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     Hannah Pauline Dorn was born on 13 October 1873 at Mount Hilliard, Bullock County, Alabama.¹ She was the daughter of John Melvin Dorn and Talvy Ann McCreless.¹ She married Thomas Joshua Coffee on 18 August 1895 at Loraine, Mitchell County, Texas. She died on 19 March 1969 at Loraine, Mitchell County, Texas, at age 95. She was buried on 21 March 1969 at Loraine, Mitchell County, Texas.

     Ida Dorn was born on 4 October 1886 at Mount Hilliard, Bullock County, Alabama, (Emma's twin.) She was the daughter of John Melvin Dorn and Talvy Ann McCreless. She married Burgess E. Donelson on 4 June 1905 at Mitchell County, Texas. She died on 13 April 1958 at Mitchell County, Texas, at age 71.

     Inez Dorn is the daughter of Arthur Ansley Dorn and Jessie Jo McGuire.

     Isla Dora Dorn is the daughter of Arthur Ansley Dorn and Jessie Jo McGuire.

     James Henry Dorn was born on 2 June 1861 at Edgefield County, South Carolina.¹ He was the son of Wright Peter Dorn and Sarah Sallie Ouzts.¹

     James Willis Dorn also went by the name of Jack. He was born on 2 June 1926 at Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas. He was the son of Melvin Pierce Dorn Sr. and Katherine Witt. He married Jessie Edna Inglehart on 4 January 1946 at Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas. He died on 25 November 1983 at Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, at age 57.

     James Wright Dorn was born on 16 June 1877 at Mount Hilliard, Bullock County, Alabama. He was the son of John Melvin Dorn and Talvy Ann McCreless.¹ He married Virtae Viola McGuire on 15 January 1899 at Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas. He died on 9 November 1934 at Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, at age 57.

     John Marvin Dorn also went by the name of Marv (also called Monk.)¹ He was born on 30 March 1879 at Mount Hilliard, Bullock County, Alabama.² He was the son of John Melvin Dorn and Talvy Ann McCreless.² He married Nancy Maude Morrow on 1 January 1902 at Mitchell County, Texas. He died on 10 August 1968 at Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, at age 89. He was buried on 11 August 1968 at Mitchell County, Texas.

     John Melvin Dorn Different histories and research on this family...
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http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=smith_aannestad&id=I70.
Peter Ouzts I and His Descendants by Hortense Woodson, 1949, p. 90Edgefield SC US Census 1850,1860,1870,1880John Melvin Dorn left Edgefield SC for Mount Hilliard AL in 1871, where he met and married Talvia Ann McCreless. They had 11 children in AL. The family moved to Falls County TX in 1886 then on to Colorado TX on November 18, 1890. There he with neighbors, Boswell, Green, and Richardson, built a church meeting and school house, later known as Dorn Chapel. This county was later named Mitchell County and many descendants are from Colorado City TX.
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ORAL FAMILY TRADITION:
John Melvin Dorn lived on a plantation owned by his father in South Carolina. His father went away to the Civil War (Confederate army, of course), and John Melvin (age 15) wanted to go, too, but his father insisted he stay and take care of the plantation and the family. When word came that the Union Army was on its way through, John Melvin's mother had him take the slaves and hide in the fields until the soldiers left. The soldiers took food and anything else they wanted from the plantation. Later, when the Civil War was over, the slaves were told they were free to go, but they chose to stay with the Dorn family.
John Melvin's grandfather had been a wealthy man in Germany until a war there wiped out his fortune (when the Mark became worthless).
When John Melvin married and had his own family, he decided to move to Texas, so he hired two railroad cars and put the livestock in one car and the family and household goods in the other and headed for Texas on Nov. 1, 1890.
The area in Texas where the Dorns settled (in Mitchell County, near Colorado City) became known as the Dorn Community. There was a Dorn School and the Dorn Church. The church, still in existence, bears a historical marker with dates and information.¹ John Melvin Dorn was also known as called Grandad Dorn by his descendants.² He was born on 24 August 1850 at Mount Hilliard, Alabama, (alternate date and location - 13 Feb. 1849, Edgefield, SC.) He was the son of Wright Peter Dorn and Sarah Sallie Ouzts.^3,4 He married Talvy Ann McCreless, daughter of John Milton McCreless and Hannah Moore, after 1869. He died on 14 April 1937 at Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, at age 86.³

     John Melvin Dorn is the son of Reverend Clarence Calvin Dorn and Erlene McCullogh.