History of Grant County, Indiana
Biographical Extracts 1886
Thomas Benton Doyle, son of the old and highly esteemed pioneers, Samuel and Mary E. (McClaskey) Doyle, was born in Van Buren Township, this county, March 5, 1842. His father, Samuel Doyle, was born in what is now within the limits of Philadelphia, Penn., January 10, 1805, and his mother, Mary E. Doyle, was born near Harper's Ferry, Md., September 2, 1811. They were married in Guernsey County, Ohio, in the year 1838, where they resided until 1840, in which year they moved to Grant County, Ind., settling on land in Van Buren Township in Section 34, where they afterward resided until their death. He died September 4, 1870, and his widow died March 25, 1877. Mr. Doyle was one of the first three commissioners of Grant County. They were the parents of seven children, viz.: Mary A., Thomas B., Matthew, William, John, Michael, and one daughter not named. Thomas B., our subject, was united in marriage in Monroe Township, this county, to Margaret Kessinger on 18 November 1860. Margaret was born on February 11, 1844. After our subject's marriage he settled on his father's old farm, where he resided until July 1865, at which time he moved on the farm on which he now resides in Section 34, Van Buren Township, which he had purchased in 1863. He owns at present 240 acres of fine land, which is well improved under a high state of cultivation. He has had born to him nine children, viz.: Matthew, born September 2, 1861, died August 26, 1862; Sarah J., born September 21, 1863, married to John R. Anderson, December 24, 1882, and lives in this township; George W., born November 11, 1864; Samuel F., born January 29, 1867; John A., born April 12, 1868; Annette, born September 25, 1872, died November 10, 1874; Rosella, born March 13, 1876; Addie, born March 19, 1878, died October 1, 1878; Nora L., born September 13, 1880.
Biographical Extracts 1886
Thomas Benton Doyle, son of the old and highly esteemed pioneers, Samuel and Mary E. (McClaskey) Doyle, was born in Van Buren Township, this county, March 5, 1842. His father, Samuel Doyle, was born in what is now within the limits of Philadelphia, Penn., January 10, 1805, and his mother, Mary E. Doyle, was born near Harper's Ferry, Md., September 2, 1811. They were married in Guernsey County, Ohio, in the year 1838, where they resided until 1840, in which year they moved to Grant County, Ind., settling on land in Van Buren Township in Section 34, where they afterward resided until their death. He died September 4, 1870, and his widow died March 25, 1877. Mr. Doyle was one of the first three commissioners of Grant County. They were the parents of seven children, viz.: Mary A., Thomas B., Matthew, William, John, Michael, and one daughter not named. Thomas B., our subject, was united in marriage in Monroe Township, this county, to Margaret Kessinger on 18 November 1860. Margaret was born on February 11, 1844. After our subject's marriage he settled on his father's old farm, where he resided until July 1865, at which time he moved on the farm on which he now resides in Section 34, Van Buren Township, which he had purchased in 1863. He owns at present 240 acres of fine land, which is well improved under a high state of cultivation. He has had born to him nine children, viz.: Matthew, born September 2, 1861, died August 26, 1862; Sarah J., born September 21, 1863, married to John R. Anderson, December 24, 1882, and lives in this township; George W., born November 11, 1864; Samuel F., born January 29, 1867; John A., born April 12, 1868; Annette, born September 25, 1872, died November 10, 1874; Rosella, born March 13, 1876; Addie, born March 19, 1878, died October 1, 1878; Nora L., born September 13, 1880.
History of Grant County, Indiana
Biographical Extracts 1886
Thomas Benton Doyle, son of the old and highly esteemed pioneers, Samuel and Mary E. (McClaskey) Doyle, was born in Van Buren Township, this county, March 5, 1842. His father, Samuel Doyle, was born in what is now within the limits of Philadelphia, Penn., January 10, 1805, and his mother, Mary E. Doyle, was born near Harper's Ferry, Md., September 2, 1811. They were married in Guernsey County, Ohio, in the year 1838, where they resided until 1840, in which year they moved to Grant County, Ind., settling on land in Van Buren Township in Section 34, where they afterward resided until their death. He died September 4, 1870, and his widow died March 25, 1877. Mr. Doyle was one of the first three commissioners of Grant County. They were the parents of seven children, viz.: Mary A., Thomas B., Matthew, William, John, Michael, and one daughter not named. Thomas B., our subject, was united in marriage in Monroe Township, this county, to Margaret Kessinger on 18 November 1860. Margaret was born on February 11, 1844. After our subject's marriage he settled on his father's old farm, where he resided until July 1865, at which time he moved on the farm on which he now resides in Section 34, Van Buren Township, which he had purchased in 1863. He owns at present 240 acres of fine land, which is well improved under a high state of cultivation. He has had born to him nine children, viz.: Matthew, born September 2, 1861, died August 26, 1862; Sarah J., born September 21, 1863, married to John R. Anderson, December 24, 1882, and lives in this township; George W., born November 11, 1864; Samuel F., born January 29, 1867; John A., born April 12, 1868; Annette, born September 25, 1872, died November 10, 1874; Rosella, born March 13, 1876; Addie, born March 19, 1878, died October 1, 1878; Nora L., born September 13, 1880.
Biographical Extracts 1886
Thomas Benton Doyle, son of the old and highly esteemed pioneers, Samuel and Mary E. (McClaskey) Doyle, was born in Van Buren Township, this county, March 5, 1842. His father, Samuel Doyle, was born in what is now within the limits of Philadelphia, Penn., January 10, 1805, and his mother, Mary E. Doyle, was born near Harper's Ferry, Md., September 2, 1811. They were married in Guernsey County, Ohio, in the year 1838, where they resided until 1840, in which year they moved to Grant County, Ind., settling on land in Van Buren Township in Section 34, where they afterward resided until their death. He died September 4, 1870, and his widow died March 25, 1877. Mr. Doyle was one of the first three commissioners of Grant County. They were the parents of seven children, viz.: Mary A., Thomas B., Matthew, William, John, Michael, and one daughter not named. Thomas B., our subject, was united in marriage in Monroe Township, this county, to Margaret Kessinger on 18 November 1860. Margaret was born on February 11, 1844. After our subject's marriage he settled on his father's old farm, where he resided until July 1865, at which time he moved on the farm on which he now resides in Section 34, Van Buren Township, which he had purchased in 1863. He owns at present 240 acres of fine land, which is well improved under a high state of cultivation. He has had born to him nine children, viz.: Matthew, born September 2, 1861, died August 26, 1862; Sarah J., born September 21, 1863, married to John R. Anderson, December 24, 1882, and lives in this township; George W., born November 11, 1864; Samuel F., born January 29, 1867; John A., born April 12, 1868; Annette, born September 25, 1872, died November 10, 1874; Rosella, born March 13, 1876; Addie, born March 19, 1878, died October 1, 1878; Nora L., born September 13, 1880.
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