguson) was born on 1 Apr 1908 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 May 1932; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Francis Edwina Conn was born on 16 Aug 1932 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 Feb 2020 in Baytown, Harris County, Texas; was buried on 10 Feb 2020 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Willie married Bert Gilchriest before 1946. Bert was born on 25 Apr 1910; died on 21 Dec 1979; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Michael Bert Gilchriest was born on 24 Jan 1946 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Feb 2019 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Living

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Name: Edward Woodland Dorsey
Death Date: 26 Jun 1951
Death Place: Rural Prec 3, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 76 years 9 months 13 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1874
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Frank Dorsey
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Zebitha Halbert
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Farm Owner
Informant: Johnnie Lee Dorsey
Place of Residence: Rural Prec #3, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: New Hope Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine Co. Texas
Burial Date: 27 Jun 1951
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2074697
Digital Film Number: 4166831
Image Number: 2551
Reference Number: cn 31722
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


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Edward married Willie Francis Russell. Willie (daughter of Abraham Travis "Trav" Russell and Mary Ellen Bragg) was born on 4 Dec 1882 in Texas; died on 2 Mar 1972 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JN7C-3Z9
Name: Willie Francis Dorsey
Death Date: 02 Mar 1972
Death Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 89 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 04 Dec 1882
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: R T Russell
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Bragg
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2223768
Digital Film Number: 4005476
Image Number: 03120
Reference Number: 30932
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Also shown as H. Frank Dorsey.

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 16 and 17 Jun 1880
Pages 5 and 6B SD 1 ED 85
53-54
Dorsey, Frank W M 33 Farmer Ala Ala Ala
Dorsey, Tabitha W F 28 Wf Keeping House Tx Ala Ala
Dorsey, Thomas W M 10 Farm Laborer Tx
Dorsey, Neoma W F 8 Dtr Tx
Dorsey, Edward W M 6 Son Tx
Dorsey, Rosa W F 4 Dtr Tx
Dorsey, Dosia W F W Dtr Tx

Benjamin married Tibatha Emeline Halbert. Tibatha (daughter of Joel Halbert and Emeline Grindle) was born on 17 Dec 1852 in Texas; died on 12 Jan 1926 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Although the transcription of the New Hope Cemetery shows her as Tibatha Dorsey, it appears that after Frank Dorsey died in 1886, she remarried Stephen JONES, probably around 1889, as the 1900 census shows they had been married 11 years. Three of her children by Frank Dorsey are listed as JONES in 1900. Since all were born prior to 1889, and since other records show Dosie and William J. had the last name of Dorsey, it is assumed this is in error. In 1910, the widowed Tibatha Jones is living between son Will Dorsey (shown as Will Jones in 1900) and daughter Rosa Dorsey Chambers.

The 1910 census shows her as the mother of nine children in total, 7 born to Frank Dorsey and 2 born in Stephen Jones. Two of these children had predeceased her.

Virgie Speights wrote that she owned a loom on which cloth was woven for skirts, trousers and dresses, and beautiful blankets and coverlets.

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Name: Tabiatha Jones
Death Date: 12 Jan 1926
Death Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 73 years 1 month 2 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1853
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Milam, Sabine County, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: House Keeping
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Iola, Tex.
Burial Date: 13 Jan 1926
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114060
Digital Film Number: 4165757
Image Number: 3151
Reference Number: cn 3240
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam JP 4
Enumerated 21 and 22 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 11B
193-193
Jones, Stephen Head W M Dec 1833 67 M 11 Fl NC NC Farmer
Jones, Tabitha Wf W F May 1852 M 11 10/8 Tx Ala Ala
Jones, Dosia Dtr W F Nov 1879 20 S Tx Fl Tx (Dosia Dorsey per 1880 census)
Jones, Mary B Dtr W F Apr 1881 19 S Tx Fl Tx (Mary B. Dorsey?)
Jones, William J Son W M Sept 1884 15 S Tx Fl Tx (William J Dorsey)
Jones, Sherrill Son W M Dec 1892 7 S Tx Fl Tx
Jones, Ida E Dtr W F Apr 1893 S Tx Fl Tx

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated 13 May 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 34A Stamped 150
249-249
Dorsey, Will Head M W 25 m1 5 Tx Tx Tx Farming Gen. Farm O. A.
Dorsey, Nannie Wf F W 21 M1 5 2/1 Tx Tx Tx
Dorsey, Ernest Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
250-250
Jones, Tibithea Head F W 60 Wd 9/7 Tx Tx Tx None
Jones, Sherrill Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
251-251
Chambers, Emmitt A Head M W 34 m1 15 Tx Ga Tx Laborer Farm W
Chambers, Rosie A Wf F W 34 m1 15 5/5 Tx Tx Tx Farming Gen Farm O. A.
Chambers, Mary Lee Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Chambers, Thomas D. Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Chambers, Ivy V. Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Chambers, Rodney N. Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Chambers, Cecil A Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Sharbano, Mary Belle Niece F W 2 S Tx La Tx

