Obituaries daily news record harrisonburg va
Collection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. Dorsey, was an accomplished stone contractor and stonemason. He entered the trade at the age of 25 and went on to become the dean of the stonemasons in the Harrisonburg area.
Dorsey assisted in the erection of many structures in Harrisonburg including obituaries daily news record harrisonburg va, the Daily Obituaries daily news record harrisonburg va building, the first units of Rockingham Memorial Hospital, and a number of the initial buildings that comprised the campus of what is now James Madison University. Dorsey was also employed as a stonemason for projects at the University of Virginia.
Dorsey was a Harrisonburg resident for 67 years until his death on March 18, He is buried in Woodbine Cemetery. Dorsey and his obituary as published in the Daily News-Record. One photograph depicts Joseph Dorsey with a group of workers, including one African American, outside of one of the first buildings at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. An inscription on the verso of the photograph reads: Dorsey and men working for him at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
When he built bldgs. Duke obituaries daily news record harrisonburg va president at time at Madison. Dorsey Dies at Age of A Guide to the Joseph J.
Collection Number SC Creator Dorsey, Joseph J. Abstract The Joseph J. Administrative Information Access Restrictions Collection open to research. Preferred Citation [identification of item], [boxfolder ], Joseph J. Scope and Content The Joseph J.
Arrangement One folder containing two photographs and one obituary. Construction industry -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg Harrisonburg Va.