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This is what I have on the individuals listed:
Descendants of Sebastian Sturm
Generation No. 1
1. SEBASTIAN1 STURM was born Abt. 1610 in Germany, and died WFT Est. 1644-1701 in Germany. He married MARIA BARBARA GLOSS WFT Est. 1626-1658 in Unknown. She was born 1619 in Germany, and died WFT Est. 1644-1705 in Germany.
Notes for SEBASTIAN STURM:
The name STORM was originally STURM until the family reached America in 1728, where a great number of the descendants changed to the "Americanized" spelling of STORM.
Child of SEBASTIAN STURM and MARIA GLOSS is:
2. i. JOHAN PETER2 STURM, b. Abt. 1641, Schifferstadt, Bavaria, Germany; d. October 12, 1709, Schifferstadt, Bavaria, Germany.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHAN PETER2 STURM (SEBASTIAN1) was born Abt. 1641 in Schifferstadt, Bavaria, Germany, and died October 12, 1709 in Schifferstadt, Bavaria, Germany. He married ANNA BARBARA ? WFT Est. 1657-1687 in Schifferstadt, Bavaria, Germany. She was born Abt. 1641 in Klein, Schifferstadt, Germany, and died March 17, 1720/21 in Schifferstadt, Bavaria, Germany.
Child of JOHAN STURM and ANNA ? is:
3. i. CHRISTIANUS3 STURM, b. 1662, Schifferstadt, Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany; d. August 09, 1734, Schifferstadt, Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany.
Generation No. 3
3. CHRISTIANUS3 STURM (JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born 1662 in Schifferstadt, Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany, and died August 09, 1734 in Schifferstadt, Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany. He married ANNA BARBARA GAH May 10, 1695 in Schifferstadt, Bavaria, Germany, daughter of PAULAS GAH and MARGARETHA ?. She was born Abt. 1675 in Planckstatt, Bavaria, Germany, and died WFT Est. 1724-1770 in Schifferstadt, Bavaria, Germany.
Notes for CHRISTIANUS STURM:
Children's birth dates are per the Catholic Church records of Gross Schifferstadt, St. Jakobus Kirche Taufbuch 1693-1746. Christian Sturm is reported to be one of the last holdouts against the reform church.
Children of CHRISTIANUS STURM and ANNA GAH are:
i. MARIA BARBARA4 STURM, b. January 31, 1695/96; d. Bef. 1702.
ii. VERONICA STURM, b. June 29, 1698.
4. iii. JOHANN JACOB STURM, b. February 13, 1700/01, Klein, Schifferstadt, Palatinate, Germany; d. February 07, 1756, Indian Fields, Frederick County, Maryland.
iv. MARIA BARBARA STURM, b. December 03, 1702; m. JOHANN JACOB BRUNNER, November 25, 1725, Germany.
v. JOHANN PETER STURM, b. May 27, 1705.
vi. ANNA ELIZABETH STURM, b. January 10, 1707/08.
vii. JOHANN WENDEL STURM, b. March 28, 1709.
viii. MARIA CATHARINA STURM, b. May 25, 1711.
ix. CATHARINA MARGARETA STURM, b. September 30, 1714.
x. MARIA HELENA STURM, b. March 20, 1717/18; d. March 05, 1721/22.
xi. JOHANNES STURM, b. January 26, 1722/23.
xii. JOANNES JACOBUS STURM, b. Aft. 1724.
Generation No. 4
4. JOHANN JACOB4 STURM (CHRISTIANUS3, JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born February 13, 1700/01 in Klein, Schifferstadt, Palatinate, Germany, and died February 07, 1756 in Indian Fields, Frederick County, Maryland. He married ANNA BENEDICTINA SAUR 1722 in Germany, daughter of JOHAN WILHELM SAUR. She was born Abt. 1710 in Schifferstadt, Bavaria, Germany, and died WFT Est. 1755-1805 in Pennsylvania.
Notes for JOHANN JACOB STURM:
Johann Jacob Sturm and wife, Anna Benedictina Saur along with at least two (maybe more) children, immigrated from Germany to Philadelphia, PA., August 24, 1728, aboard the Ship Mortonhouse. They moved to the Adams County, PA area by the 1750's, and they are associated with the Brunner family. They subsequently spread out to other areas such as Berkeley, (West) Virginia. Johann Jacob married 2nd to Maria Benedicta Sauer, a half-sister to his first wife. Maria Benedicta was born 1723 in Germany.
Data on German born ancestors from LDS obtained records from German churches of Iggelheim-Klein Schifferstadt and Gross Shifferstadt. The Sturm/Storm line is established here about 1695 with Johann Peter Sturm (died 1709, buried 10-12-1709), Johann Jacob's Grandfather. The religious foundation at Klein Schifferstadt was Reformed or Calvinist. There doesn't appear to be a cemetery on record to chapel; burials were in the village of Gross Schifferstadt. This data from N.K. Littell.
Marriage Notes for JOHANN STURM and ANNA SAUR:
The Sturm/Storm family had it's origin in Schefferstadt, Palatinate, Germany. Johann Jacob Sturm (Christian John Jacob Storm "The Elder"), baptized 13 Feb. 1700/01, Schifferstadt, Germany, d. Feb. 1756, Fedric Co., Maryland, m. @1725 in Germany to Anna Benedictina Saur b. in 1702 in Germany, d. about 1741 in Penn., immigrated 24 Aug. 1728 to Philadelphia, PA. aboard the Mortenhouse. M. 2nd to Maria Benedicta Sauer, a half-sister to his first wife. Maria was born 1723 in Germany. There were a total thirteen children, Charlotte being the twelfth child. The last three of four children were of the second marriage.
Children of JOHANN STURM and ANNA SAUR are:
5. i. MARIA ELIZABETH5 STURM, b. WFT Est. 1723-1754; d. WFT Est. 1777-1841.
ii. SUSANNA STURM, b. April 1726; m. MARTIN KUNTZ.
iii. WENDEL STURM, b. Bet. 1727 - 1728.
iv. JACOB STURM, b. Bet. 1728 - 1730.
6. v. JOHN PETER STURM, b. 1740, York Co., PA.
vi. ANNA ELIZABETH STURM, b. Bet. 1732 - 1737, York Co., PA; m. ADAM KYLE; b. January 26, 1734/35.
vii. CHRISTINA STURM, b. Bet. 1733 - 1738, York Co., PA.
viii. PETER STURM, b. Bet. 1734 - 1739.
ix. CATHARINA STURM, b. Bet. 1740 - 1750, York Co., PA; d. Bet. 1753 - 1833; m. GEORGE SCHMIDT, January 22, 1767; b. Bet. 1712 - 1749; d. WFT Est. 1753-1827.
