Joseph Doll From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 1036 - 1037.

TOWN OF WATERLOO

JOSEPH DOLL, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Burton; 352 acres; born April 1, 1820, at York, Penn.; son of Joseph and Susan (Hoar) Doll; came to Grant Co. in 1854, and soon after to Waterloo (now Burton), where he worked at his trade (cooper) three years. Married Oct. 22, 1843, in Knox Co., Ohio, by Rev. William Maynard, to Mary Ann, daughter of Nathan and Penelope (Worman) Head, who was born Aug. 20, 1820. Had eleven children - Jones A., born Jan. 27, 1846, married Jennie Hallaway, now in Kansas; Mary Jane, born Dec. 26, 1848, wife of Frank P. Mink, has four children living; Oliver, born Sept. 24, 1849, married Theresa Oakleaf, has five children; Sarah Alice, born Dec. 14, 1851, wife of George Potts; Amanda E., born Sept. 5, 1853, wife of John H. Hunt, of Burlingame, Kan., had four children, one living - Myrtie; Henry T., born Nov. 16, 1857, married Minnie Elwell; William B., born Aug. 9, 1859; Charles E., born Jan. 4, 1863; and an adopted daughter, Lou, born Jan. 23, 1865, been with them five years; Margaret Ann, born July 29, 1844, and died March 11, 1853; Thomas R., born Nov. 6, 1855, died Jan. 11, 1858; John W., born Jan. 27, 1868, died May 11, 1868. Mr. Doll is a "Congregational" Democrat, and has held office several years in his town. In 1880, the steamer Penguin, Henry Specht, proprietor; John Specht, Captain; Henry Specht, Engineer, ran up the Grant River fifteen miles, and took wood and supplies, corn, etc., from Mr. Doll's barnyard. He states that in 1857, the snow covered the stocks of corn, and was seven feet deep on the level, also that hay sold in Dubuque at $120 per ton, and that his brother chased a deer from the yard, and caught and killed it after a short race, the deer being unable to run in the snow. Mrs. Doll's parents left Maryland when she was 3 years old, and settled in Hampshire Co., Va.; she left there at 15 years of age, and went to Ohio, where she remained until her marriage. The maternal grandfather and grandmother of Mrs. Doll were of English and German descent. Her mother died about four years ago, aged 82 years; the father is living at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, aged 80 years, Jan. 29, 1881. The mother of Mr. Doll was 83 years of age when she died, fourteen years ago.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.