BASIL DORSEY, Company "A"
BASIL DORSEY, Company "A"
Basil Dorsey married Salena Baird 12 January 1865 in Marshall County.
1860 Census, Marshall County, West Virginia
DORSEY (1397) Thomas...47-wm...farmer...10,700 Real Estate...MD
Rebecca...38-wf...MD
Basil...18-wm...farm laborer...MD
William H...16-wm...farm laborer...MD
Thomas J...14-wm...MD
Samuel...12-wm...MD
John...10-wm...MD
Sarah J...8-wf...MD
James W...6-wm...MD
Rebecca...1-wf...MD1870 Census, Washington District, Marshall County, West Virginia
Basell Dorsey, 28, Farmer, $5000 Real Estate, b WV
Salena A Dorsey, 28, Keeping House, b WV
Orlando H Dorsey, 4-M, b WV
Minta B Dorsey, 2-F, b WV
Infant Dorsey, 3/12-M, b WV
Mehala Virgen 17-F, Housekeeper, b VA1880 Census, Clay District, Marshall County, West Virginia
Bassell Dorsey, 38, Stock Dealer, $5000 Real Estate, b WV
Salina Dorsey, 39, Wife, Keeping House, b WV
Orla Dorsey, 15-M, At Home, b WV
Myrtle Dorsey, 13-F, At Home, b WV
Clarance Dorsey, 10-M, At Home, b WV
Charles Dorsey, 8-M, At Home, b WVBasil Dorsey moved his family to Wheeling in 1883, per news article. At the time of the 1900 Census of Wheeling, Ohio County, Basel Dorsey, 58, born September 1841, was a roomer on Market Street. He died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on February 9, 1902 and is buried at Fairview Cemetery, Moundsville, West Virginia.
