Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Doig, John H 1844 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

JOHN H. DOIG, the occupant of a snug farm on section 4, New Lenox Township, 
was born in Washington, D. C., March 13, 1844. He is of Scotch parentage, his 
parents being Andrew and Isabella (Fife) Doig, representatives of honorable 
families in Farfarshire and Fifeshire. A history of their lives will be found 
in the sketch of Thomas Doig, a brother of our subject, whose biography is 
found elsewhere in this volume. The gentleman of whom we write was scarcely 
more than an infant when his parents took up their abode in this county, where 
he received his early education. When about seventeen years old he went to 
Chicago, remaining in that city until the spring of 1890, when he returned 
hither, purchased eighty acres of land on Maple Street, and is now numbered 
among the agriculturists of New Lenox Township. While living in the Queen City 
of the Lakes, he was engaged in a music store, in mercantile pursuits, the 
sale of real estate, and in building. His whole business career has been 
marked with a high degree of the "go ahead" spirit, so characteristic of 
dealers in Chicago and men of affairs in other communities, and he has been 
identified with men of similar public spirit in various movements which would 
benefit mankind and add to the prosperity of the section in which he lived. 
The marriage of Mr. Doig took place in Minneapolis, Minn., March 21, 1872, the 
bride being Miss Jemima Macdonald. This lady is a daughter of Alexander and 
Caroline (Porteous) Macdonald, the former of whom died in Chicago, July 5, 
1881. She was born in Montreal, Canada, April 1, 1851, and grew to womanhood, 
possessing such noble qualities of character, such intelligence and good 
breedings and so thorough a knowledge of useful arts as to deserve the love 
which she has won. The first part of her life was spent in the city of New 
York and the latter part in Chicago. She is a member of the Episcopal Church. 
She has borne her husband one son, a bright lad, who bears the name of Alvin H.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 

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