Joshua Newton Doyle was born in 1834, a son of Willis and Mary Ann (Tarrant) Doyle. His father had been a slaveholder from Panola Co, MS. After his father's death about 1845, Joshua's mother moved the family back to Tennessee to be near her family. When the Civil War came on, the family was divided. Many of his mother's family fought for the North, and others of the family were Southern sympathizers. Joshua sided with the South and served as a Confederate soldier in Jackson's 1st Heavy Artillery unit. Shortly before the end of the Civil War he married Martha Ann (Fairleigh) Tarrant on September 20, 1864. Her father John P. Fairleigh was one of the earliest settlers of Effingham County , Illinois after settling first in Wayne County, Illinois and was from Kentucky. Martha had grown up in Effingham County. Her first husband was Joshua's cousin William Tarrant of Effingham County, IL who was a Union soldier who died of dysentery at Murfreesboro during the Civil War. William's father was Newton Tarrant a sister of Joshua's mother Mary Ann. Newton had moved from Tennessee to Illinois in the 1840's where he was a farmer and a doctor.
After the war was over, and after his marriage to Martha, Joshua also moved north from Tennessee to live in Effingham County, Illinois where he became a teacher. There still existed hard feelings between the Yankees of the north against some of the Tennessee southerners who had come to Effingham County after the war. In May of 1866, just weeks after his first son Albert was born, Joshua was involved in an altercation at a saloon where he shot and killed a German barber named Nicholas Dausch. Joshua was arrested and in jail waiting for a hearing along with 4 other prisoners (2 murderers and 2 burglars). Fearing a lynching, an unidentified woman baked for one of the prisoners a loaf of bread with jail keys inside. The prisoners broke out and Joshua escaped along with them. He first fled to Arkansas where he was able to elude recapture. He lived in Washington Co, Arkansas and also spent time in Carson City, Nevada where he learned to be a physician. He must have seen his wife at some time while he was a fugitive, as their 2nd child Hybernia was born in Illinois in September of 1869. By 1870, Martha and his 2 children were found living with his mother's family back in Lewis County, Tennessee. Martha probably felt she had to leave Illinois in order to be with her husband in safer territory among their friends and family in the South. Joshua eventually moved back to Perry, Lewis and later Hickman Co, Tennessee where he reunited with his family and began making a respectable living as a doctor. They had another daughter Caledonia born in 1872.
All was fine for several years. His son Albert married and was also going to medical school in Nashville. Then, in 1887, totally taken by surprise, Joshua was arrested at the Maxwell Hotel in Nashville by a Cincinnati detective who tried to get him extradited to Illinois for trial. The governor of Tennessee decided not to allow it, since the crime had been 20 years before and just after the end of the Civil War when the prejudices of North versus South were still fresh in the minds of many. So, the extradition was halted and Joshua was able to continue to live as a free man in Tennessee. Martha died in 1910 and was buried in the Centerville cemetery, and Joshua died in 1915 and was buried beside her.
After the war was over, and after his marriage to Martha, Joshua also moved north from Tennessee to live in Effingham County, Illinois where he became a teacher. There still existed hard feelings between the Yankees of the north against some of the Tennessee southerners who had come to Effingham County after the war. In May of 1866, just weeks after his first son Albert was born, Joshua was involved in an altercation at a saloon where he shot and killed a German barber named Nicholas Dausch. Joshua was arrested and in jail waiting for a hearing along with 4 other prisoners (2 murderers and 2 burglars). Fearing a lynching, an unidentified woman baked for one of the prisoners a loaf of bread with jail keys inside. The prisoners broke out and Joshua escaped along with them. He first fled to Arkansas where he was able to elude recapture. He lived in Washington Co, Arkansas and also spent time in Carson City, Nevada where he learned to be a physician. He must have seen his wife at some time while he was a fugitive, as their 2nd child Hybernia was born in Illinois in September of 1869. By 1870, Martha and his 2 children were found living with his mother's family back in Lewis County, Tennessee. Martha probably felt she had to leave Illinois in order to be with her husband in safer territory among their friends and family in the South. Joshua eventually moved back to Perry, Lewis and later Hickman Co, Tennessee where he reunited with his family and began making a respectable living as a doctor. They had another daughter Caledonia born in 1872.
All was fine for several years. His son Albert married and was also going to medical school in Nashville. Then, in 1887, totally taken by surprise, Joshua was arrested at the Maxwell Hotel in Nashville by a Cincinnati detective who tried to get him extradited to Illinois for trial. The governor of Tennessee decided not to allow it, since the crime had been 20 years before and just after the end of the Civil War when the prejudices of North versus South were still fresh in the minds of many. So, the extradition was halted and Joshua was able to continue to live as a free man in Tennessee. Martha died in 1910 and was buried in the Centerville cemetery, and Joshua died in 1915 and was buried beside her.
