Joseph Douthett and Myrtilla A. Crawford

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Husband Joseph Douthett ¹

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           Born: 18 Feb 1819 - Jamestown, Mercer Co, PA 1
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           Died: Jan 1907 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA

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         Father: Solomon Douthett (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Rachel Dickey (      -      ) 1

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Wife Myrtilla A. Crawford ¹

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           Born: Apr 1825 1
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           Died: Dec 1857 1
         Buried:  - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA

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         Father: David Crawford (1798-1873) 2
         Mother: Rebecca Hosack (1801-1876) 2

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Children

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1 M Joseph H. Douthett ¹

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         Spouse: Margerie Chambers (      -      ) 1

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2 F Elizabeth A. Douthett ¹

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         Spouse: Hugh Graham (      -      ) 1

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3 F Dora Blanch Douthett ^{1 3}

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           Died: Bef 1919
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         Spouse: Dr. James Kerr Pollock, M.D. (1845-      ) 4 5 6
           Marr: 19 Jun 1889 3

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4 M Reginald Heber Douthett ¹

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           Died: Bef 1919
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         Spouse: Alina Douthett (      -      ) 2

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5 F Edith Percy Douthett ^{1 7}

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           Born: 7 Apr 1856 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: John Richard Steele (1848-      ) 8 9
           Marr: 20 Aug 1877 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 1 7

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6 F Mary Myrtilla Douthett ²

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         Spouse: Henry B. Jackson (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Douthett

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He was born at Jamestown, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and began his education in the academy there taught by a Protestant Irishman of unusual qualifications for the times, a graduate of Dublin University. Later he attended Allegheny College at Meadville, and pursued higher studies in Pittsburgh, reading medicine under Dr. Sheen. He had been at New Castle, and upon his return there conducted a private school for a long time, later carrying on a book store for five years; and was cashier of a New Castle bank for ten years, until the breaking out of the Civil war. His health giving out he lived on a farm for nine years, and he then went back to Pittsburgh, where he had previously lived while engaged in coal operations along the Monongahela River, until he lost everything by the sinking of his barges. After five years in the dry goods business at Pittsburgh he found his health failing again and he went to Dakota to recuperate, returning to the vicinity of New Castle when he had recovered and living on a small homestead tract there until his retirement. His home was subsequently in that city until his death. He was prominent in public affairs in his prime, serving as county commissioner and justice of the peace while in Lawrence County, and he was a Whig and abolitionist in his political convictions.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 747.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 748.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 62.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 61.

5 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 173.

6 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 44.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 894.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 893.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 745.