Dallas County AlArchives Biographies.....Dortch, John B. August 25 1862 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   JOHN B. DORTCH, of the firm of Atkins, Dortch & Co., wholesale grocers and
cotton commission merchants, of Selma, Ala., was born in Monroe, La., August 25,
1862. His parents were Robert and Mary B. (Martin) Dortch, the former of whom
was born in North Carolina, December 8, 1829; and was reared and educated in his
native state. He married at Holly Springs, Miss., Miss Mary Bethune Martin, a
lady of Scotch extraction. From Mississippi he removed to Louisiana, settling in
Monroe; he died near Oxford, Miss., when John B. was about four years old. The
mother afterward married James L. Meigs of Tennessee, and is now living in
Boston, Mass. The father of Robert Dortch was William Eaton Dortch, a native of
Virginia. He married Miss Ann Pendleton Cobb, daughter of Rev. John Cobb, a
Methodist minister. They had five children, two of whom died in infancy, three
living to mature years. William Eaton Dortch died when Robert Dortch was an
infant, and his wife died not long afterward. Mr. Dortch's ancestors were
related to Hon. Howell Cobb of Georgia and also Gov. Graham of North Carolina.
John B. Dortch was one of six children, all sons. He was educated mainly by his
mother, who was a lady of education, refinement and culture. His home was with
his mother at various places, as she found it convenient to move. At the age of
sixteen he began life for himself in a printing office, where he remained two
years. He then became a clerk in a general store in Lake City, Fla., remaining
there three years. He was then in a railroad office at Jacksonville, Fla., for
some time, and he went thence to Washington, D. C., living there and in Virginia
for the next three years. During these three years he attended school at
Amherst, Va., one year, and in October, 1884, he came to Alabama, and served as
a clerk in a store at Martin's Station, Dallas county for three years, and then
became a partner with his cousin, E. B. Martin, remaining with him three years.
He next became a partner in the wholesale grocery firm of Moore, Kornegay & Co.,
at Selma, which firm, after several changes in its name, became what it now is,
Atkins, Dortch & Co. In April, 1890, Mr. Dortch married Miss Louise Pegues of
Oxford, Miss. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. Also a member
of the Odd Fellows, and he is a highly successful business man, and a most
reputable citizen.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 866
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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