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Sophia Lookinbee Doty         Daniel Wesley Doty           Max Martin Doty
Riley B. Baize          James W. Baize         Rev. Hiram A. Doty
The obituary of Sophia Lookinbee Doty An Aged Lady

The Pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church was called to Bethel church, four miles south of Benton Sunday afternoon, to preach the funeral sermon over the body of Mrs. Sophia Doty, who died Sept. 3, at the home of her daughter, at the advanced age of 94 years. She was born in North Carolina in the year 1815 where she grew to womanhood, marrying the Rev. John Doty of her native state, in 1839. They afterwards came to Illinois settling on a farm near Benton, where they brought up their family. Mrs. Doty was a member of Bethel Methodist Episcopal church for more than half a century. During the last 12 years she has been bed-ridden, and was most tenderly cared for by her only surviving daughter, Mrs. Keith. Besides Mrs. Keith, two sons survive, Daniel who is a farmer in the state of Oklahoma, and the Rev. Hiram Doty of Oklahoma City, who is the district superintendent of the Geary district Oklahoma conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Besides the children, there are a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren who mourn her loss. The funeral was attended by a large concourse of people, and the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Bethel church, to await the resurrection morning. ____________________________________
[ The youngest son of Mrs. Doty corresponded for the Tribune many years ago. He was at that time a youth of about seventeen. He was the first to introduce - To the best of our knowledge - the short, pithy sayings that are now so popular a feature with metropolitan journals, under the headings, Pointed Paragraphs, Reflections of a Bacheler, Sunflower Philosphy, Quaker Reflections, and many more others. The editor published Mr. Dotyís contributions under the caption of ì Aphorismsî. The young man died about 20 years ago. A brother of his was a comrade of express agent Wheatly during the civil war.]
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Sept. 1924
FUNERAL OF DANIEL DOTY HELD TODAY

Retired Farmer Dies At His Home Sunday---Is Buried At Benton This Morning.

Daniel Wesley Doty, retired farmer and for many years a resident of West Frankfort, died at 12:15 oíclock Sunday, at his home, 608 West St. Louis street. He was eighty years and seventeen days old. Mr. Doty, who was the son of the Rev. And Mrs. John Doty, was born in North Carolina, August 14, 1844. His father was a pioneer Methodist minister. Just before the outbreak of the Civil War, Daniel Doty came to Illinois,making his home first in Union county, About thirty-five years ago he moved into Franklin county. Mr. Doty participated in the Civil War. For three years he served in the Union Army, being a member of the 13th Illinois Cavalry. While in the army he was stricken with spinal meningitis and in company with fifty-four other soldiers who were ill with the same dread disease, he was isolated at Camp Butler. Of the entire group, Mr. Doty and one other comrade were the only two to escape death from the disease.

Real Dirt Farmer
With the close of the Civil War, Mr. Doty returned to Illinois and resumed farming. He was always interested in agriculture and remained a ìreal dirt farmerî all his life. In 1869, Mr. Doty was married to Miss Martha Maddox, who survives him. The wedding took place on the farm of Mrs. Dotyís father. The late Steve Maddox at Crawfordís Prairie, near where Mine Number Eighteen, Industrial Coal Company now is located. Fifteen children were born to Mr. And Mrs. Doty, eight of whom are dead. In 1892, Mr. Doty left Franklin county, going to Oklahoma where he took up a homestead. There he remained for about eighteen years, returning to Franklin county about twelve years ago. For some time Mr.Doty had not been actively engaged in farming. He was a member of the Methodist church. Life-long Republican In politics Mr. Doty was a Republican. He took an active interest in party affairs although he never held any county or city offices. He had acted as school trustee. Mr. Doty is survived in addition to his wife, by seven children, three sons and four daughters. The sons are: C. F. Doty, who makes his home at Benton; J. M. Doty, who resides on a farm near the Bethel church, southwest of here; Herbert Doty, Church street, who is employed at Mine No. 19, Industrial Coal Company. The daughters are: Mrs. Sophia Nichols, Taft street; Mrs. Lela Handegan, Gardner street; Mrs. Ed Mercer, North Horn street; Mrs. Clara Doty, Oklahoma City, Okla. One brother, the Rev. Hiram Augusta Doty, A Methodist minister in Blackburn Okla., also survives. Mr. Doty is survived by twenty-four grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 10 oíclock this morning at the Central Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. T. B. Sowers. Burial was at the
I. O. O. F. Cemetery at Benton.
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From Evansville Courier & Press, Thursday August 12, 1999.

