Allison J. Douthett and Letitia Crowe
Husband Allison J. Douthett 1 2
Born: 27 Jul 1856 - Jackson Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: James M. Douthett (1831- ) 1 Mother: Lucinda Magee ( - ) 1
Marriage: 25 Oct 1877 1
Wife Letitia Crowe 2
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Father: David B. Crowe ( -Aft 1895) 2 3 4 5 Mother: Sarah J. Dodds ( - ) 2
Children
1 M Scott H. Douthett 1
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2 M James C. Douthett 1
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3 M David D. Douthett 1
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4 M Orrin R. Douthett 1
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General Notes: Husband - Allison J. Douthett
He received a good common school education, and grew to manhood on the homestead farm. In 1878 he engaged in drilling water wells, and 1882 he became a tool dresser for Charles Neely, and subsequently followed the same business with Johnson Brothers, J. P. Fishel, and others. In 1888 he commenced drilling and producing in the oil fields of western Pennsylvania, and operated in Armstrong county, and in the Petersville and Callery fields, Butler county; Duff City and Wildwood, in Allegheny county, and also the Harmony field, in Butler county. He was a member of the Evans City Oil Company, and was later connected with the Boggs Oil Company, operating in the Brownsdale and Evans City fields. In politics, he was a Republican, but devoted little attention to political matters. In February, 1894, he was elected a member of the borough council, and also of the school board of Evans City.
1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1123.
2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 840.
3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 237.
4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1129.
5
Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 23.
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