Elias Doney was born the youngest child of John Nicholas and Elizabeth (Lentz/Lintz) Doney. Known as Eli, he was a very small man and early on moved around from his different brothers' farms working as a hired hand, sometimes staying with his sister Lucy Ann LaBorde's family. He had a small two-room house in Rockton, located on the west end of Union Blvd. Eli Doney never married but continued working as a day laborer doing odd jobs around town right up until his death. He is buried near his parents in this old Mennonite cemetery.
Elias Doney was born the youngest child of John Nicholas and Elizabeth (Lentz/Lintz) Doney. Known as Eli, he was a very small man and early on moved around from his different brothers' farms working as a hired hand, sometimes staying with his sister Lucy Ann LaBorde's family. He had a small two-room house in Rockton, located on the west end of Union Blvd. Eli Doney never married but continued working as a day laborer doing odd jobs around town right up until his death. He is buried near his parents in this old Mennonite cemetery.
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