Bios:  Doty Family,  Indiana Co, PA

SUBJECT: DOTY Family
SUBMITTER: E.K. Warner
EMAIL: wgene@twd.net
DATE: Jan 28, 1999
SURNAMES: BROCKOVEN, BROCKOVER, CLARKE, DIXON, DOTE, DOTEN, DOTEY, DOTY,
GUTHRIE, HAMMEL, HARMAN, LEA, LOVER, McPHERSON, PEOPLES, PHILLIPS, REED,
SHIELDS, SIMPSON, STANLEY, STEELE, SUTTON, TREMMELL
as recorded by Prof. J. T. Stewart in “Indiana County, Pennsylvania ~ Her
People, Past and Present”
Published by J. H. Beers & Co., 1913                             Transcribed
by E.K. Warner, Jan. ‘99



Mrs. Steele is a descendant of one of the Pilgrims who came over in the
"Mayflower." Her ancestor, Edward Doten, the founder of the name
in this country, was one of the passengers who landed at Plymouth Rock
in 1620, and the family has been one of substance and standing in New England
down to the present day, its representatives in every generation being
a credit to the name.

The name was formerly spelled Dotey, Doty, Dote and Doten. (I) Edward Doten
or Doty, a native of England, was a youth when he came to America with
the little band of Pilgrims which crossed the Atlantic in the "Mayflower"
in 1620, landing on Plymouth Rock, in what is now the harbor of Plymouth,
Mass. He was in the service of Stephen Hopkins, and he was one of the signers
of the solemn compact made in Cape Cod harbor Nov. 11, 1620, on board the
" Mayflower." He married Jan. 6, 1634-35, Faith Clarke, born
in 1619, daughter of Thurston and Faith Clarke. In 1652 Mr. Doty was one
of the purchasers of Dartmouth, Mass., but later removed to Cape Cod, locating
in the town of Yarmouth, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died
there Aug. 23, 1655.  His widow married (second) John Phillips, of Duxbury.
Children: Edward, John, Thomas, Samuel, Desire, Elizabeth, Isaac, Joseph
and Mary.

(II) Samuel Doty, son of Edward and Faith (Clarke) Doty, born in Plymouth
in 1643, became quite prominent in the affairs of Plymouth and Cape Cod.
Later he removed to New Jersey, locating at Piscataway, Middlesex county,
where he was well known. In 1675 he was commissioned lieutenant of the
military company of Ney Piscataway, of which Francis Drake was captain;
this commission was received in 1678. He became a member of the Seventh
Day Baptist Church, which was formed in 1700. He died about October, 1715.
In Piscataway, N. J , he married Jeane Harman, of that town.

(III) Jonathan Doty, son of Samuel and Jeane "Harman” Doty, was born
in Piscataway N. J., Feb. 24, 1687-88. About 1717 he married Mary, and
they became the parents of eight children: William, born Sept. 11, 1719;
Jonathan, born about 1724; Daniel, born about 1727; Joshua, born about
1730; Joseph, born about 1735; Mary Jane, who married Oct. 21, 1747, John
Johnson; and Elizabeth.	

(IV) Jonathan Doty (2), son of Jonathan and Mary Doty, born about 1724,
in Piscataway, N. J., removed with his parents to Basking Ridge, N. J.,
where he was a farmer and where he died. He married Patience Sutton, and
their children were: Jonathan, born about 1754; Zebulon, born about 1758;
Nathaniel, born Oct. 19, 1761; Joseph, born Aug. 31, 1764; William, born
Oct. 8, 1767; and Rebecca, who married and settled in Pennsylvania.

(V) Jonathan Doty (3) , son of Jonathan (2) and Patience (Sutton) Doty,
born at Basking Ridge, N. J., about 1754, there grew to manhood. It is
supposed he served in the Revolutionary war as teamster, in Capt. Asahel
Hinman's Team Brigade of New Jersey, as a Jonathan Doty was on the list
of teamsters; it must have been this Jonathan or his father. Mr. Doty about
1784, at the close of the Revolution, came West with his wife and children,
locating in Derry township, Westmoreland Co., Pa., where he farmed and
also kept a tavern. He met with fair success, and was a man well known
and respected there in his day. Subsequently he removed to Blairsville,
Indiana county, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying at the
ripe age of ninety-six years, in 1850. He was a member of the M. E. Church,
in which he was quite active, being a local preacher and exhorter of that
denomination. His first wife, Abigail (McPherson) , died at Blairsville,
Pa., about 1815, and he married .(seoond) Mrs. Nancy (Simpson) Dixon' widow
of Samuel Dixon. His children, all born to the first marriage, were: Jonathan,
born about 1780; John, born about. 1783; Robert, born in Derry township,
Westmoreland county, about 1785; Betsey, born about 1787; Nathaniel, born
about 1789 ; and Gillis, born about 1790.

