Dorcas (Dedge) Sullivan
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Dorcas (Dedge) Sullivan (1818 - 1900)

Dorcas Sullivan formerly Dedge aka Lee
Born in Robeson, North Carolina, USAmap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , [half] and
Wife of — married 1841 in Appling, Georgia, United Statesmap
Wife of — married 24 Jul 1897 in Ware County, Georgia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , and
Died at age 82 in United Statesmap
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Biography

Dorcas was born in 1818. She was a daughter of Isaac S. Dedge (1789 - 1871) and Mary Catherine Smith Dedge (1789 - 1871). [1]

She married Judge Sellers Lee (1821-1891) in 1841 and they had the following children:

  1. Mary Ann,
  2. James Madison,
  3. Millender,
  4. Levi Warren,
  5. William Newton,
  6. Samuel J.,
  7. Joseph,
  8. Thomas Monroe, and
  9. Andrew Jackson.

In July 1897 she married R.B. Sullivan. She passed away in 1900, and was buried at Pine Grove Church Cemetery, Alma, Bacon County, Georgia, beside Judge Sellers Lee, her first husband.

Sources

  1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Martha Lee.
  • Allen Minix, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Allen and others.
  • database of M. F. Samson
  • 1850 United States Federal Census; Year: 1850; Census Place: Militia District 442, Appling, Georgia; Roll: M432_61; Page: 14B; Image: 36
  • 1860 United States Federal Census; Year: 1860; Census Place: Southern District, Appling, Georgia; Roll: M653_111; Page: 70; Image: 70; Family History Library Film: 803111
  • 1870 United States Federal Census; Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 1, Appling, Georgia; Roll: M593_134; Page: 37B; Image: 252878; Family History Library Film: 545633
  • 1880 United States Federal Census; Year: 1880; Census Place: District 442, Appling, Georgia; Roll: 133; Family History Film: 1254133; Page: 14D; Enumeration District: 001; Image: 0031
  • Marriage to Riley B. Sullivan: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,Provo, UT, USA : Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 (Photo added)
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7172327/dorcas-n-sullivan : accessed 04 November 2021), memorial page for Dorcas N. Dedge Sullivan (27 Apr 1818–7 Nov 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7172327, citing Pine Grove Church Cemetery, Alma, Bacon County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Carolina Anita Rucks (contributor 40492876) .




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Images: 3
Said to be a copy of a photo of Sellers and Dorcas Lee
Said to be a copy of a photo of Sellers and Dorcas Lee
Tombstone of Dorcas Dedge Lee Sullivan
Tombstone of Dorcas Dedge Lee Sullivan
Documentation of second marriage of Dorcas Dedge Lee to R.B. Sullivan
Documentation of second marriage of Dorcas Dedge Lee to R.B. Sullivan


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Porter-4837 Bruce Porter
Dedge-21 and Dedge-3 appear to represent the same person because: clearly the same person. Although Allen Minix has firsthand knowledge, Perhaps because Dorcas is the second great grandmother of Martha Lee, her auDNA test will demonstrate the connection is correct. Best,

Cousin Bruce

posted by Bruce Porter
Brubaker-231 Karen Brubaker
Dedge-20 and Dedge-3 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
posted by Karen Brubaker

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