7. x. CHARLOTTE STURM, b. August 11, 1751, Frederick Co., Maryland; d. June 04, 1824.
8. xi. ANNA MARIA STURM, b. Bet. 1752 - 1754, York Co., PA; d. WFT Est. 1757-1825.
Generation No. 5
5. MARIA ELIZABETH5 STURM (JOHANN JACOB4, CHRISTIANUS3, JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born WFT Est. 1723-1754, and died WFT Est. 1777-1841. She married MICHAEL CHRIST WFT Est. 1759-1794. He was born WFT Est. 1723-1752, and died WFT Est. 1777-1837.
Child of MARIA STURM and MICHAEL CHRIST is:
i. JOHN PETER6 CHRIST, b. 1774; d. WFT Est. 1775-1864.
6. JOHN PETER5 STURM (JOHANN JACOB4, CHRISTIANUS3, JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born 1740 in York Co., PA. He married ELIZABETH ??.
Child of JOHN STURM and ELIZABETH ?? is:
9. i. ISAAC6 STURM, b. 1785, VA.
7. CHARLOTTE5 STURM (JOHANN JACOB4, CHRISTIANUS3, JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born August 11, 1751 in Frederick Co., Maryland, and died June 04, 1824. She married JOSEPH DOLL September 17, 1767 in Frederick MD, son of JOHANNES DOHLD and ANNA HARTMANN. He was born January 27, 1746/47 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and died August 03, 1819 in Frederick Co., Maryland.
Notes for CHARLOTTE STURM:
According to the research of Charles E. Doll, there is no record in Frederick today that actually gives the maiden name of Charlotte Doll. Charlotte Doll's obituary, published in the Frederick Herald at the time of her death on June 5, 1824, stated she was in her 74th year. From that date we can determine she was born in 1751. The only baby girl christened Charlotte in the Evangelical and Reformed Church records in Frederick in 1751 was Charlotte, daughter of Johann Jacob and Anna Benedictina Sturm. This took place on August 11, 1751. After the death of Johann Jacob Sturm in 1756, his land was sold and the proceeds distributed to his widow and children. The list of his heirs, dated June 3, 1765, includes the name of Charlotte Storm. (The name Sturm was changed to Storm on most of the Frederick County records.) Other research, also done by Charles Doll, of court records and the records of the German Reformed Church, indicate a close association of Joseph and Charlotte Doll with several of the Storm girls and their families. Church records indicate their presence from time to time at important family events such as christenings. Three of Charlotte's sisters and a daughter are named in these records. I agree with the conclusion reached by Charles Doll that these records support the belief that Charlotte Doll was born Charlotte Sturm.
The obituary for Charlotte Doll was published in the Frederick Herald for June 5, 1824. It read as follows:
"Doll, Charlotte 1751 - 1824 died yesterday in the 74th year of her age. Mrs. Charlotte Doll was the consort of the late Joseph Doll of this city."
Notes for JOSEPH DOLL:
Much of the history of the Joseph Doll family comes from the work of Charles E. Doll and Joan Peterson Sullivan. Both are quoted on the following pages.
Joseph, the youngest of the children of John (Johannes) and Catharina (Hartman) Doll, is not heard of from the time he was baptized in 1747, until his marriage to Charlotte in September 1767, in the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Frederick, Maryland. We assume he followed his older brothers, Conrad and Jacob, to Frederick, Maryland. While there, he may have lived in the home of one of his married brothers.
By 1771 or 1772, Joseph had opened a general store. His ledger for the store is in the possession of the Frederick County Historical Society. It gives the names of the early families of the town, and who traded with him. During the revolutionary war, Joseph not only declared for the Patriotic cause, but was active in the war effort even though not a continental soldier. Experienced in securing supplies, Joseph was delegated to assemble the materials needed for the new jail to house the Tories from the area. He also secured blankets and articles of clothing for the soldiers. He served in the Guard with rank of Sergeant. This was found in Volume II of the "Maryland Historical Magazine." The magazine also states that on December 14, 1776, the committee ordered Captain Hanson to pay Captain Doll his account for money spent. Several Doll descendants have been accepted on the D. A. R. rolls because Joseph was a known patriot.
Searchers for both Joan (Peterson) Sullivan and Charles E. Doll searched these D. A. R. records and both listed the children of Joseph and Charlotte. They had fourteen (14) children, one died in infancy and another died at age eleven years. Jacob Doll, the second youngest child, is the ancestor of Charles E. Doll. Michael, the youngest child, is our ancestor and the ancestor of Joan (Peterson) Sullivan. The list of these children was also found on the record of the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Frederick, Maryland.
Joseph, and his brother Conrad, were active members of the Evangelical and Reformed Church. In First Settlement of Germans in Maryland by Edward T. Schultz, it is stated on page nine that the membership of the church "came from the Pennsylvania settlements as well as direct from the fatherland." The Doll name is included.
In Dieter Cunz' book, The Maryland Germans, page 188, the following appeared:
"The construction of the Reformed Church of Frederick was drawn up in 1803 under the Reverend Daniel Wagner (from Dutchy of Nassau, Germany, 1750) Signed by the most important members of the congregation."
The signers included the names of Joseph Doll and Conrad Doll.
As the flow of German families increased, many settled in the southern Pennsylvania counties of York and Adams. others continued south in Frederick County, Maryland. The town of Frederick was originally established by the English, Scotch, and Irish, and was named Fredrickstown. When the influx of Germans took place, they were looked upon with some disdain by the early settlers. The German girls became house servants, and the men performed the heavier and more lowly tasks in the community. This resulted in the newcomers keeping to themselves and holding to their old world traditions. This was particularly so of their social customs, their manner of celebrating the holidays such as Christmas, and in clinging to their old religions. As a result, Germans largely married Germans.
The D. A. R. Maryland State Society Directory of members and ancestors 1892 - 1965 gives the following information on page 275:
"Doll (Dolle), Joseph b. 1747-8; d. 3 August 1819, Maryland; m. September 1767 Charlotte d. 3 February 1832; Patriot; member of committee of observation; signed oath of Fidelity and support Frederick County, Maryland."
The national headquarters of the D. A. R. has no record for the source of their information. It must not have been thoroughly documented or they would have had an exact year for the birth of Joseph and would not have given the year of Charlotte's death as 1832 when her obituary appeared in the Frederick Herald for June 5, 1824.