(VI) Nathaniel Doty, son of Jonathan and Abigail (McPherson) Doty, born
in Derry township, Westmoreland county, in 1789, made his home in Westmoreland
county, where he died Feb. 13, 1844. He married Feb. 10, 1814, Margaret
Reed, who was born July 16,1793, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Charlton)
Reed, and died Nov. 26, 1867. Children: Betsy, born Nov. 18, 1814, died
Nov. 7, 1834, who married Robert Gilson ; Abigail, born Oct. 10, 1816;
William born Jan. 22, 1819; Jonathan, born March 27, 1821; Nancy, born
Nov. 29, 1823, who married in 1844, Daniel Simmons, and died July 8, 1863;
Mary, born May 10, 1826, who died Nov. 2, 1854; McQuade, born March 18
1831;. Martha Jane, born June 20, 1834.

(VII) Abigail Doty, daughter of Nathaniel and Margaret (Reed) Doty, born.
Oet. 10 1816, in Westmoreland county, married there March 26, 1844, John
Guthrie, who was born Jan. 21, 1813, son of Robert and Margaret (Lover)
Guthrie. She died June 30, 1845. They had one child, Doty.

(VIII) Doty Guthrie, born in New Derry June 16, 1845, makes his home in
New Alexandria, Westmoreland county, where he is quite a prominent citizen.
On June 5, 1874, he married Hannah Rachel Peoples, born in Ligonier, Pa.,
Aug. 22, 1853, daughter of Joseph and Jemima (Bigelow) Peoples, and they
had three children : John M., born Aug. 7, 1875; Margaret Ella, Aug. 28,
1879; and Abigail Jane, April 26, 1884.	

(IX) Margaret Ella Guthrie, daughter of  Doty and Hannah. R. (Peoples)
Guthrie, born at New Alexandria, Westmoreland county, Aug. 28, 1879, married
Samuel C. Steele and has two children, Samuel Guthrie and Robert Cannon.

DOTY II (page #951)
GILLIS McPHERSON DOTY, who is now . living retired at Blacklick, Indiana
county, is a descendant of one of the oldest and best known families of
New England.

The name was formerly spelled Dotey, Doty, Dote and Doten. (I) Edward Doten
or Doty, a native of England, was a youth when he came to America with
the little band of Pilgrims which crossed the Atlantic in the "Mayflower”
in 1620, landing on Plymouth Rock, in what is now the harbor of Plymouth,
Mass. He was in the service of Stephen Hopkins, and he was one of the signers
of the solemn compact made in Cape Cod harbor Nov. 11, 1620, on board the
"Mayflower." He married Jan. 6, 1634-35, Faith Clarke, born in
1619, daughter of Thurston and Faith Clarke. In 1652 Mr. Doty was one of
the purchasers of Dartmouth, Mass., but later. removed to Cape Cod, locating
in the town of Yarmouth, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died
there Aug. 23, 1655. His widow married (second) John Phillips, of Duxbury.
Children : Edward, John Thomas, Samuel, Desire, Elizabeth, Isaac, Joseph
and Mary.

(II) Samuel Doty, son of. Edward and Faith (Clarke) Doty, born in Plymouth,
in 1643, became quite prominent in the affairs of Plymouth and Cape Cod.
Later he removed to New Jersey, locating at Piscataway, Middlesex county,
where he was well known In 1675 he was commissioned lieutenant of the military
company of New Piscataway, of which Francis Drake was captain; this come
mission was received in 1678. He became a member of the Seventh Day Baptist
Church, which was formed in 1700. He died about October, 1715. In Piscataway,
N. J., he married Jeane Harman, of that town.

(III) Jonathan Doty, son of Samuel and Jeane (Harman) Doty, was born in
Piscataway, N. J., Feb. 24, 1687-88. About 1717 he married Mary, and they
became the parents of eight children: William, born Sept. 11, 1719; Jonathan,
born about 1724; Daniel, born about 1727; Joshua, born about 1730; Joseph,
born about 1735; Mary; Jane, who married Oct. 21, 1747, John Johnson; and
Elizabeth.

