Nathan Doan (1811 - bef. 1847)

Born 15 Jan 1811 in Cadiz, Henry County, Indiana

Ancestors

Died before 7 Mar 1847 before age 36 in Indiana

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Biography

Nathan Doan was the first child born to Ebenezer Doane and his second wife, Elizabeth Dix. His birth is recorded as being January 15, 1811.<1> He was born in Cadiz, Henry County, Indiana. <3>

Ebenezer and his first wife, Elizabeth had eight children, Hannah, Ephraim, Rachel, William, Ann, Sarah, Mahlon, Jonathan. Three more children were born to Elizabeth Dix, George Washington, Abigail, and Zachariah.

Just prior to 1812 the Quakers had called on their people to move out of the slave states, but migration was interrupted by the War of 1812. When the war ended, there was a migration of Quakers to Indiana. Ebenezer's brother sold his plantation because of his distaste for the slavery issue.<1>

Census records show Ebenezar's family in Paoli, Orange County, Indiana in 1820.<2>

1820 United States Federal Census<2> (names added to information provided in the census, only the head of household was identified in the census until 1850)

Name: Ebenezer Done Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Paoli, Orange, Indiana Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 (Nathan and Washington)

Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 3 (Mahlon, Jonathan, unknown)

Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 (Ebenezar)

Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 (Sarah)

Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 (Elizabeth Dix Doan)

Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 4

Free White Persons - Under 16: 6

Free White Persons - Over 25: 2

Total Free White Persons: 8

Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 8

1830 United States Federal Census<3> (names added to information provided in the census, only the head of household was identified in the census) It is possible this census is mistakenly identified with this particular Ebenezar Doane. Mooresville is located in Morgan County, west of Hendricks County. There was a large Quaker settlement in Hendricks County.

Name: Ebenezer Pone (Doane) Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Hendricks, Indiana Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (Zachariah) Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2 (Nathan and Washington) Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1 (Ebenezer) Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2 (Abigail and unknown) Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 (Elizabeth) Free White Persons - Under 20: 5 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 Total Free White Persons: 7 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 7<1>

Ebenezer's brother, Jonathan, also eventually settled in Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana. Reported lIfe spans for Ebenezar's children: Hannah Doane Davis (1791 - 1826), Ephriam Doan (1793 - 1867), Nancy Ann Doan Tomlinson (1800 - 1890), Sarah Doan Stout (1802 - 1865), Mahlon Elwood Doan (1804 - 1894), Jonathan Doan (1806 - 1833); Children by second wife, Elizabeth Dix: Nathan (1811 - ), George Washington Doan (1813 - 1883), Abigail Doan Brown (1820 - 1851), and Zachariah Doan (unknown).

Nathan Doan married Phoebe Gilllum in Fayette, Wayne County, Indiana in 1830.

Nathan died in 1847. Nathan was interred the 3rd mo; 7th day, 1847 in Friends Cemetery, now White Lick Cemetery, Mooresville, Indiana.

Sources

• <1><https://archive.org/stream/doanefamily1deac00doan/doanefamily1deac00doan_djvu.txt/>

• <2><"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX1N-ZYW : accessed 26 January 2016)/>

• <3><http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~acorntree/people/del-co/famgene/th-brn-gen4.html/>