Wilburn Nelson DOSER was born on 7 December 1918 in Missouri. He died on 8 December 1988 in Bakersfield, Kern, California. Parents: John Reason DOSER and Mae Jenny WHITE.

Spouse: Dorothy Louise EASTBERG. Dorothy Louise EASTBERG and Wilburn Nelson DOSER were married on 4 October 1940 in Bakersfield, Kern, California. Children were: John Andrew DOSER, Wilburn Eugene DOSER, Elaine Ruth DOSER, Walter James DOSER, Gary Allan DOSER.

Wilburn Nelson DOSER was born on 12 August 1979 in Bakersfield, Kern, California. Parents: Wilburn Eugene DOSER and Charlene Dayle WORLEY.

Joseph DOTY was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Rhoda BEEBE.

Robert J. DOUGHERTY was born (date unknown). I suspect that Robert Dougherty was husband #1 Parents: Thomas A. DOUGHERTY.

Spouse: Genevieve Alma MUTZ. Genevieve Alma MUTZ and Robert J. DOUGHERTY were married on 12 June in St. Mary's Catholic Church - Kingman, Arizona.

Thomas A. DOUGHERTY was born (date unknown).

Children were: Robert J. DOUGHERTY.

Eliza Lattimer DOUGLAS¹⁶²⁶ was born on 27 March 1818 in Connecticut. Wife #1.

Spouse: Christopher LEAVITT. Eliza Lattimer DOUGLAS and Christopher LEAVITT were married on 29 April 1838 in Oswego County, New York. Children were: Olliver Courtland LEAVITT.

Mercy DOUGLAS¹⁶²⁷ was born on 4 November 1705 in New London, New London, Connecticut.

Spouse: Aaron BARBER. Mercy DOUGLAS and Aaron BARBER were married on 2 February 1724. Children were: Aaron BARBER, Elizabeth BARBER, Moses BARBER, Hannah BARBER, James BARBER, Elijah BARBER, Anne BARBER.

Clara DOUGLASS was born in 1908/9 in Illinois. Parents: Ray P. DOUGLASS and Edna SHATTUCK.

Edwin DOUGLASS was born (date unknown). Parents: William DOUGLASS and Sarah Maria JONES.

John B. DOUGLASS was born in August 1847 in Saratoga County, New York.

Children were: Ray P. DOUGLASS.

Norma Elizabeth DOUGLASS was born (date unknown). Parents: William Henry DOUGLASS and Blanche Amy HOFFMAN.

Ray P. DOUGLASS was born on 13 September 1879 in Illinois. Parents: John B. DOUGLASS.

Spouse: Edna SHATTUCK. Edna SHATTUCK and Ray P. DOUGLASS were married on 1 February 1908. Children were: Clara DOUGLASS.

Spouse: Ruth Margaret UNKNOWN.

Thomas DOUGLASS was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Mary Ann SEELEY. Children were: William DOUGLASS.

William DOUGLASS was born on 15 September 1830 in Canada. He died on 15 July 1896 in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois. He was buried in Hope Cemetery - Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois. Parents: Thomas DOUGLASS and Mary Ann SEELEY.

Spouse: Sarah Maria JONES. Sarah Maria JONES and William DOUGLASS were married on 5 October 1852 in Victoria District, Ontario, Canada. Children were: Edwin DOUGLASS, William Henry DOUGLASS.

William Henry DOUGLASS was born on 26 August 1853 in Canada. He died on 22 November 1923 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois. He was buried in Hope Cemetery - Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois. Parents: William DOUGLASS and Sarah Maria JONES.

Spouse: Blanche Amy HOFFMAN. Blanche Amy HOFFMAN and William Henry DOUGLASS were married on 8 June 1892 in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois. Children were: Norma Elizabeth DOUGLASS.

Barbara Kay DOUMAS was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Brian Thomas BEACHNAU. Barbara Kay DOUMAS and Brian Thomas BEACHNAU were married on 2 May 1981. Children were: Kathryn Marie BEACHNAU, Mathew Brian BEACHNAU, Kelly Lynn BEACHNAU.

Anne DOW¹⁶²⁸ was born estimated 1914 in New Rockford, Eddy, North Dakota. Parents: Harry KLEEB and Anna RAFFLER.

