---David A. Sample (b. 5-2-1833 in Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana; d. 10-20-1897 in Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas) married Jane Elizabeth Foley (b. circa 1837 in Jasper County, Missouri; d. 5-19-1861 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas) on 5-10-1855 in Platte County, Missouri. David and Jane settled by the mouth of the Delaware River in what was to become Jefferson County, Kansas, near the town of Perry. There, they homesteaded the land, as the country had been opened to white settlers via passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill in 1854, erected a cabin and began farming. In 1856, the Samples furnished lumber from their farm for the construction of the Territorial State House at Lecompton. They had three children, all born on the homeplace near Perry, Kansas named:
(1) Lucinda Sample (b. 2-21-1856 near Perry, Kansas Territory; d. 6-17-1936 in Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas) married George Washington Foley (b. 12-31-1849 in Jasper County, Missouri; d. 4-17-1941 in Atchison County, Kansas) on 3-5-1874 and they had twelve children.
(2) John W. Sample (b. 8-27-1857 near Perry, Kansas Territory; d. 4-15-1940) married Mary Emily Rouse (b. 5-28-1866; d. 8-21-1912) on 1-7-1885. Married Mary Alice Altig (b. 1877; d. 3-1934)
(3) Mary Jane Sample (b. 5-19-1861 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas; d. 2-21-1924) married William Gilfillen (deceased) on 9-6-1877.
---Jane Elizabeth died apparently after giving birth to her daughter Mary Jane. David then married Nancy Foley (b. 5-20-1842 in Jasper County, Missouri; d. 12-2-1909 in Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas), sister of Jane Elizabeth Foley-Sample, on 3-19-1863 in Platte County, Missouri. They had ten children, all born near Perry, Kansas named:
(1) Martha Ann Sample (b. 1-21-1864 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas; d. 3-28-1916 in Hansen, Twin Falls County, Idaho) married Charles Augustus Jones (b. 3-2-1864; d. 4-24-1929 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California) on 3-27-1884 in Jefferson County, Kansas.
(2) Thomas J. Sample (b. 12-21-1865 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas; d. 10-8-1868 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas).
(3) James W. Sample (b. 9-1-1867 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas; d. 1952) married Louisa.
(4) Maggie Sample (b. 11-25-1869 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas; d. 2-5-1870 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas).
(5) Rebecca Jane Sample (see entry below)
(6) William "Billy" A. Sample (b. 6-13-1873 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas; d. 8-29-1953) married Katie Cavanaugh on 4-15-1901.
(7) Minnie M. Sample (b. 5-27-1875 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas; d. 7-26-1876 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas).
(8) Katie Sample (b. 7-6-1877 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas; d. 4-4-1928).
(9) David A. Sample Jr. (b. 4-10-1880 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas; d. 9-11-1944)
(10) Frederick Sample (b. 4-22-1882 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas; d. 3-24-1931).
---Jane Elizabeth and Nancy were the daughters of Thomas Foley (b. 1804 in Virginia; d. 1864 in Platte County, Missouri) and his second wife, Mary Jane Hawkins (b. 1812 in Kentucky; d. 1876), who were married on 7-17-1834 in Lincoln County, Missouri. Their siblings were Phillip, Rachel, Thomas, John, Mary, Elbert and Samuel. Half-siblings by Thomas' first wife, Permilla Todd (b. 12-20-1803 in Madison County, Kentucky; d. 10-24-1832 in Lincoln County, Missouri), were Dudley and Marthusa.
---The years that followed were a troubled and violent period of history. With a civil war looming on the horizon, there was a struggle within the new territory to become a designated "free" or "slave" state. Rampant violence (giving the area the name "Bloody Kansas") was the eventual result most notably just 15 miles to the south of the Sample homestead in Lawrence, a center of Free State activities and mecca for escaped slaves. It was the target of a vicious raid on August 21, 1863, by Confederate guerillas led by William C. Quantrill. 150 residents were murdered, the city was sacked and burned and about $1.5 million worth of property was destroyed. The unrest made it a troubling time for all of the settlers in the Kansas frontier. During the Civil War, David was a member of the Kansas State Militia.
---At the onset of the War, young Jane Elizabeth died leaving three young children motherless. But as mentioned above, one year and ten months to the day later, they had a new mother, their Aunt Nancy, Jane Elizabeth's sister, who David married in 1863. David and Nancy were long-time residents of the area, living there for over 50 years. Daughter Rebecca Jane was a 17-year-old teenager when a handsome young man from Kentucky rode into her life.
