DOUD, Anna nee BRAINERD
Mrs. James Doud Sr. – m. 13 Apr 1806
B. 18 Jan 1789
D. 4 Sep 1872 at 83y 7m 17d
Burial – Sep 1872 in Boardman Cemetery, Boardman, Mahoning Co. OH

Above information from Historical Collection of Salisbury Ass. Vol II p. 61, Family Register

From Kelly Marshall:
"Inscription: ‘Mother / Anna Brainard / wife of / Capt. James Doud / Died / Sept. 4 1872 / Aged 84 (?) Years': Note: The year of birth is approximate, depending on whether Anna's age at the time of her death was 84.

DOUD, James Sr. (Capt.)
Husband of Anna nee BRAINERD – m. 13 Apr 1806
Son of Samuel and Lydia Lay Doud
B. 26 Aug 1770 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co. CT
D. 13 Oct 1821 in Chester Co. PA at 51y 1m 18d
Burial – Oct 1821 in Friends Cemetery, near Kennet Sq., Chester Co. PA
War of 1812, Capt. Doud's Co.

Note: Lars Farmer, Clerk of the Old Kennett Committee, searched their records and was unable to find James Doud. The most likely cemetery for his burial would have been Old Kennett; however there are at least a dozen Friends' Cemeteries in the area. Lars provided a list of these cemeteries, but to date James Doud has still not been located. He is most likely in an unmarked spot.