Joan (Peterson) Sullivan searched for and found the will of Joseph Doll at the Frederick County Courthouse, Liber H S No. 2 Folio 187, date of probate August 31, 1819, hoping to find the son Michael's name. The will named only sons Joseph and George and their respective wives Catherine and Catherine, and Joseph Sr.'s wife, Charlotte. It was witnessed by Conrad Doll, Phillip Rohr, and Jno. McDonald. Mrs. Sullivan was unable to locate letter of administration for Joseph.
On the 1790 Census of Frederick County, Maryland, there appears Joseph Dull, Conrad Dull, and Peter Dull. (The name was sometimes written as Dull or Ull.) On the 1800 Census there is Joseph, Conrad, and Peter Doll, and Joseph Doll, Jr. The 1810 Census gives only the first initial, but there were several Dolls. Michael Doll is listed on the 1820 Census, Frederick Town Election District No. 2, page 32.
Fourteen children were born to Joseph and Charlotte (Storm) Doll, though several of the children died young or in infancy. It was an old custom whenever a child died, the next child born, of the like sex, was given the name.
Marriage Notes for CHARLOTTE STURM and JOSEPH DOLL:
In September 1767, Joseph married Charlotte Sturm in the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Frederick. They had fourteen children.
"By 1771 Joseph had opened a general store. During the Revolutionary War he was active in the war effort in securing supplies for the Continental cause. He was responsible for securing the materials to build a jail to house the Tories from the area, and also served in the Home Guard." (Volume II of the "Maryland Historical Magazine".)
Joseph and his brother Conrad were signers of the constitution of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and remained active members.
Joseph died 3 August 1819, probably in Frederick. The National Headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolution gives the following information: "Doll (Dolle), Joseph b. 1747-8 ----Patriot; Member of Committee of Observation, signed Oath of Didelity and Support Frederic Co., MD."
Children of CHARLOTTE STURM and JOSEPH DOLL are:
10. i. JOSEPH6 DOLL, b. September 01, 1769; d. WFT Est. 1808-1860.
11. ii. ELIZABETH DOLL, b. October 01, 1771, Frederick Co MD; d. WFT Est. 1797-1865.
iii. CHARLOTTE DOLL, b. March 17, 1773; d. WFT Est. 1801-1867; m. PETER HARDT, December 05, 1795; b. WFT Est. 1749-1775; d. WFT Est. 1800-1862.
iv. ANNA CATHERINE DOLL, b. March 01, 1775; d. 1795.
12. v. JOHN DOLL, b. November 04, 1776; d. WFT Est. 1807-1867.
13. vi. GEORGE DOLL, b. April 17, 1778, Frederick Co MD; d. 1846.
vii. JACOB DOLL, b. 1780; d. 1780.
14. viii. CATHERINE DOLL, b. March 01, 1782; d. WFT Est. 1811-1876.
ix. MARY DOLL, b. April 12, 1784; d. WFT Est. 1812-1878; m. JOHN SNOOK, WFT Est. 1812-1846; b. WFT Est. 1767-1787; d. WFT Est. 1812-1873.
x. MARGARET DOLL, b. March 04, 1786; d. WFT Est. 1813-1880; m. JACOB BRUNNER, October 03, 1807; b. WFT Est. 1761-1788; d. WFT Est. 1812-1875.
xi. SUSANNA MARGARET DOLL, b. October 23, 1787; d. WFT Est. 1813-1881; m. GEORGE LARE, November 12, 1807, Frederick Co MD; b. WFT Est. 1762-1788; d. WFT Est. 1812-1875.
xii. JOHN PETER DOLL, b. October 15, 1789; d. WFT Est. 1790-1879.
15. xiii. JACOB DOLL, b. August 21, 1791; d. May 13, 1841.
16. xiv. MICHAEL DOLL, b. December 04, 1794, Frederic, MD; d. June 01, 1833, New Philadelphia OH.
8. ANNA MARIA5 STURM (JOHANN JACOB4, CHRISTIANUS3, JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born Bet. 1752 - 1754 in York Co., PA, and died WFT Est. 1757-1825. She married PETER BRUNNER 1750 in Frederick MD, son of JACOB BRUNNER and BARBARA STURM. He was born WFT Est. 1701-1731, and died WFT Est. 1757-1817.
Child of ANNA STURM and PETER BRUNNER is:
i. CHARLOTTE6 BRUNNER, b. 1754; d. WFT Est. 1755-1848.
Generation No. 6
9. ISAAC6 STURM (JOHN PETER5, JOHANN JACOB4, CHRISTIANUS3, JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born 1785 in VA. He married SUSANNA LUNSFORD.
Child of ISAAC STURM and SUSANNA LUNSFORD is:
i. ISAAC7 STURM, b. December 1817, Putnam Co., IN; m. PARTHENA DENNY.
10. JOSEPH6 DOLL (CHARLOTTE5 STURM, JOHANN JACOB4, CHRISTIANUS3, JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born September 01, 1769, and died WFT Est. 1808-1860. He married CATHERINE ? WFT Est. 1800-1832. She was born WFT Est. 1756-1781, and died WFT Est. 1808-1869.
Children of JOSEPH DOLL and CATHERINE ? are:
i. SAMUEL7 DOLL, b. November 05, 1793; d. WFT Est. 1794-1883.
ii. SOPHIA DOLL, b. March 23, 1798; d. WFT Est. 1826-1892; m. JOHN BRUNNER, WFT Est. 1826-1860; b. WFT Est. 1781-1801; d. WFT Est. 1826-1887.
iii. ESRA DOLL, b. May 12, 1800; d. WFT Est. 1844-1892; m. HARRIET ZEALER, October 14, 1823; b. WFT Est. 1786-1812; d. WFT Est. 1844-1901.
iv. EDWARD DOLL, b. July 13, 1803; d. WFT Est. 1804-1893.
v. BARBARA DOLL, b. November 07, 1805; d. WFT Est. 1806-1899.
11. ELIZABETH6 DOLL (CHARLOTTE5 STURM, JOHANN JACOB4, CHRISTIANUS3, JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born October 01, 1771 in Frederick Co MD, and died WFT Est. 1797-1865. She married VALENTINE HOFFMAN July 05, 1791 in Frederick Co MD. He was born WFT Est. 1743-1771, and died WFT Est. 1796-1858.
Children of ELIZABETH DOLL and VALENTINE HOFFMAN are:
i. JACOB7 HOFFMAN, b. March 30, 1792; d. WFT Est. 1793-1882.
ii. PETER HOFFMAN, b. September 23, 1793; d. WFT Est. 1794-1883.