---Benjamin Grant Doan (b. 6-8-1867 in Harrison County, Kentucky; d. 8-4-1919 in Homestead, Blaine County, Oklahoma) is buried beside his wife, Rebecca Jane Sample-Doan, in Plymouth Cemetery, a little pioneer cemetery located a few miles south of Fairview in Major County, Oklahoma.
---As a young man, Benjamin left Harrison County and traveled to Jefferson County, Kansas where he met and, on 9-12-1888, married Rebecca Jane Sample (b. 1-14-1870 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas; d. 6-14-1925 in Homestead, Blaine County, Oklahoma), daughter of David A. Sample and Nancy Foley. Rebecca's grandparents were John W. Sample and Rebecca Davis. (see entries on previous page)
---Following the birth of their firstborn, Fred, the young family traveled by covered wagon to Mulhall in Oklahoma Territory where Richard and Addie were born. When the Cherokee Strip was opened on September 16, 1893, Ben made the run on opening day atop a gray mule named Betsy and staked a 160 acre claim approximately four miles south of the present site of Fairview in what was then named Woods County but later became Major County. The family lived in a covered wagon for awhile but Rebecca and the kids later returned to Perry, Kansas until Ben could dig a well and build a sod house. Living conditions were primitive and coyotes, rattlesnakes, bison, Indians and outlaws were plentiful. At night, the horses had to be guarded.
---He farmed the ground and had to travel 55 miles to sell the crops and worked for others at 50 cents a week for extra money. Eventually, churches, schools and railroads were built. The family lived in the sod house for five years and later bought 320 more acres and began constructing a two-story frame house to fit the needs of the growing family.
---Ben and Rebecca had eleven children named Fred, Richard, Addie, Anna Eliza, Harry, Claude, Katie Ellen, Clarence Ray, Jessie Marie, Bessie Pearl and Edith Mae.
---A complete listing of the 11 children of Benjamin Grant Doan and Rebecca Jane Sample-Doan follows:
(1)Fred Doan (b. 4-3-1890 near Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas; d. 6-19-1943 near Chemult, Klamath County, Oregon--Buried in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California) married Gladys Welcom Werth (b. 4-11-1894 in Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon; d. 5-19-1960 in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California--Buried in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California) on 7-15-1913 in Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon. They had three children named Eleanor Lloyd, Ruth Evelyn and Freda Blanche.
(a)Eleanor Lloyd Doan (b. 6-4-1914 in Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho). Unmarried.
(b)Ruth Evelyn Doan (b. 12-11-1915 in Weed, Siskiyou County, California; d. 1-10-1991 in Concord, Contra Costa County, California--Buried in Elko, Elko County, Nevada) married Roy Dean Roseberry (b. 6-24-1913 in Tuscarora, Elko County, Nevada; d. 8-1983 in Elko, Elko County, Nevada) on 12-11-1941 in Elko, Elko County, Nevada.
(c)Freda Blanche Doan (b. 10-16-1917 in Weed, Siskiyou County, California; d. 3-22-1993 in McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon--Buried in Amity, Yamhill County, Oregon) married Edward Levio Spina (b. 8-12-1909 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada; d. 1-7-1996 in Sheridan, Yamhill County, Oregon--Buried in Amity, Yamhill County, Oregon) on 5-1-1935 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada.
(2)Richard Doan (b. 3-5-1892 in Mulhall, Logan County, Oklahoma; d. 8-16-1956 in Kuna, Ada County, Idaho--Buried in Meridian, Ada County, Idaho) married Blanche Irene Cravens (b. 10-14-1897 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 1-15-1984 in Meridian, Ada County, Idaho--Buried in Meridian, Ada County, Idaho), daughter of James Reuben Cravens and Jennie Leona May Richardson, on 10-14-1915 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma. They had five children named Gladys Ruby, Mabel Marie, Francis Richard Elden, Beulah Louise and Mildred Edith.
(a)Gladys Ruby Doan (b. 9-4-1916 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 2-1-1967 in Kimball, Kimball County, Nebraska enroute to Wichita, Kansas) married Floyd Jordan (b. 1-27-1914; d. 10-12-1993 in Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho) on 6-6-1934 in Watonga, Blaine County, Oklahoma.
(b)Mabel Marie Doan (b. 5-4-1918 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 1-28-2003 in Gladstone, Clackamas County, Oregon--Buried in Meridian, Ada County, Idaho) married John Alec Pollock (b. 2-26-1909 in Lovington, Lea County, New Mexico; d. 1-24-2001 in Gladstone, Clackamas County, Oregon--Buried in Meridian, Ada County, Idaho) on 8-9-1935 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma.
