Jacob Levi DOTY

                   Obituary of Jane Doty- Taken from the Goldfield Chronical- April 1920-
-Mrs. Doty Passes Away-
Mrs. Jane Doty died at her home six miles southwest of Goldfield Tuesday
n ight.  Aged 84 years.  The funeral will be held Friday afternoon.
Servic es at the home at 2:00 p.m.  and at the M.E. church at 2:30 p.m.
Mrs. Jane VanHorn Doty was born March 7, 1837 and moved with her paren ts
to Cedar County, Iowa, when she was seven years old.
She was united in marriage toJacob L. Doty August 13, 1855.  Mr. Doty w
as called home twenty-nine yearsago.  To this union was born twelve
child ren, seven of which proceeded Mrs.Doty to the great beyond.  Those
le ft to morn her loss are W.A. of Port Angles, Wash;  E.R. of Edmonds,
Was h;  Mrs.John Anderson, Hardy, IA;  Mrs. JohnVanHorn, Renwick, IA; Le
vi J. of Underwood, WI;   In addition to the above children there are
twen ty-eight grand children and fifty-five great grand children.
Mr. And Mrs. Doty moved from Cedar County to their present homestead sou
th of Goldfield fifty-one years ago.
She was a faithful wife, a loving mother, and a kind neighbor, always rea
dy to lend a helping hand to anyone in need.
Mrs. Doty was a pioneer and could relate to many interesting experienc es
of the early days.
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Jane Van Horn (Grandma Doty) lived 6 miles SW of Goldfield along the Boo
ne River.  She smoked corn cob pipes which she would buy by the gross.
S he would smoke them until they became too strong for her then would g
et a new one.
Jane owned a white horse which she would use to pull a spring buggy to ri
de into Goldfield where she traded butterand eggs from the farm for
groce ries at the general store.
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The country was all prairie except where the rivers ran through the lan
d.The prairie dogs and rattlesnakes were numerous.
Once when "Grandma Jane Doty"was going to make biscuits for dinner,  s
he reached up on a shelf to get the baking powder and heard a noise (it w
as a rattlesnake curled up on the shelf in the house)