M. I. DOOM

DOOM, ETHELL

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 5/24/2009 at 08:41:18

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

M. L. DOOM, physician and surgeon; office and residence, cor. Elm and Broadway; born in OPosey Co., Ind., in 1834; removed with his parents to Lee Co., Iowa, in 1836; thence to Davis Co., Iowa, in 1845, and crossed the plains to California in 1852; returning in 1858, but made the journey again in 1859, partially locating in Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Washington Territory and Idaho; returning to this county in 1873, since which time he has been practicing his profession at Moulton, where he has erected a fine residence at a cost of $2,500; he also owns lands and stock in Idaho Territory, valued at $5,000. Married Miss Mary A. Ethell in 1859; she was born in Columbia, Boone Co., Mo., in 1834; they have one daughter, Jessie Lee, adopted from John Boyer of Moulton. Greenbacker; members of the M.E. Church. The Doctor is a member of the A.F.&A.M., No. 317, in which he holds the office of Treasurer; also a member of the I.O.O.F., No. 317; Trustee of that Lodge. Enlisted in Co. G, 5th Cal. Cav. Militia, in 1862; kept under regular organization and ready for service until mustered out in 1865.