(c)Francis Richard Elden Doan (b. 8-10-1920 in Homestead, Blaine County, Oklahoma; d. 3-10-1996 in Meridian, Ada County, Idaho) married Edith Marie Parsons (b. 4-4-1920 in Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho) on 3-2-1940 in Kuna, Ada County, Idaho.
(d)Beulah Louise Doan (b. 8-2-1923 in Longdale, Blaine County, Oklahoma) married Delmer Charlie Hunsperger (b. 2-21-1920 in Rush, El Paso County, Colorado) on 8-27-1945 in Kuna, Ada County, Idaho.
(e)Mildred Edith Doan (b. 5-25-1929 in Longdale, Blaine County, Oklahoma; d. 9-17-1953 in Boise, Ada County, Idaho as a result of an automobile accident) married Verne LaMarr Pratt Grigg (b. 5-17-1925 in Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho).
(3)Addie Doan (See entry below for Addie Doan and Albert Masonhall.)
(4)Anna Eliza Doan (b. 5-22-1896 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 12-9-1985 in Homestead, Blaine County, Oklahoma) married Arthur Byron Outhier (b. 12-23-1892 in Homestead, Blaine County, Oklahoma; d. 11-26-1972 in Okeene, Blaine County, Oklahoma--Buried in Homestead Cemetery, Blaine County, Oklahoma) on 5-13-1917 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma. They had three children named Elmer Benjamin, Ross Harold and Paul J..
(a)Elmer Benjamin Outhier (b. 9-12-1918 in Homestead, Blaine County, Oklahoma; d. 5-7-1998 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma) married Ruth Hazel Boyce. Married Rosella Ann Reimer (b. 5-3-1917 near Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma) on 4-9-1949 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
(b)Ross Harold Outhier (b. 4-18-1922 in Homestead, Blaine County, Oklahoma; d. 7-27-1982 in Okeene, Blaine County, Oklahoma--Buried in Homestead, Blaine County, Oklahoma) married Dolly Fae Hendrix (b. 7-1-1923 in Pratt, Pratt County, Kansas) on 11-19-1947 in Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas.
(c)Paul J. Outhier (b. 10-29-1928 in Homestead, Blaine County, Oklahoma; d. 8-27-2001 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma) married Effie George Hronopulos (b. 8-6-1928 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma) on 7-31-1949 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma.
(5)Harry Doane (b. 10-2-1898 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 1-21-1983 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma--Buried in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma) married Clarella Odell (b. 1-28-1901 in Pond Creek, Grant County, Oklahoma; d. 3-11-1982 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma--Buried in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma), daughter of Albert Lowery Odell and Iva Louise McMindes, on 8-14-1926 in Watonga, Blaine County, Oklahoma. They had four children named Lois Yvonne, Bennie Bert, Ted H. and Harriet Bea.
(a)Lois Yvonne Doane (b. 7-18-1927 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma) married Charles William Davis (b. 5-17-1921 in Longdale, Blaine County, Oklahoma).
(b)Bennie Bert Doane (b. 10-13-1928 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma) married Bessie Howard (b. 3-23-1929 in Oklahoma) on 5-27-1952 in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma.
(c)Ted H. Doane (b. 5-12-1930 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma) married Alice Lee Watt (b. 6-24-1929 in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri) on 7-18-1954 in Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Missouri.
(d)Harriet Bea Doane (b. 7-5-1936 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma) married William Orville Kansorka (b. 6-16-1933 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio) on 11-1-1955 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. Married Donald Lee Kinder (b. 11-27-1933 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri) on 6-27-1957 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. Married Carl Edward Kabriel (b. 9-5-1946 in Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas) on 1-8-1982 in Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas.
(6)Claude Doan (b. 2-14-1901 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 8-30-1972 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California--Buried in Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California) married Gertrude Marie Masonhall (b. 7-5-1902 in South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas; d. 2-20-1990 in Hollister, San Benito County, California--Buried in Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California), daughter of John William Masonhall and Minnie Lulu Craig, on 7-19-1924 in Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. They had one child named Dallas Dale.
(a)Dallas Dale Doan (b. 5-29-1935 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada; d. 8-30-1999 in Hollister, San Benito County, California) married Nancy Louise Raney (b. 6-23-1937 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York; d. 11-18-1998 in Hollister, San Benito County, California) on 7-23-1955 in Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada.
