Doty, P. J.

DOTY

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Date: 9/25/2008 at 16:14:28

P. J. Doty

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.175, Minden Twp.)
P. J. Doty, farmer, P. O. Minden, was born in Ashland County, Ohio, November 12, 1841. He is the son of James and Sarah (Croninger) Doty. His father was a farmer, born in Brooke County, Va., in 1805, and died in Richland County, Ohio, in February, 1878. His mother died in Ashland county of the same State. They had nine children - six sons and three daughters. Our subject received his education in the schools of Ashland and Richland Counties, Ohio, and began life as a farmer. He came to this county in June, 1878, and purchased 160 acres of wild land at $9 per acre. He improved and fenced ninety acres, and built a house, afterward selling at $33 per acre. He came to Minden Township in 1880, and bought eighty acres at $19 per acre, all of which are under cultivation. He is engaged in general farming. He was married, in 1870, in Mansfield, Ohio, to Arvilla Parsen, born in Richland County of the same State in 1850. They have four children - Calvin, William, Rolden and Harry. Our subject is a member of the I. O. O. F, Plymouth Lodge, Richland County, Ohio. In politics, he is a Democrat.