. The Doane family:. ¢shack or half-way house, where the bill of fare consisted ofroast antelope, corn bread and black coffee, and here too they beheldwith wonder that weird and startling illusionâa mirage. They con-tinued as far as Scott City, some fifty miles distant, where they liveda short time, but later made a settlement in Greeley Co., Kan., theirhome being in a dug-out, or sod house, common in that section ofthe country. Here the drought in summer and blizzards in winterblighted their hopes, and here amid the wild, strange scenes of west-ern life their first child, Ralph, was born. Aft
. The Doane family:. ¢shack or half-way house, where the bill of fare consisted ofroast antelope, corn bread and black coffee, and here too they beheldwith wonder that weird and startling illusionâa mirage. They con-tinued as far as Scott City, some fifty miles distant, where they liveda short time, but later made a settlement in Greeley Co., Kan., theirhome being in a dug-out, or sod house, common in that section ofthe country. Here the drought in summer and blizzards in winterblighted their hopes, and here amid the wild, strange scenes of west-ern life their first child, Ralph, was born. After two years of hard-ship endured in a life on the prairie, Mr. Scott removed with his wifeand son to the village of Tribune, Kan., and entered for a time withmuch success into the real estate and loan business, which at thattime was booming. Later, closing his business, he returned toIllinois and settled on a farm in Glasford. Mr. Scott has travelledmuch in the West, made the ascent of Pikes Peak, visited Niagara. CHARLES HENRY DOANE. DESCENDANTS OF DEA. JOHN DOANE. 479 Falls and the Battle Fields of the South ; attended the Worlds Fair,etc., while attending to his various business interests. For the pas*ten years he has been a successful teacher of public schools, hisschools having been awarded the highest honors and first prizes, andalso the annual scholarships offered by the Board of Supervisors tothe best scholars in the common sciiools, whicii scholarship entitlesthe possessor to free tuition in the Bradley Polytechnic Institute. Inpolitics Mr. Scott is a Democrat. He has two sons, Ralph andHarry. 535 MINERVA9 PARKER (Amanda M.*^ Doane, Seth B.,^ Ed-ward, Noah, Solomon,* Samuel,^ John,^ John^) was born at Chi-cago, 111., May 14, 1801. She married at Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 22,1891, Rev. William I. Nichols, a prominent Unitarian clergyman, nowof Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Nichols began her education in the IllinoisNormal Primary School, continued it in the Convent School at Du
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