Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NamePeter J. DOTY
Birthabt 1842, Ohio [7686]
Death10 Jul 1883, Bruce, Bruce, South Dakota [7688, p 1] Age: 41
Census
• 1880 Census: Pleasant, Pottawatamie Iowa. Age 38, b OH. Parents b VA. [7686]
Spouses
Birth24 Apr 1851, Plymouth, Richland, Ohio [7688]
Birth24 Apr 1852, Plymouth, Richland, Ohio [7694]
Death1 Mar 1902, Bemidji, Beltrami, Minnesota [7684, year only], [7692, p 1] Age: 50
BurialMemorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, Grand Forks, North Dakota [7694]
FatherWilliam Morgan PARSEL (1825-1926)
MotherMartha Jane KIRKPATRICK (1835-1889)
Individual Notes
• 2nd of 5 children. [7695]

• Anna and George Mills were aged respectively 7 and 13 years when Hance Mills died in October, 1883. Soon after this the second Mrs. Mills took the infant and disappeared. [7681]

• [excerpts] Mrs. A. Milne, a pioneer of Bemidji, died of typhoid fever, March 1, 1902, at St. Anthony’s hospital, after a short illness. She leaves behind her a husband, two sons, and one daughter to mourn her untimely demise.
Arbilla E. Parsell was born at Plymouth, Ohio, April 24, 1852. She was married in 1870 to Peter Doty, who died in South Dakota in 1887 to which state they moved in 1883. She married Alex Milne a few years previous to their coming to Bemidji. [7694]
Census
• 1860 Census: Plymouth, Richland, Ohio. Age 9, b OH. [7695]
• 1880 Census: Pleasant, Pottawatamie, Iowa. Age 29, b OH. Father b NY; mother b OH. [7686]
• 1885 Territorial Census: Charles Mix County, South Dakota. Age 34, b OH. Enumerated as “Mother.” Head of household; no husband present. Seven children in household. [7687]
• 1900 Census: Bemidji, Beltrami, Minnesota. Age 51, b Apr 1851, OH. Father b NY; mother b OH. Married 13 years. Mother of 5 children, 3 living. [8402]
Marriage28 Apr 1870, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio [7688, p 1]
ChildrenCalvin C. (1871-)
 William James (1873-)
 Raleigh C. (1875-1899)
 Harry (1881-)
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