BIOGRAPHY

CARLTON G. DORMAN - OF GENESEE COUNTY, NY

Dorman, Carlton G., was born on the homestead, March 20, 1856. His father, John Dorman, was a native of New Haven, Conn., and came to Genesee County in 1808 with his parents, who purchased their land from the Holland Land Co., and which has been in the family for ninety years. John Dorman married Caroline, daughter of William and Sophia Briggs Main; he died in 1873. Carlton G. was educated in Batavia. He has been one of the leading farmers of his County, actively interested in school and church matters, and intelligently performing the duties of a useful citizen. He has always been a Republican and an ardent protectionist of the Blame-McKinley type, and ever ready to uphold the best interests of his party and country.

Source: Our County and its people, A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890