Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Doty, Sell S. 1867 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

SELL S. DOTY.

   Farmer, county surveyor, civil engineer and postmaster of Delphi— such in
brief is the record of Sell S. Doty, a native of Carroll county and one of the
best-known citizens of the county. Before he engaged in farming, however, he was
engaged for some four years in educational work in Carroll county, having
previously received a liberal education in one of the country's leading normal
schools. As postmaster of Delphi since June 1, 1915, he has given to the people
of Delphi, the patrons of the Delphi public postoffice, a most capable and
efficient administration and is popular not only in the rank of the Democratic
party with which he is affiliated politically but with all classes of people,
regardless of parties.

   Sell S. Doty was born in Clay township, Carroll county, Indiana, on April 6,
1867. Mr. Doty's parents, Robert and Louisa (Felthoff) Doty were natives of Ohio
and of Pennsylvania, respectively. They were farmers by occupation. Robert Doty
having come to Carroll county from the Buckeye state when he was a boy. Here he
grew to manhood and, upon reaching maturity, engaged in farming. He died in 1879
at the age of fifty years. His wife had died about nine years previously at the
age of thirty-six. They were devoted members of the New Light church. Of the ten
children born to Robert and Louisa (Felthoff) Doty, three died early in life.
Joseph resides at Flora, Indiana; Sarah is the wife of George Harner, of Radnor;
Robert died when a young man; Alvin lives in Boone county; Augustus lives at
Flora; Sell S. is the subject of this sketch; Jennie is the wife of Frank
Strange, of Frankfort, Indiana.

   Reared on a farm and educated in the district schools of Clay township, Sell
S. Doty later became a student at the Northern Indiana Normal School, at
Valparaiso, Indiana, and afterward taught school for four years. In the
meantime, he purchased the farm of one hundred and ten acres which he still
owns. In 1908 Mr. Doty, having been elected to the office of county surveyor for
a term of four years, removed from the farm to Delphi. Upon the expiration of
his term in 1912 he was engaged in civil engineering for about two years, but in
1914 received the appoinment [sic] from President Wilson as postmaster in
Delphi. Mr. Doty took his office on June 1, 1915.

   On October 31, 1894, Sell S. Doty was married to Emma B. Squire, the daughter
of David and Huldah (Grant) Squire, who has borne him three children, Ruby,
Russell and C. Clay. Ruby died at the age of seventeen days and Russell at the
age of eleven days.

   Mrs. Doty is a native of Illinois, her father a native of Ohio, and her
mother of Indiana. The mother died in 1895 and since this time her father has
lived with the Doty family. David and Huldah. (Grant) Squire had three children,
Jolie, George G. and Emma. Mrs. Doty's paternal grandfather was Ezekiel Squire,
a native of Ohio.

   Mr. and Mrs. Doty are members of the New Light Christian church. Mr. Doty is
a member of Mt. Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons; of Delphi Chapter
No. 22, Royal Arch Mason; and of Delphi Commandery No. 40, Knights Templar; and
of Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to Delphi Lodge
No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of Delphi Lodge. No. 80, Knights of
Pythias. He belongs to the uniform rank Knights of Pythias, No. 86. Mrs. Doty is
a member of the Daughters of Rebekah and the Order of the Eastern Star.


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BIOGRAPHICAL SECTION
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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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