12. JOHN6 DOLL (CHARLOTTE5 STURM, JOHANN JACOB4, CHRISTIANUS3, JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born November 04, 1776, and died WFT Est. 1807-1867. He married SUSANNA KURTZ January 28, 1800. She was born WFT Est. 1760-1784, and died WFT Est. 1806-1873.
Children of JOHN DOLL and SUSANNA KURTZ are:
i. DAVID7 DOLL, b. November 01, 1800; d. WFT Est. 1801-1890.
ii. THOMAS DOLL, b. December 21, 1803; d. WFT Est. 1804-1893.
13. GEORGE6 DOLL (CHARLOTTE5 STURM, JOHANN JACOB4, CHRISTIANUS3, JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born April 17, 1778 in Frederick Co MD, and died 1846. He married CATHERINE SCHMIT March 11, 1799 in Frederick Co MD. She was born 1780, and died 1822 in Frederick Co MD.
Child of GEORGE DOLL and CATHERINE SCHMIT is:
i. CHARLOTTE7 DOLL, b. May 23, 1804, Frederick Co., MD; d. August 03, 1871, Jefferson Township,Montgomery Co., OH; m. JOHN MICHAEL, June 17, 1829, Frederick Co MD; b. January 02, 1804, Middletown Valley, MD; d. August 06, 1884, Germantown, OH.
Marriage Notes for CHARLOTTE DOLL and JOHN MICHAEL:
In 1835 or 1836 Charlotte, John and their three children moved to Montgomery County, Ohio where they purchased 640 achres of land near Liberty in German Township.
14. CATHERINE6 DOLL (CHARLOTTE5 STURM, JOHANN JACOB4, CHRISTIANUS3, JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born March 01, 1782, and died WFT Est. 1811-1876. She married GEORGE GEBHARD May 03, 1803. He was born WFT Est. 1756-1785, and died WFT Est. 1811-1870.
Children of CATHERINE DOLL and GEORGE GEBHARD are:
i. LEWIS7 GEBHARD, b. April 10, 1804; d. WFT Est. 1805-1894.
ii. ANNA MARIAN GEBHARD, b. June 16, 1808; d. WFT Est. 1809-1902.
15. JACOB6 DOLL (CHARLOTTE5 STURM, JOHANN JACOB4, CHRISTIANUS3, JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born August 21, 1791, and died May 13, 1841. He married ANNA MARIA MEYER May 30, 1812. She was born July 19, 1785 in Frederick Co MD, and died September 13, 1854.
Children of JACOB DOLL and ANNA MEYER are:
i. DANIEL7 DOLL, b. February 09, 1816; d. July 03, 1881; m. MARY CATHERINE PETERS, November 25, 1841; b. February 12, 1820; d. September 02, 1891.
ii. MARIA CATHERINE DOLL, b. February 06, 1819; d. WFT Est. 1820-1913.
iii. JOHN DOLL, b. October 07, 1822; d. WFT Est. 1823-1912.
iv. CAROLINE DOLL, b. WFT Est. 1806-1836; d. WFT Est. 1812-1917.
v. ANN REBECCA DOLL, b. WFT Est. 1806-1836; d. WFT Est. 1812-1917.
vi. CHARLES EDWARD DOLL.
16. MICHAEL6 DOLL (CHARLOTTE5 STURM, JOHANN JACOB4, CHRISTIANUS3, JOHAN PETER2, SEBASTIAN1) was born December 04, 1794 in Frederic, MD, and died June 01, 1833 in New Philadelphia OH. He married MARY HOFFMAN May 26, 1816 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, daughter of LEONARD HOFFMAN. She was born May 08, 1796 in Cumberland, MD, and died July 15, 1866.
Notes for MICHAEL DOLL:
Michael Doll was born in Fredericktown (now Frederick), Frederick County, Maryland, on December 4, 1794. He was baptized January 11, 1795, in the German Reform Church at Frederick. Michael was the last of fourteen children born to Joseph and Charlotte (Storm) Doll. This information is from the German Reform records on microfilm at the C. Burr Artz Public Library at Frederick.
While Michael Doll was living in Frederick before his marriage to Mary Hoffman, he and his brother, Peter, volunteered for the War of 1812. The History of Frederick County, Maryland by T. J. C. Williams and Folgers McKinsey, Chapter XI, page 167, includes the following:
"In 1814 Captain Brengle recruited a full company in Frederick, in four hours. They were called the "Minute Men."
The muster roll of this company was given, and among the privates listed were Peter and Michael Doll. Michael's military record is found at the National Archives, Washington, D. C. as follows:
"Michael Doll, Private in Captain Brengle's Company of Infantry, 1 Reg't. Maryland Militia. Terms of service from August 25 through September 19, 1814, 26 days at $8.00 per month, amount of pay $6.86 1st Reg't Ragan's Maryland Militia."
This appears to be a very short term of service but was not unusual in that day.
Roy Peterson, father of Joan (Peterson) Sullivan, shares the following story of his great-grandfather, Michael Doll. Mr. Peterson believes Michael took part in the border fighting in Canada, and that Michael was a Calvary man. It was after Michael's return from military duty that he traded his horse, bridle, and saddle, according to family history, to an Englishman, for a gold watch with three diamonds in the back. Ed Doll, uncle of Roy Peterson, had this watch in Litchfield, Minnesota, where he spent a great deal of time at the newspaper office of Henry I. Peterson, Roy Peterson's father. One day an itinerant buyer of old gold came by, and to the dismay of the whole family, Ed sold this family treasure for $25.00. Joan (Peterson) Sullivan remembers this incident and thinks it took place in the late 1920's or early 1930's.
Michael d. 07 June 1833 age 39 years, at New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, results of a kick by a horse. Michael was a farmer.
Marriage Notes for MICHAEL DOLL and MARY HOFFMAN:
Mrs. Sullivan indicates determining the maiden name of Mary Doll was a problem. Family tradition gave her name as both Hoffman and Butler. A search of the records of Frederick County Court or the Hall of Records at Annapolis, Maryland, failed to turn up any marriage record. There was no family sponsor on the children's births to give a hint. There were both Hoffman and Butler families in Frederick in the 1790's. The tombstones for Michael and Mary did not disclose the maiden name, but the cemetery caretaker, Mr. Jim Exley, had a very old cemetery book which stated: "Mary Doll, born April 8, 1796, was born in Cumberland, Maryland." This was the clue which made it possible to find Mary's maiden name. An inquiry was sent to Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, for the marriage record of Michael Doll and Mary ________, hoping that Mary's family lived there at the time of her marriage. The returned record indicated Michael Doll and Mary HOFFMAN married at Cumberland, Maryland on the 28th day of May, 1816. Cumberland, Maryland, is about 100 miles from the City of Frederick and too far away for Michael to ride horseback to court a young lady. It may be that Mary Hoffman was related to some Hoffman's in Frederick and that is how they became acquainted. Michael was twenty-one years of age when he married Mary, who was twenty years old. I have recently learned that Mary Hoffman was a younger sister to Valentine Hoffman who married Michael's oldest sister, Elizabeth.
