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Heiner Dorman

Birth	:	27 Jan 1842 Waverly, Morgan County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	3 Aug 1910 Ritzville, Adams County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Ritzville Memorial Cemetery, Ritzville, Adams County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.1332779, -118.3945084
Description	:	Parents Wm Dorman & Eleanor Morgan The Washington State Journal and Ritzville Times Thursday, August 4, 1910 Heiner Dorman Is Dead Heiner Dorman is no more. His pain-wrecked body is at rest. He passed away quietly and peacefully after months of suffering. Deceased was an Adams county pioneer. He came here in the fall of 1887, and homesteaded the place west of town, which was later sold and the one north of Ritzville purchased. Heiner Dorman was born in Morgan county, Indiana, 68 years ago. His aged wife and six children survive him. The children are Orris and Ortho, Spokane; Jesse, British Columbia; Lou, the... Read More	Parents Wm Dorman & Eleanor Morgan The Washington State Journal and Ritzville Times Thursday, August 4, 1910 Heiner Dorman Is Dead Heiner Dorman is no more. His pain-wrecked body is at rest. He passed away quietly and peacefully after months of suffering. Deceased was an Adams county pioneer. He came here in the fall of 1887, and homesteaded the place west of town, which was later sold and the one north of Ritzville purchased. Heiner Dorman was born in Morgan county, Indiana, 68 years ago. His aged wife and six children survive him. The children are Orris and Ortho, Spokane; Jesse, British Columbia; Lou, the youngest daughter, at home; Mrs. Victor Chargois of Ritzville, and Mrs. J. M. Woehr, Redlands, Calif. On the 12th day of last March as Mr. and Mrs. Dorman, Mrs. Chargois and her little girls were driving home that Sunday night from the Osborn meetings, they went off the high embankment in the road near the Olson place. Mr. and Mrs. Dorman were seriously injured. In fact, Mr. Dorman's injury hastened the development of a cancer of the stomach, and this was the cause of his demise. Funeral services will be held from the home Friday, Aug. 5, at 10 a.m. _________________________________________ The Washington State Journal and Ritzville Times Thursday, August 11, 1910 Obituray of Heiner Dorman (The man who had known him longest and best writes short story of this useful man's life) Just 68 years, 7 months and 6 days from Jan. 27, 1842, Heiner Dorman laid down his earthly tabernacle, in Adams county, Washington, at 10 p.m., Aug. 3, 1910, after suffering much pain from injuries five months before his departure across the river of death. He began life near Waverly, Morgan county, Indiana. When three years old his father died, leaving Eleanor Dorman, his wife, with four children to mourn his loss, Heiner being the youngest. For 11 years afterward she, with the four children, lived in Indiana, and then falling in with the tide of emigration westward bound, she fell in line and landed in Keokuk county, Iowa, where she died in 1873. Seven years before her death Heiner Dorman was married to Martha J. Knox of the same county in which he had grown to manhood. Four years before his marriage he enlisted in the 33d infantry, in company H, in which company he served with honor and good standing until the surrender at Appomattox court-house, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. Men of positive nature like Heiner Dorman, both North and South, had convictions that forced them to action, during the time from 1861 to 1865, and men of his nobility of character, both North and South, when they laid aside the weapons of bloody strife, curbed their opinions and met each other in the spirit that becometh men who have done their duty according to educated convictions. This, the writer can truthfully declare was the spirit manifested by Heiner Dorman when I first met him in Adams county, Washington, in the year 1889, where he and his family had resided since the autumn of 1887, for he, his wife and seven children had come from the state of Iowa to Washington that year and settled in Adams county on his homestead near Willis postoffice, where they resided until the autumn of 1897, when they moved to the farm where he ended his earthly life. At this time he was tempted to leave Adams county, and this I know, because he and I had more than one talk on this matter. Not long since he again had the matter of change of residence before him and then he said, "I expect to die in Adams county." A few days before the unfortunate accident which ended in his death we met, and with a warm greeting by both, he said, "I never felt better in my life, and now I believe we will meet often here, as I am well pleased with our home." He and his wife, Martha J. Dorman, who survives him, lived together 44 years. Their seven children, all of whom grew to their majority, still live, except Mrs. Letta Glass, who died Nov. 28, 1905. All their children were born in Iowa. Ten grandchildren survive him - Ortho Dorman, wife and one child; Orris Dorman, wife, two boys and girls, who reside in Spokane; Alice C. Chargois and V. A. Chargois and two children, who reside in Adams county; Lou Dorman, unmarried lives with her mother; Lois Woehr and John Woehr, two boys and one girl, live at Redlands, Calif.; Jesse Dorman and wife live at Calgary, Canada. Elder W. R. Cunningham _________________________________________ Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington", published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904. HINER DORMAN is a farmer residing on four hundred and eighty acres of land six miles north from Ritzville. He is a native of Indiana, born on January 27, 1842, the son of William and Eleanor (Morgan) Dorman, both natives of Tennessee. Early in their married life the parents settled in Indiana, where, at the age of forty-two the father died. The mother then removed with her family to Iowa, and there, at the age of seventy-two, died, leaving a family of four grown children, Jesse, Elizabeth, Martha, and the subject of this sketch. The mother was a descendant of General Morgan of Revolutionary fame. The father was a farmer all his life. At the age of fourteen Mr. Dorman started in his career independently, beginning by working on a farm. Prior to this time he had attended school in Iowa, and after leaving home he continued his education during the winters. He followed farming in Iowa until 1888, when he came to Washington and located a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres twelve miles northwest of Ritzville. Here he lived eight years, when he sold out and located on a quarter-section of land where he now lives. Later he purchased three hundred and twenty acres, which he has fenced, placed under cultivation and improved with good buildings, orchard and so forth. In 1865 Mr. Dorman was married to Martha J. Knox, daughter of John and Fidelia (Jacobs) Knox, both of whom were born in Virginia. Mrs. Dorman is a member of a family of eleven children, Benjamin F., Thomas J., Martha J., Henry C., John L., Mary E., Alice A., Addie, Louisa, Joseph and Charles. Among these are two pairs of twins, Thomas J. and Martha J., and Alice A. and Addie. To Mr. and Mrs. Dorman have been born these children, whose names and present addresses are as follows: Orpha, Spokane; Lois, married to John M. Woehr, Garfield, Washington; Lotta, Spokane; Jesse, San Francisco; Alice C., with her parents; and Orris, Spokane. In politics Mr. Dorman is liberal in his views, being affiliated with no party. He and his family are members of the Christian church. In 1862 Mr. Dorman enlisted in Company H, Thirty-third Iowa Infantry, and served three years as a private, first under Colonel Rice, and upon his death in battle, under Colonel Mackey. The first engagement in which our subject was involved was at Helena, Arkansas. Later, he fought in the battles of Shellmound, Mississippi, the seventeen days' fight at Selen River, Arkansas, and at the battle of Jenkin's Ferry. He was repeatedly wounded, and at one time was confined two months in a hospital. Upon returning to his command he fought in Alabama, being engaged in the battles of Fort Spanish and Fort Blakely, as well as many lesser fights and skirmishes. Altogether his military record was one of action and bravery,--one of which he by no means need be ashamed.

