Representative Charles Nelson Doane View All Years

HON. CHARLES N. DOANE.

MR. SPEAKER—Your committee appointed to prepare and present suitable resolutions respecting the life, character and public services of the Hon. Charles N. Doane, who represented Jasper County in the 24th and 25th general assemblies, beg to submit the following report:

Hon. Charles Nelson Doane was borne at Bellows Falls, Vt., July 31, 1842 and died in the hospital at Kirksville, Mo., March 28, 1916, aged 73 years, 7 months and 28 days.

He came to Chicago when ten years of age and later moved to Yorkville, Ill., here he joined the 36th Illinois, Company E, and served eighteen months. After eighteen months he was discharged on account of wounds. He enlisted again August 18, 1861.

After his discharge he did bridge work in Tennessee helping to transport troops. He was bridge foreman and followed this profession from 1863 to 1869. He was one of the bridge foremen who built the first bridges for the Union Pacific from Council Bulffs to Cheyenne.

In 1869 he came to Iowa and settled upon a farm situated in Richland Township, Jasper County, Iowa. He was married to Mary F. Dean, April 26, 1870. Three children were born to them, Albert M., Warren L., and Henry C. Doane.

Mr. Doane was secretary of the school board in Richland Township for 18 years. He was a member of the soldiers relief commission for 21 years and elected representative for Jasper County, serving two terms in the 24th and 25th general assemblies in 1892 and 1894.

He left the farm in 1899 and was engaged in the insurance business until his death. He was president of the Mutual Fire & Tornado Association at Newton, Iowa, from 1902 until 1916.

He was also president of the Protected Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Des Moines from 1910 until 1916.

He was director of the Iowa Mercantile Company of Spencer, Iowa, for several years, also a member of the Masonic order, G. A. R. and Yeoman.

In the death of Charles N. Doane the state has lost a good and worthy citizen and a man of strong character.

Therefore, Be It Resolved, That we hereby extend our sympathy to the surviving family, and

Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be printed in the Journal of the House.

DAVID MEREDITH,

H. GUY ROBERTS,

C. B. WILSON,

Committee,

Adopted March 28, 1917.