Daniel Dolley (abt. 1793 - 1876)

Born about 21 Feb 1793 in District of Maine, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Sally Potter (Foster) Dolley — married 9 Apr 1820 in Weld, Washington, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 8 May 1876 at about age 83 in Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Birth

Nothing is known of the ancestry of Daniel Dolley. The Censues from 1850 through 1870 show him as born in Maine.^[1][2][3] His age at his death from his gravestone computes to a birth date on or about 21 Feb 1793; his FindAGrave memorial says he was born in Cumberland County, Maine, on 23 Feb 1793, but it cites no evidence.^[4]

Marriage

Daniel Dolley married Sarah Foster at Weld, Maine, on 9 Apr 1820.^[5]

Residences

In 1830, Daniel and Sarah Dolley were living at Weld, Maine, with five children.^[6] By 1840, Daniel and Sarah Dolley has moved to Livermore, Maine, and their household included 10 children.^[7] They were presumably still at Livermore in 1846, when they buried their 12-year-old daughter Roxana at the Lamb Cemetery there.^[8] By 1850, they had moved to McKean County, Pennsylvania, and were living there in a household headed by their son Enoch, 24, along with seven other children, aged 7 to 23.^[1] Daniel and Sarah were living in McKean County alone, next to their son Izates and his family, in 1860.^[2] Sarah died in 1866,^[9] and by 1870 Daniel had moved back to Maine and was living at Jay with his widowed daughter Christiana Goding, and he was shown ijn the Census as blind.^[3]

Death

According to his gravestone at the Port Allegany Cemetery in Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, Daniel Dolley died on 8 May 1876, at the age of 83 years, 2 months, 15 days.^[4] He probably died at Jay, Maine, where he was living in 1870.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Daniel Dolly in the Enoch Dolly household, family #764, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > Pennsylvania > McKean > Liberty > image 5 of 15; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Danl Dolley household, family #24, in United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch > Pennsylvania > McKean > Liberty > image 4 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Daniel Dolley, 77, blind, father, in the Christiana Goding household, family #328, in United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Franklin > Jay > image 38 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #89625544 for Daniel Dolley with photo of gravestone of Daniel Dolley and "Sarah his wife"
5. ↑ FamilySearch transcription of the marriage record of Daniel Dolley and Sarah Foster, 9 Apr 1820, Weld, Maine, in Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, database, FamilySearch > Daniel Dolley and Sarah Foster, 1820.
6. ↑ Daniel Dolly family, showing a male 30 to 40, a female 20 to 30, and five children 10 and under, three males under 5 and two females 5 to 10, in 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010 (subscription required) > Maine > Oxford > Weld. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data:Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
7. ↑ Daniel Dolly household, in 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010 (subscription required) > Census Place: Livermore, Oxford, Maine > Roll: 147 > Page: 161; Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data:Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Family History Library Film: 0009706
8. ↑ Photo of gravestone of "Roxana E., dau. of Daniel & Sally Dolly" (Find A Grave: Memorial #196254383)
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #89625707 for Sarah Potter (Foster) Dolley with photo of gravestone of Daniel Dolley and "Sarah his wife"