. The Doane family:. ughter of Harvey and Betsey (Snow)Sparrow. Widow resides with her sons at Middleboro. Mr. Doanereceived a good education in the public schools and at the Academyat Orleans. When about fifteen years of age he went on a few voy-ages at sea with an older brother. It was his natural inclination tofollow the sea, but yielding to liis mothers wishes he went to Middle-boro in June, 1843, and learned the stove and tinware business withhis cousin Calvin Donne (379). After an apprenticeship of three3ears, he bought out his cousins business which he enlarged and de-veloped successful
. The Doane family:. ughter of Harvey and Betsey (Snow)Sparrow. Widow resides with her sons at Middleboro. Mr. Doanereceived a good education in the public schools and at the Academyat Orleans. When about fifteen years of age he went on a few voy-ages at sea with an older brother. It was his natural inclination tofollow the sea, but yielding to liis mothers wishes he went to Middle-boro in June, 1843, and learned the stove and tinware business withhis cousin Calvin Donne (379). After an apprenticeship of three3ears, he bought out his cousins business which he enlarged and de-veloped successfully until his death. He was appointed by GovernorBoutwell 2nd Lieut, of Co. E, 3rd Regt. of Mass. militia, and on July5, 1853, was appointed Major and Inspector of the 2nd lirigade, 1stDivision of militia, receiving his commission from Governor Doane was much interested in church work. He was a deaconof the Central Congregational church of Middleboro, and a superin-tendent of its Sunday school many I vPage 347.)FRANCIS DOANE. DESCENDANTS OF DEA. JOHN DOANE. 347 Children, born at Middleboro : i Gkokgk Emkhson,** b. June 10, 1854; graduated at the of Technology in 1874, and was employed for atime in the U. S. Coast Survey, but in 1880 succeeded to hisfathers business at Middleboro, where he now is of the firmof J. H. & G. E. Doane. ii JosiujA IIakvky,^ b. Nov. 30, 1857; graduated from MiddleboroHigh Scliool; learned the printers trade and is now a jobprinter in his native town. iii Ahtiiui: llKDr-KV,*^ b. June 10, 1803; m. at Oak Park, 111., , 1891, Laura G. Phelps. He took a four years course incivil engineering at the Mass. Inst, of Technology, and thenwent West in the employ of the Union Pacific R. K. Co,;res. at Omaha, Neb., where he is general sales agent forthe U. P. Coal Co. Ch.: 1. Margaret Sparrow, b. at DenverCol., July 12, 1895. 2. George Herbert, b. at Denver, , 1897. 378 SKTH PARKP:R7 DOANE (Seth,^ Azariah,^ Joshua,^Jose
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