Elizabeth Crowell

Elizabeth married Hezekiah Doane, I on 25 Oct 1750. Hezekiah (son of Elisha Doane and Hannah Cole) was born in 1730 in Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Mar 1808. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hezekiah married Betsey Holbrook on 1 Jul 1779 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Betsey was born in 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hezekiah married Huldah Rider on Yes, date unknown. Huldah (daughter of Samuel Rider, III and Martha Cobb) was born on 27 Aug 1792 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Son of Hulda Ryder and Hezekiah Doane(7), Hezekiah(6), Hezekiah(5), Elisha(4), Hezekiah(3), Ephraim(2), Deacon John Doane(1).

He lived with his grandparents until he was 12 when he went to sea. He left the sea, and about 1835 settled in Brown Co, IL and later in Pike Co, IL. 1m to Jane Hale Mace in Pittsfield, IL. Children of 1m, all born in South Prairie, Fairmount, Pike Co, IL. 2m in Perry IL to Emily Augusta Carter on 02 Oct 1863. Mr. Doane operated a sawmill in Brown Co, IL and later a farm in Pike Co, IL, gradually accumulating 1000 acres of land and a sizeable fortune. He filled every township office which is in the gift of the people.

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EZRA DOANE, SR. The Township of Fairmount contains no citizen who is better known or who has won a warmer place in the hearts of the residents in this part of Pike County than Ezra Doane, Sr. He and his wife are now living in quiet retirement on the homestead on section 11, at which place Mr. Doane has improved and built up a comfortable home. Mr. Doane is now quite aged, having been born September 9, 1810, and the years have dispossessed him of some of his mental activity, but have taken away not one jot of the characteristics of an exceptionally lovable nature. He is still as genial, good-natured and kind as ever, and displays as much consideration for those about him. The spirit which animates his life is that which makes old age beautiful and leads all who witness his acts to wish that they too may ripen with years into sweetness rather than to become crabbed and sour as do many.

Mr. Doane is a native of Cape Cod, Mass., and having had the misfortune to lose his father before he can remember, but little of the paternal history is known. His parents' names were William and Hulda Doane. The elder Mr. Doane was a seafaring man and was drowned while on duty during a storm. He is believed to have been born in Maine, and the family is an old and respected one of the New England States. The mother of our subject came of Puritan stock, her ancestors having settled in the old Bay State during Colonial times and having been prominent in the region of Cape Cod. The men were generally seafarers, and Samuel Rider, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was a Revolutionary soldier. He and his wife, formerly Miss Cobb, lived to be quite old. After the death of Mr. Doane they took their daughter and her infant son, our subject, to their home, and from them the lad received loving care until he was twelve years old. He then went to sea, serving a regular apprenticeship before the mast and afterward performing a seaman's duties on coasting vessels.

Our subject made several trips to the West India Islands and served as first mate for a time. He was offered the command of a vessel, but had thoroughly made up his mind to abandon the sea and refused. About 1835 he came to this State, making his first settlement in Brown County. Some two years later he came to Pike County, and in Pittsfield was married to Miss June H. Mace, a native of Maine, whose parents came of the old New England stock. Miss Mace was the eldest child of her parents, who removed to this State when she was a young woman and settled in Pike County.

After his marriage Mr. Doane and his young bride made their home in Brown County, where for some years the husband was engaged in saw-milling. His mill was located on McGee's Creek and during a heavy freshet was swept away, entailing a serious loss. Mr. Doane then sold his rights and established himself on a small farm in Fairmount Township, Pike County, where he afterward accumulated upwards of one thousand acres of land in the best part of the township. He made his home here from early in the '40s until the spring of 1868, when he removed to New Salem Village, living there some twenty years, He then returned to his former home in Fairmount Township. Through the efforts of a life time as a farmer and stock-raiser Mr. Doane has made a large fortune.

In 1863 Mr. Doane met with the loss of his faithful companion, who died when about forty-five years of age; she left eight children, all still living and all married but one. The second marriage of Mr. Doane occurred in the town of Perry, his bride on this occasion being Miss Emily Carter, a lady of education and refinement, true-hearted and noble. She was born in New Canaan, Conn., on Long Island Sound, December 17, 1827, but was quite young when her parents came West. After receiving some fundamental instruction she entered the Female Academy at Jacksonville, Ill., afterward continuing her studies in the State Normal School at Normal. She entered the pedagogical field and taught until her marriage, a period of fourteen years, during which she won the goodwill of pupils and patrons and did efficient work in the cause of education. She is the mother of one living child - Levi S. - who is still at home, but expects in a short time to begin the scientific course of study at Illinois College in Jacksonville.

The parents of Mrs. Doane were Zalama and Harriet (Ayers) Carter, both of whom were born in Connecticut and were descended from the old New England stock of the Puritans. They began their wedded life on a farm in their native State, but emigrated to Illinois in the spring of 1832, settling in Winchester, Scott County. There they remained until 1844, then, buying a farm in Fairmount Township, Pike County, removed hither. Some years later they went to Jacksonville, where Mrs. Carter died in January, 1856, at the age of fifty-five years. She was an active member of the Presbyterian Church. Some time after her death Mr. Carter returned to Pike County and spent the remainder of his days on a farm which he had purchased near Perry. He passed away in April, 1863, at the age of sixty-four years. He was a prominent and worthy citizen and a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. His early political adherence was given to the Whig party, and he afterward voted with the Free-Soilers and Republicans.

Mr. Doane has filled every township office which is in the gift of the people and has zealously labored to advance their interests in each and every position to which he has been called. He is a stanch Republican and has voted that ticket since the party was organized. He and his wife belong to the Presbyterian Church.

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Pike and Calhoun Counties, Illinois, 1891; Page 699 - 700

Ezra married Jane Hale Mace on 5 Dec 1839 in Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, USA. Jane (daughter of John Mace and Hannah Pingree) was born on 13 Dec 1815 in Parkman, Piscataquis, Maine, USA; died on 15 Feb 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ezra married Emily Augusta Carter on 8 Oct 1863 in Perry, Pike, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]