H. C. Dorris, farmer and owner of saw mill in Sumner County, District No. 8, was born in Robertson County, in 1843. He is one of eight children of Roland B. and Eveline (Jones) Dorris. The father, of Irish origin, born in 1807 in Robertson County, was an able Baptist minister and missionary. He died in 1872. The mother, a native of the same county, died when our subject was very small. Educated in Robertson and Sumner Counties, our subject began for himself when twenty-three years old, by engaging in the saw mill business. In 1865 he married Sopha W., daughter of William and Emma Clark, and native of Sumner County. Their eight children are Eddie, Roland B., Clark, Levy B., Henry C., Vernen, Oscar and Eleanor. Politically Mr. Dorris is a Democrat. His wife and son, Roland B., are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.