Spouse: Richard A. SCHWANKE. Anne DOW and Richard A. SCHWANKE were married on 18 July 1936 in Livingston, Park, Montana.

Georgette DOW was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Guy Otis BIGELOW. Georgette DOW and Guy Otis BIGELOW were married on 27 June 1900 in Minnesota.

Amelia A. DOWNING¹⁶²⁹ was born in July 1837 in New York.

Spouse: Hiram ALLENDORPH. Amelia A. DOWNING and Hiram ALLENDORPH were married in 1857. Children were: Lewis H. ALLENDORPH.

George William DOWNS was born on 20 June 1852 in St. Clair County, Michigan. He died on 21 January 1946 in Romeo, Macomb, Michigan. He was buried in 1946 in Davis Cemetery - Macomb County, Michigan.

Spouse: Linna Sophia COMPTON. Linna Sophia COMPTON and George William DOWNS were married on 2 February 1882 in Ray, Macomb, Michigan. Children were: Helen Ethel DOWNS.

Helen Ethel DOWNS was born on 13 December 1890 in Ray, Macomb, Michigan. She died on 27 April 1956 in Washington, Macomb, Michigan. She was buried in 1956 in Mt. Vernon Cemetery - Macomb County, Michigan. Parents: George William DOWNS and Linna Sophia COMPTON.

Spouse: Walter Scott WARREN. Helen Ethel DOWNS and Walter Scott WARREN were married on 25 December 1912 in Ray, Macomb, Michigan. Children were: Homer Nelson WARREN, Francis Lynn WARREN, Geraldine WARREN.

Augustine DRAKE was born on 17 August 1787. He died on 13 April 1826.

Spouse: Abigail HAYDEN. Abigail HAYDEN and Augustine DRAKE were married on 19 March 1812.

Gary Andrew DRAKE was born (date unknown). Husband #1

Spouse: Denise Kay MARTIN. Denise Kay MARTIN and Gary Andrew DRAKE were married on 8 September 1990 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. They were divorced.

Hannah DRAKE was born on 29 September 1694. She died before 1735 in Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut. Wife #1. Parents: Simon DRAKE and Hannah MILLS.

Spouse: Deacon John COOK. Hannah DRAKE and Deacon John COOK were married on 5 July 1714.

Jedediah DRAKE was born in 1789 in Oswego, Oswego, New York. He died in 1863 in Broome County, New York.

Spouse: Matilda OAKLEY. Children were: William Augustus DRAKE Sr., Sarah Oakly DRAKE.

Jerusha Capen DRAKE was born in 1801. She died in 1889.

Spouse: Salmon SHERWOOD. Jerusha Capen DRAKE and Salmon SHERWOOD were married in 1824. Children were: Theodore Salmon SHERWOOD.

John DRAKE was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Hanna UNKNOWN. Children were: Ruth DRAKE.

Milton DRAKE was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Nellie PHELPS. Children were: Ruth May DRAKE.

Ruth DRAKE¹⁶³⁰ was born on 1 December 1657 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. Parents: John DRAKE and Hanna UNKNOWN.

Spouse: Samuel BARBER. Children were: Elizabeth BARBER.

Spouse: Samuel BARBER. Children were: William BARBER.

Ruth May DRAKE¹⁶³¹ was born in 1893 in Clinton County, Michigan. Parents: Milton DRAKE and Nellie PHELPS.

Spouse: Albert EIBACH. Ruth May DRAKE and Albert EIBACH were married on 1 June 1911 in St Johns, Clinton, Michigan.

Sarah Oakly DRAKE was born in 1829 in Orange County, New York. Parents: Jedediah DRAKE and Matilda OAKLEY.

Spouse: Horatio M. GIBBS. Sarah Oakly DRAKE and Horatio M. GIBBS were married on 20 November 1852 in Union, Broome, New York. Children were: Jerome W. GIBBS, Charles William GIBBS, Eva A. GIBBS, Anna J. GIBBS, Frederick Merrill GIBBS, Chloe M. GIBBS.

Simon DRAKE was born on 28 October 1659. He was christened on 30 October 1659. He died on 21 December 1711.

Spouse: Hannah MILLS. Children were: Hannah DRAKE.

