DOTY, Chauncey (1824-1910)

BURGESS, DOTY, GRAHAM, VARNER

Posted By: Jessica C. (email)
Date: 6/13/2011 at 11:24:49

Chauncey Doty, aged 86 years, and for 46 years a resident of Mills County, died at 5:30 Friday afternoon at his home west of Pacific Junction from ailments incident to old age. Burial took place on Sunday afternoon at the Glenwood cemetery, services conducted by Rev. H. B. Burgess, rector of the Plattsmouth Episcopal church, having previously been held at the home. The Platsmouth Journal gives the following account of the life of the deceased:

A long life came to a close yesterday evening when death removed Chauncey Doty, for many years a resident of Mills County, lowai, just opposite this city. The aged man had been ill for some time and gradually sank into his final rest simply worn away with the passing years. The deceased was quite well known In Plattsmouth having made it his headquarters for many years and during his more active days his face was a familiar one upon the streets and every man, woman and child almost knew him as one of the landmarks of the vicinity. He was a man who stood well with all who knew him. Of peculiar traits his eccentricities were of a harmless kind and served to lend an unique air to his character.

He was born in New York on May 7, 1824, and came west during his early manhood, finally locating in what was known as East Plattsmouth in 1864. He was troubled with deafness for a good many years during his residence in that locality and on one occasion his defect caused him to be truck by a Burlington train and hurled from the track, up near the big cut. This accident very severely injured him but he was possessed of a wonderful vitality and survived the terrible injuries which were inflicted.

The deceased is survived by a widow and one son and three daughters. The son is Amos Doty who lived with his parents at East Plattsmouth and the daughters are Mrs. Olney Graham of Rulo, Neb., Mrs. Hattie Varner of Sasspena Kan., and Mrs. Mate (Amos) Graham of Big Timber, Mont.

Source: Mills County Tribune, Glenwood, IA. Newspaper dated Tuesday, July 10, 1910. Vol XX. No. 3.