Husband: Zachariah Taylor DORTCH
Birthdate: August 23, 1846 (1)
Birthplace: Arkansas
Death date: February 15, 1896
Place of death: Grant County, Arkansas (3)
Burial:
Father: Signal A. DORTCH
Mother: Mahala JENKINS
Other Spouses:

Wife: Easter Jane McELROY
Birthdate: February 1848
Birthplace: Mississippi (4)
Death date: after 1900
Place of death: Grant County, Arkansas
Burial: Moore’s Chapel Cemetery supposedly beside Z. T. but no tombstone found
Father: Chapley McELROY
Mother: Martha (maiden name unknown)
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: George Monroe DORTCH
Birthdate: February 8, 1871 in Grant County, Arkansas (5)
Spouses' names: Rebecca T. SAWYER
Marriage date: March 9, 1893 in Grant County, Arkansas (6)
Death date: July 13, 1948 in Grant County, Arkansas (5)

Child No. 2: Missouri E. DORTCH
Birthdate: May 22, 1872 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
Spouses' names:
Marriage date:
Death date: October 21, 1882 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)

Child No. 3: John F. DORTCH
Birthdate: June 1874 in Grant County, Arkansas (7)
Spouses' names: Viola H. SAWYER
Marriage date: January 5, 1896 (8)
Death date: unknown

Child No. 4: Zachariah T. DORTCH
Birthdate: July 24, 1877 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
married
Marriage date:
Death date: February 1885 (3)

Child No. 5: Olcey DORTCH
Birthdate: February 17, 1880 in Grant County, Arkansas
Spouses' names: Lou ADAMS
Marriage date: March 4, 1900 in Grant County, Arkansas (9)
Death date: July 27, 1905 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)

Child No. 6: Anna DORTCH
Birthdate: 1882 in Grant County, Arkansas
Spouses' names: Olen JOHNSON
Marriage date: October 5, 1905 in Grant County, Arkansas (10)
Death date: unknown

Child No. 7: James Walter DORTCH
Birthdate: 1884 in Grant County, Arkansas
Spouses' names: Sallie GREGORY
Marriage date: February 23, 1902 in Grant County, Arkansas (11)
Death date: unknown

Child No. 8: Joseph Harvey DORTCH
Birthdate: June 28, 1886 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
Spouses' names: Georgia May POSEY
Marriage date: February 16, 1905 in Grant County, Arkansas (12)
Death date: April 1, 1968 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)

Child No. 9: Thomas J. DORTCH
Birthdate: July 30, 1890 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
Spouses' names:
Marriage date:
Death date: August 20, 1890 in Grant County, Arkansas (3)
 
 
Documentation:
(1) Mahala Jenkins Dortch family Bible.
(2) 1850 Saline County , Arkansas Census, dwelling 621.
(3) Tombstone inscription located at Moore’s Chapel Cemetery, Grant County, Arkansas.
(4) 1900 U. S. Census Davis Twp., Grant County, Arkansas, page 231A.
(5) THE DORTCH FAMILY RECORDS, on microfilm with Ephesus Church, Grant Co., AR, found at History Commission, One Capital Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas.
(6) Grant County, Arkansas Marriage Book C-79.
(7) 1900 U. S. Census for Davis Twp. Grant County, Arkansas, page 231A.
(8) Grant County Marriage Book, (note marriage performed by R. A. Crosby, Minister of the Gospel).
(9) Grant County Marriage Book C-450 (note: marriage performed by J. N. Crutchfield).
(10) Grant County Marriage Book D-138 (note: marriage performed by J. H. Bradford, Minister of the Gospel).
(11) Grant County Marriage Book C-559 (note: marriage performed by W. F. Lassiter, Minister of the Gospel).
(12) Grant County Marriage Book C-450.

Notes:
* Joseph, aged 15, petitioned the Grant County Court for removal of legal disabilities on Monday, January 20, 1902 and it was granted.
* Petition for removal of legal disabilities granted on Monday, January 20, 1902 in Grant County, Arkansas. James W. Dortch was listed as 18 years of age.
* Zachariah died of appendicitis per family story.