Records of the German Reform Church of Frederick, now on microfilm at the C. Burr Artz Public Library in Frederick, include information about the first two children of Michael and Mary Doll. this information is as follows:
Date Parents Child Sponsor
Born May 5, 1817 Michael Doll Elizabeth Michael Doll
Bapt. June 8, 1817 and wife, Maria Margaret and wife, Maria
Born June 27, 1819 Michael Doll Marcus Michael Doll
Bapt. Aug. 3, 1819 and wife, Maria and wife, Maria
The census of 1820 at Frederick, Maryland, indicates only two children, one boy under 10 and one girl under 10, for Michael and Mary Doll. Records from other areas indicate at least two other children were born in Frederick before Michael and Mary moved to Ohio. The census records of San Joaquin County, Stockton, California, for 1880 indicates another son, George, was born in Frederick. The 1880 census records of Tuscarawas County, New Philadelphia, Ohio, indicates another daughter, Catherine, was also born in Frederick.
A daughter, Harriet, is listed as the fifth child of Michael and Mary Doll. Harriet was listed on family records but no other information. Relatives of Joan (Peterson) Sullivan agree there was a daughter who married a David Magee and later lived in Peoria, Illinois. We found the family in Peoria, and learned that her name is Henrietta and not Harriet.
Joan (Peterson) Sullivan indicates after Michael and Mary were married and after the birth of at least two children in Frederick, Maryland, the family moved to New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. There they owned a home on East High Street in the main part of town. Henrietta Doll is the first child we have record of being born in Ohio. Some of the family of Joan (Peterson) Sullivan thought were two more sons, Arthur and John. Thus far, no record of them has been found. Both George and Lawrence Doll had a son named Arthur and there are John Doll's throughout the generations. It is possible there was some confusion about which family these boys belonged to.
The youngest children of Michael and Mary Doll were daughters, Charlotte A. (born May 30, 1831) and Frances (Fannie or Frankie) A. (born August 14, 1833). Frances was born after her father's death in June of 1833. Michael died at age thirty-nine. Family members have said he died after being kicked by a horse.
Little is known of the life of Michael and Mary (Hoffman) Doll. We do not know Michael's occupation or exactly when they moved from Maryland to Ohio. Joan (Peterson) Sullivan's research (in June of 1977) of court records and land file buildings of Tuscarawas County, which date from 1800, indicated Michael did acquire several pieces of property in Tuscarawas County. The book "History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio", page 365, includes:
"Michael Doll served as a commissioner in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, from 1831 to 1833."
The sons of Michael and Mary Doll moved west after reaching adulthood. The land records indicate some of the land Michael acquired was sold after his death by his widow. Marcus, and evidently his brothers, surrendered their Doll real estate rights and property to the two youngest unmarried sisters, Charlotte and Frances. Sarah Ann (McGrew) Doll, wife of Marcus, did not think it was fair that the two girls got all of the Doll property according to the family stories relayed by Mrs. Sullivan.
Joan (Peterson) Sullivan visited the Fair Street Cemetery, located in the main part of New Philadelphia where Michael, Mary and four of their daughters, Margaret, Catherine, Charlotte, and Frances, are buried. Mrs. Sullivan reports Michael and Mary's monument is in good condition and expects it was erected in later years. It is a two-sided stone, with daughters Charlotte and Frances' names and dates on the reverse side. The monument reads:
Michael Doll Mary Doll
December 12, 1794 May 8, 1796
June 7, 1833 July 18, 1866
On the reverse side:
Charlotte A. Doll Frances A. Doll
May 30, 1831 August 14, 1833
March 31, 1901 November 16, 1913
An old cemetery record book, which Mrs. Sullivan looked at when visiting the cemetery, indicates Charlotte Doll died of paralysis and that Frances Doll died at age 79 years and 3 months.
Children of MICHAEL DOLL and MARY HOFFMAN are:
i. LAWRENCE PETER7 DOLL, b. May 20, 1826, New Philidelphia, OH; d. February 04, 1922, Douglas, Ks; m. (1) CATHERINE M. SMALLEY, 1860, Ohio; b. 1842, MD; d. 1873, Appelton City, Mo.; m. (2) MARTHA MARILLA JONES, October 05, 1875, Appelton City, Mo; b. August 20, 1849, Ohio; d. April 10, 1914, Crisfield Ks.
Notes for LAWRENCE PETER DOLL:
Lawrence Peter Doll was born May 20, 1826, at New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, a son of Michael and Mary (Hoffman) Doll. His father, Michael, died in 1833 when Lawrence was about seven years of age. Lawrence's obituary says he spent his early childhood in Cumberland, Maryland, but according to census records his mother continued to live in Ohio. (Lawrence may have lived with relatives in Maryland after his father's death as Cumberland was Mary's home.)
At the age of twenty-three years Lawrence crossed the plains to Sutter County, California, going as one of the 49'ers. It is said that Lawrence witnessed the burning at the stake of one of his companions in the wagon train. We do not know whether he found any gold or whether he even tried as he went on to Alaska by land and there took a boat south around the Big Horn and back to Ohio.
In 1852 with his brother George, Lawrence again went to California. George married while there and remained in California. George lived at Stockton in San Joaquin County. In 1858 Lawrence returned by way of the Isthmus of Panama to New York and on to Maryland where he remained for two years before returning to Ohio.
In 1860 Lawrence was married to Katherine M. Smalley in Ohio where they resided nine or ten years and where the first three of their children, George, Nettie, and Bessie were born.
In 1869 they moved west to Missouri where they settled in Henry County in the Grove River Township. They are included in the 1870 Grove River Township census records, with post office of Clinton, Missouri. Sometime after 1870 they moved to St. Clair County near Appleton City, Missouri, There two more sons, Charles and Arthur, were born. Katherine died in 1874 at age thirty-two leaving five children. She was interred in the Appleton City Cemetery.
