Stories from Gus Adams, published in Tifton Gazette, Tift Co. GA
Dorminy Fammily
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J. E. (Edd) Dorminey edorminey@dishmail.net
Around the "turn of the Century" (1912) there was a man by the name of
Gus Adams (friends called him "Pat") who lived near Chula, Tift County,
GA with several families. First with William and Louisa Jane Branch and
then at the home of some of their grown children. After a while he moved
in with the D.H. Hogan family. Gus was from Brooklyn, New York and came
to Georgia about 1878 where he followed his occupation as a painter and
decorator. While residing and working around the Chula area, he went from
home to home and knew all the old residents of this section and visited
with them. He attended family reunions, annual meetings and celebrations,
and his writings of these gatherings were an interesting feature of the
"Tifton Gazette" in Tifton Georgia for many years. Gus died in 1933.
These stories live on to tell some very interesting histories of the
different families of the area. Look especially at the "Whiddon" write
up as it is very interesting in relation to the Dorminy family and
where they originated.
SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION
Bob Morrell was editor of the Tifton Gazette 30 years ago when he and his
wife Betty discovered and salvaged these genealogies from some old Tifton
Gazette papers that were crumbling and falling apart from being exposed to
age, dust, South Georgia heat and humidity. Betty took these old papers and
copied the Gus Adams genealogies onto "teletype" paper on her typewriter.
She said that during the process the act of turning the pages would tear the
brittle newsprint and she had to have something placed under them to turn
them or they would crumble in her hands. If she hadn^t saved these family
histories, they would have been lost forever as no other source has been
found that has copies of these articles except the one on the Paulk^s and
part of the one on the Dorminy family which we obtained from another source
CAUTION!!! Please be aware that Mr. Adams did not have the benefit of
a computer to cross check his information. He has a LOT of mistakes in
these histories but if you use them, and are aware of this fact, you
can benefit by having a starting point. Do not use this information as
your final reference . I know for a fact that a lot of Dorminy
information as well as other information is partially WRONG so to be
forwarned is to be forarmed.
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THE DORMINY'S
(first part is missing)
........BETTY Roberts. Their children were; John, Ed, Hughey, Claude,
William, Ida and Emory.
John married Mary Sutton.
Ed married Telithia Paulk, daughter of Rev. William Paulk.
Hughey married Elizabeth McMillan, daughter of Malcolm McMillan, of
Brookfield. He died.
Claude married Estelle Lott.
William married Sallie Baker.
Eda married Roscoe Hammond, of Enigma.
Emory married Lois Patterson, daughter of Elder Patterson.
Shadrack, or Shade, son of John B. was County Commissioner of Berrien
county for a number of years. He married Jane McCook, and settled near
Alapaha. Their children were: W.W., or Bud, who never married. Dora
married Charlie Paulk, son of As Paulk. Bessie married mack Paulk,
brother of Charlie Paulk, Cora married Wm. D. Branch, of Ocilla. She
died,. Aurelia never married. Son, the youngest boy, was killed near
Alapaha by a negro.
Jim, son of John B., married Abbie Vickers, daughter of olf Thomas
Young, the first. They moved to Alabama.
Nebuchadnezzar, the youngest son of John B. Dorminy, called "Neb",
represented Irwin county in the legislature in the early part of 1900.
He defeated E.J.Young. He married Mattie Haines.
Their children: John D., never married. He is cashier of the Exchange
Bank of Fitzgerald. Julia married J.A. Turner, president of the
Exchange National Bank of Fitzgerald. Nellie married D.J. Henderson,
cashier of the Citizens Bank of Ocilla. Mollie married Col. J.A.
McDonald, of Fitzgerald. Mittie, Lillie, Inez, and Ed are single.
Elijah, son of John B., married Margaret Anne Rigdon. Their children
were: George J., Nellie , Wooty, Margie, Bettie, Stella, Wiley,
Andrew, Elisha, Enoch and Walter.
George J. married Annie McDemett, Nellie married Math Russell.
Wooty married Clyde Mobley.
Mary married Mid Barnes.
Bettie married Ethan Smith.
Stella married Archie Weave.
Wiley married Miss Gay.
Andrew married Minnie Williams.
Elisha married Ellen Kane.
Enoch died.
Walker married Miss Smith.
Betty is single.
Martha, daughter of John B., married Berrien Hobby, son of Andrew
Hobby. Their children were: Judy, who died; Andrew, Lott, who married
Miss Rouse; Jim who married Miss Hardy; Burrell, who also married a
Miss Rouse who died, he then married Miss Ward, and Polly who married
Elbert G. M. Fletcher, of Irwinville. Nellie married Ed Griffin.
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Note from J.E.(Edd) Dorminey: After much research, I know that several
things are wrong in this sketch. I won't go into them all right now as
you can see the changes in a book I have printed as described below.
The item above that said "Nebuchadnezzar, the youngest son of John B.
Dorminy, called "Neb", represented Irwin county....". In reality "Neb"
was actually the youngest son "Nab". His name was "Alexander Steven
Polk Dallas Zachariah Taylor Rough and Ready Dorminy". His nickname
was "Nab". "Nab" was a representative in the state legislature and
once had an eye shot out by "Tuggin" Fussell who was shooting at a man
that was talking to "Nab".