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Naomi Leona Dorsey

Female 1872 - 1964  (91 years)


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  • Name Naomi Leona Dorsey  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 19 Sep 1872  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death 4 Jul 1964  [1, 3
    Burial New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1930 Census
      Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
      Enumerated April 29, 1930
      ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 11A Stamped 82
      216-223
      Bragg, Naomi Head F W 58 Wd Tx Tx Tx Farmer
      Bragg, Leona Dtr F W 25 S Tx Tx Tx
      Bragg, Bessie Dtr F W 23 S Tx Tx Tx
      Bragg, Edward Son m W 20 S Tx Tx Tx
    Person ID I1753  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Dorsey,   b. 28 Oct 1847, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1886, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Mother Tibatha Emeline Halbert,   b. 17 Dec 1852, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1926, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Family ID F1187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family David Benjamin Bragg,   b. 6 Mar 1868, Isla, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1922, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1888 
    • Virgie Speights wrote that when Naomi married David Bragg in 1888, the bought the house and farm where she was still living in 1963. It is a pleasant tree shaded, double penned square logged house, and already old. Repairs and additions have been added to the original logs, which are still underneath

      The Braggs were farmers, and also raised sheep, which he sheared and she spun into yarn, and then knit into sweaters, gloves and socks for her family. (Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County, p. 20).
    Children 
     1. William Herman Bragg, Sr.,   b. 9 Dec 1889, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1981, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     2. Henry Franklin Bragg,   b. 1 Sep 1891, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1897, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 5 years)
     3. Robert Carson Bragg,   b. 4 Dec 1893, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1987, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     4. Sallie Frances Bragg,   b. 27 Mar 1896, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1980 (Age 84 years)
     5. Abbie Tabitha Bragg,   b. 16 Nov 1898, Isla, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 2002, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 103 years)
     6. Annie Belle Bragg,   b. Aft Jun 1900, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Leona Bragg,   b. 21 Jun 1904, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1996, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     8. Bessie May Bragg,   b. Abt 1907, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. James Edward Bragg,   b. 10 Sep 1909, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 2001, Center, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     10. David Elbert Bragg,   b. Abt 1912, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1920, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 7 years)
    Family ID F1186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Sep 1872 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S632] Descendants of William Mercer http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mbonsal/mercer/william.html.

    2. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine, Milam Enumerated 15 and 16 June 1900 SD 8 ED 71 Sheets 8 B and 9A 141-141 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S928] McCary, Mackie & Kay "New Hope Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    4. [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 4 Enumerated 16 and 17 Jun 1880 Pages 5 and 6B SD 1 ED 85 53-54 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S739] Rubel, Dale (dalerubel@msn.com)"Charles Earl CHANCE Ancestors" Updated 2008-01-19 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=susanrubel.

    6. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 20 (Reliability: 3).