William Augustus DRAKE Sr. was born on 3 March 1826 in Goshen, Orange, New York. WILLIAM A. DRAKE has for a third of a century been connected with the agricultural interests of the county, and is now engaged in general farming and stock-raising on section 34, Bloomfield Township. He is a native of the Empire State, his birth having occurred in Orange County March 3, 1826. On the paternal side the family is of Holland origin, and on the maternal of Scotch descent. Jedediah Drake, his father, was a native of New York and died in Broome County, N.Y. He wedded Matilda Oakley, a native of the same State and they became the parents of seven children : John, a resident of Long Island; Elizabeth, who is living in Orange County, N.Y.; Jonas, of Crawford County, Wis.; William of this sketch; Thomas, (deceased); Sarah, wife of Horatio Gibbs, of Broome County, N.Y., and Hannah, wife of George Didrick, residing in Broome County. The father of this family served his country as a soldier in the War of 1812, during which he was taken prisoner in Canada but w! as afterward recaptured by by the American forces and brought back to this country. His death occurred in 1863 and his wife died in 1884. From the tender age of eight years our subject, William Drake, has made his own way in the world. He left his parents when a lad and went to make his home with an uncle, with whom he remained five years, during which time he received a limited education but was reared to habits of industry, enterprise and good management, which have been of much benefit to him in after life. When a lad of thirteen years he began working as a farm hand for $7 per month, which position he retained three years, when he engaged in jobbing until his marriage, which was celebrated February 25, 1849, Miss Roxanna Andrews becoming his wife. The young couple began their domestic life upon a rented farm in Broome County, N.Y., and in connection with the cultivation of that land Mr. Drake engaged in the dairy business until 1857, when he determined to try his fortune in the West. He chose Polk County, Iowa, as the scene of his future operations and, accompanied by his family, made his way b! y rail to Iowa City, completing the journey by stage to Des Moines, where he spent four years engaged in various occupations. At the expiration of that time he rented land and once more resumed farming, which he carried on until 1866, when he purchased eight acres of land on section 34, Bloomfield Township. since that time he has extended its boundaries until one hundred and twenty acres pay tribute to his care and cultivation. He erected a house upon his land, and after seeing that his family was comfortably situated devoted his entire energies to his business interests. Although he is now numbered among the prosperous farmers of the community, this result was not attained without much labor. He has always been an industrious and energetic man and has gradually worked his way upward step by step. Unlike many who have been blessed with prosperity, Mr. Drake has always taken a deep interest in the welfare of the county and has given liberally to the support of those enterprises which were calculated for its advancement. All social, moral and educational interests have found in him a warm friend, and of the cause of temperance he is a stanch advocate, considering no labor too great which will promote temperance sentiment among the people. He cast his first Presidential vote for James Birney, the Abolition candidate, and next for Martin Van Buren, the nominee of the same party. In the meantime a new party was being formed, the Republican, and John C. Fremont was its first candidate for the office of Chief Magistrate of this Nation. Since that time Mr. Drake has never failed to cast his ballot in its support. His residence in this county covers a period of thirty-one years, and with the advance of time still others are added to his list of friends who hold him! in high regard for his sterling worth, strict integrity and usefulness as a citizen. His wife is equally beloved and is a most estimable lady. Her influence is felt for good in the community and she holds a high position in the social world where true worth is taken as a standard. The union of this worthy couple has been blessed with seven children, but Charles O., the first born, is now deceased. William is a resident of Ft. Collins, Colo.; Georgie Ann is the wife of George Freedman, a merchant of Grimes, Iowa; Albert is a resident of Polk County; John is also engaged in merchandising in Polk County; Edla is at home, and Helen is the wife of William Deets, a resident farmer of Warren County, Iowa. Mrs. Drake, the mother of these children, is a daughter of Philo and Roxanna (Meecham) Andrews, the former a native of Connecticut, the latter of New York. By trade Mr. Andrews was a blacksmith and followed that occupation until old age, accompanied by the usual failing health, forced him to lay aside all business cares. He continued his residence in Chenango County until his death, which occurred in 1863. His excellent wife, surviving him eight years, died in 1871. Both were members of the Old School Presbyterian Church and were greatly respect! ed by those who knew them. The following is the record of their living children: Betsy is the wife of Stephen Bly, of Steuben County, N.Y.; Mary is the widow of Gideon Bursley, of Essex County, Del.; Philo makes his home in Chenango County, N.Y.; Roxanna, wife of our subject, is the next younger; Martha is the wife of Volney Roe, of Cortland County, N.Y.; Melissa is the wife of Chauncey Manning, also of Courtland County, and Emily is the wife of John H. Day of the same county. Parents: Jedediah DRAKE and Matilda OAKLEY.

