BIOGRAPHY: Peter Doty; Elmira, Chemung co., NY
surname: Doty, Webb

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Author: Directory of Crawford County, PA

PETER DOTY was born in Elmira, New York, June 20, 1800, and is a son of Levi 
Doty. Peter lived at home until 1830, when he married Miss Betsy Ann Webb, 
daughter of Jesse Webb, of Danville, New York. His father gave him fifty acres 
of land, on which he lived until 1837, when he sold and moved to Turnersvile 
and purchased a farm, on which he still lives. He held the office of Justice 
of the Peace tour years in New York and ten years in West Shenango. He was 
Postmaster at Doty's Corners, New York, three years, and has been School 
Director nine years. He has also been Overseer of the Poor, and Auditor a 
number of times, and has held several other important township offices.

Directory of Crawford County, PA, 1879-1880, page 313