C. C. DORROH, Livingston County, is a native of Caldwell County, Ky., and was born August 16, 1828. He is the son of William and Mary (Stone) Dorroh, both parents born in the State of South Carolina. William Dorroh's father, John Dorroh, was a native of Ireland. He came to America when a young man, and lived in South Carolina for a number of years, afterward moving to Livingston County, Ky., settling near the present site of Dycusburg Village, he died in Alabama about the year 1852. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Caleb Stone, a native of South Carolina; he was an early settler of Fredonia Precinct, Caldwell County, where he died about 1836. William Dorroh was born in South Carolina. He came to Kentucky when a small boy and was a resident of Caldwell County until his death, which occurred about 1835. Mary Stone Dorroh was born in South Carolina also, and died in 1876 at an advanced age. C. C. is the seventh of a family of ten children born to William and Mary Dorroh. He spent his youth and early manhood in Caldwell County, and commenced working for himself at the age of eighteen years. He was married, December 11, 1845, to Nancy, daughter of Thomas Dyson, of Union County, Ky. The year of his marriage he purchased a farm in Marshall County to which he immediately moved and on which he lived for ten years. In 1855 he came to Livingston County, and purchased a farm of 204 acres in Salem Precinct, five miles south of the village. He has added to the original purchase and at present owns 264 acres of good land. His farm is highly improved in every respect and shows that the owner is master of the science of agriculture. He is a member of the Baptist Church, with which he united when but fourteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Dorroh are the parents of the following children: William T., Mary J. (deceased), Francis M., James L. (deceased), Ellen, wife of S. G. Clark; Edwin, Richard, Charles (deceased), and Willis, (deceased).
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Pages 816-817.