- Philip Dorsheimer
Philip Dorsheimer (
April 15 ,1797 Wöllstein ,Mont-Tonnerre -April 11 ,1868 )Life
He came to the
United States in 1815, and settled inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania . On August 23, 1821, he married Sarah Gorgas. In 1826 he removed to Lyons, N.Y., and in April 1836 toBuffalo, New York .In 1838, he was appointed
Postmaster of Buffalo by PresidentMartin Van Buren . On April 1, 1845, he was appointed again Postmaster of Buffalo by PresidentJames K. Polk .He had been always a Democrat, but joined the Republican Party upon its foundation. He was a delegate to the
1856 Republican National Convention . He wasNew York State Treasurer from 1860 to 1861. From 1862 to 1864, he was Inland Tax Collector at Buffalo.His son was Lieutenant Governor
William Dorsheimer .ources
* [http://www.archivaria.com/GdDbios/GdD7.html] Bios of German-Americans in Buffalo, with photo (giving as birth place "Weistein", a misspelling of "Wollstein")
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsh-dougher.html] Political Graveyard
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E02EFD8153FE336A05752C0A96F9C946391D7CF] Appointed tax collector, in NYT on September 1, 1862
* [http://genforum.genealogy.com/dorsheimer/messages/23.html] Dorsheimer genealogy (giving as birthplace "Dondersberg" - a variant spelling of Donnersberg, translated to Mont-Tonnerre in French, "Canton Wollstein" - cantons are the divisions of the départements)
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=950DE1DA1339E134BC4153DFBE66838D649FDE] His letter to J. F. Donaldson, in NYT on August 9, 1856
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