Riley DOTY

  General Notes:

Riley Doty's mother was Nancy Gardner the d/o The Old Scottsman John Gardner and his 3nd. wife of Peru Twp(just east of South Woodbury) Morrow Co.Ohio.
Ref: census records,marriage, birth . Also the writtings done about 1938 by Effie Belle James Russell.

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Peru, Morrow, Ohio; Roll: M432_716; Page: 64; Image: 494.

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Lincoln, Morrow, Ohio; Roll: M653_1017; Page: 38; Image: 77.

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Brown, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: M593_1196; Page: 239; Image: 73.

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Brown, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: T9_1012; Family History Film: 1255012; Page: 386.4000; Enumeration District: 109; Image: 0274.

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Brown, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: T623 1263; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 25.

Obituary:December 21, 1909. Delaware Gazette:
Riley Doty was born in Harmony Twp., Delaware Co., OH (now Morrow Co.) February 13, 1825, died at his home at Leonardburg, Ohio, December 15, 1909, aged 84 yr 10 mo 2 da. He was the son of Stephen W. and Nancy Gardner Doty, and the last surviving member of a family of nine children. His grandfather Stephen W. Doty, put up a grist mill on Alum Creek, near Woodbury, when Riley was 14 yr. of age. Ar the age of 19 he was united in marriage to Mary Ann Gardner. They became parents of five children all of whom had preceeded him to the spirit world. After his marriage he moved to Stantontown, where he operated the Randolph mill for six years. He moved to Woodbury, and while living there he went each season for three years to Iowa to set up and operate saw mills for a Mt. Vernon, OH, firm. He moved to Stiners's Corners in Morrow Co, where he and his brother, Harrison Doty and Henry Stiners operated a mill. While here his wife died. He removed to Leonardsburg and purchased a mill form Isarel Potter, which he operated until about two years ago. January 1, 1867, he was untied in marriage to Noami Elizabeth Brenizer. They became the parents of one son, Josephus Doty, who cared for his father during his long illness. Mr. Doty was actively engaged in the anti-slavery movement. He was a member of the Universalist church for about 60 years. During the civil war Mr. Doty was one of the militia of the state called to Cincinnati to protect the city from the Morgan raiders. Those called out were armed with such guns as they might possess, and were afterwards spoken of as the Squirrel Hunters. The end came December 15th. The funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. J.R. Gardner, interment in Ashley Cemetery.

Name Riley Doty
Gender Male
Burial place Ashley, Ohio
Death date 15 Dec 1909
Death place Brown Twp., Delaware Co., Ohio
Age in years 84
Birth date 13 Feb 1825
Birth place Ohio
Occupation Saw Milling
Race White
Marital status Married
Father name S. A. Doty
Father birth place Maine
Mother name Nancy Gardener
Batch number B01506-7
Record group Ohio-EASy
Film number 1983888



(PAC Notes 2008) I have changed the A. to W. in both Stephen Doty's names.

THE EXECUTIVE Documents 1860: Patents
No. 25,492. \emdash
Riley Doty, of Cardington, Ohio. \emdash
Improved Device for Steadying logs in Saw Mills. \emdash Patent dated September 20, 1859. \emdash
This invention relates to n mode of sustaining the log in a steady position upon the carriage during the process of sawing.
Claim \emdash
The employment of the adjustable frames F F1, provided with journal bearings n n and with rollers a a, the same being operated in one direction by means of the head i J tail blocks, and in the other direction by means of a cord and weight, one of saiJ frais> being stationed as described by a spring H, provided with a shoulder and an incluid plane x, the whole being arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Map: Riley Doty Property, 1908, Leonardsburg, Brown, Delaware, Ohio, USA.

• Death: Certificate, 1909, Delaware Co., Ohio, United States.

• Obituary: Riley Doty Obit, 1909, Leonardsburg, Brown, Delaware, Ohio, USA.

Riley married Mary Ann GARDNER, daughter of Andrew GARDNER and Margaret EMMERSON, on 13 Dec 1844 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States. (Mary Ann GARDNER was born in 1823 in Ireland and died about 1866 in Lincoln, Morrow Co., Ohio.)

Riley next married Naomi Elizabeth BRENIZER, daughter of Adam BRENIZER and Mary Jane ELLIOTT, on 1 Jan 1867 in Morrow Co., Ohio. (Naomi Elizabeth BRENIZER was born on 27 Aug 1841 in Morrow Co., Ohio, died on 21 Jul 1920 in Ashley, Oxford, Delaware, Ohio, USA and was buried in Ashley Union Cem., Oxford Twp, Delaware Co., Ohio.)