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Precinct 4
Enumerated 16 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 9A
152-152
Russell, Travis Head W M May 1851 49 m 19 Ala SC Ala Farmer
Russell, Ellen Wf W F Feb 1861 39 m 19 6/5 La Mo Miss
Russell, Winnie Dtr W F Sept 1889 10 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Mary A Dtr W F May 1893 7 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Steel Son W M Oct 1894 5 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Ida Dtr W M Nov 1895 4 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Ellen L Dtr W F Mar 1898 2 S la Ala La
Buckley, Mary Servant B F May 1882 18 S Tx Tx Tx
Buckley, Lillian Bhcild B F Oct 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx

Abraham married Mary Ellen Bragg on 10 Jan 1881. Mary (daughter of William Herman Bragg and Sarah Willie Register) was born about 1863 in Louisiana; died on 30 Dec 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Linda King Davenport shows him as the son of James H. Dorsey Sr.

James married Mary Reeves on 23 Dec 1842 in Talledega County, Alabama. Mary (daughter of Richard Lawson Reeves and Alenna Rene "Allie" Bates) was born before 1822; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Linda Davenport writes that "My Lucinda Reeves and James H. Dorsey (son of Alexander & Patsey) married before 23 Dec 1842 by W. McCann, Minister of the Gospel in Talladega Co, AL. Lucinda's sister, Mary Reeves, married James H. Dorsey, Jr. (son of James H. Dorsey, Sr. & Unknown) on the same date by the same person. The marriage licenses were returned on 23 Dec 1842. Supposedly, while in Alabama, Lucinda was pregnant, helped push a cow out of the mud & went into labor and died. I'm not certain what happened to the child, but James H. Dorsey, widower, was in Sabine County by 1860. All according to Blanche Finley Toole."

Notes:

He was the son of John Halbert and Susannah Higgins.

"Came to Texas about 1838, and settled at Milam. Joel rec'd a 2nd Class Headright for establishing citizenship in the Republic of Texas." (White and Toole)

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 8 Nov 1850
Stamped 324
208-208
Joel Halbert 40 M Farmer 3000 Tenn
Tabitha Halbert 36 F Tenn
Louisa Halbert 16 F Ala
Martha Halbert 14 F Ala
Washington Halbert 11 M Tx
Amanda Halbert 9 F Tx
Susan Halbert 6 F Tx
Rebecca Halbert 4 F Tx

Joel married Emeline Grindle after 1851. Emeline was born in 1820 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of John and Sarah Grindle.

Notes:

According the "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" by Edna McDaniel White and Blanche Finley Toole, William Bragg enlisted in the Confederate Army at Alexandria, Louisiana and served under Capt. T.J. Stafford, Vincent's Reg. Mounted Partisan Rangers, was taken prisoner at New Orleans May 26, 1865, and paroled June 3, 1865 at Alexandria.

His tombstone is inscribed with LA Cop Co G 1 LA Calvary, Confederate States Army.

(Research):
Census Information:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine, Precinct 5
FHL Film #1255325 NA Film # T9-1325
Page 249A
William Bragg Self M M W 46 Ga Farmer Va Ga
Sarah Bragg Wf M F W 46 Ga Keeps House SC SC
Henry M. Bragg Son M W 21 Fl Works on Farm Ga Ga
Mary L. Bragg Dau S F W 17 La At Home Ga Ga
David B. Bragg Son S M W 12 Tx Works on Farm Ga Ga
Richard A. Bragg Son S M W 7 Tx Ga Ga
Thomas A. Bragg Son M W 5 Tx Ga Ga

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine, Milam
Enumerated 15 and 16 June 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheets 8 B and 9A
144-144
Bragg, William Head W M Dec 1833 66 M 12 Ga Va Ga
Bragg, Nancy C Wf W F Mach 1846 54 M 12 1/1 Tx Ga Ga
Bragg, Thomas A Son W M Nov 1878 24 S Tx Ga Ala Farmer
Bragg, Mary A Dtr W F Nov 1888 11 S Tx Ga Ala
Neal, Wm A Gr. Son W M Jun 1883 16 S Tx Tx Tx

William married Sarah Willie Register in 1854. Sarah was born about 1834 in Georgia; died about 1885; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]