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prohibition certainly did not make matters better." When Dorsey died in 1937, he was buried with full
And: "Several couples divorced between 1910 and 1930, military honors, including a fi ring squad and a bugler
three of the couples in Missoula divorced after 1910… playing taps.
Moreover, seventeen interracial couples who were listed
as married in 1910 no longer resided in Montana by the This Valentine's Day, we can appreciate the freedom to
next census. It would be impossible to maintain that the love without racial restriction.
law was largely symbolic for these families." This law
remained on the books until the 1950s, Senate Journal
of the Eleventh Session of the State Assembly of the
State of Montana.

In June 1910 – the same year that he and Sarah (Sadie)
divorced – Dorsey married Jamesie A. White, who is
listed as "negro” on censuses. She was born in Vera Cruz,
Mexico, to John Lane and Fime Amsette, from Spain and
Maryland. Jamesie and S.T. Dorsey lived at 817 Wolf Ave
in Missoula until they died in 1937 and 1942.

Lodge building used by Triumphant No. 10

Solomon Thomas Dorsey was a member of Triumphant
Ten lodge No. 29 – presumably named after the 10th
Cavalry. This lodge met on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of
the month, at 113 W. Front St (where the Union Hall was
before it moved to Main St). Dorsey was the Worshipful
Master of this lodge in the 1920s. [Lodge building
pictured] [Keychains pictured. Dorsey’s is in the collection of Grand
Secretary Daniel Gardiner, on loan to the Montana Masonic
S.T. Dorsey's Masonic membership was important to Foundation]
him, as evidenced by a keychain fob with a Square and
Compass depicted in the center. It also has his name, S.T.
Dorsey, No. 29, and Missoula, MT, on the front. On the
back is stamped 1923. Keychain fobs like this one were
quite common at the time. Some, such as the one owned
by Telesford Picotte, a member of Livingston Lodge #32,
also state "please return to" stamped on them. Others,
such as one issued by the Masonic Protective Association
(a fraternal funeral benefi t society), had serial numbers
on the back. These were issued to members and could be
identifi ed by request of the society if lost.
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