Josephus F. DOTY

  General Notes:

BIOGRAPHY: JOSEPHUS F. DOTY was born March 16, 1843, at South Woodbury, Morrow Co., Ohio; in the spring of 1857, he went to Ashley to learn the blacksmith trade with S. B. Morehouse ; in the winter of 1858, and until the fall of 1860, he attended school at Mount Hesper, in Morrow Co.; the following winter taught school in Delaware Co., Ind. In the spring of 1861, he returned to Ashley, and upon the first call for troops enlisted as a private May 1, 1861, in Co. C, 26th O. V. L, under Capt. Jesse Meredith, and was made Corporal at the organization of the company, and promoted to Sergeant after the battle of Stone River, where he was slightly wounded. On the 20th of September, 1863, at the battle of Chickamauga, he received two wounds ; one of the balls he still carries in his body; being unable to perform service in the field, during the winter of 1863-64, he was on recruiting service at Todd Barracks, at Columbus, Ohio. In April, 1864, he joined his regiment, when he was made color-bearer, and served as such during the Atlanta campaign. July 25, 1864, he was discharged, having served three years and three months, lacking five days. On the 11th of April, 1865, he again enlisted in the 9th U. S. V., under Maj. Gen. Hancock, and on the d 16th, arrived at Washington, D. C. On the 8th of the following June, he was appointed First Sergeant of Co. B, and on the 10th day of July, Sergeant Major of the regiment, and on the 17th day of same month was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the regiment, and promoted to First Lieutenant the 1st of the following November. The 24th of March, 1866, he was appointed by the Secretary of War Regimental Quartermaster of the same regiment, having served as such from the December previous by special order. The 2d of May, 1866, he was mustered out of the United States service, and settled at Ashley, Ohio. On the 20th day of August, 1865, while in the service, he was married to Miss Millie Baxter. Oct. 15,1867, he was appointed Assistant Revenue Assessor of one of the divisions of Delaware Co., which he held one year. At the spring election of 1868, Mr. Doty was elected Justice of the Peace in Oxford Township, and resigned the position the following fall. At the October election of 1868, was elected Auditor of Delaware Co; entered the office March 1, 1869 ; was re-elected in 1870, and again to the same office in 1871. November, 1873, returned to Ashley, and in a few weeks buried his wife. In April, 1874, was elected Mayor of Ashley. In January, 1875, purchased of M. B. Shoemaker his hardware store in Ashley, which he is still managing. June 24, 1875, was married to Miss Mary E. Pierce.

Obit in the Delaware, Ohio news paper of 7 Mar.1891

Josephus F. Doty died at his home in Topeka, Kan. The remains were brought to Ashley, OH, and taken to thr residence of his sister, Mrs. H.L. Cross. His remains were accompanied by his daughter Miss Pearl, his niece Miss Vera Cory and H.A. Coomer and wife of Topeka. The funeral took place Tuesday at the Friends church, under the auspices of the Masonic Lodge of Ashley, of which lodge he was a charter member. The excercises at the church were conducted by Dr. Hawn pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Delaware and at the grave by the Masonic fraternity. Josephus F. Doty was born on March 16, 1843, in Woodbury, Morrow Co., OH, being 47 yrs 11 mo 11da old at the time of his death. His father died when he was two years old. He spent the early part of his life in different parts of the country, and taught school in Indiana when 17 yrs old and until the war brokw out. In May 1861 he enlisted in the 26th regiment, O.V.I. and served until the close of the war. He married to Millie Baxter in 1864, and to them were born a son, Arthur, who lived to be 14 mos. old. About one yr after little Arthur's death, his mother died at their home in Ashley. In the summer of 1874 he joined the Presbyterian Church of Ashley, and was soon after elected and ordained and elder. June 24, 1874 he was married to Mary E. Pierce, who died in Topeka Kan., November 7, 1890. Their only child Pearl, who survives her parents was born Nov. 20, 1876. At the time of his death he was employed as Fuel Agent by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Co. His last sickness was thyhoid malarial fever.

4858 Estate Delaware Co., Ohio dated 15 April 1891.
Herod Baxter, Mentions daughter Alice P. Doty.

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Peru, Morrow, Ohio; Roll: M432_716; Page: 58; Image: 483.

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Peru, Morrow, Ohio; Roll: M653_1017; Page: 60; Image: 120.

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Delaware, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: M593_1196; Page: 301; Image: 198.

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Oxford, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: T9_1012; Family History Film: 1255012; Page: 396.4000; Enumeration District: 110; .
Also Niece Lillie Corey living with them.

Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903
about J F Doty
Name:J F Doty State of Cemetery:Ohio Date of Death:28 Feb 1892

Oscar Baxter Gardner applied for pension.

From Larry Stevens: Ohio Civil War Site Reference.
J.F. Doty Diary. Josephus F. Doty. 39 pgs. NP. ND. Doty wrote a daily diary about his civil war experience with Co. C from 2/7/62 to 2/13/63. He was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga on 9/19/63. His diary served as the basis for two historical fiction novels written by David Jardine, The Emancipation of Jonah Hommen and Jonah's War.
Josephus F Doty, C, 06/15/61 , Sergeant, 07/25/64 , Mustered Out, Chattanooga, TN.  JF Doty wrote a daily diary about his civil war experience with Co. C from 2/7/62 to 2/13/63. He was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga on 9/19/63. His diary served as the basis for two historical fiction novels written by David Jardine, The Emancipation of Jonah Hommen and Jonah's War.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Photo: Josephus Doty.

• Burial: J.F. Doty, 1891, Ashley Union Cem., Oxford Twp, Delaware Co., Ohio.

Josephus married Amelia "Millie" B. BAXTER, daughter of Daniel BAXTER and Sarah "Sally" BIGGS, on 20 Aug 1865 in Ashley, Oxford, Delaware, Ohio, USA. (Amelia "Millie" B. BAXTER was born on 16 Sep 1843 in Mercer Co., Ohio, died on 6 Jan 1874 in Ashley, Oxford, Delaware, Ohio, USA and was buried on 8 Jan 1874 in Ashley Union Cem., Oxford Twp, Delaware Co., Ohio.)

Josephus next married Mary E. PIERCE, daughter of Samuel PIERCE and Anna POOL, on 24 Jun 1875 in Ashley, Oxford, Delaware, Ohio, USA. (Mary E. PIERCE was born on 1 May 1839 in Richland Co., Ohio, USA and died on 7 Nov 1890 in Topeka, Kansas.)