(IV) Jonathan Doty (2), son of Jonathan and Mary Doty, born about 1724,
in Piscataway, N. J., removed with his parents to Basking Ridge, N. J.,
where he was a farmer and where he died. He married Patience Sutton, and
their children were : Jonathan, born about 1754; Zebulon, born about 1758;
Nathaniel, born Oct. 19, 1761; Joseph, born Aug. 31, 1764; William, born
Oct. 8, 1767; and Rebecca, who married and settled in Pennsylvania.

(V) Jonathan Doty (3), son of Jonathan (2) and Patience (Sutton) Doty,
born at Basking Ridge, N. J., about 1754, there grew to manhood. It is
supposed he served in the Revolutionary war as teamster, in Capt. Asahel
Hinman's Team Brigade of New Jersey, as a Jonathan Doty was on the list
of teamsters; it must have been this Jonathan or his father. Mr. Doty about
1784, at the close of the Revolution, came West with his wife and children,
locating in Derry township, Westmoreland Co., Pa., where he farmed and
also kept a tavern. He met with fair success, and was a man well known
and respected there in his day. Subsequently he removed to Blairsville,
Indiana county, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying at the
ripe age of ninety-six years, in 1850. He was a member of the M. E. Church,
in which he was quite active, being a local preacher and exhorter of that
denomination. His first wife, Abigail (McPherson), died at Blairsville,
Pa., about 1815, and he married (second) Mrs. Nancy (Simpson) Dixon, widow
of Samuel Dixon. His children, all born to the first marriage, were : Jonathan,
born about 1780; John, born about 1783; Robert, born in Derry township,
Westmoreland county, about 1785; Betsey, born about 1787; Nathaniel, born
about 1789; and Gillis, born about 1790.

(VI) Gillis Doty, son of Jonathan (3) and Abigail (McPherson) Doty, born
in Derry township, Westmoreland Co., Pa., there grew to manhood and there
followed farming until his marriage. At that time he settled in Blacklick
township, Indiana county, on a farm of 200 acres on which stood a log cabin.
He worked hard to clear the land, and later, as prosperity enabled him,
built a fine stone house and made other improvements on the place. He 'continued
to engage in stock raising and general farming, and lived to a ripe old
age, dying on the farm Dec. 21,1870. He was buried at Blairsville. Mr.
Doty was one of the best-known men in his section, honorable, intelligent
and not only successful in his own affairs, but deeply interested in the
good of his township and its people; he was a. strong believer in free
education. In 1817 he married Jean Dixon, who was born May 16, 1798, daughter
of Samuel and Nancy (Simpson) Dixon, and died on the homestead Aug. 3,
1884. She was buried in Blairsville cemetery. Eleven children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Doty: Abbie, born Jan. 29, 1818, married Samuel Douglas
Aug. 18, 1836; Nancy, born March 26, 1820, married Henry B. Harrald July
29, 1841; Samuel, born April 6, 1822, died on the homestead; Jonathan,
born Nov. 5, 1824, died Aug. 16, 1872, at Newcastle, Pa.; Mary, born Jan.
5, 1827, married Dr. James Hansen Bell, and died April 18, 1906; Robert,
born Jan. 4, 1829, died Oct. 30, 1832; Elizabeth, born Nov. 9, 1831, is
the widow of Joseph H. Campbell, Ph. D., and resides in New York City;
Margaret Jane, born May 13, 1834, died Feb. 26, 1908, on the homestead;
Rebecca C., born Dec. 15, 1836, married James Falls and died April 20,
1906; Sarah Ann, born March 2, 1839, married Jan. 1, 1862, Hugh Flynn,
who died July 6, 1878, and she resides at Newcastle, Pa.; Gillis McPherson
was born July 8, 1843.

(VII) Gillis McPherson Doty, youngest son of Gillis and Jean (Dixon) Doty,
was born on the homestead in Blacklick, where he was educated in the public
schools of the township. Remaining on the homestead with his mother and
sister Margaret J., he made farming and stock raising his business, and
continued to follow those lines during his active life. In 1910 he had
to give up business on account of his health, and he located in the village
of Blacklick, where he is now living retired. He still retains the ownership
of the homestead farm. Mr. Doty is well known all over Indiana county.
He is a man of genial manner, and has hosts . of friends with whom he is
popular. He is a member of F. & A. M. Lodge No. 313, of Indiana, which
he joined in 1864, at the age of twenty-one years, and also belongs to
the B. P. O. Elks. He has always been a Republican, and is at present keenly
interested in the Progressive movement headed by Colonel Roosevelt.

