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William Theophilus Dortch Jr.


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Born: August 23, 1824

Birthplace: Nash County, North Carolina

Father: William Theophilus Dortch Sr. 1786 – 1830

Mother: Druscilla Whitefield Bunn 1784 – 1878

1st​ Wife: Mary Elizabeth Pittman 1827 – 1870
(Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, North Carolina)

2nd​ Wife: Harriet Williams 1844 – 1928
(Buried: Grace Episcopal Church, Berryville, Virginia)​

Children:

Private Harrod Pittman Dortch 1846 – 1915​
(Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, North Carolina)​
Corinne R. Dortch 1848 – 1926​
(Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, North Carolina)​
Isaac Foote Dortch 1849 – 1910​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)​
Lewis Jackson Dortch 1855 – 1856​
(Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, North Carolina)
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Annie Laurie Dortch Hill 1860 – 1931​
(Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, North Carolina)​
William Theophilus Dortch III 1862 – 1918​
(Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, North Carolina)​
Fitzhugh Lee Dortch 1866 – 1951​
(Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, North Carolina)​
Helen Williams Dortch 1877 – 1922​
(Buried: Grace Episcopal Church, Berryville, Virginia)​
Selene Wilmer Dortch 1883 – 1962​
(Buried: Grace Episcopal Church, Berryville, Virginia)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Occupation before War:


1845 – 1848: Attorney in Nashville, North Carolina​
1848 – 1861: Attorney in Goldsboro, North Carolina​
1852 – 1861: Member of North Carolina House of Commons​
1860 – 1861: Speaker of North Carolina House of Commons​

Civil War Career:

1862 – 1865: Confederate States Senator from North Carolina​
1862 – 1865: Member of Senate Accounts Committee​
1862 – 1865: Member of Senate Commerce Committee​
1862 – 1864: Member of Senate Naval Affairs Committee​
1863 – 1865: Senate Chairman of Engrossment and Enrollment Committee​
Friend of Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin​
Acted as intermediary between Secretary Benjamin and Gov. Vance​
Supporter of all major programs designed to strengthen Confederacy​
Wished to pay better prices for impressed produce​
Supporter to guarantee the habeas corpus when military status in question.​
Supporter of making inflation curbs a little less arbitrary​
His suggestions were made to keep production and state government in satisfactory operation.​
North Carolina’s strongest opponent of peace negotiations​

Occupation after War:

Emerged from the war almost bankrupt​
His law library was lost and much of his property destroyed when Sherman’s army occupied Goldsboro.​
Attorney in Goldsboro, North Carolina​
1879 – 1885: North Carolina State Senator​
1879: President of North Carolina State Senate​
Director of North Carolina State Owned Railroad​
Chairman of Commission to revised the North Carolina Code​
1889: Suffered from the effects of a stroke​

Died: November 21, 1889

Place of Death: Goldsboro, North Carolina

Age at time of Death: 65 years old

Burial Place: Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, North Carolina
 
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