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Second Generation2. Narcisse "Narcissus" Louis DORR, son of Louis Adolphe DORR and Francoise "Fannie" BENAL, was born on 2 Dec 1844 in Mobile, AL, died on 5 Mar 1916 in Panola Co., MS, at age 71, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS.
General Notes: Narcissus' parents, Louis and Frances Dorr, arrive in America at Mobile, AL in 1840 and marry in 1841. He is born on February 2, 1844. At the time he has a two-year old sister Sylvia and a one-year old brother. Sometime after Narcissus is born but before 1847, the family moves to Kemper County, MS. We know this because the record of his brother Norman's birth shows him as being born in Kemper County. Narcisse married Sara Jane WILKINS on 2 Feb 1869 in Sumter Co., AL.1 Sara was born on 15 May 1848 in Halifax Co., VA, died on 3 Nov 1906 in Panola Co., MS, at age 58, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS. Children from this marriage were:
i. William Edwin DORR was born on 26 Dec 1869, died on 11 Jul 1871, at age 1, and was buried in Star Place - Shiloh Cemetery, Panola Co., MS. William married someone.
ii. Caroline "Carrie" Belle DORR was born on 13 Sep 1872 and died on 4 Mar 1930, at age 57. Caroline married Alfred Thomas MOORE on 12 Nov 1896.
iii. Marietta (Mary Etta) DORR was born on 25 Jan 1875 in Kemper Co., MS and died on 3 May 1962 in Panola Co., MS, at age 87. Marietta married Gerald Gordon HAY, son of Harry Hampton HAY Sr. and Martha WILLIAMS, on 22 Aug 1904. Gerald was born on 27 Sep 1870 in Panola Co., MS and died on 30 Jan 1951 in Panola Co., MS, at age 80.
iv. Jennie (Jenny) DORR was born in 1878, died in 1932 in Panola Co., MS, at age 54, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS. Jennie married Roscoe Hewlett (Hulette) FREEMAN. Roscoe was born in 1872, died in 1935 in Panola Co., MS, at age 63, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS.
1 v. Albert Ernest DORR (born on 17 Feb 1879 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS - died on 20 Feb 1918 in McAlster, OK). Albert married Laura Estelle BOSWELL, daughter of Thomas Jones BOSWELL and Laura Ellie PARKS, on 19 Nov 1907 in Memphis, TN. Laura was born on 30 Oct 1882 in Macon, Fayette Co., TN, died on 12 Jan 1972 in Edmond, OK, at age 89, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, Panola Co., MS.
vi. Louis Henry DORR was born on 1 Jan 1881, died on 27 Jul 1939 in Panola Co., MS, at age 58, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS. He had no known marriage and no known children.
vii. Wilma Louise DORR was born on 26 Oct 1884 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS, died on 5 Feb 1945 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS, at age 60, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, Panola Co., MS. Wilma married James Robert TROTTER, son of James Thomas TROTTER and Lucy Ellen Zibiah BOSWELL, on 28 Jan 1904 in Panola Co., MS. James was born on 2 Nov 1878 in Macon, Fayette Co., TN, died on 14 May 1969 in Panola Co., MS, at age 90, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, Panola Co., MS.
viii. Weir L. DORR was born on 10 Jun 1888 in Panola Co., MS, died on 8 Jan 1950 in Memphis, TN, at age 61, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, Panola Co., MS. Weir married Pattie HAY, daughter of Harry HAY and Sallie BROWN, before 1920. Pattie was born in Aug 1894 and died in 1979, at age 85.
ix. Ella Lorine\Lorena DORR was born on 8 Feb 1890 in Panola Co., MS, died on 16 Sep 1946 in Panola Co., MS, at age 56, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS. Ella married W. Cannon TROTTER, son of James Thomas TROTTER and Lucy Ellen Zibiah BOSWELL, on 2 Feb 1910 in Panola Co., MS. W. was born on 1 Oct 1881 in Panola Co., MS, died on 29 Sep 1962 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS, at age 80, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS. Ella next married W. Cannon TROTTER, son of James Thomas TROTTER and Lucy Ellen Zibiah BOSWELL, on 2 Feb 1910. W. was born on 1 Oct 1881 in Panola Co., MS, died on 29 Sep 1962 in Sardis, Panola Co., MS, at age 80, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS.
Narcisse next married Lucinda "Cindy" JACKSON, daughter of Robert JACKSON and Sara SECOR, on 25 Mar 1908 in Panola Co., MS. Lucinda was born on 15 May 1859 in Rockland Co., NY, died on 19 Mar 1920 in Panola Co., MS, at age 60, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS. They had no children. 3. Sara Jane WILKINS, daughter of Josiah Richard WILKINS and Mary BURTON, was born on 15 May 1848 in Halifax Co., VA, died on 3 Nov 1906 in Panola Co., MS, at age 58, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS.
General Notes: Sara Jane is from a very established English family who ancestors came to America in 1618 and settle in Virginia. Sara Jane is born in Halifax Co., VA in 1848. Her father, Josiah Richard Wilkins dies of the measles when Sara is only five years old. When she is about 13, her widowed mother moves the family to Kemper County, Mississippi, near the border with Sumter County, AL. Sara marries Narcissus Dorr in 1869. Sometime after 1869 most of the Wilkins family move to Jackson County, Arkansas. Sara and her sister, Elizabeth, who is also married stay in Mississippi. Sara married Narcisse "Narcissus" Louis DORR on 2 Feb 1869 in Sumter Co., AL.1 Narcisse was born on 2 Dec 1844 in Mobile, AL, died on 5 Mar 1916 in Panola Co., MS, at age 71, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Panola Co., MS.
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