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Dorr Samuel Fox (1804-1844)
Dorr, Sanuel fox
(18C4-1844)
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Hazen Dorr
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FIFTH GENERATION.
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dignified manners, of clear and discriminating judgment, and of
the highest integrity.
In the legitimate and honorable transactions of business as a
merchant, he accumulated a large estate, which he left, with the
exception of a few legacies, to his children. Mr. Dorr and the
deceased members of his family are buried in the family lot at
Mount Anburn.
His children, all born in Boston, were as follows:
1124-1. SAMUEL Fox, b. Aug. 26, 1804: d. Oct. 19, 1844; m. Eliza-
beth Chipman, daughter of Charles Hazen, Esq., of Bos-
ton, May 26, 1835; she was born in Boston, Nov. 22,
1816; d. April 23, 1865, in Paris, France. Her remains
were brought home and now repose in Mount Auburn.
Mr. Dorr was a merchant, and resided in New York.
Their children were
(1.) SAMUEL, b. June 11, 1836; grad. Harvard College,
1857; studied law, admitted to the bar in Boston;
now resides in New York. (2.) HAZEN, b. Nov. 30,
1837; entered Harvard College in class of 1858, and
d. an undergraduate, June 7, 1856.
1125-2. GEORGE BUCKNAM, b. Jan. 23, 1806; Harvard College, of
the class of 1824; m. Dec. 21, 1837, Joanna Howe,
daughter of Samuel S. Howland, Esq., of New York;
she was b. March 16, 1820; d. in Leamington, England,
July 5, 1842; she was buried in the family lot at Mount
Auburn. Mr. Dorr passed his minority in Boston, the
place of his birth, and, with the exception of several
years in Europe, has resided chiefly in the City of New
York. Since 1853, with his sisters hereafter mentioned,
and his brother, Francis F., he has passed the Summer
months at the family country-seat in Lenox, which occu-
pies a site of unsurpassed beauty among the Berkshire
hills. Mr. Dorr now resides in Boston.
1126-3. ALBERT HENRY, b. Dec. 8, 1807 a resident of New York;
though much engaged in business, his tastes have led
him to scholarly pursuits, and to an acquaintance with
six or seven of the more important languages.
1127-4. MARTHA ANN, b. Dec. 20, 1809; m. Henry Edwards, Sept.
4, 1828; resides in Boston, and during the Summer
months, at Lenox, Mass. Mr. Edwards was b. Oct. 22,
1798, and is a great grandson of the celebrated Jonathan
Edwards; a merchant in Boston; a member of the city
government, and of the legislature of Mass. a trustee
of Amherst College from 1845, and so continues. He
has been, and continues to be, much engaged in behalf of
public and benevolent institutions. Their children were
as follows:-
(1.) HENRY DORR, b. in Paris, France, March 9, 1830; d.
April 5, 1830. (2.) HENRY AUGUSTUS, b. May 9,
1832; d. March 2, 1850, an undergraduate of Harvard
College, of the class of 1853. He died, while on a
voyage for his health, near the coast of South
America. (3.) LUCY JANE, b. Jan. 7, 1834; d. Jan.
19, 1836. (4.) EMILY ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 17, 1835;
d. Sept. 25, 1852.
1128-5. FRANCIS FISKE, b. March 16, 1811 d. in London, Eng., Dec.
8, 1870 a merchant in New York, retiring early from
business, he spent much of his time in Europe, but after
1853, usually returning for the Summer, to join his sis-
ters and brother at their country-seat at Lenox.
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Name: Hazen Dorr
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Birth Date: 30 Nov 1837
Source Citation: Book Title: The Rawson Family
Birth Place:
revised memoir of Edward Rawson, Secretary of th
of Massachusetts Bay, from 1650 to 1686 with
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genealogical notices of his descendants, including /
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generations
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Source Information: Ancestry.com. North America
First Marriage Place:
Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Pro
USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
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Death Date: 7 Jun 1856
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