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 AMUEL DOTY, the owner of a fine estate in Charleston Township, containing 106 acres of valuable land, nearly all of which is in a good state of cultivation, has grown up with the township, having been born here March 4, 1834, and belongs to one of the substantial old pioneer families of the county. He is the son of James and Mary (Teel) Doty (see sketch of James Doty), and was raised on his father’s farm until twenty-one years of age. He then began the world for himself, and earned his first money on the road to independence as a wage-worker. He obtained employment on farms in the vicinity, receiving for his services $15 per month in the summer, and $13 in the winter. He was faithful, industrious and economical, and at the end of five years had saved $300 from his hard-earned wages. Our subject then purchased fifty acres of his present property, which was unimproved and covered with a dense growth of underbrush, but he worked hard, and soon cleared the land and also the indebtedness incurred in making the purchase. He then increased his possessions by an addition of forty-six acres, and subsequently purchased ten acres more, all of which comprises his present fine farm. The soil is rich, producing excellent crops every year, and he is energetic and industrious, cultivating and improving it to the utmost. April 24, 1864, Mr. Doty was united in marriage with his cousin, Mrs. Cynthia (Doty) Parker, who was likewise a native of this township, born Aug. 26, 1834, and the daughter of Levi and Matilda (Phipps) Doty. By her first marriage she had a family of three children: Melinda, now the wife of N. B. Hill; Levi D. and Eldorado E. Mr. and Mrs. Doty have no children. In 1884 Mr. Doty established a mercantile business at Lerna, in partnership with his stepson, Eldorado, which they continued until the autumn of 1886. His stepson having decided to enter school for the purpose of preparing himself for the ministry, they sold off the stock, although Mr. Doty still owns the property. He is a Democrat in politics, and Mrs. Doty is a consistent member of the Missionary Baptist Church. |
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