Mr. Doty was married Nov. 21, 1910, to Grace M. Lea, born at Pittsburg,
daughter of John Lea and granddaughter of Richard Lea, who for sixty years
was a minister of the Presbyterian Church at Pittsburg. No children have
been born to this union.

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DOTY III (page #1240)
JOHN DOTY, farmer of Grant township, Indiana county,' end veteran of the
Civil war, was born Dec. 16, 1841, near New Salem, Westmoreland Co., Pa.,
and is a descendant of a family of English origin which was one of the
first to settle in New England. The name was formerly spelled Dotey, Doty,
Dote and Doten.

(I) Edward Doten or Doty, a native of En,gland, was a youth when he came
to America with the little band of Pilgrims which crossed the Atlantic
in the "Mayflower" in 1620 landing on Plymouth Rock, in what
is now the harbor of Plymouth, Mass. He was in the service of Stephen Hopkins,
and he was one of the signers of the solemn compact made in Cape Cod harbor
Nov. 11, 1620, on board the "Mayflower." He married Jan. 6, 1634
35, Faith Clarke, born in 1619, daughter of Thurston and Faith Clarke.
In 1652 Mr Doty was one of the purchasers of Dart mouth, Mass., but later
removed to Cape Cod. locating in the town of Yarmouth, where he spent the
remainder of his life. He died there Aug. 23, 1655. His widow married (second)
John Phillips, of Duxbury. Children:' Edward, John, Thomas, Samuel, Desire,
Elizabeth, Isaac, Joseph and Mary.

(II) Samuel Doty, son of Edward and Faith (Clarke) Doty, born in Plymouth,
in 1643, became quite prominent in the affairs of Plymouth and Cape Cod.
Later he removed to New Jersey, locating at Piscataway, Middlesex county,
where he was well known. In 1675 he was commissioned lieutenant of the
military company of New Piscataway, of which Francis Drake was captain;
this come mission was received in 1678. He became a member of the Seventh
Day Baptist Church, which was formed in 1700. He died about October, 1715.
In Piscataway, N. J., he married Jeane Harman, of that town.

(III) Jonathan Doty, son of Samuel and Jeane (Harman) Doty, was born in
Piscataway,'N. J., Feb. 24, 1687-88. About 1717 he married Mary, and they
became the parents of eight children: William, born Sept. 11, 1719; Jonathan,
born about 1724; Daniel, born about 1727; Joshua, born about 1730; Joseph,
born about 1735; Mary; Jane, who married Oct. 21, 1747, John Johnson; and
Elizabeth.

(IV) Jonathan Doty (2), son of Jonathan and Mary Doty, born about 1724,
in Piscataway, N. J., removed with his parents to Basking Ridge, N. J.,
where he was a farmer and where he died. He married Patience Sutton, and
their children were: Jonathan, born about 1754; Zebulon, born about 1758;
Nathaniel, born Oct. 19, 1761; Joseph, born Aug. 31, 1764; William, born
Oct. 8, 1767; and Rebecca, who married and settled in Pennsylvania.

(V) Nathaniel Doty, son of Jonathan (2) and Patience (Sutton) Doty, was
born at Basking Ridge, N. J., Oct. 19, 1761, and like his father was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war, enlisting at Morristown, N. J., and continuing
in the service for eight months. Part of' the time he was under Captain
Carter, part under Captain Hathaway, being a private in the Morris county
militia. He received a pension from the government. Settling in Westmoreland
county, Pa., he farmed there, living and dying in Derry township. His death
occurred March 24, 1848, and be is buried in Salem Church cemetery. In
1790 he married Jane Brockoven or Brockover, a native of Morris county,
N. J., daughter of Lieut. George Brockoven, who was an officer in the Revolutionary
army. She died June 13, 1850, and is buried in Salem Church cemetery. Children
as follows were born to Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Doty: Phoebe, born in 1792,
who married John Hartley; Jonathan, born in 1794, who married Sarah Hartley;
Mary, born Sept. 27, 1796, who married Alexander Henderson McCurdy; George,
born Aug. 20,1800; and Patience, born March 26, 1806, who married Daniel
Dunlap.

