Yavapai-Pinal County AZ Archives Biographies.....Doran, Andrew J. July 11, 1840 - living in 1896
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Author: McFarland & Poole

p. 460-461

  HON. ANDREW J. DORAN. One of the men who have controlled circumstances in life
and commanded success is Andrew J. Doran, who represents all that is vigorous
and substantial in our American institutions, and is deserving of all praise. He
is a representative son of Ohio, born in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County,
July 11, 1840, and the son of George and Jane (Cribbs) Doran, the former of
German and Irish and the latter of German stock. Grandfather Thomas Doran was
born in the North of Ireland. At an early date he came to America, first settled
in New Jersey, but afterward moved to Pennsylvania, settling in Westmoreland
County. From there he subsequently moved to Ohio. The grandfather on the
mother's side, Major John Cribbs, was an officer in the Revolutionary War. When
our subject was but four years old he was left motherless and he was taken by
his paternal grandparents and made his home with them in Cooper County, near
Boonville, Missouri. Until seven years old he was on a farm in that county; then
his grandparents moved to Iowa, locating near Mt. Pleasant, on a farm, in 1847.
Three years later they moved to Des Moines, of that State. About 1855 our
subject's father moved to Iowa and settled near Boonsboro, where Andrew joined
him. The latter remained with his father until 1860 and in the meantime learned
the millwright and bridge builder's trade. He attended the Wesleyan University
at Mt. Pleasant and secured a good practical education. In the year 1860 he went
to Pike's Peak during the excitement there, and engaged in mining. During the
summer and fall of the following year he crossed the plains to California, via
Salt Lake City, with two young men, and reached Marysville, Cal., at the time of
the war excitement. There he enlisted in Company E, Fifth California Volunteer
Infantry, and soon after started to Texas, via Los Angeles, Cal., and Arizona to
El Paso. For the most part he was on frontier service and engaged in fighting
Indians. He was discharged at Lammesella, N. M., and then returned to California
by the same route. From there he went to Oregon and engaged in mining in the
John Day country for over a year. Returning to California he followed
merchandising for a while, also engaging in the lumber business in Butte County.
During the building of the Southern Pacific he was with the construction forces
and was present when the last spike was driven. Later he went to Inyo County,
California, and followed mining until 1876, when he came to Arizona. He first
located at Silver King, in Pinal County, and worked at mining and mill building.
He constructed the Silver King works and was superintendent of the mines. In
1881 he was elected to the Eleventh Legislature. Still later he was made
superintendent of the Final Consolidated Company's works, held that position
about a year, and during that time was elected sheriff of Pinal County, serving
one term. In 1886 he was again elected to the Fourteenth Legislature, thus
showing his popularity. Afterward he again engaged in mining with the Reymerk
Mining Company: constructed the works and was superintendent, and in 1889 was
elected to the council of the Sixteenth Legislature, and was re-elected to the
same position in the Seventeenth. He was councilman at large during the
Eighteenth Legislature and was made the president of the council by unanimous
consent. Since then Mr. Doran has resided in Prescott, and has been associated
with ex-Governor Powers in business. Socially Mr. Doran is a Mason. He belongs
to Gila Valley Blue Lodge No. 9, at Florence; to the Chapter at Phoenix, also
the Commandery at Phoenix and Malacca Temple at Los Angeles. He is also a member
of Final Lodge No. 4, Independent Order Odd Fellows. Mr. Doran's life has been
an adventurous one and he has met with more interesting incidents than usually
fall to the lot of man. Politically he is a Republican.



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A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona
Published by
McFarland & Poole, Chicago, 1896

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