George Dorn and Elizabeth Mayberry

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Husband George Dorn ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1 Jan 1818 - Germany 1 2
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           Died: 2 Jul 1885 - ? Westmoreland Co, PA 3 4
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Wife Elizabeth Mayberry ^{3 4}

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           Born:  - Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland Co, PA
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           Died: 1 Mar 1891 4
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Children

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1 M George Dorn ³

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           Died: 1872 3
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2 F Julia Dorn ^{4 5}

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         Spouse: J. W. Rhey (      -Bef 1882) 5

         Spouse: Dr. Zachariah L. Waugaman, D.D.S. (1847-      ) 5 6
           Marr: 2 Apr 1882 5

         Spouse: John Long (      -      ) 4

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3 M Jacob Dorn ^{3 4}

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4 M John Dorn ^{1 4}

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           Born: 13 Feb 1851 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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5 M Harry Markle Dorn ^{3 4}

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           Died: 17 Aug 1895 4
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6 M Louis Tranger Dorn ⁴

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            AKA: Lewis T. Dorn 3
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General Notes: Husband - George Dorn

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In a pleasant little valley in northern Germany near the beautiful river Rhine, is the ancestral home of the Dorns and birth-place of George Dorn. He was born under the great confederation of German States that formed an interregnum of the German empire from 1815 to 1835. He was carefully trained to habits of industry, honesty and economy and received his education in the rural schools of the Fatherland. At eighteen years of age he conceived the idea of emigrating to the new world in quest of more profitable employment than he could then secure in Germany.
In 1836 he came to Pennsylvania, where after a considerable struggle for work he obtained employment on the Philadelphia turn-pike. Although young in years, his excellent deportment and display of good judgment in the care of teams secured him the responsible position of stable manager at Turtle creek; where he had charge of all the horses used on one section of the pike. After a few years services at the latter place he removed to Greensburg, where he assumed charge and was in control of the pike stables until the building of the Pennsylvania Central railroad. The railroad monopolized the trade and travel of the State, and the old pike, unable to enter into competitive rivalry, was soon abandoned as a public highway and became a local throughfare. In consequence of this great change in mode of travel Mr. Dorn engaged in a new line of business and accordingly opened a large livery stable at Greensburg, Westmoreland County. As a liveryman he met with remarkable success. And with his usual energy, soon had one of the best livery stables in western Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh, which was largely patronized until his death. For over thirty years he was probably the most widely known and popular liveryman in his section of the state. Besides his livery Mr. Dorn was interested in various business enterprises of Greensburg and in the county. At the time of his death he was worth over $100,000. In 1881 he sold the lot where the jail building later stood. He was a strong democrat, was a useful member of the Evangelical Lutheran church and a man noted for his charity to the poor. He was a very good linguist; could speak with fluency and ease the German, French and English languages.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Mayberry

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from Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 82.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 11.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 83.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 12.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 174.

6 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 76.