A Collection of Memories: A History of Armstrong County, 1876-1965 Page: 74
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Armstrong County
Of the remaining six children, Claude
(Little Bill as he was known)passed away in
1932; Jessie (Mrs. Ed Prachar) in 1933; four
are living, Ethel (Mrs. Lee Curry) lives
near Hereford; Maude (Mrs. J. A. Black,
Clarendon; Annie (Mrs. D. L. O'Connor,
Denver, Colo.); and Katheryn (Mrs. R. A.
Baker), Amarillo.
In bringing this up to date we add: William
Andrew Davis born Feb. 22, 1858; died
March 5, 1940, buried at Claude. Mrs. Mary
Darthula Rogers Davis (wife) born May 23,
1865 and died Sept. 3, 1946, buried at
Claude. Mrs. J. A. Black resides in Ama-
rillo. Mrs. D. L. O'Conner resides withher
daughter in Connecticut, 1964.
-- Taken from 1938 Armstrong history.
The Dorris Sisters
In tracing the origin of the "Dorris"
family, it is found "Dorris" ts a Greek
name; from the Greek city ofDorris, where
the famous Doric columns was founded by the
Doris family. Doris Hellemus called the land
he inherited "Dorris" thus starting the new
family name with the two R's.
General Josef Dorris fought under Julius
Caeser and after the conquest of Great
Britain, he was awarded by Caesar the
county of Downs in Ireland for meritorious
service. Josef Dorris, a descent of General
Josef Dorris, had nine sons who came to
America in the early part of 1700. One of
these sons, William Dorris, settled near
Baltimore, Maryland, and he gave his son
the name of his father Josef. This Josef
Dorris became a noted Baptist minister.
He had fourteen children, one of which
was named William. William Dorris mar-
ried a Miss Kathrienne Frost; to this union
there were two sons and six daughters
born. One of these son's names was Sam-
uel Frost Dorris, who married a Miss Susan
Pitts. This couple moved to Tennessee. One
of their sons was a noted physician, who
believed in the "Germ" theory, which was
a new idea at that time. The other son was
a well-known and greatly beloved preacher,
the Rev. William Gibbs Dorris.
This man related witnessing the scene of
the falling stars which occurred in 1833
and caused a stir among the populace of that
,time. Rev. Wm. Gibbs Dorris married miss
Charlotte Cain and moved to Bolivar, Ten-nessee. William G. Dorris and wife had sev-.
eral children, one of whom they named
Harrison R. Dorris, who married Nancy
Nolan. Harrison R. and Nancy both died
early in life leaving five orphaned girls:
Betty, Maggie, Pine, Callie and Myra Dor-
ris. These girls lived, as children, with an
uncle and aunt. This uncle was a cotton
and lumber man who lived on a large and
beautiful plantation in Tennessee. We find
that the five girls were all born in Poca.
hantas, Tennessee.
1. Miss Bettie, or Elizabeth, devoted the
early part of her life to the rearing of her
sisters, after Maggie came to Texas to
teach school. Bettie was always a beloved
member of her sister's household, and de.
voted the later part of her life to loving
and helping care for nieces and nephews
Bettie was born August 15, 1862 and died
in 1932. She was the first librarian of
Potter County when Amarillo Public Li..
brary Association was formed in 1908 and
served for many years.
2. Maggie came to Texas from Tennessee
to teach school, and was teaching at Science
Hall in Travis County when she met and
married Henry Harrison Stanley. They came
from Austin to Washburn, Texas in the
summer of 1888.* She had her sisters follow
soon afterwards.
3. Pine married Wayland Bailey in 1895
who had just established the first weather
bureau in this part of the country. They later
moved to near San Francisco, Calif.
4. Callie married Henry Augustus Nobles'
on March 10, 1896, in Amarillo. Their family
home was at 1220 Taylor. Callie taught at
Independent School in rural Potter County
in 1894-95. Mr. Nobles was a prominent
merchants in Amarillo, and was born June 5,
1861, in Tennessee. He came to Amarillo
in January, 1892, with his brother, M.
C.; then he and the brother launched the
Nobles Brothers Wholesale Gro, Co., which
for a number of years was the Panhandle's
leading wholesale grocery and ranch supply
house, and it was in an adobe brick build-
ing. Mrs. Nobles died August 22, 1939,
and H. A. Nobles died January 19, 1951.
Daughter Dorris said that when her father
saw dust on the horizon, he was glad as
the wagon trains were coming in for sup.
plies. An old saying was that it took fourpersons to hang one bed sheet in our Pan.
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Armstrong County Historical Society. A Collection of Memories: A History of Armstrong County, 1876-1965, book, 1965; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91040/m1/82/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .