MISS CAROLINE DOHRMAN, RETIRED TEACHER, DIES

Descendant of Prominent Local Family Fataly Stricken

MEMBER OF D. A. R.

Miss Caroline R. Dohrman, who was a teacher in Steubenville public schools for years, died Monday at 6:05 p. m., at Ohio Valley Hospital. She was found seriously ill in her apartment on Ross Street on Sunday and taken to the hospital, where she failed to rally.

Miss Dohrman was born in this city, a daughter of Arnold Henry Dohrman and Elizabeth Collier, both members of prominent and influential old-time families of the ante-bellum period.

Her grandfather, Arnold Henry Dohrman, was born in Holland, and his family later moved to Portugal, where he was saved from an earthquake. He became a merchant and importer of tea, spices and rare products from the Orient. While there he sided with the American colonies in their war for independence and he aided American sailors who had been captured. Later he came to New York City, where he was an associate of John-Jacob Astor.

He was given the first land grant by U. S. Congress in appreciation of his service, and he raised and equipped one whole regiment in the Revolutionary struggle. The land grant covered the territory where Uhrichsville and Dennison are located, and a township there is named Dohrman township.

Miss Dohrman, who taught school for nearly half a century, was beloved by all her pupils and her fellow teachers, who held her in the highest respect.

She was a woman of fine personality and character. Her life was in the past dwelling with fond sentimentability on the association of bygone years, when her ancestral relatives were among the most prominent in the city.

They were the Colliers, Edwin M. Stanton's famil, the Dohrman's, who were leaders in the social, business, banking, river and political life here. They were names to conjure with by descendents who loved to talk of the glamorous past.

Rev. Larimore Collier Dennis, head of the Presbyterian Seminary at Omaha, Nebraska, and his mother, Mrs. Francis J. Collier, of Collingswood, New Jersey, are about the only relatives she has living.

She had been a member of the Congregational Church for years, and was a charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her body can be seen at the Shannon Funeral home.
****The Steubenville Herald Star, Tuesday, July 11, 1933*****