Dorr Family

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The Dorr family lived in Massachusetts and New York in the antebellum era. They were mostly merchants. Samuel Fox Dorr and Elizabeth Chipman Hazen married in 1835 and soon had two children, Samuel and Hazen. Samuel F. Dorr died in 1844, and Elizabeth Dorr moved to France shortly thereafter. Hazen Dorr died in the 1850s while a student at Harvard. Samuel Dorr, the son of Samuel F. and Elizabeth Dorr, moved to Louisville after the Civil War. In Kentucky, he married into the Meriwether family and practiced law. William Meriwether Dorr, the son of Samuel and Hannah Travilla Meriwether Dorr, was a banker and seems to have been a prominent member of the Louisville Chapter of the American Institute of Banking.

From the description of Dorr Family papers, 1781-1895 1835-1895 (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 70045125

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associatedWith American Institute of Banking. Louisville Chapter corporateBody
associatedWith Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. person
associatedWith Douglass, Alonzo, 1815-1886. person
associatedWith Harris, Frank, 1855-1931. person
associatedWith Hazen family. family
associatedWith Pirtle, James S. (James Speed), 1840-1919. person
associatedWith Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850. person
associatedWith Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923. person
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New Orleans (La.)
Mississippi
Texas
Europe
New York (State)
New Brunswick
United States
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Slavery
Christmas
Depressions
Dueling
Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872
Potatoes
Temperance
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Active 1781

Active 1895

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