(VI) George Doty, son of Nathaniel and Jane Doty, was born Aug. 20, 1800,
in Derry township, Westmoreland county, and there grew to manhood. He made
his home near New Salem, where he followed farming, and continued to live
there until 1844, when with his wife and children he crossed the Conemaugh
river and came into Indiana county, locating in what is now Grant township,
then a part of Montgomery township. Here he settled on 150 acres of land
which was owned by Newton Hastings, known as the old Black farm, in the
northern part of the township. On this tract is what is known as "
Doty’s Round Top,” one of the highest points in Indiana county. Here Mr.
Doty settled down to pioneer life in what was then a.wilderness, built
a log house and log barn, and made many improvements on the land. As prosperity
came to him he built a frame dwelling and barn, and he spent the remainder
of his life on the farm, following general agriculture and stock raising.
He died there in 1879, and was buried in Gilgal cemetery. In politics he
was originally a Whig, afterward a Republican. He was a man of upright
life and character, highly esteemed by all his neighbors. In Westmoreland
county he married Hannah Jelleson, who was born there, daughter of Robert
Jelleson, and she died on the farm in 1877 and was buried in Gilgal Church
cemetery, in East Mahoning township. She was a member of the Presbyterian
Church. Children as follows were born to Mr. and Mrs. Doty: Mary Jane,
born July 19, 1829, married Theodore White, and died Jan. 27, 1850; Nathaniel,
born June 26, 1831, enlisted for service in the 'Civil war, was wounded
at the battle of Winchester, and died from the effects of his injuries
at Fredericksburg, Md.; Rebecca, born Nov. 23, 1832, married McLean Sutton,
of Westmoreland county, and is deceased; Phebe, born June 13, 1834, is
the widow of Samuel Stuchel, and resides in East Mahoning township, this
county; Robert, born July 7, 1836, was killed at the battle of Gettysburg;
Jonathan, born July 14, 1838, died at Burnside, Pa., Dec. 12, 1911 (he
was a Civil war soldier and was wounded in the thigh at Fredericksburg);
Elizabeth Hannah, born March 21, 1840, married D. J. Broughler, and died
in 1898; John is mentioned below; George Sylvester, born April 28, 1844,
died young; Jesse Alexander, born Aug. 31, 1846, died Dec. 9, 1852.

(VII) John Doty was but three years old when the family moved to Grant
township, Indiana county, where he grew to manhood amid primitive surroundings.
His educational opportunities were limited to a few months,. attendance
in the winter season, but he has become a. well-informed man by observation
and in his varied experiences. Working at home with his father until he
entered the Union army for service in the Civil war, he enlisted Aug. 13,
1864, in Company A, 206th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, under the
fighting Col. Hugh J. Brady and Capt. Thomas J. Moore. His command was
attached to the 24th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. Mr. Doty was mustered
into the United States service Aug. 26, 1864, and remained in the army
until the close of the war. His regiment was the first to enter Richmond,
and did guard duty in that city until the war was -over. He was mustered
out June 26, 1865. Returning home, he took up lumbering the following year,
in the timber regions of Clearfield county, and was engaged in that line
thirty years, handling hard square timber. He rafted down the Susquehanna
river to Lock Haven and Marietta, and during his career in the business
handled millions of feet of lumber. Meantime he also farmed in Burnside
township, that county, and conducted a small farm near the paternal homestead,
having in 1873 purchased the Leonard Bates property, a tract of sixty-two
acres upon which he made.extensive improvements, building a fine large
barn and substantial dwelling. This place is now operated by his son Robert
Clark Doty, justice of the peace. In 1898 Mr. Doty bought his father,s
homestead. He continued lumbering until 1901, since which year he has given
the principal part of his time and-attention to stock raising and geheral
farming, and although past the threescore and ten mark he is still active
in both mind and body, in spite of the fact that he has worked hard from
boyhood, undergoing many hardships in the course of his long career. He
has made many improvements on the homestead since settling there, and is
not only enterprising in the management of his own affairs but also interested
in the general welfare, being a good citizen in every sense of. the word.
He is a strong believer in the public school system, has served one term
as school director, and has also been township supervisor one term. Loyal
to every cause he espouses, he is a valued and faithful worker for any
movement with which he becomes associated. His first vote was cast for
Abraham Lincoln, at the time of the martyred president's second election,
and he has been a consistent Republican ever since. He is a member of the
G. A. R., belonging to Frank M. Brown Post No. 266, of Richmond, this county,
has filled all the chairs in that body, and has been commander for the
last five years. H-e also belongs to the I. O. O. F., holding membership
in the lodge at Marion Center, of which he is a past grand, and he belongs
to the grand lodge of the State. His religious connection is with the M.
E. Church at Richmond.