Thomas DRAKELY was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Eunice HICKOK.

Elizabeth DRESDEN was born (date unknown).

Spouse: George Clayton LOOMIS. Children were: Adrian Edward LOOMIS, Charles Albert LOOMIS, Marguerite Adeline LOOMIS, George Clayton LOOMIS Jr., John Jacob LOOMIS, Robert John LOOMIS, Bernadette Marie LOOMIS, Alberta Lorena LOOMIS, Eugene Adrian LOOMIS, Joseph Deloss LOOMIS.

Joan DRINKWATER was born about 1540 in Butlercourt, Gloucester, England. She died on 6 December 1561 in St. David, Barton, Somersetshire, England.

Spouse: Edward PACKER. Children were: Thomas PACKER.

Arthur DROSTE was born (date unknown). Parents: Donald John DROSTE and Laurina WERNER.

Spouse: Patricia HOUTON.

Donald John DROSTE was born on 4 December 1905 in Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana. He died on 5 October 1976 in Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana.

Spouse: Laurina WERNER. Laurina WERNER and Donald John DROSTE were married on 30 August 1928 in Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church - Fowler, Clinton, Michigan. Children were: Paul DROSTE, Lucille DROSTE, James Peter DROSTE, Donna DROSTE, Roy Isadore DROSTE, Arthur DROSTE, Juliaine DROSTE, Richard Charles DROSTE.

Donna DROSTE was born (date unknown). Parents: Donald John DROSTE and Laurina WERNER.

Spouse: Richard L. KARBER. Donna DROSTE and Richard L. KARBER were married on 30 April 1949. Children were: Leann KARBER, Carmen KARBER, Barbara KARBER, Michael KARBER, Wayne KARBER, Kenneth KARBER.

James Peter DROSTE was born (date unknown). Parents: Donald John DROSTE and Laurina WERNER.

Spouse: Carol UNKNOWN.

Juliaine DROSTE was born (date unknown). Parents: Donald John DROSTE and Laurina WERNER.

Spouse: Arthur SNATER.

Lucille DROSTE was born (date unknown). Parents: Donald John DROSTE and Laurina WERNER.

Spouse: Philip HOWARD. Children were: Debbie HOWARD.

Paul DROSTE was born (date unknown). Parents: Donald John DROSTE and Laurina WERNER.

Spouse: Bernadette SMITH.

Richard Charles DROSTE was born (date unknown). Parents: Donald John DROSTE and Laurina WERNER.

Spouse: Catherine EXOBLY.

Roy Isadore DROSTE was born on 28 September 1932 in Pewamo, Ionia, Michigan. He died in January 1972. Parents: Donald John DROSTE and Laurina WERNER.

Debbie DRUMOND was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Gerald SCHORR.

Amanda May DRURY was born on 31 July 1884. She died on 29 April 1913. Parents: James DRURY and Mary NOTHSTINE.

Spouse: Frank ZENZ. Amanda May DRURY and Frank ZENZ were married in 1905. Children were: Carl E. ZENZ, Mabel M. ZENZ, Walter Ely ZENZ, James Jacob ZENZ.

James DRURY was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Mary NOTHSTINE. Children were: Amanda May DRURY.

Mary A. DRYER was born on 28 January 1839. She died on 18 March 1909 in Macomb County, Michigan. She was buried in 1909 in Prestonville Cemetery - Macomb County, Michigan.

Spouse: Lafayette W. GIDDINGS. Children were: Delia Mary GIDDINGS.

Gerald DU BOISE was born on 1 June 1954. 1 NOTE Gerald had three biological children by a previous marriage:Tara,
Jarrad, & Kristin

Spouse: Diane Marie MARTIN. Diane Marie MARTIN and Gerald DU BOISE were married on 30 July 1994. They were divorced.