On October 5, 1875, at Appleton City Lawrence was married to Martha Marilla Jones, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Scott) Jones. Four children were born to Lawrence and Martha during the eight years they lived in Missouri. They were Jennie and Hance and the twins, Frank and Allen. George, the oldest child of Lawrence and Katherine (Smalley) Doll died in 1879 at Appleton City, where he was interred. The family is found in the 1880 census in St. Clair County, Monetaw township.
In 1883 the family left Missouri for Kansas where they homesteaded near Crisfield in Harper County. Lawrence had come to Kansas earlier alone to seek a place before moving the family. He rode the train to Harper which was as far as the rails went at that time. There he worked for the railroad while looking for a place. After finding a farm southeast of Sharon, Kansas, he then returned to Missouri to bring his family. Upon their arrival at the farm they found another family living there and claiming it. Lawrence had his family to think about so set out to find another place -- the place near Crisfield.
Crisfield was located north of Corwin and southwest of Attica, Kansas, in Green Township, but no longer exists. We drove by there in June of 1980 and the name CRISFIELD on a sign beside the railroad tracks appeared to be the only line to its past.
Two more children, Lula and Marcus, were born to Lawrence and Martha in Kansas. In 1904 Lula (Doll) Cooprider died leaving two small children, Raymond and Laura May. Lawrence and Martha cared for these grandchildren until they were about thirteen and fourteen years old when their father went to Washington State to make their home.
Martha died April 10, 1914, at age sixty-five years. She was interred at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Hazelton, Barber County, Kansas.
Lawrence continued to live on this farm until about 1919 when for a few months he lived with his daughter, Jennie Bonham, and her family. In 1920, Lawrence moved with the youngest son, Marcus, and family to Anthony, Kansas. In 1921, they moved to a farm at Douglas, Butler County, Kansas, where he was living at the time of his death on February 4, 1922.
Lawrence, at the time of death, was almost ninety-six years of age and had been in excellent health. A few moments before his death Lawrence had returned to the house from gathering eggs and was excited about the fact they had gotten eight eggs that day instead of the usual seven. It is thought the excitement hastened his death.
Lawrence had become a Christian early in his life and had united with a pioneer Presbyterian Church in Crisfield where he retained membership until his death. Lawrence always showed a deep devotion and faith in his religion.
Lawrence's death ended a long and useful life of one who dared the perils and hardships of the frontier to make the great West possible. He was interred in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Hazelton, Kansas, beside his wife, Martha.
The Bonham children and Wendell Doll remember their grandfather quite well and the stories Lawrence told of his adventures. Wendell remembers the day of his grandfather's death clearly even though he was only six years old at the time.
We have no information on Katherine (Smalley) Doll, Lawrence's first wife. It is said she came from England, but I have not been able to verify that and have not even been able to find out the names of her parents.
The second wife of Lawrence, Martha Marilla Jones, was born in Ohio on August 20, 1849. She died in 1914 in Kansas at the age of sixty-five years. Her parents were Samuel and Sarah Elizabeth (Scott) Jones. Martha's father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother was born in Ohio. Martha had three sisters and two brothers. We found the family in the 1860 census of Kascuisho County, Indiana, postoffice, Leesburg:
Name Age Occupation Born
Jones, Samuel 38 Farmer Pennsylvania
Jones, Elizabeth 33 Ohio
Jones, Sarah E. 11 Ohio
Jones, Martha M. 10 Ohio
Jones, Henrietta 9 Ohio
Jones, Samuel F. 7 Indiana
Jones, Catherine 3 Indiana
Jones, William 6/12 Indiana
ii. ELIZABETH MARGARET DOLL, b. May 05, 1817, Fredericktown, Frederick County, Maryland; d. August 30, 1906, New Philadelphia, Ohio; m. JOSEPH C. HANCE; b. September 28, 1811, New Jersey; d. January 06, 1896, New Philadelphia, Ohio.
Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH DOLL and JOSEPH HANCE:
Elizabeth Margaret Doll was the eldest child of Michael and Mary (Hoffman) Doll, born May 5, 1817, in Fredericktown, Frederick County, Maryland. She came with her parents to New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, while a young child.
Joseph C. Hance was born in New Jersey on September 28, 1811. As a young man he came to New Philadelphia, Ohio in 1832 while he read law with E. D. Leonard. In those days it only took two years study under a lawyer to be able to pass the bar, and he was admitted to the bar in 1834.
Joseph C. Hance and Elizabeth Margaret Doll were married after he was admitted to the Bar. They were the parents of three children: Mary, Elizabeth, and John.
Joseph seemed to be a prominent man in New Philadelphia. The following paragraphs are paraphrased from the book History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, pages 377 and 396:
"Mr. Hance has been continuously in practice until his recent election to the bench. In this case the office sought the man, and it was with extreme difficulty that his friends persuaded him to accept the nomination of the office which he is now filling with marked ability. He succeeded James Patrick, Jr. of New Philadelphia, and assumed the duties of Judiciary in February 1882."
Judge Hance would have been about seventy-one (71) years of age in 1882, so it is easy to understand why he was reluctant to accept that appointment.
Here is another item from the same book, page 488. While it is not about our direct ancestor, it involves Judge Hance and his son, John. I think it is an interesting happening of those days.
"The first, and for many years, the only banking house of New Philadelphia was known as Blickenderfers Bank. J. Dearborn was the President and J. Blickenderfer was the Cashier. Money in that day was scarce and the Bank flooded the village with paper currency for amounts ranging from a sixpence and upward. Mr. C. H. Metchner preserved this graphic account of the institution. Like all other banks of that day in Ohio it was honestly run on paper money only, although the bills promised to pay in gold and silver. It was started to build up the town, but met with a sad accident. One day a stranger stopped in with $10,000 of the bills and demanded the coin. The officers told him to call in again in a short time. This gave them time to hide. They shut the bank and adjourned to Sinthour's Shop. He told them he had not many shavings made, and they had better separate; that he would hide the cashier in the shavings; while the president having on a pair of leather or buckskin breeches had better go into the red brush, near the present stable of J. C. Hance, and stay until the stranger left. Thus, they kept shady until he was out of town. In a very short time he returned to the Bank, and having no specie for him they let the Bank go up higher than a kite, and it never came down. About 1852 or 1854 Peter Hines found the safe in a Garrett. It was an old fashioned hair trunk lined with newspapers and behind which he found two Spanish quarters dated 1796 and 1800.
After the collapse of the bank, New Philadelphia, for many years, had to transact its banking at Cadiz, Massillion, or other towns. In 1852 A. Vinton came to the county seat and soon opened a private Bank, which in 1865 he sold to A. Bates who is still doing business at the Exchange Bank, with John Hance as Cashier and A. Bates, Jr., as Assistant Cashier."
