Milton Slaughter Doane (1832 - 1905)

Born 31 Dec 1832 in Williamsport, Warren, Indiana, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Ruth Brown — married 6 Jun 1853 in Warren, Indiana, USA

Husband of Cynthia Jane (Miller) Doane — married 11 Sep 1861 in Leon, Decatur, Iowa, USA

Descendants

Died 7 Jun 1905 at age 72 in Greenfield, Adair, Iowa, USA

Biography

Milton Slaughter Doane, the son of Jesse Doan and Catherine Slaughter, was born December 31, 1832 in Williamsport, Warren, Indiana and died June 7, 1905 in Greenfield, Adair, Iowa.^{[1] [2] [3]} He married first, Hannah Ruth Brown, on June 6, 1853 in Warren, Indiana.

After their marriage Milton and Hannah moved to Decatur County, Iowa,^[4] most likely in search of cheap and available land, and took up farming. We know they were there by July of 1855, the month their first son was born. Hannah died there on March 2, 1861^[5] perhaps due to complications arising from the birth of her son, Isaac L Doane, who was born in February of that year.

After the death of his first wife, Milton, with four young children to take care of, wasted no time in remarrying. Six months after Hannah's death, on September 11, 1861,^[6] he married Cynthia Jane Miller, in Leon, Decatur, Iowa. A year later, on August 22, 1962, with Cynthia pregnant with their first child, Milton enlisted as a Corporal in Company K of the Iowa 39th Infantry Regiment.^[7][8] Their first child, a daughter Surrissa, was born that November, the same month that Milton's regiment was mustered in for service. The following month Milton along with his regiment marched to Cairo, Illinois between December 12–14, 1862.^[9][10] He would not be back until the war was over.

The 39th Infantry Regiment was organized at Des Moines and Davenport, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on November 24, 1862.^[11] As a member of this regiment Milton would have seen action in several battles including the Battle of Parker's Cross Roads, the Atlanta Campaign, the Battle of Resaca, the Battle of Allatoona, Sherman's March to the Sea, and the Campaign of the Carolinas.^[12] However, he also would have seen long periods of inaction. One such instance was right after the Battle of Parker's Cross Roads. His regiment was stationed in Corinth, where from January 6, 1863 to November 1863, they were assigned to garrison-duty and spent most of their time in camp.^[13] As one soldier put it, in a letter to his wife, "Soldiering is 99% boredom and 1% sheer terror." An interesting description of life in the camps can be found here: Camp Life.

Over the duration of his enlistment Milton was promoted four times and when he finally mustered out on May 3, 1865, at Washington D.C. he was as a Full 2nd Sergeant.^[14]

After the war Milton returned to farming in Iowa and he and his wife Cynthia continued to grow their family.^[15] Sometime between 1870 and 1880 the family moved to Albion, Reno, Kansas^[16] but they didn't remain there and by 1885 were back in Adair County, Iowa^[17] where Milton spent the remainder of his life farming.^[18] He died on June 7, 1905.

Sources

1. ↑ http://iowawpagraves.org/view.php?id=821431
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 March 2019), memorial page for Milton Slaughter Doane (31 Dec 1832–7 Jun 1905), Find A Grave: Memorial #45387122, citing Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by 46620252 (contributor 46620252) .
3. ↑ Headstone Image
4. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Center, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: M653_318; Page: 150; Image: 150
5. ↑ http://iowawpagraves.org/view.php?id=275344
6. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Lee, Adair, Iowa; Roll: 415; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0007
7. ↑ http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldier_id=8febc696-dc7a-df11-bf36-b8ac6f5d926a
8. ↑ Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
9. ↑ http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-regiments-detail.htm?regiment_id=UIA0039RI
10. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39th_Iowa_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment
11. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39th_Iowa_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment
12. ↑ A complete Outline of the Service of this Regiment can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39th_Iowa_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment
13. ↑ Stuart, Addison A., Iowa colonels and regiments: being a history of Iowa regiments in the war of the rebellion; and containing a description of the battles in which they have fought (Mills & Company, Des Moine, Iowa, 1865)pg.529
14. ↑ Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
15. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Center, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: M593_386; Page: 234B; Image: 474
16. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Albion, Reno, Kansas; Roll: 394
17. ↑ Iowa, State Census 1885
18. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Lee, Adair, Iowa; Roll: 415; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0007

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