David Jehu Doan (1793 - 1862)

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Biography

David Doan, the eldest child of Jonathan Doan and Rachel Williams, was born August 14, 1793 ^{[1] [2]} in Cane Creek, Chatham, North Carolina. David Doan died July 23, 1862 in Cedar Township, Lee County, Iowa. His burial record indicates his middle name was Jehu. ^[3] He moved with his family to Tennessee, then to Indiana (See Orange County, Indiana Census of 1820, and Morgan County, Indiana Censuses of 1830 and 1840,) ^{[4] [5] [6]}, and finally settled in Lee County, Iowa in 1850. David Doan and members of his family (Ruth, Ebenezer, Martha, Sarah, and Jesse Hammer) were recorded in the 1860 Lee County, Iowa Census. ^[7] [Spelling of the Doan surname varies in the records. Doan, Doane, and Done are common variations.]

He married Ruth Atkinson, a daughter of John and Mary Atkinson, June 2, 1819 in Lick Creek, Orange County, Indiana. ^[8] She died in 1875. ^[9]

David and Ruth Atkinson Doan's children were:

Joseph Doan, 1820–1900;

Jonathan Doan, 1822–1914;

Ruth Doan,1823–1897;

David Doan,1824–1904;

Rachel Doan,1824–1852;

Thomas Ellwood Doan.1824–1914;

Ebenezer Doan,1826–1899;

Deborah Doane,1826–Deceased;

Elizabeth Doan,1828–1849;

Margaret Doan,1830–1903;

Mary Doane,1833–1907;

Ephraim Doan,1837–1838;

Martha Doan,1839–Deceased;

Sarah Doan,1842–Deceased. ^[10]

The 1820 census record included this information about David Doan's family: one male <10, one male 26<45, one female 16<26. ^[4] [Only the head of the household was named in census records prior to 1850.]

The 1830 census record included this information for David Doan: two males <5, one male 5<10, one male 30<40, two females <5, two females 5<10, one female 30<40. Other Doan heads of household in the Morgan County census record included: Ephraim (age 60<70), John (30<40), Joseph (40<50), and Jonathan (20<30). ^[5]

The 1840 census record included this information for David Doan's growing family: two males 5<10, one male 10<15, one male 15<20, one male 40<50, one female <5, one female 5<10, two females 10<15, one female 15<20, one female 40<50. All persons free white. ^[6]

"David Doane, grew to manhood in his native State, North Carolina and at the age of twenty-one years apprenticed himself to learn the trade of fuller. He served for two years, and when his parents removed to Indiana he accompanied them. He had no means of his own, and engaged at whatever employment he could procure, sometimes as a carpenter, and at other times at his former trade. He saved whatever he could of his earnings, so that in the course of time he was enabled to put up a small fulling mill, which he operated for a few years, and then built another and a larger one at Paoli, the county seat of Orange County, which he operated two seasons, and then sold out and purchased a tract of timber land at White Lick. Here he erected a hewed-log house, and was alternately employed at the carpenter's trade, millwrighting and the improvement of his land. He built a number of carding-mills in that county, and in the course of time, with the assistance of his sons, had 120 acres of his land under good cultivation.

David Doane remained in possession of the above property until 1849, in the meantime having visited the Territory of Iowa, and decided upon locating in that State. His first visit was in 1848, when he came into Lee County, and entered 160 acres of land in Cedar Township, on section 15, where, in 1850, he permanently settled, and remained until his death in 1862. In early manhood he was united in marriage with Miss Ruth Atkinson, who remained his faithful companion through all his labors, and survived him for a period of thirteen years, departing this life in Iowa, in 1875. They were the parents of fourteen children."^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family Volume 1, (A. A. Doane, Boston, Mass., 1902) pg. 226.
2. ↑ "Doan Family Bible", owned by Mrs Paul Doan of Monrovia, Indiana. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/45221987/person/6327196239/photox/9ae52874-f0f7-44b9-9191-d03f6a7e201d?src=search
3. ↑ "David Jehu Doane (1793 - 1862) Memorial # 63651289. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63651289
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHG4-8SL : 16 July 2015), David Done, 1820.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH53-DDP : 18 August 2015), David Doan, Morgan, Indiana, United States; citing 243, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 30; FHL microfilm 7,719.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHYP-86D : 24 August 2015), David Done, Morgan, Indiana, United States; citing p. 156, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 100; FHL microfilm 7,732.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8LM-R4Z : 30 December 2015), David Doan, 1860.
8. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994, Women's Minutes, Lick Creek, Orange County, Indiana.
9. ↑ The Doane Family Volume II , Compiled by The Doane Family Association of America, Inc. Published by the Association 1975 pg. 95.
10. ↑ https://familysearch.org/tree/person/L7GG-B5L/details
11. ↑ Portrait and Biographical Album of Lee County, Iowa, Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1887) pgs. 446-447.

* Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63651289/david-jehu-doane: accessed 18 March 2023), memorial page for David Jehu Doane (14 Aug 1793–23 Jul 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63651289; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Becky Doan (contributor 46821009).