John Hance was the son of Judge J. C. Hance and Elizabeth (Doll) Hance.
John and Elizabeth (Doll) Hance and their two daughters, who never married, are buried in the Fair Street Cemetery in New Philadelphia, Ohio.
Joseph C. Hance Elizabeth M.
Born Wife of Joseph C. Hance
September 28, 1811 Born
Died May 5, 1817
January 6, 1896 Died
August 30, 1906
The inscription of the two daughters was on the side of the parents stone.
Lizzie Hance Mary Hance
Born Born
May 5, 1843 November 4, 1839
Died Died
October 24, 1885 January 19, 1914
iii. MARCUS M DOLL, b. June 27, 1819, Frederickstown, Maryland; d. August 05, 1891, Litchfield, Meeker County, Minnesota; m. SARAH MCGREW, December 21, 1847, 1847 Sandyville, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio; b. September 03, 1824, 1824 Sandyville, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio; d. December 15, 1904, Litchfield, Meeker Co., Minnesota.
Marriage Notes for MARCUS DOLL and SARAH MCGREW:
MARCUS and SARAH ANN McGREW DOLL
By: Joan Peterson Sullivan
It was on December 21, 1848, at Sandyville, Ohio, that Sarah Ann McGrew broke with her Scots ancestry to marry Marcus Doll, a German, born at Frederick, Maryland, but then living with his family in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Roy Peterson, grandson of the above, said that the Dolls considered themselves somewhat above the McGrews, probably, he thought, because the Dolls lived in town and the McGrews lived in the country. Sarah's father, Nathan McGrew, had moved his family to the country after catching his boys swearing. He built a large, brick house, a picture of which is in the possession of Joan Peterson Sullivan.
Marcus and Sarah Ann lived at Sandyville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Sandyville is a little village located between New Philadelphia and Canton. The 1850 census names Marcus, a saddler, age 30, his wife Sarah A., age 24, and a daughter Frances, age 1. This census is in error, giving Ohio as the birth place of Marcus, but the 1860 census corrects this, giving Maryland as his birth place. On the 1860 census the Dolls post office is New Philadelphia, Gosham township, and it names Marcus Doll 41, Sarah 35, Mary 10 (Mary Frances), Edward 7, Marcus 4, and Jesse 5/12. This census does not give Marcus' occupation as a saddler, but gives the value of his real estate as $500.
It was during their residence in Ohio that Marcus Doll left his wife and family to make his fortune in the California gold rush 1848 - '50. Florence Peterson Frahm, granddaughter of Marcus and Sally Ann, stated that it was the year 1850 that Marcus left and that he was gone three years. He went down the Ohio River to St. Louis where he joined a wagon trail to California. Marcus traveled "shank's mare", walking all the way according to family history. The caravan evidently went the southern route as the story was told that Marcus was the only man able to keep walking through the desert. Whether Marcus was gone three years or less (less according to the birth dates of his children), he was not lucky in the gold fields and came home sick and "broke". Other relatives made the trek west at this time, but not together. Marcus' brother, Lawrence, who later settled in Kansas, tried his luck and also one of Sarah Ann's brothers, Nathan McGrew. According to family history, Nathan did well in the gold rush.
In 1865 the Dolls moved to Clay County, Indiana, where they had a small farm just up the road from the farm of Mary Huston McGrew. Here Marcus did carriage trimming, and saddle and harness making, according to Florence Peterson Frahm. The 1870 census lists Marcus now 50, Sarah 45, Edward 13 and Jesse 10. Jesse is listed in error as a masculine farm laborer. The oldest child, Mary Frances, does not show on this census as she has already married a neighbor, Martin Houk, and is living elsewhere. Also on this census sheet is Sarah's mother, Mary McGrew, 69, with her unmarried daughter, Eliza. Next below on the census sheet is Nathan Martin (called N.C.). Sarah McGrew Doll had a sister who married Rev. Samuel Miller Martin. One of their sons was Nathan Martin. Next below is the John Houk family. The Doll's son, Marcus (Bubbie), does not show on this census as he had died and was buried in Indiana. Jessie Doll Peterson told many times the sad story about her brother, Marcus. When Marcus was about 12 years old, he was playing down by the river and was bitten by a snake. Because the family had planned to attend a circus later in the day, Marcus did not tell that he was bitten for fear he might not be allowed to attend. By the time the family found out what had happened it was too late and Marcus died. In 1874 the Dolls moved to Minnesota where they bought a farm in Union Grove near Litchfield. When planning to leave Indiana serious thought was given to moving to California, but they decided on Minnesota because of relatives already there. (Nathan Martin.)
Marcus and Sally Ann are buried in the Litchfield Cemetery near Lake Ripley in Minnesota. A large stone with "DOLL" inscribed reads:
Marcus Doll Sarah A. Lot 3, Division 3
June 27, 1819 Sept. 3, 1824 Section 2, Block 14
Aug. 5, 1891 Dec. 15, 1904
As to religion, the granddaughters though that Sarah and Marcus were Methodists.
Marcus Doll was the second child born to Michael Doll of Frederick, Maryland, and his wife, Mary Hoffman, of Cumberland, Maryland. The birth records of his sister and himself are in the German Reform records on microfilm at the C. Burr Artz Public Library at Frederick.
Elizabeth Margaret born May 5, 1817
Bapt. June 8, 1817
Marcus born June 27, 1819
Bapt. Aug. 3, 1819
In July, 1979, Florence Peterson Frahm told Joan Peterson Sullivan that the Marcus Doll family bought and sold two farms in Meeker County. The first farm owned was the Crow River Farm where Jessie was married. Later they sold this farm and bought another one called Pleasant View in Harvey Twp. This farm adjoined the farms of the two daughters, the Henry I. Peterson farm and the Martin Houk farm. Florence stated that they could walk to and from all three farms easily as they were touching. Florence said this pleasant arrangement was broken up when Marcus Doll died suddenly of a heart attack after working too hard on a hot day. Marcus' widow and son, Ed, moved to Litchfield, Minnesota, where Ed had a house built for himself and his mother. The Martin Houk family moved to Idaho and the Peterson family moved to Litchfield although their farm was not sold during their lifetime.
iv. GEORGE M. DOLL, b. May 1821, Frederickstown, Maryland; d. April 16, 1904, Stockton, California; m. SARAH E. DEBNAM, June 16, 1858, Stockton, San Joaquin Co., California; b. 1829, Tennessee.
