Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Doan, Eleazar
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Buckingham Township


ELEAZAR DOAN retired, P.O. Forest Grove, was born in Upper 
Makefield township, Bucks county, January 14, 1816, and is a 
son of Benjamin and Sarah (Kirk) Doan, natives of Bucks 
county, and of English descent.  The family were originally 
English, being among the first settlers of this county.  The 
grandfather, Amos, was a farmer by occupation, and resided 
all his life in Upper Makefield township.  In 1804 he built 
a stone house, which is still standing. Benjamin Doan, 
father of Eleazar, was a farmer and lived and died on the 
homestead of his father.  He had eleven children:  John K., 
Eleazar, Amos, Mary, wife of John Cooper, Esq., William K., 
Sarah, wife of James Vandegrift, Benjamin C., Stephen K., 
Theodore, Miranda, wife of John Baker, and Evalina, 
deceased, who was the oldest and married Kinzey Harvey.  
Both parents are dead.  Our subject was reared on the home 
farm, where he remained until he was 25 years of age.  He 
then hired out to his uncle, Stephen Kirk, for about three 
years.  He then married, and engaged in farming about twelve 
years, and subsequently engaged in the carpenter's trade, at 
which he worked for about ten or twelve years.  In 1855-56 
and 57 he carried the papers from Doylestown, a trip of 
about eighty miles.   In 1866 he bought a gristmill in 
Buckingham township, which he ran for several years and then 
rented it.  He has owned the mill ever since its purchase.  
He also owns a large farm in Buckingham township.  He was 
married May 18, 1843, to Martha C., daughter of Evan and Amy 
(Worthington) Thomas.  Mr. Doan is an enterprising and 
intelligent citizen.