DOUBET, ELEONOR, Farmer; born in France June 12, 1824, son of Joseph and Ursula Doubet, natives of France. The family came to America in 1837. The voyage to New York was by sailing vessel, which was struck by lightning in mid-ocean and several sailors killed by the bolt. Leaving New York, the family proceeded to Pittsburg, and thence by boat to Cincinnati, where they took a steamboat to Louisville. The family stopped with a brother-in-law of Mr. Doubet in Kentucky, while the latter followed the course of the rivers to Peoria alone. He purchased one hundred and sixty acres on Section 31, Kickapoo Township, which he entered at the Land Office at Quincy at a dollar and a quarter an acre. Here he afterward brought his family and made settlement, where he finally died at the age of seventy-two. He was Mayor of the city of Belfort for some years before leaving France. Eleonor Doubet remained at his father's home till he was twenty-six years old, then bought eighty acres of land in Limestone Township on Section 26, and has since been acquiring land, now being the owner of six hundred and eighty acres in Knox County and over four hundred in Kickapoo and Limestone Townships in Peoria County. His landed property has been somewhat lessened lately by gifts to his sons. He married Harriet Slane in Limestone Township, January 8, 1849. She was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, April 7, 1831, the daughter of Daniel and Mahala (LaFollett) Slane, natives of Virginia. He was a carpenter and farmer and, after stopping awhile in Ohio, came to Peoria County, and bought a farm in Rosefield Township. He taught school in Ohio and also after coming to Rosefield Township, and served as fifer in the Seventy-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion. Mr. and Mrs. Doubet are the parents of ten children, six of whom are now living: George Lafayette, Joseph Daniel, Eliza, Mahala Isabel, John Franklin, Charles, Edward, James Henry (deceased), one who died in infancy, Rebecca R. and Delilah Frances (deceased). One daughter lives in Iowa but all the others near the old home.
From Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, Edited by David McCulloch, Vol. II; Chicago and Peoria: Munsell Publishing Company, Publishers, 1902.
From Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, Edited by David McCulloch, Vol. II; Chicago and Peoria: Munsell Publishing Company, Publishers, 1902.
DOUBET, ELEONOR, Farmer; born in France June 12, 1824, son of Joseph and Ursula Doubet, natives of France. The family came to America in 1837. The voyage to New York was by sailing vessel, which was struck by lightning in mid-ocean and several sailors killed by the bolt. Leaving New York, the family proceeded to Pittsburg, and thence by boat to Cincinnati, where they took a steamboat to Louisville. The family stopped with a brother-in-law of Mr. Doubet in Kentucky, while the latter followed the course of the rivers to Peoria alone. He purchased one hundred and sixty acres on Section 31, Kickapoo Township, which he entered at the Land Office at Quincy at a dollar and a quarter an acre. Here he afterward brought his family and made settlement, where he finally died at the age of seventy-two. He was Mayor of the city of Belfort for some years before leaving France. Eleonor Doubet remained at his father's home till he was twenty-six years old, then bought eighty acres of land in Limestone Township on Section 26, and has since been acquiring land, now being the owner of six hundred and eighty acres in Knox County and over four hundred in Kickapoo and Limestone Townships in Peoria County. His landed property has been somewhat lessened lately by gifts to his sons. He married Harriet Slane in Limestone Township, January 8, 1849. She was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, April 7, 1831, the daughter of Daniel and Mahala (LaFollett) Slane, natives of Virginia. He was a carpenter and farmer and, after stopping awhile in Ohio, came to Peoria County, and bought a farm in Rosefield Township. He taught school in Ohio and also after coming to Rosefield Township, and served as fifer in the Seventy-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion. Mr. and Mrs. Doubet are the parents of ten children, six of whom are now living: George Lafayette, Joseph Daniel, Eliza, Mahala Isabel, John Franklin, Charles, Edward, James Henry (deceased), one who died in infancy, Rebecca R. and Delilah Frances (deceased). One daughter lives in Iowa but all the others near the old home.
From Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, Edited by David McCulloch, Vol. II; Chicago and Peoria: Munsell Publishing Company, Publishers, 1902.
From Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, Edited by David McCulloch, Vol. II; Chicago and Peoria: Munsell Publishing Company, Publishers, 1902.
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