OBIT: Orange H. DORMAN, 1900, of interest in Bedford County, PA 

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Orange H. Dorman

Orange H. Dorman, colored, a native of Morrison's Cove, died at his home in
Morrellville on March 8. He served in Uncle Sam's army during the civil war.
The deceased was not a slave, but his wife, Jane, who was bred in "Old 
Virginny," spent several years under a southern master. She gained her freedom
by the aid of the projectors of the famous "underground railway," who
spirited her over the Mason and Dixon line. She came to this county, where
she was married to Mr. Dorman. Two sons of the decedent, Jacob and George,
"followed the flag."  Jacob was killed by the blowing up of a gunboat on the
James river, in Virginia, in 1864. It was a federal boat and was destroyed
by the rebels. George served a number of years in the regular service,
roughing it with the Forty-first Pennsylvanians in the southwest. In a fight
with the Indians on the Rio Grande river, in Texas, in 1884, he was wounded
in the hip and still carries the ball as a memento of the engagement.

Bedford Gazette   3/16/1900