Max Doty  CHANDLER, Ind. ó Max J. Doty, 82, died Tuesday, Aug. 10, 1999, at St. Maryís Medical Center in Evansville. He retired from International Steel in 1979. Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Gladys; three daughters, Martha Young of Chandler, and Maxine Woodruff and Mary Harris, both of Evansville; three sons, Paul of Boonville, and John and James, both of Newburgh; a sister, Mary Virginia Stallion of West Frankfort, Ill.; four brothers, Earl of Urbana, Ill., Robert of Trenton, Mich., John of Evansville and Dan Kirsch of Newburgh; 30 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, with entombment in St. Joseph Cemetery in Evansville. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today, with a memorial service at 7:30 p.m., and from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at Koehler Funeral Home Perigo Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or the church. (John T. Doty Note: The ìJî is wrong, itís Max Martin Doty)
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Evansville newspaper
2 June 1941 (Died 31 May 1941)

Riley S.Baize, 52 of 13 S. Fares Av, World War veteran who served 18 months
in France, died Friday in the Marine Hospital after a nine weeks illness
of a heart ailment.
  He belonged to Post 1114, veterans of Foreign Wars.
  Survivors are: The widow, Mary Mae; a son, James; sisters, Mrs William
Carter, Owensboro, Ky, and Mrs. Thomas Condor, Evansville; brothers, John,
Edward and Dee, and grandchildren, Betty Jean, Donald and Robert Baize.
  The body will be returned from Ziemerís Funeral Home at 4pm friday to
the home for funeral services at 7:30am Monday. Continued services at 8am
in St. Benedictís Catholic Church and Military burial services in
St. Joseph cemetery.
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Note: Riley ìSî is wrong, it is Riley B.-JTD


Obituary Of James William Baize, from Boonville Standard newspaper in
Warrick Co. IN  13 Oct.1993.

James Baize
   Evansville resident James W. Baize died Tues day Oct. 5 at 8:35
p.m. at Medco Center of Evansville North. He was 81.
   He owned and operated the J.W. Baize & Sons Radio and Television
Service where he retired from.
   He was a charter member of the Evansville Chamber of Commerce and
a member of Ethics in Television Committee.
   Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Fern Lucille: three sons,
James C. Baize of Boonville, Robert W. Baize and Donald W. Baize,
both of Evansville; a daughter, Betty Doty of Evansville; 12
grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.
   Funeral services were held Friday, Oct. 8 at Alexander Funeral
Home First Chapel. The Rev. Gaylon Price officiated.
Burial was in Oak Hill Cemtery. Memorial contributions may be made to
the Vanderburgh County Humane Society.
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Three Hiram Augustus Doty Obituaries from newspapers.
1:        Veteran Minister is Buried Friday

                     Rev. A. H. Doty
    Funeral rites for Rev. A.H. Doty, 79 years old, Pioneer
Methodist minister, were conducted Friday afternoon at
Wesley Methodist church. Burial was at Fairlawn cemetery.
   Mr. Doty was the last charter member of the North
Oklahoma Methodist conference, organized in 1892.
During his active connection with the conference,
he served many charges in various
parts of Oklahoma, the last of which was in Blackburn.
He retired in 1924, moving to his home here, 1322
West Twenty-third street, where he resided until his
weath last Tuesday.
{Note mistakes: weath = Death, A.H.Doty = H.A.Doty}

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2:            CITY PASTOR IS DEAD

         REV. H. A. DOTY Succumbs at Hospital
    Funeral services for the Rev. H. A. Doty, 79, will be
held at the Wesley Methodist Church at 2 p.m, Friday.
The body is at the Street & Draper Funeral Home.
   He was the last surviving charter member of the North
Oklahoma Methodist Conference.
  Rev. Doty came to Oklahoma in 1892 when transferred
from the Kansas Conference. He established his home here
in 1905. He died late Tuesday at Wesley Hospital.
  He is survived by five sons and seven daughters. Two
daughters and a son made their home with him in the
1300 block W. 23rd St.
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3:                    Rev. Hiram A. Doty Goes To His Reward

  The many friends of Rev. H. A. Doty will regret to learn that this Pioneer
Methodist preacher, after a brief illness, passed away on Tuesday, November 5,
at the age of 79 years.
 He was born in Illinois in 1850, became a member of the Methodist ministry in
1887, came to Kansas in the late 80ís, to Oklahoma in 1892, was one of the last
three living members of the first Okla. Conference, and served as secretary,
statistcal secretary of this conference at various times, was a delegate to the
General Conference in 1900 and again in 1912, served as presiding elder or
district superintendent nine years, and filled numerous pastorates.
  Funeral services were held in Wesley Church on Friday following his death.
Interment was in Fairlawn.
  He is survived byh five sons and seven daughters. Two daughters and a son made
their home with him in the 1300 block W. 23-St.
 
 

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