Husband: Signal A. DORTCH (sometimes spelled DORCH)
Birthdate: January 9, 1812
Birthplace: Tennessee (1)
Death date: December 31, 1866
Place of death: in Saline County, Arkansas (1)
Burial:
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Mother:
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Marriage date: about 1830
Marriage place: Tennessee or Illinois (2)

Wife: Mahala JENKINS
Birthdate: November 17, 1811
Birthplace: in Tennessee (1)
Death date: September 25, 1874
Place of death: in Grant County, Arkansas (1)
Burial:
Father: Thomas JENKINS b. October 18, 1788 (1)
Mother: Margaret HESSON b. November 16, 1797 (1)
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Margaret Jane DORTCH
Birthdate: February 13, 1833 (1) in Illinois (2)
Spouses' names: W. C. KYLE
Marriage date: February 25, 1857in Saline County, Arkansas (3)
Death date: probably before 1870 in Arkansas

Child No. 2: Mary Elizabeth Homes DORTCH
Birthdate: April 19, 1834 (1) in Illinois (2)
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Death date: July 16, 1854 (1) in Arkansas

Child No. 3: William M. DORTCH
Birthdate: January 24, 1836 (1) in Illinois (2)
Spouses' names: Susan M. KYLE
Marriage date: December 20, 1860 in Hot Spring County, Arkansas (4)
Death date:

Child No. 4: Thomas Jefferson DORTCH
Birthdate: July 19, 1837 (1) in Arkansas (2)
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Death date: 1856 in Arkansas (1)

Child No. 5: Olsey C. DORTCH
Birthdate: March 20, 1839 (1) in Arkansas (2)
Spouses' names: Perlina Alzada JENKINS
Marriage date: September 14, 1865 in Pulaski County, Arkansas (5)
other marriages: Mrs.Lucinda Susan MCFARLANE CLUFF May 28, 1882 in Pulaski County, Arkansas (5)
Death date: September 3, 1922 in Morrilton, Conway County, Arkansas (6)

Child No. 6: George Washington DORTCH
Birthdate: January 19, 1841 (1) in Arkansas (2)
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Death date: March 26, 1855 (1) in Arkansas

Child No. 7: James M. DORTCH
Birthdate: January 19, 1941 (1) in Arkansas (2)
Spouses' names: Mary B. McPherson
Marriage date: November 25, 1866 in Saline County, Arkansas (7)
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Child No. 8: Minervia Ann DORTCH
Birthdate: December 25, 1843 (1) in Arkansas (2)
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Death date: December 5, 1862 (1) in Arkansas

Child No. 9: An America Beatriss DORTCH
Birthdate: April 17, 1845 (1) in Arkansas (2)
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Death date: May 17, 1845 in Arkansas (1)

Child No. 10: Christopher Columbus DORTCH
Birthdate: April 17, 1845 (1) in Arkansas (2)
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Death date: April 25, 1845 in Arkansas (1)

Child No. 11: Zachariah Taylor DORTCH
Birthdate: August 23, 1846 (1) in Arkansas (2)
Spouses' names: Easter Jane MCELROY
Marriage date: about 1870 in Arkansas (8)
Death date: February 15, 1896 in Grant County, Arkansas (9)

Child No. 12: Noah A. W. DORTCH
Birthdate: March 23, 1848 (1) in Arkansas (2)
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Death date: December 27, 1854 in Arkansas (1)

Child No. 13: Hary Monroe DORTCH
Birthdate: March 29, 1850 (1) in Arkansas
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Death date: August 1, 1853 in Arkansas (1)

Child No. 14: Lucinda Elisabeth Elen DORTCH
Birthdate: March 24, 1860 (1) in Arkansas
Spouses' names:
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Death date: September 5, 1866 in Arkansas (1)
 
 
Documentation:
(1) Jenkins family Bible record.
(2) 1850 U. S. Census Saline County, Arkansas dwelling 621.
(3) Saline County Marriage Book B page 137.
(4) Hot Spring County Marriage Book.
(5) Pension application for Olsey C. Dortch.
(6) Death Certificate for O. C. Dortch (there is no marker at Elmwood Cemetery in Morrilton.)
(7) Saline County, Arkansas Marriage Book C, page 89.
(8) U. S. Census Grant County, Arkansas.
(9) Tombstone inscription, Moore’s Chapel Cemetery, Grant County, Arkansas.