DOUD, James (Capt.)
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 19 Mar 1897 - Article No. 9 by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Excerpt regarding: James & Lemuel Doud
"In 1800 James and Lemuel Doud, unmarried brothers, came to Canfield in company with Nathan Moore. In the fall of the same year James returned to Connecticut and in the spring of the ensuing year came back, bringing with him his mother Lydia, and sister Polly, Lemuel in the meanwhile remaining in Canfield. The brothers jointly purchased a large farm on East street, south side, two miles from the center. The farm is now owned by Russel F. Starr. The mother was said to have been as near to perfection as possible in household duties and cookery. She was one of the nine who first organized the Congregational church in 1804; she died in 1808. Polly, the sister, married Tyral Tamer in 1808. Lemuel never married or had a separate interest in farm from his brother. He was said to be a hard worker, a neat farmer, an honest respected man. He lost his life in a way that produced quite a sensation at the time. He was a member of a company of dragoons, or cavalry, and when off duty at a meeting of the company held in Youngstown in 1810, he placed for safe keeping a loaded pistol in his pocket. A comrade for some purpose asked for it; and in taking it out the pistol went off, inflicting a terrible wound in the upper arm and shoulder. The wound was dressed and he was conveyed to his home, where he suffered intense pain for several days when "mortification" took place and he died at the age of 33. It is quite possible that the surgical treatment he received was not of the highest order."
In April, 1806 James Doud married Miss Anna Brainard of Boardman. The death of his mother and brother and marriage of his sister left him in possession of the farm, which he successfully managed. Mr. Whittlesey, who was closely associated with him, says: "He was among our most respectable and useful citizens, a practical farmer of good judgement, industrious, prudent and economical. His improvements and buildings were among the best in this section of the country. He kept a strong team of oxen, and for many years hauled Onondago salt from the mouth of Grand river to this market." Salt in the days we speak of was a scarce and dear article and at the same time indispensable for the preservation of meats and for culinary purposes. Cattle, we must suppose, got but little of it. The first supplies, in very limited quantities, were obtained from the salt springs in Weathersfield, Trumbull county. The process of making it there was slow and expensive; requiring, if I remember correctly, 1,600 gallons of water to be boiled down to make one bushel of salt. At that time there was no Erie or Welland Canal. The salt from Onondago would first have to be wagoned thru a new country 125 miles to Buffalo, from there to Grand River by sail boats, and from there again hauled 60 miles further to reach this market.
Notwithstanding the incessant and pressing labor of establishing homes for themselves in the wilderness, our pioneer fathers felt the necessity of organized efforts to repel an enemy in case of invasion. They were then on the frontier and exposed to Indian depredations, and at that time our relations as a nation with France and Great Britain were of a threatening nature. To the spirit and feelings of the times it is necessary to say that the highest compliment that could be given to a fellow citizen was to elect him as an officer in a military organization. In 1806 James Doud was active in the formation of a company of light dragoon or cavalry made up of selections in several of the townships of this part of the Reserve. At the first election held in Liberty for the purpose of electing officers Mr. Doud was made 2nd Lieutenant. He must have been a popular officer, for we find him at the commencement of the war of 1812 promoted to the captaincy of the company. As a remarkable instance of promptitude in the discharge of military duty, it will not be out of place to say here that the news of Gen. Hull's surrender at Detroit in 1812 was as hastily as possible conveyed from Cleveland to Maj. Gen. Wadsworth, commanding all the militia forces of Northern Ohio, the news reaching him on the 22nd day of August. He was an old soldier, and at once comprehended the danger to which the frontier was exposed, and without waiting for orders from any source, issued orders for calling out the militia and other military companies to march at once for Cleveland, the place of rendezvous. Among these was Capt. Doud's company. On the very next day, Aug. 23d, in the afternoon, Capt. Doud, with his troop of horses was in readiness on our public square and took up the line of march escorting General Wadsworth. This was Sunday and it must have been a day of intense interest to all. When we consider that these patriotic men were scattered in various townships as they were, we are safe in saying that but few instances can be found of greater promptitude. The plow was literally left in the furrow; the oxen unyoked, the grimy suit exchanged for a military one, hasty preparations, a farewell kiss to wife and children, a mount and gone - some never to return. What a night that 23rd of August must have been! What a hurrying to and fro of messengers on foot and horse, spreading the news and calling to arms! To many a one it was a sleepless, anxious night. We cannot follow the company. It is enough to say the men did their duty as soldiers until they were honorably discharged. Upon the close of the war Capt. Doud resumed his labors upon the farm, making it among the best in the township. He assumed his full share of all duties pertaining to a public spirited citizen, spending time and labor with out charge. His townsmen honored him by electing him without opposition to various trusts, such as trustee and justice of the peace.
He was also an enterprising business man. Wishing to develop the growth and sale of cattle, an interest that was coming into prominence, he bought and drove to the Philadelphia market droves of fat cattle. While so engaged he sickened and died. I find in the Canfield register of deaths the following entry: "Captain James Doud died in Chester county, about 30 miles from Philadelphia, while there with a drove of cattle and no acquaintances present but Linus Brainard, Oct. 13th, 1821, aged 51 years."
Capt. Doud was the father of seven children, all of whom are dead except the youngest. Heman Allen died in 1852. Lydia became the wife of Judge Bingham, formerly of Ellsworth; Mary married James Boyd; Anna A. married for her first husband a Mr. Hall, becoming a widow she married a banker in Pittsburgh by the name of Comstock. She is again a widow, and at last accounts was living in that city. William C., another son, died in 1837, James died in Washington City a few years ago and his body was brought to Canfield by his request to rest by the side of his ancestors. He married Miss Ann Barnes, a sister to Miss Sarah Barnes of this place. He frequently made prolonged visits to Canfield friends. His acquaintances remember him as an agreeably mannered gentleman. Two of his sons are prominent business men in Chicago. This completes about all we have to say of the first three years of the settlement of Canfield - the last years of the 18th century. The last year has added materially to the population - certainly we have at least seventy-five inhabitants - men, women and children - with which to continue our history. We are approaching a period when emigration is more rapid; at a point where we can speak of matters in the line of development more than settling and clearing land. As we have begun, we shall here and there give more of less prominence to certain ones for reasons that may appear in what we may say about them. Canfield, Ohio, J. TRUESDALE (To be continued.)"