Obituaries from Ripley's SOUTHERN SENTINEL and Other Sources Tippah County Death Notices 1836 - 1936 DORTCH, WILLIAM E., dec. (PR 1848) Elizabeth E. Dortch, William B. B. Dortch, Robert Dortch, heirs. This is my family. How do I find out when and where he died? If he had a will and where it was probated? Where he is buried? Thanks for any information on the Dortch family and their connections to Tippah County, MS. Thanks! Fredreica [email protected] Robert Dortch settled in Ouachita Parish in West Monroe, La. near Bayou De Siard. Robert Dortch was a member of the Western Star Masonic Lodge 24 in the 1860's. He died near Oxford, Mississippi, on December 4,1869, at age 40. He was born about 1829. He married Mary Bethune Martin, the daughter of John Bethune Martin of Moore County, NC and Nancy Hill Harris of Montgomery County, NC. Robert Dortch and Mary Bethune Martin were married in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi. Their children were Alexander Martin Dortch b. 25 May 1852, d. 21 Jul 1873; William Eaton Dortch b. 24 Jan 1854, d. 11 Jul 1901; John Bethune Dortch b. 25 Aug 1862, m. Mary Louis Pegues 30 April 1890; Robert Dortch b. 8 Dec 1864, d. 1866