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Richard Green Doby (1892 - 1962)

Richard Green (Dick) Doby
Born in Surry County, North Carolina, USAmap
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Husband of — married 21 Aug 1914 in Dobson, Surry, North Carolinamap
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Died at age 69 in Southern Pines, Moore County, North Carolina, USAmap
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Dick Doby was born in North Carolina.

Richard "Dick" Green Doby was born on 9 Sep 1892 in Surry County, North Carolina, to William Pinkney Doby and Martha Ann Gentry.[1]

On the 1900 Census, he was 7 years old and lived with his parents and siblings in Dobson Township, Surry County, NC.[2]

On the 1910 Census, he was 16 years old and lived with his parents and siblings in Dobson Township, Surry County, NC. He was able to read and write.[3]

He was married to Pearl Jane Griffin on 21 Aug 1914 by the Justice of the Peace in Dobson Township, Surry County, NC.[4] They had 7 children: Mary Creola Doby[5], Martha Levera Doby[6], William Valmar Doby[7], George Voliney Doby[8], James Ordra Doby[9], Floyd Moultry Doby[10], and Lester Dewey Doby[11].

He registered for the World War I Draft on 5 Jun 1917 in Dobson Precinct, Surry County, NC.[12]

On the 1920 Census, he was 26 years old and lived with his wife and daughter in Dobson Township, Surry County, NC. He was a farmer.[13]

On the 1930 Census, he was 34 years old and lived with his wife and children in Dobson Township, Surry County, NC. He was still a farmer.[14]

On the 1940 Census, he was 46 years old and lived with his wife and children in Jonesboro Township, Lee County, NC. He had completed the 3rd grade in school and was still a farmer.[15]

On the 1950 Census, he was 54 years old, and his first name was listed as "Ira". He was living with his wife and children in Carthage Township, Moore County, NC.[16]

He passed away on 22 May 1962 from heart disease at St. Joseph Hospital in Southern Pines, Moore County, NC, and was buried at Rocky Fork Christian Church Cemetery in Sanford, Lee County, NC.[1][17][18]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGBQ-K74 : 29 September 2022), Richard Green Doby, 1962.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS17-QFZ : Fri Oct 06 10:57:18 UTC 2023), Entry for William Doby and Martha A Doby, 1900.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML93-FCF : Fri Oct 06 06:24:54 UTC 2023), Entry for William P Doby and Martha Doby, 1910.
  4. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q211-LNZ2 : Wed Oct 18 08:04:05 UTC 2023), Entry for R G Doby and W P Doby, 21 Aug 1914.
  5. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQF-JDX : 8 December 2014), Richard G Doby in entry for Mary Creola Doby, 27 Jun 1915; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 1, p. 11, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  6. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3XK-9Y2 : 20 February 2021), Richard Doby in entry for Martha Levera Doby, 11 Dec 1917; citing Dobson, Surry, North Carolina, reference fn 292 cn 254, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,192.
  7. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQF-WLC : 8 December 2014), Richard Doby in entry for Wm Valmer Doby, 29 Jun 1922; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 8, p. 144, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  8. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQF-WL1 : 8 December 2014), Richard G Doby in entry for George Valmer Doby, 24 Mar 1924; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 10, p. 446, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  9. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQF-WGN : 8 December 2014), Richard J Doby in entry for James Ordra Doby, 13 Apr 1926; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 12, p. 67, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  10. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQF-WGK : 8 December 2014), Richard M Doby in entry for Floyd M Doby, 05 Jul 1927; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 13, p. 105a, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  11. ↑ "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8V-LXHD : Fri Oct 27 04:36:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Lester Dewey Doby and Pearl Jane Doby, 1966.
  12. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZDZ-6CR : 25 December 2021), Richard Green Doby, 1917-1918.
  13. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZVF-D2G : Sun Dec 17 03:41:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard G Doby and Pear J Doby, 1920.
  14. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37H-XCH : Wed Oct 04 17:38:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard Doby and Pearl Doby, 1930.
  15. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWS2-VBJ : Tue Nov 28 10:38:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard Doby and Pearl Doby, 1940.
  16. ↑ 1950 United States Federal Census - National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Carthage, Moore, North Carolina; Roll: 2465; Page: 73; Enumeration District: 63-5.
  17. ↑ "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8J-3P66 : Thu Oct 26 14:15:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard Green Doby and Martha Gentry, 1962.
  18. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #74769072




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