(7)Katie Ellen Doane (b. 9-22-1903 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 4-24-1971 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada) married Earl Bryant (d. 3-7-1944 in Iran) on 7-10-1922 in Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. They had two children named LaBerma Ruth and Richard Vernon.
(a)LaBerma Ruth Bryant (b. 4-1924 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 6-1932 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada).
(b)Richard Vernon Bryant (b. 7-25-1940 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California; d. 9-1980) married Karen ????
(8)Clarence Ray Doane (b. 1-27-1906 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 12-6-1957 near Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma) married Edna Louise Martin (b. 6-30-1905 near Isabella, Woods County
(a)B.G. "Bud" Doane (b. 5-14-1929 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 1-5-2002 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma--Buried in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma) married Dorothea Lee Reyburn on 6-4-1954 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma. Married Carlene Ruth Smith (b. 1-22-1941 in Thomas, Custer County, Oklahoma) on 9-20-1958 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas.
(b)Kenneth Dwight Doane (b. 7-22-1933 near Isabella, Major County, Oklahoma) married Shirley Arlene Sunderland (b. 5-20-1935 near Byron, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma) on 7-7-1951 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma.
(c)Rayetta Lavon Doane (b. 9-27-1944 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 5-10-1988 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas) married David Lyn Furnas (b. 3-24-1949) on 3-24-1970 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
(9)Jessie Marie Doane (b. 6-28-1908 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 5-30-1987 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California) married Ira Pearlee Willaman (b. in Oklahoma; d. 9-13-1962 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada) on 12-25-1926 in Watonga, Blaine County, Oklahoma. They had two children named Stanley Pearlee and Phyllis LaRae.
(a)Stanley Pearlee Willaman (b. 5-28-1928 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 3-8-1983 in Hollister, San Benito County, California) married Delores Ann Nugent (b. 1-10-1930 in Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana) on 8-24-1947 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada.
(b)Phyllis LaRae Willaman (b. 11-22-1929 in Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada; d.10-26-1987 in San Carlos, San Mateo County, California) married Eugene Francis Petrone on 11-13-1951 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. Divorced.
(10)Bessie Pearl Doane (b. 10-26-1911 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 7-12-1991 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California) married Joseph Edward Gaunt (b. 3-3-1906 in Oklahoma; d. 1-28-1970 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California) on 1-6-1930 in Carson City, Washoe County, Nevada. They had two children named Allen Ray and Kenneth Lee. Married Norman Dickson Coons (b. 10-31-1910 in California; d. 9-3-1997 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California). They had no children.
(a)Allen Ray Gaunt (b. 1-21-1938 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada; d. 3-28-1977 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California) married Loretta Pauline Steichen (b. 12-15-1935 in Tipton, Mitchell County, Kansas) on 6-13-1970 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California.
(b)Kenneth Lee Gaunt (b. 7-6-1940 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada) married Janette Faye Murphy. Married Waynette Betty North (b. 10-2-1938 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California) on 1-28-1966 in Carson City, Washoe County, Nevada.
(11)Edith Mae Doane (b. 12-28-1914 in Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma; d. 9-21-1990 in Davis, Yolo County, California) married James Tyrrell (b. 4-4-1912 in California; d. 12-25-1945 in Yolo County, California) on 10-22-1938. They had no children. Married John Westergaard (b. 9-1-1920 in Sentinel Butte, North Dakota) on 4-30-1946 in Carson City, Washoe County, Nevada. They had one child named Stephen Wayne.
(a)Stephen Wayne Westergaard (b. 4-24-1947 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California; d. 12-28-1991 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California). Unmarried.
---(Note: The previous information is a summary of some of the information I have collected over the past 40 years I have been involved in this ongoing genealogy project. This material represents those persons associated with my maternal grandmother, Addie Doan. This information now completes the ancestral tributaries leading to my paternal grandparents, Albert and Addie. In closing the section on paternal family history, I will honor that most loving and respected couple whose memories I cherish, Grandpa Albert and Grandma Addie, with a special story about their lives. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I took pleasure in the remembering.)
Page #3 --- Paternal Family History
Page #5 --- Paternal Family History Documents/Maps/Data
Page #6 --- Paternal Family History Documents/Maps/Data (Continued)
Page #7 --- Albert Masonhall & Addie Doan (A Biography)
Page #8 --- "Genealogy" Reprint/1909 Cates Family Photo
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