Joseph H Doane

Generation: 1

Joseph H Doane was born on 31 Mar 1797; died on 22 Oct 1854.

Other Events:

Occupation: Clerk
Occupation: Merchant and manufacturer
Resided: 1825, Preston City, New London County, Connecticut

Notes:

Joseph H. Doane, the second son, started
in life as a clerk in the store of James Treat, and became a prominent
merchant and manufacturer, the firm name of Treat & Doane, afterward
Doane & Treat, being long well known in this section. He married Frances
Treat, born in Preston City, January 13, 1799, daughter of James and Polly
(Stanton) Treat. She was descended from Richard Treat, born, it is said,
in Pitminster, Somerset County, England, in 1584, who died soon after his
arrival in Wethersfield, Conn., October n, 1669. He left three sons: Richard,
Jr.; Robert Treat, who became the Governor of Connecticut; and James Treat,
whose son, the Rev. Salmon, was the father of the Rev. Samuel Treat, the
grandfather of Mrs. Doane. The eight children of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H.
Doane were: Joseph, James, John, Emily, William, Eunice, Henry, Juliet.
The only members of the family now living are: William, who resides in
Cincinnati; Juliet, who is in Cincinnati with her brother; Henry, who resides
in Brooklyn, and is in business in New York City; and Joseph A., the subject
of this sketch. The father died October 22, 1854; and the mother died April
15, 1881, in the eighty-third year of her age.

Occupation:
started in life as a clerk in the store of James Treat

Occupation:
became a prominent merchant and manufacturer, the firm name of Treat & Doane, afterward Doane & Treat, being long well known in this section.

Resided:
on the farm settled in 1825. It was here that the Rev. Samuel Treat, his ancestor, was ordained in 1698.

Family/Spouse: Frances Treat. Frances (daughter of J. Treat and P. Stanton) was born on 13 Jan 1799 in Preston City, New London County, Connecticut; died on 15 Apr 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Eunice Doane died before 1898.
3. Henry Doane died after 1898.
4. Juliet Doane died after 1898.
5. John Doane died before 1898.
6. Emily Doane died before 1898.
7. William Doane died after 1898.
8. Joseph A Doane was born on 23 Aug 1820 in Preston City, New London County, Connecticut; died after 1898.
9. James Doane died before 1898.

Generation: 2

2. Eunice Doane (1.Joseph¹) died before 1898.
3.
Henry Doane (1.Joseph¹) died after 1898.
Other Events:
Resided: 1898, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Occupation: 1898, New York City, Kings County, New York; In business
4.
Juliet Doane (1.Joseph¹) died after 1898.
Other Events:
Resided: 1898, Cincinnati City, Hamilton County, Ohio

Notes:
Resided:
with her brother William
5. John Doane (1.Joseph¹) died before 1898.
6. Emily Doane (1.Joseph¹) died before 1898.
7.
William Doane (1.Joseph¹) died after 1898.
Other Events:
Resided: 1898, Cincinnati City, Hamilton County, Ohio

Joseph A Doane

(1.Joseph¹) was born on 23 Aug 1820 in Preston City, New London County, Connecticut; died after 1898.

Other Events:

Education: common-school education
Education: Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut; Plainfield Academy
Political Party: Republican
Occupation: Preston City, New London County, Connecticut; Postmaster of Preston City
Occupation: Connecticut; State legislature
Religion: Member of Baptist Church
Occupation: Abt 1836, Connecticut; Clerk in father's store
Military: Abt 1863; Sixteenth Connecticut Regiment
Prisoner of War: 20 Apr 1863, Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina
Resided: 1898, Preston City, New London County, Connecticut

Notes:

Education:
with the additional advantage of six months' study at the Plainfield Academy.

Occupation:
served several terms in legislature

Occupation:
Entering his father's store at the age of sixteen, for many years he led an active mercantile life.

Military:
When the war broke out, he went to the front as sutler in the Sixteenth Connecticut
Regiment.

Prisoner of War:
He was captured by the Confederates at Plymouth, N.C., April 20, 1863. The garrison was marched to Tarboro, N.C., and thence went by rail to Atlanta Prison. From that place he was taken to Savannah, and then to Charleston, and from that city to the race course and the stockade. He was held a prisoner five months.

Resided:
He now lives retired on the farm which his father settled in 1825. It was
here that the Rev. Samuel Treat, his ancestor, was ordained in 1698.

Joseph married L.L. Chase [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

9. James Doane (1.Joseph¹) died before 1898.