Charles S. G. DOSTER1

M, b. 21 August 1830, d. 20 February 1898
Pedigree
Relationship
2nd cousin 3 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Charles Smith Graves Doster
     Charles S. G. DOSTER, son of Absolum G. DOSTER Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth ALEXANDER, was born on 21 August 1830 in Washington, Autauga County, Alabama.2

Charles S. G. DOSTER appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1850, in the household of his parents Absolum G. DOSTER Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth ALEXANDER in Washington, Autauga County, Alabama. He was 20 years old.3

He was a member of the Prattville Grays. Major Cordy's Company Alabama Reserves. He was colonel in the State Militia before the war. He received his early education at Rocky Mound academy, then attended the East Tennessee university, and in 1853 graduated from the Centenary college at Jackson, Louisiana. He had read law for some years prior to his final graduation under the late distinguished Governor Watts, with whom he was very intimate for half a century, and in 1851 was admitted to the bar, Col. Doster was one of the eminet lawyers in the state. In 1866 he was a member of the celebrated national convention which met at Philadelphia to sustain President Andrew Johnson in his reconstruction policy. This convention was composed of many of the most eminent men of the country, and Col. Doster was one of its secretaries. He served in the Alabama Legislature and Senate.

Charles married Caroline E. Slaton on 15 September 1854 in Autauga County, Alabama.4

Charles S. G. DOSTER and Caroline E. Slaton appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1860 in Prattville-Kingston Beat, Autauga County, Alabama. The household was listed as 30-year-old lawyer, C.S. G. Doster and Caroline, his 28-year-old wife. Both of them were born in Alabama. They lived next door to his brother, Edmund and his wife.5 He and Zachariah ABNEY were attorneys in the law firm of Abney and Doster in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama.6

Charles S. G. DOSTER and Caroline E. DOSTER sold land to Zachariah ABNEY on 6 February 1875 in Autauga County, Alabama. For $800 the parcel included the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 21 and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 16 of township 17, range 16, containing 80 acres. It was witnessed by N. D. Lamar and Kate Doster.7

Charles S. G. DOSTER died on 20 February 1898 in Autauga County, Alabama, at age 67.1 He was buried in Doster Cemetery.
Last Edited=21 Sep 2022

Citations

  1. [S325] Autauga Webpage, online https://sites.rootsweb.com/~alautaug/, Cemetery records, accessed 3 Feb 2008.
  2. [S160] Autauga Ancestry, Vol. 12 No. 3, Fall 2002, pg. 41, Doster Cemetery survey.
  3. [S76] 1850 U. S. Census, Autauga County, Alabama, Absalom Doster, Sr. household 209, pg. 14-A.
  4. [S45] Autauga Genealogical Society, Marriage Records of Autauga, MB 3, pg, 234.
  5. [S85] 1860 U. S. Census, Autauga County, Alabama, CSG Doster household 613, pg. 86.
  6. [S1165] Interview, Sam Abney, 11 Jul 2022, Sam talked about Zach & Doster attending university together, & Zach visiting Prattville with him. He said that was how he met Alexandra Victoria Doster.
  7. [S307] Autauga County Deeds: Vol. ?, pg. 52-53.

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