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Heiner Dorman's memorial is located at: Ritzville Memorial Cemetery, Ritzville, Adams County, USA.
When did Heiner Dorman death?
Heiner Dorman death on 3 Aug 1910 in Ritzville, Adams County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 47.1332779
Longitude: -118.3945084

Family Members:

Parent

Eleanor Morgan Dorman

(1799 - 1871)

Siblings

Jessie Dorman

(1826 - 1910)

Elizabeth Dorman Clary

(1828 - 1900)

Children

Alice Dorman Chargois

(1885 - 1945)

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Coordinate: 47.1332779, -118.3945084

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Coordinate: 47.1217003, -118.3643036

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Coordinate: 47.2615240, -118.4491830

8. Schoonover Hutterite Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.2306647, -118.5808847

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Coordinate: 46.9846992, -118.6192017

10. Bemis Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.9244003, -118.3000031

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Coordinate: 47.3485000, -118.5090000

14. Lamona Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.3485000, -118.5096000

15. Downs Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.3630000, -118.3929000

16. Menno Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.1268997, -118.7709579

17. Bohemian Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.3066700, -118.6897300

18. Dead Man Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.8698809, -118.2922590

19. Hoffnungsberg Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.2033600, -118.8033200

20. Haase-Delzer Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.3398210, -118.6886380

21. Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.3190680, -118.7227530

22. Odessa Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.3311005, -118.7082977

23. Wilkinson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.8984400, -118.1339100

24. Lake View Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.3055992, -117.9953003