History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties, Missouri ..., Volume 2:
He was educated at the district schools of Ohio, and made his home with his parents until he was eighteen years old. During the late War, his sympathies being strongly with the Union, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-Second Regiment Ohio National Guards, and participated in the battles of Sweet Springs, Va., White Sulphur Springs, Cumberland, Md., and numerous skirmishes. He was discharged at Camp Dennison, Ohio, September 2, 1864, but was held and not allowed to return home until 1865.
February 19, 1861, he married Miss Caroline Schaar, who was born in Darke County, Ohio, in 1842, and is the mother of the following three children: Laura Belle, Ivy and Eva.
In 1872 Mr. Doty came to Sullivan County, Mo., and located in Taylor Township, Mo., engaging in farming until 1883, since which time he has devoted his attention to auctioneering, with good success. He at first began to auctioneer before the war, and his territory now extends over Grundy, Linn, Sullivan, Putnam, and Livingston Counties, Mo., amply demonstrating his ability in his chosen business. He is the owner of 183 acres of land in Sullivan County, and one of its respected citizens. Both himself and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church South; he is a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln in 1864.
History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties, Missouri ..., Volume 2:
He was educated at the district schools of Ohio, and made his home with his parents until he was eighteen years old. During the late War, his sympathies being strongly with the Union, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-Second Regiment Ohio National Guards, and participated in the battles of Sweet Springs, Va., White Sulphur Springs, Cumberland, Md., and numerous skirmishes. He was discharged at Camp Dennison, Ohio, September 2, 1864, but was held and not allowed to return home until 1865.
February 19, 1861, he married Miss Caroline Schaar, who was born in Darke County, Ohio, in 1842, and is the mother of the following three children: Laura Belle, Ivy and Eva.
In 1872 Mr. Doty came to Sullivan County, Mo., and located in Taylor Township, Mo., engaging in farming until 1883, since which time he has devoted his attention to auctioneering, with good success. He at first began to auctioneer before the war, and his territory now extends over Grundy, Linn, Sullivan, Putnam, and Livingston Counties, Mo., amply demonstrating his ability in his chosen business. He is the owner of 183 acres of land in Sullivan County, and one of its respected citizens. Both himself and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church South; he is a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln in 1864.
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