John Martin Doty was born in what was known as East Scioto Township, now incorporated as part of Chillicothe. In his youth, he trained as a saddler. Following his marriage to Sarah H. Jones about the year 1837, he became a hotel clerk, first in Kingston and then at the Clinton House until it burned down in 1852. During the Civil War, he was a sutler, helping to provision the Union Army in the Cincinnati/Covington, Kentucky area. Soon thereafter he was elected a constable in Chillicothe and was briefly a justice of the peace. He resigned both positions to go into the collection business, but was soon reelected constable, a post he would remain in for the next two decades. Census records show he briefly clerked at another hotel for a while. Bucking Ohio's trend at the time, he was active in Democratic Party politics. Following the death of his wife, Sarah in 1877, he moved in with his daughter, Laura Diffey and her family. When she moved to Arkansas, he retired from his constable position and moved to Portsmouth, Ohio, to live with his son, Theodore Doty. John and Sarah Doty had several children that census records and Ethan Allen Doty's family history can account for: Emmanuel (1839-1902), Theodore (1844-1928), Edwin (1847--1852), Ellen (1849-1854), Laura (1852-1924), William (1856-1857), and Charles Hirst (1857-1939). Laura married Alexander A. Diffey and lived in Chillicothe for many years, and then the pair moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Following Diffey's death, Laura moved to Brinkley, Arkansas (presumably to live with or near an offspring) and she died there.
John Martin Doty was born in what was known as East Scioto Township, now incorporated as part of Chillicothe. In his youth, he trained as a saddler. Following his marriage to Sarah H. Jones about the year 1837, he became a hotel clerk, first in Kingston and then at the Clinton House until it burned down in 1852. During the Civil War, he was a sutler, helping to provision the Union Army in the Cincinnati/Covington, Kentucky area. Soon thereafter he was elected a constable in Chillicothe and was briefly a justice of the peace. He resigned both positions to go into the collection business, but was soon reelected constable, a post he would remain in for the next two decades. Census records show he briefly clerked at another hotel for a while. Bucking Ohio's trend at the time, he was active in Democratic Party politics. Following the death of his wife, Sarah in 1877, he moved in with his daughter, Laura Diffey and her family. When she moved to Arkansas, he retired from his constable position and moved to Portsmouth, Ohio, to live with his son, Theodore Doty. John and Sarah Doty had several children that census records and Ethan Allen Doty's family history can account for: Emmanuel (1839-1902), Theodore (1844-1928), Edwin (1847--1852), Ellen (1849-1854), Laura (1852-1924), William (1856-1857), and Charles Hirst (1857-1939). Laura married Alexander A. Diffey and lived in Chillicothe for many years, and then the pair moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Following Diffey's death, Laura moved to Brinkley, Arkansas (presumably to live with or near an offspring) and she died there.
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