John Dorman and Sarah A. Best

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Husband John Dorman ¹

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           Born: 21 Jan 1825 - near Hartleton, Union Co, PA 1
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         Father: Peter Dorman (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Catherine Kemmer (      -      ) 1

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Wife Sarah A. Best ¹

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           Born: 3 Jan 1825 - Northampton Co, PA 1
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           Died: 12 Nov 1892 1
         Buried:  - Mt. Bethel Cemetery

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         Father: John Best (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Leah Fink (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Samuel F. Dorman ¹

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2 F Mary J. Dorman ¹

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         Spouse: J. Piper (      -      ) 1

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3 F Rebecca A. Dorman ¹

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           Died: Bef 1898 - Walker Twp, Centre Co, PA
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         Spouse: George Kaup (      -      ) 1

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4 M Milton B. Dorman ¹

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5 F Leah A. Dorman ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Dorman

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His educational opportunities were limited, the free-school system being introduced too late to do him much good. He remained at home until he reached the age of nineteen, when he began to learn the shoemaker's trade with Christian Gann, the only recompense that he received during his apprenticeship being his every-day clothes. At twenty-two he hired out to James Hays, a farmer on Cedar run, in Porter township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, for a summer's work, and later, acting under the advice of Mr. Hays, he established a shoeshop in the same locality, the enterprise proving successful from the start. His work in the shop was relieved in the harvest season by outdoor labor for different farmers, and in time he managed by close economy to buy a quarter of an acre of land with a house, in which he made one room for a shop. He had but little capital at the time of his marriage, and he resided in his first humble home until February 12, 1867, when he took possession of a farm, which was improved in primitive fashion with a log house and barn. Under his management it has took on an entirely different appearance, all the buildings on the place being erected by him.
In politics, he was a stanch Republican, and he held various township offices. He belonged to the Reformed Church, in which he served as deacon and elder.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 634.