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DOUTHAT, BURKE, BULLARD, BURGESS



Capt. William B. DOUTHAT, postmaster of Fayetteville, and a native of

Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Va., was born March 1, 1840, son of John H.

and Margaret (BURKE) DOUTHAT.  He received his education in Snowville,

Pulaski Co., Va., and at the age of twelve was bound out for seven years to

T. S. BULLARD, of Snowville, to serve an apprenticeship at the shoe-maker's

trade.  He worked four years, abandoned his master, and commenced in life

on his own responsibility.  He went to Salem and worked for his brother,

James H., ten months, after which he returned to his former home and set up

a shop.  During the late Rebellion he was a firm supporter of the Union.

In 1863 he was about to be drawn into the Confederate side, when he, with

upward of fifty others, started to join the Union forces, walking to

Somerset, Ky., a distance of 150 miles, where they took the train for

Nashville.  He enlisted in Company C, Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry, U.S.A.,

and took an active part in the battles of Trune, Clifton, Lynchburg,

Pulaski, Tenn., Florence, Sulphur Trestle and Richland Creek Bridge, Ala.

In the action at Pulaski he was wounded twice, being shot in the right arm

and hip.  He was taken to the hospital at Nashville, where he remained two

months.  December, 1864, he rejoined his regiment and remained until

October 7, 1865, when he was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kas., and

discharged at Nashville.  He was appointed second lieutenant of Company A,

Twelfth Regiment Cavalry, Tennessee Volunteers, United States Army.  May

11, 1864, he was promoted to first lieutenant of the same company and

regiment.  April 16, 1865, he was assigned assistant adjutant-general on

the staff of Brig. Gen. G. Spaulding.  He was assigned to duty as

regimental commissary in June, 1865, and served until mustered out of

service.  He received a complimentary commission as captain October 20,

1865, for gallant and meritorious service.  In 1866 Mr. DOUTHAT went to

Denver, Co., and remained there three years.  In the spring of 1870 he came

to Fayetteville, and the following year he and his brother, Robert S.*,

formed a partnership in the manufacture of boots and shoes.  In 1873 he

accepted the position of postmaster at Fayetteville, and in 1885 disposed

of his interest in the shoe shop, since which time he has given his

attention to the office.  In 1875 he married Emma BURGESS, a native of

Lebanon, Tenn., born July 7, 1848, and the daughter of Charles T. and Mary

E. BURGESS.  This union resulted in the birth of one child - Carl B.  Mr.

DOUTHAT has proved to be a most worthy and efficient postmaster.  He has

given universal satisfaction, and not one work of complaint has been

offered for his removal under the new administration.  He is a Republican

in politics, and his wife is a member of the Christian Church.



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From Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee"

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