In a message dated 2/13/99 3:55:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, lonfink(a)dmrtc.net
writes:
<< Hi Chris,
I was wondering if you could abstract the info you have for the following
people mentioned in the Clinton/Boone Co,IN
Biographical History?
HODGEN, Henry 655
This family ties into my SMITH line in Jefferson Co,KY!
Thank you for this great service!!
thanks >>
Henry is found in an article about George Doty
GEORGE DOTY, an old citizen of Jackson township, Clinton County, Ind., was
born January 20, 1821, in Ross county, Ohio, and is the son of William and
Margaret (Wiley) Doty, natives respectively of New Jersey and Virginia. The
subjects father located in Ross County, Ohio, as early as 1811, and, after a
residence in that state of about twenty-three years, came to Clinton county,
Ind., and entered 130 acres of land near the present site of the town of
Mullberry. Here he cleared a good farm, reared his family, and here his death
occurred in 1871, aged seventy-eight years. His wife preceded him to the
grave, dying in 1857, aged 51 years. William and Margaret Doty had a large
family of children, of whom the following are living at this time: William S.,
of La Fayette; George, the subject of this sketch; Theodosia; Joseph, resides
in Hannibal, Mo.; and Eunice. The following are the names of those deceased:
Nancy, James, Elizabeth, Margaret and Robert.
George Doty was reared to manhood on a farm, and, on attaining his majority,
learned the cooper's trade, which he followed for eight years. He then
purchased a small tract of land in Tippecanoe county, where he made his home
for some time, thence moved to the county of Clinton and purchased his present
farm of 120 acres in Jackson township, where, with the exception of two years,
he has since resided. At the time of its purchase, Mr. Doty's land was in an
unimproved condition, covered with a dense forest growth, which he removed
through years of hard labor with his own hands. His farm is under a
successful state of cultivation, well supplied with improvements, and the
general appearance of his place indicates the presence of a man who
understands every detail of agriculture. In 1888, Mr. Doty removed to
Frankfort, where he remained two years, but at the end of that time returned
to his farm, where his declining years are being passed in comparative
retirement, though he still gives personal attention to the management of his
business affairs.
Mr. Doty's first marriage was solemnized in 1839 with Elizabeth Clark,
daughter of Jonas P. and Susannah (Flanner) Clark, a union blessed by the
birth of two children-Mary E., wife of James Buck, residing in Texas; and
Elizabeth, wife of Henry Roth, a farmer of Clinton county. The mother of
these children died in 1842, and in 1855 Mr. Doty entered into the marriage
relation with Sarah Rogers, the union thus consummated resulting in six
children, two living at this time--Sarah M., wife of David Hardesty, and Iva
H., wife of George Regan. The deceased members of the family are as follows:
May N., Wiley T., Lavinna and Asa. Mr. Doty's home was again visited by death
in 1870, at which time Mrs. Doty was called from the scenes of her earthly
labor. On the twentieth of August, 1874, Mr. Doty married his present wife,
Mrs. Jane Regan, daughter of Obed and Eliza (Davis) Hardesty, natives of Ohio
and Pennsylvania respectively. Obed Hardesty was reared in Belmont county,
Ohio, and when a young man located in Boone county, Ind., where he improved a
farm, upon which his death occurred in 1870, and that of his wife in 1868;
they were the parents of six children-Sarah A., wife of Alexander Hardesty;
Elizabeth, deceased; Jane, wife of Mr. Doty; John R., of Fountain county,
Ind.; Margaret C., wife of Wesley Osborn, and Ellen, deceased. By a previous
marriage with Mr. B. Reagan, in 1860, Mrs. Doty had three children-Lorenzo C.,
of Boone county, Margaret M., wife of Henry Hodgen, and Oscar, deceased. The
death of Mr. Reagan occurred in 1879. Mr. Doty is one of the old settlers of
Clinton county, highly regarded by all. who know him, and his life has been
one of industry and usefulness. Politically he is a democrat and re-ligiously
belongs to the Presbyterian church, of which his wife is also a communicant.
Jackson township has fewer older or more successful residents than Mr. Doty,
and surely not one who has been more willing to advance its prosperity.
Transcribed by Chris Brown from pages 654-655 of "A Portrait And Biographical
Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Ind.," published in 1895 by A.W. Bowen &
Co. Chicago.