Marriage Notes for GEORGE DOLL and SARAH DEBNAM:
George, 3rd child of Michael and Mary (Hoffman) Doll, was born in May 1821 in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland. While still quite young, he moved with his parents to New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
As a young man, George and his brother, Lawrence Doll, went to California during the Gold Rush era. I do not know about their success but know that George met his future wife, Sarah E. Debnam, while out there. They were married June 16, 1858, at Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, where they made their home.
Sarah E. Debnam was born in Tennessee in 1829. I have no further information or history of her parents and do not know when they came to California. George and Sarah had five children: Alma, Helen, George Jr., Arthur, and the eldest child who died at birth and was unnamed.
Alma was married to H. H. Blain, but I have no other information on her or the George Doll family. Joan (Peterson) Sullivan told me that some one of the Marcus Doll family had a picture of a big house and that the writing on the back states it is the home of George Doll of Stockton, California.
v. CATHERINE DOLL, b. October 09, 1823, Frederickstown, Maryland; d. August 26, 1904, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio; m. A. W. SARGENT; b. Abt. 1818, Ohio.
Marriage Notes for CATHERINE DOLL and A. SARGENT:
Catherine M. Doll, 4th child of Michael and Mary (Hoffman) Doll, was born in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland. She came to New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, as a small child when her parents moved from Maryland. Catherine was married to A. W. Sargent on November 1, 1843. Their children were Louisa, James, Mary, Harry, Thomas H., and Fanny.
A. W. Sargent was born in Ohio about 1818. He was a merchant and owned real estate in New Philadelphia. The family was found on the 1850, 1860, and 1880 census records. A. W. Sargent was listed on the 1850 and 1860 records but not on the 1880 record, so we figure he was deceased by that time. Since the 1870 record was unavailable at that time I have not been able to pinpoint his death date. Four of the children, James, Mary, Thomas H. and Fanny, were at home with their mother in 1880. James was a machinist, and Thomas a baggage master for the railroad.
The gravestones of Catherine and part of her family are found at the Fair Street Cemetery in New Philadelphia. There was a stone beside that of Catherine thought to be that of her husband, A. W. Sargent, which was so deteriorated it was not readable. The stones read as follows:
Catherine M. James Sargent
Wife of A. W. Sargent 1848 - 1895
October 9, 1823
August 26, 1904
Louisa Sargent Chapin John P. Chapin
Born July 14, 1845 Born July 20, 1841
Died April 29, 1871 Died November 21, 1877
51 Regt. O.V.I.
Thomas E. Fanny Sargent Korns
Son of 1860 - 1946
W. A. and F. S. Korns
May 23, 1898
March 2, 1899
* Korns
Daniel I.
May 23, 1898
December 18, 1977
* The stone of Daniel Korns had the same birth date as Thomas E. who died in infancy. They were probably twin sons of Fanny and Wilson A. Korns.
vi. HENRIETTA DOLL, b. August 28, 1828, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio; d. September 23, 1920, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois; m. DAVID WOOD MAGEE, Bet. 1848 - 1849, probably New Philadelphia, Ohio; b. June 19, 1825, Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania; d. January 18, 1910, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.
Marriage Notes for HENRIETTA DOLL and DAVID MAGEE:
Henrietta Doll, 5th child of Michael and Mary (Hoffman) Doll, was born August 28, 1821, in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where she grew to young womanhood. (Family records indicate her name was Harriet, but census records, obituaries, and other records indicate it is Henrietta. We do not know whether it was a memory mistake or "Harriet" was used as a nickname.)
David Wood Magee was born at Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, June 19, 1825. He moved at a young age with his parents to Ohio where he spent his young manhood days. Dr. Magee served in the Mexican War of 1846-1848. In the "Prairie Roots Quarterly" of the Peoria Genealogical Society, this paragraph is found:
"In August of 1898 nine members of the Mexican War met in Peoria; General Magee, age 70 was present."
David W. Magee and Henrietta Doll were married sometime after his return from the war, probably in 1848 or 1849. They continued to live in Ohio approximately five years. Two of their three children, Clara M. and Thomas E., were born in Ohio.
The family moved to Illinois in 1853, or after. Three different dates for their move were given in different records. They are 1853, 1857, and 1858. We are sure the 1858 date is incorrect as the youngest child, William M., was born in Illinois in 1857. The family first moved to Henry, Illinois, in Marshall County, then later to Peoria, in Peoria County, where they lived for the rest of their lives.
In 1862 President Lincoln called for more volunteers for the Union Army. Mr. Magee enlisted, from Peoria, in the 86th Illinois Volunteer Regiment on August 22, 1862, and was stationed at Camp Lyon at Peoria. He was appointed Lieutenant on August 27, 1862. In September, 1862, the regiment was drafted into the Regular Army and sent to Louisville, Kentucky. During his years in the service, Dr. Magee was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and to Brevat Brigadier General, the rank he held when he mustered out of the service in 1864.
Dr. Magee returned to Peoria where he was appointed Postmaster, an office he held for two consecutive terms. While in the service of the Postal Department he inaugurated the mail carrier service. After his resignation from the Post Office, Dr. Magee started the study of medicine and following his graduation practiced for thirty-five years in Peoria before retiring. Dr. Magee was a member of the Peoria Medical Society and the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) post 67. From the Peoria county map in 1873, this paragraph was found:
"Magee, D. W.; Resident, Peoria; Business, Postmaster; Nativity, Mifflin County, Pa.; Came to Peoria Co. 1858."
From the Peoria City Directory 1867-1868, this sentence was found:
"Magee, D. W.; Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, flour, etc."
Dr. Magee died on January 18, 1910, of chronic nephritis, age eighty-four years, seven months. Henrietta Magee died on September 23, 1920, of hepatitis, age ninety-two years, twenty-six days.
The children of David and Henrietta Magee include Clara M. (Magee) Parmely, Thomas E., and William M. Magee. Thomas E. died on February 4, 1910, at the age of fifty-eight years, eleven months. William M. died on March 24, 1909 at the age of fifty-one years, six months. They are buried in the Springdale Cemetery, Peoria City; Mt. Auburn Section 5, Lot 2891. John D. Parmely, husband of Clara M., died in 1924 at age seventy-seven. Clara M. Parmely died in 1928 at the age of seventy-eight years. They are also buried in the Springdale Cemetery, Peoria City, Mt. Auburn Section 10, Lot 488.
vii. CHARLOTTE A DOLL, b. May 30, 1831, New Philadelphia, Ohio; d. March 31, 1901, New Philadelphia, Ohio.
viii. FRANCES A DOLL, b. August 14, 1833, New Philadelphia, Ohio; d. November 15
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