Joshua Newton Doyle was born in 1834, a son of Willis and Mary Ann (Tarrant) Doyle. His father had been a slaveholder from Panola Co, MS. After his father's death about 1845, Joshua's mother moved the family back to Tennessee to be near her family. When the Civil War came on, the family was divided. Many of his mother's family fought for the North, and others of the family were Southern sympathizers. Joshua sided with the South and served as a Confederate soldier in Jackson's 1st Heavy Artillery unit. Shortly before the end of the Civil War he married Martha Ann (Fairleigh) Tarrant on September 20, 1864. Her father John P. Fairleigh was one of the earliest settlers of Effingham County , Illinois after settling first in Wayne County, Illinois and was from Kentucky. Martha had grown up in Effingham County. Her first husband was Joshua's cousin William Tarrant of Effingham County, IL who was a Union soldier who died of dysentery at Murfreesboro during the Civil War. William's father was Newton Tarrant a sister of Joshua's mother Mary Ann. Newton had moved from Tennessee to Illinois in the 1840's where he was a farmer and a doctor.
After the war was over, and after his marriage to Martha, Joshua also moved north from Tennessee to live in Effingham County, Illinois where he became a teacher. There still existed hard feelings between the Yankees of the north against some of the Tennessee southerners who had come to Effingham County after the war. In May of 1866, just weeks after his first son Albert was born, Joshua was involved in an altercation at a saloon where he shot and killed a German barber named Nicholas Dausch. Joshua was arrested and in jail waiting for a hearing along with 4 other prisoners (2 murderers and 2 burglars). Fearing a lynching, an unidentified woman baked for one of the prisoners a loaf of bread with jail keys inside. The prisoners broke out and Joshua escaped along with them. He first fled to Arkansas where he was able to elude recapture. He lived in Washington Co, Arkansas and also spent time in Carson City, Nevada where he learned to be a physician. He must have seen his wife at some time while he was a fugitive, as their 2nd child Hybernia was born in Illinois in September of 1869. By 1870, Martha and his 2 children were found living with his mother's family back in Lewis County, Tennessee. Martha probably felt she had to leave Illinois in order to be with her husband in safer territory among their friends and family in the South. Joshua eventually moved back to Perry, Lewis and later Hickman Co, Tennessee where he reunited with his family and began making a respectable living as a doctor. They had another daughter Caledonia born in 1872.
All was fine for several years. His son Albert married and was also going to medical school in Nashville. Then, in 1887, totally taken by surprise, Joshua was arrested at the Maxwell Hotel in Nashville by a Cincinnati detective who tried to get him extradited to Illinois for trial. The governor of Tennessee decided not to allow it, since the crime had been 20 years before and just after the end of the Civil War when the prejudices of North versus South were still fresh in the minds of many. So, the extradition was halted and Joshua was able to continue to live as a free man in Tennessee. Martha died in 1910 and was buried in the Centerville cemetery, and Joshua died in 1915 and was buried beside her.
After the war was over, and after his marriage to Martha, Joshua also moved north from Tennessee to live in Effingham County, Illinois where he became a teacher. There still existed hard feelings between the Yankees of the north against some of the Tennessee southerners who had come to Effingham County after the war. In May of 1866, just weeks after his first son Albert was born, Joshua was involved in an altercation at a saloon where he shot and killed a German barber named Nicholas Dausch. Joshua was arrested and in jail waiting for a hearing along with 4 other prisoners (2 murderers and 2 burglars). Fearing a lynching, an unidentified woman baked for one of the prisoners a loaf of bread with jail keys inside. The prisoners broke out and Joshua escaped along with them. He first fled to Arkansas where he was able to elude recapture. He lived in Washington Co, Arkansas and also spent time in Carson City, Nevada where he learned to be a physician. He must have seen his wife at some time while he was a fugitive, as their 2nd child Hybernia was born in Illinois in September of 1869. By 1870, Martha and his 2 children were found living with his mother's family back in Lewis County, Tennessee. Martha probably felt she had to leave Illinois in order to be with her husband in safer territory among their friends and family in the South. Joshua eventually moved back to Perry, Lewis and later Hickman Co, Tennessee where he reunited with his family and began making a respectable living as a doctor. They had another daughter Caledonia born in 1872.
All was fine for several years. His son Albert married and was also going to medical school in Nashville. Then, in 1887, totally taken by surprise, Joshua was arrested at the Maxwell Hotel in Nashville by a Cincinnati detective who tried to get him extradited to Illinois for trial. The governor of Tennessee decided not to allow it, since the crime had been 20 years before and just after the end of the Civil War when the prejudices of North versus South were still fresh in the minds of many. So, the extradition was halted and Joshua was able to continue to live as a free man in Tennessee. Martha died in 1910 and was buried in the Centerville cemetery, and Joshua died in 1915 and was buried beside her.
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