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William Doak

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William Doak Veteran

Birth
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
20 Aug 1905 (aged 83)
Wasco County, Oregon, USA
Burial
The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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"The History of Madison County,[Iowa] 1879"

Doak, William, Jefferson twp., farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Winterset; born in Lehigh county, Pa., March 9, 1826; he was very young when his parents moved to Richland county, Ohio; his parents moved to Iroquois county, Illinois, when he was nine years of age; he married Miss Mary Uran July 8, 1847; the same fall they came to Warren county, Iowa, and were among the first settlers; he cast his first vote in Iowa in 1852; he went to California by land and drove live yoke of cattle and was five months on the road; he remained there until 1854, and then returned to Iowa; October 2, 1862, he enlisted in the Second Iowa Battery and was mustered out August 11, 1865; he was engaged in the battles of Jackson, Miss., Siege of Vicksburg, second battle of Jackson, Tupelo, Miss., and Nashville, Tenn.; he came to this county in 1857; owns 157 acres of land; has a family of two sons and one daughter: Sarah, now Mrs. William Butler, Andrew and Collie.
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Oregon Death Index, 1903-98
Name: Doak, Wm.
County: Wasco
Death Date: 21 Aug 1905
Certificate: 835
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Civil War Pension Index:
General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934

Name: William Doak
State Filed: Iowa // 15 Dec 1881
State Filed: Oregon // 21 Nov 1905
Widow: Mary Doak
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Winterset Reporter - August 31, 1905 [Iowa] Pg 3

Death of an Old Citizen
William Doak, for many years a resident of Jefferson township, but in recent years a resident of Dallas, Oregon, died Aug. 21st, 1905, and was buried in the G.A.R. cemetery at Dallas, Oregon. Mr. Doak was a soldier and belonged to the Second Iowa Battery and served during the Civil War. The direct cause of his death was heart failure. He had been in poor health for about six months. His age was about 80 years. The people of his old neighborhood will remember him as an upright, energetic, plucky man, with a standard of honor from which he would not flinch. His aged wife, one son and one daughter survive him.
"The History of Madison County,[Iowa] 1879"

Doak, William, Jefferson twp., farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Winterset; born in Lehigh county, Pa., March 9, 1826; he was very young when his parents moved to Richland county, Ohio; his parents moved to Iroquois county, Illinois, when he was nine years of age; he married Miss Mary Uran July 8, 1847; the same fall they came to Warren county, Iowa, and were among the first settlers; he cast his first vote in Iowa in 1852; he went to California by land and drove live yoke of cattle and was five months on the road; he remained there until 1854, and then returned to Iowa; October 2, 1862, he enlisted in the Second Iowa Battery and was mustered out August 11, 1865; he was engaged in the battles of Jackson, Miss., Siege of Vicksburg, second battle of Jackson, Tupelo, Miss., and Nashville, Tenn.; he came to this county in 1857; owns 157 acres of land; has a family of two sons and one daughter: Sarah, now Mrs. William Butler, Andrew and Collie.
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Oregon Death Index, 1903-98
Name: Doak, Wm.
County: Wasco
Death Date: 21 Aug 1905
Certificate: 835
___________________________________
Civil War Pension Index:
General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934

Name: William Doak
State Filed: Iowa // 15 Dec 1881
State Filed: Oregon // 21 Nov 1905
Widow: Mary Doak
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Winterset Reporter - August 31, 1905 [Iowa] Pg 3

Death of an Old Citizen
William Doak, for many years a resident of Jefferson township, but in recent years a resident of Dallas, Oregon, died Aug. 21st, 1905, and was buried in the G.A.R. cemetery at Dallas, Oregon. Mr. Doak was a soldier and belonged to the Second Iowa Battery and served during the Civil War. The direct cause of his death was heart failure. He had been in poor health for about six months. His age was about 80 years. The people of his old neighborhood will remember him as an upright, energetic, plucky man, with a standard of honor from which he would not flinch. His aged wife, one son and one daughter survive him.


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