Absalom Doster Jr.1
M, b. 14 July 1850, d. 15 November 1896
- Relationship
- 3rd cousin 2 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Absalom Doster Jr., son of Dr. Edmund Absolom Doster and Katherine Lavinia Hutchings, was born on 14 July 1850 in Washington, Autauga County, Alabama.1
Absalom Doster Jr. appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1860, in the household of his parents Dr. Edmund Absolom Doster and Katherine Lavinia Hutchings in Prattville-Kingston Beat, Autauga County, Alabama. He was 10-years-old.1
Absalom married Mary Ellen COLEMAN, daughter of Stephen Wright COLEMAN and Elizabeth Susan McQUEEN, on 11 September 1879 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. They were married at the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church South by the Rev. W. A. McCarly. The marraige bond was paid by C. S. G. Doster and A. Scoggins.2,3
On 15 November 1896 Absalom died in Montgomery, Alabama, at age 46 leaving Mary Ellen a widow. He was buried in Doster Burial Ground, Prattville, Alabama.
His obituary appeared 17 November 1896 in the Montgomery Advertiser, published in an unknown place , an unknown place . It read: Mr. Absolom Doster died at his home on Dexter Aveneue in this city, at 9:30 o'clock Sunday night. He was in his 44th year and leaves a wife and four children. His remains were carried to Prattville yesterday afternoon.
His obituary appeared 20 November 1896 in the Prattille Progress, published in an unknown place , an unknown place . It read: News reached Prattville on Monday last of the death of Mr. Ab. Doster, which occurred at his home in Montgomery. The deceased was about 45 years of age and leaves a wife and four sons. His remains were interred at the Doster Family burial ground near Prattville.
Absalom Doster Jr. appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1860, in the household of his parents Dr. Edmund Absolom Doster and Katherine Lavinia Hutchings in Prattville-Kingston Beat, Autauga County, Alabama. He was 10-years-old.1
Absalom married Mary Ellen COLEMAN, daughter of Stephen Wright COLEMAN and Elizabeth Susan McQUEEN, on 11 September 1879 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. They were married at the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church South by the Rev. W. A. McCarly. The marraige bond was paid by C. S. G. Doster and A. Scoggins.2,3
On 15 November 1896 Absalom died in Montgomery, Alabama, at age 46 leaving Mary Ellen a widow. He was buried in Doster Burial Ground, Prattville, Alabama.
His obituary appeared 17 November 1896 in the Montgomery Advertiser, published in an unknown place , an unknown place . It read: Mr. Absolom Doster died at his home on Dexter Aveneue in this city, at 9:30 o'clock Sunday night. He was in his 44th year and leaves a wife and four children. His remains were carried to Prattville yesterday afternoon.
His obituary appeared 20 November 1896 in the Prattille Progress, published in an unknown place , an unknown place . It read: News reached Prattville on Monday last of the death of Mr. Ab. Doster, which occurred at his home in Montgomery. The deceased was about 45 years of age and leaves a wife and four sons. His remains were interred at the Doster Family burial ground near Prattville.
Last Edited=14 Jan 2024
Children of Absalom Doster Jr. and Mary Ellen COLEMAN
Citations
- [S85] 1860 U. S. Census, Autauga County, Alabama, E. A. Doster household 612, pg. 86.
- [S670] Linda C. Houston, "Mary Ellen Coleman," e-mail to John K. Brown, 9 Jan 2008.
- [S45] Autauga Genealogical Society, Marriage Records of Autauga, MB 7, pg. 298.
- [S670] Linda C. Houston, "Mary Ellen Coleman," e-mail to John K. Brown, 24 Mar 2008.
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