Doty, Luther

DOTY

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 9/15/2008 at 16:21:40

Luther Doty

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.156, Macedonia Twp.)
Luther Doty, farmer, P. O. Carson, was born in Richland County, Ohio, August 15, 1826; his father, James Doty, was born in Virginia in 1802, and died in Richland County, Ohio, January 4, 1879; he was a farmer by occupation; in 1846, was elected Sheriff of Ashland County, Ohio, being the first Sheriff of that county. Subject's mother, Sarah Croniger, was born in Pennsylvania in 1806, and died in 1849; she was the mother of ten children, eight of whom are living, six of them in Iowa. Mr. Doty received but a limited education in the common schools, but he afterward attended the Ashland Academy in Ohio; he taught in that State about seven years. He began farming; then came to Iowa in the fall of 1853, and settled in Johnson County, where he farmed and taught school for a while; in that county he served as Justice of the Peace for twenty years, and also served as County Supervisor one term. In March, 1876, he sold his property in John County, and came to Pottawattamie County, settling in Pleasant Township, five miles west of Avoca, till October 12, 1880, when he came to his present home of 200 acres, about two and one-half miles west of Carson; the land is now valued at about $45 per acre. Mr. Doty was first married in Ohio, August 23, 1849, to Elizabeth A. Kagy, who died August 25, 1850. Mr. Doty was married again, in the same State December 25, 1851, to Mary Hilborn, born in Ohio October 17, 1832, and died February 13, 1882. Mr. Doty has five children - Sarah M., James M., T. E., Mary C. and E. C. The family are members of the M. E. Church of Carson. Mr. Doty is an A., F. and A. M. and a Democrat in politics.