In 1865 Mr. Doty married Ruth S. Stanley, who was born Feb. 18, 1845, daughter
of John T. and Jane (Shields) Stanley. She, too, is a member of the M.
E. Church. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Doty: Robert Clark married
Alice Ayers and they have two children, Hilda and Wendell; Kate Iola married
Forest B. Work, of Grant township, and has two children ; Hannah Jane married
George O. Richardson, a merchant of Richmond, and has two children, Floyd
L. and Joyce Iola; John Stanley is at home; George, now of Nebraska, married
Elizabeth Whaley and has two children, Robbin Lester and Royal Clark; James
Marshall, twin of George, also resides in Nebraska; Clarissa died when
two years old; Pearl died in infancy; Iva N. lives at home; Elda Elezda
was educated in the public schools, summer normals at Marchand and Richmond,
and the Indiana State normal, and has taught public school for seven years.

The Stanley family, to which Mrs. Doty belongs, is of English and Scotch
extraction. John T. Stanley, her father, was born April 1, 1809, in Adams
county, Pa., son of William Stanley. He was a blacksmith by trade. Coming
to Indiana county when a young man, he located at Kelleysburg, in Rayne
township, where he followed his trade, later moving to East Mahoning township,
where he established a shop north of Marion Center, on the place now owned
by Benjamin Rochester. Later he moved to another location in East Mahon
ing township, near Ambrose, on the place now owned by Mr. Hopkins, and
there followed general blacksmithing and horseshoeing. He was a thorough
mechanic, known as an expert in his line. Selling out to James Bovard he
moved to Richmond, in what is now Grant township (then part of Montgomery)
, and bought eighty acres of land from Thomas B. Allison, now owned by
Frederick Smith. Here he settled down to farming and passed the remainder
of his life, dying Nov. 27, 1887. He is buried in the Richmond cemetery.
In politics a Whig and Republican, in turn, Mr. Stanley never took any
active part in party affairs or public matters, and never would hold offlce;
he was elected justice of the peace, but would not qualify. In religion
he was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

On March 21, 1842, Mr. Stanley married Jane Shields, a native of Washington
township, this county, born June 12, 1821, daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Speedy) Shields, old settlers of that township. She died March 6, 1901,
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Doty, who cared for her tenderly in her
old age, and is buried in the same cemetery as her husband. She was also
a member of the Presbyterian Church. They had the following children :
William Henry, born March 7, 1843 ; Ruth S., born Feb. 18, 1845, who married
John Doty; John Shields, born Jan. 27, 1847, who is engaged in fruit growing
at Selma, Cal.; Clarissa Jane, born Jan. 23, 1849, who married William
Huey, and died June 30, 1887; James Marshall, born April 27, 1851, who
resides at Walla Walla, Wash.; and Edgar Cowan, born Sept. 17, 1854, who
lives in Nebraska.

William Henry Stanley, the only brother Mrs. Doty has living in Indiana
county, is a farmer and stock raiser of Grant township, where he owns a
farm. He was a soldier in the Civil war, having enlisted Aug. 21, 1861,
in Company A, 61st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under Col. O. H. Rippey
and Capt. Jacob Creps and served over three years, being mustered out Sept.
7, 1864. He cast his first vote for Lincoln and has been a Republican ever
since, having voted for Taft in 1912. In 1890 he took the census in Grant
township. . For forty years he has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church,
has also served as clerk of the session, and is deeply interested in the
Sunday school, in which he ie teacher of a class and superintendent. He
was one of the organizers of the G. A. R. post at Richmond, and served
ten years as commander of that body.

On Sept. 21, 1868, Mr. Stanley married Rachel Hammel, who was born in Center
township, Indiana county, Jan. 5, 1850, daughter of Robert and Jane (Tremmell)
Hammel, and they have had children as follows : Desse Jane, born April
7, 1870, is married to Dawson Knox, of North Mahoning township; Robert
Gill, born Dec. 2, 1871, married Jennie Mills, and resides at Yonkers,
N. Y.; John Meade, born April 6, 1875, died June 10, 1903, was an artist
of ability (he was a mute); Otto Forbes, born June 30, 1876, is engaged
as a lumberman in the western part of the State of Washington; Linus Shields,
born Oct. 17, 1878, resides in Nebraska; James Ernest, born Sept. 22, 1881,
resides in Chicago, Ill.; Bertha Bell, born Dec. 4, 1882, died in 1897;
Hervey Gibson, born Oct. 11, 1884, is engaged in farming; Ida, born Jan.
3, 1887, lives at home; William Edgar, born April 11, 1890, is at home.



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