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Col Walter Ross Dortch

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Col Walter Ross Dortch

Birth
Wilcox County, Alabama, USA
Death
21 Jul 1926 (aged 78)
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 2, Block 2
Memorial ID
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Thursday, 29 July 1926 - BOAZ LEADER, (Boaz, AL)
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GADSDEN, July 22, 1926 -
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Walter R. Dortch, of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Gadsden, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J.R. Forman, in Birmingham at 10 o'clock yesterday. The end came unexpectedly. The funeral was held this afternoon.

Colonel Dortch is survived by the following children, Commander Isaac Foote Dortch, US Navy stationed in San Francisco; Mrs. J.R. Forman, Birmingham; Mrs. W.C. Griggs, Bessemer and William B. Dortch, Gadsden.
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Contributor: NGL (47559287)
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Dictionary of Alabama Biography, p. 499: Col. Walter Ross Dortch, mayor of Camden, 1869-71; son of Dr. Isaac Foote Dortch, member of the Alabama legislature, and Mary Ann Ross Dortch; grandson of William Dortch and Drusilla Whitfield Dortch, Walter Raleigh Ross and Ann Shaw Spencer.
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Thursday, 29 July 1926 - BOAZ LEADER, (Boaz, AL)
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GADSDEN, July 22, 1926 -
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Walter R. Dortch, of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Gadsden, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J.R. Forman, in Birmingham at 10 o'clock yesterday. The end came unexpectedly. The funeral was held this afternoon.

Colonel Dortch is survived by the following children, Commander Isaac Foote Dortch, US Navy stationed in San Francisco; Mrs. J.R. Forman, Birmingham; Mrs. W.C. Griggs, Bessemer and William B. Dortch, Gadsden.
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Contributor: NGL (47559287)
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Dictionary of Alabama Biography, p. 499: Col. Walter Ross Dortch, mayor of Camden, 1869-71; son of Dr. Isaac Foote Dortch, member of the Alabama legislature, and Mary Ann Ross Dortch; grandson of William Dortch and Drusilla Whitfield Dortch, Walter Raleigh Ross and Ann Shaw Spencer.
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