Daddy
Died Aug. 4, 1919
Age 64 years
Son of Isaac W. Doten and Fidelia Wright Doten
Alfred "Fred" Isaac Doten was the son of Isaac W. Doten and Fidelia F. Wright. He was born July 29, 1854 in Spencer, Worcester, Mass. As an adult he moved to Lead, Lawrence South Dakota where he owned a ranch. He ran for the office of Sheriff and was elected and served. He married first to Mary May Zink and they divorced and he then married Margaret Emily Griggs on July 6, 1913. A local newspaper made the following report regarding his passing: August 29, 1919 Fred Doten, a well known rancher from near Karinen, died at his home from injuries received the day before in his corral. A maddened horse lunged at Mr. Doten, knocking him to the ground and stamping upon him. He never recovered consciousness. He was survived by his loving wife Margaret, son Alfred and daughter Lois Fidelia. He is at rest in South Lead Cemetery, Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Margaret is interred in Belle Fourche Cemetery, Butte, South Dakota.
Fred Doten had 3 children with his first wife Mary May Zink. They included Frank L. (born 1897; died as a baby), Ruth Louise (born 1903, married Anthony Sunzari), and Edward Eugene Doten (born 1909).
Lead Daily Call newspaper, August 5, 1919 - "FRED DOTEN KILLED. Knocked Down and Trod Upon by Horse at His Ranch. Word was received in Lead this morning that Fred Doten, at one time the sheriff of Lawrence county, had been killed by a horse at his ranch in Harding county.
Mr. Doten was engaged Sunday evening cutting out some horses in a corral at his ranch when suddenly a horse ran upon him, knocking him down and trampling upon him with both hind feet, the blows crushing his chest and breaking about every rib. He lived until the next morning, Monday, when the remains were taken to Belle Fourche where they now are. The body will be brought to Lead Saturday and Masonic services will be held here Saturday afternoon about 2 o'clock under the auspices of Golden Star lodge and burial will be made in Masonic cemetery.
Fred Doten was well known in Lawrence county and his friends were legion. He came to the Hills in about 1881 and was employed by transportation companies at different stage stations and in driving coaches for several years. For a long time he drove hack between Deadwood, Lead and Terry, and in 1900 was elected sheriff of Lawrence county upon the republican ticket, holding the position with honor and credit for two terms. At the end of his administration of the office of sheriff he removed to Harding county and engaged in the sheep business near Buffalo. His present ranch where the fatal blow was dealt him by the wild horse was about 20 miles southeast of Buffalo in the Slim Butte country, where he was engaged in the cattle business.
During his residence in Harding county he was twice honored by being elected sheriff of that county.
He was a member of the various branches of Masonry, belonging to the Blue lodge at Buffalo, and the Scottish Rite and Shrine at Deadwood. He was about 64 years of age.
He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his untimely and deplorable death." (NOTE: The obituary mistakenly has him buried in the Masonic Cemetery in West Lead instead of in South Lead Cemetery, where he is actually interred.)
Lead Daily Call, August 9, 1919 - "DOTEN FUNERAL SERVICES. Many People Pay Tribute to Memory of the Deceased. This morning the body of the late Fred Doten, former sheriff of Lawrence county who died as the result of an accident at his ranch in Harding county, arrived in the city, and was accompanied by the members of his family and many of his neighbors there. His funeral was held under the auspices of the Masons of Lead, he having been a member of Cedar Branch lodge A.F. & A.M. and was attended by members of the A.O.U.W. of Terry, he having been affiliated with both during his life. The services were held from the Masonic temple, many townspeople and people from Harding county, Deadwood and neighboring cities attending."
The News-Record, Terry, Lawrence County, South Dakota, Friday, December 9, 1904 - "Our former townsman, Fred Doten, who has so capably filled the office of sheriff for the past four years, will engage in the sheep business in the Belle Fourche valley after the first of the year."
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Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1267.
FRED I. DOTEN was born on July 29, 1855, at Spencer, Massachusetts, and is the son of Isaac W. and Fidelia (Wright) Doten, the former a native of Maine and the latter of Massachusetts. The forefathers of both came to this country in colonial times, and were prominent in the early history of New England, Mr. Doten's greatgrandfather serving as an officer in the American army through the Revolution. The father was a physician, practicing most of his time as such in Massachusetts, and dying. at Spencer when a comparatively young man. The sheriff grew to manhood in his native state, remaining there until he was twenty-one years old and getting his education in the district schools of Middlefield. Earlv in 1877 he left his native heath for the wild and undeveloped Black Hills region, traveling by way of Yankton and arriving at Rapid City on May 1. He passed the first summer prospecting on Rapid creek and in the autumn moved to Deadwood where he has had his home almost continuously since that time. He engaged in various pursuits necessary and profitable in the early days, such as driving stage, farming and running a hack line. In 1894 he went to Terry and put on a line of hacks to run between that place and Lead which he owned and managed until the beginning of 1901, when he gave it up to take charge of the office of sheriff of the county, to which he was elected in the fall of 1900 by a large majority of the people without seeking or desiring the nomination himself, being the candidate of the Republican party, to which he has always belonged. In his management of this office he has been very successful and has won high commendation from all classes of his fellow citizens. He is brave, keen and honest, true to every public interest and ever considerate as well of private rights and the feelings of all, proving with force and impressiveness that the public judgment which singled him out for the place was good and wisely heeded. He mingles freely m the fraternal life of the community, belonging to the Knights of Pythias and the United Workmen at Terry, and the Eagles, Red Men and Elks at Deadwood.
On June 8, 1896, Mr. Doten was married at Terry to Miss Mary Zink, a native of Kansas and daughter of William L. Zink, one of the prominent citizens of the Hills who settled in this region when she was only one year old.
Died Aug. 4, 1919
Age 64 years
Son of Isaac W. Doten and Fidelia Wright Doten
Alfred "Fred" Isaac Doten was the son of Isaac W. Doten and Fidelia F. Wright. He was born July 29, 1854 in Spencer, Worcester, Mass. As an adult he moved to Lead, Lawrence South Dakota where he owned a ranch. He ran for the office of Sheriff and was elected and served. He married first to Mary May Zink and they divorced and he then married Margaret Emily Griggs on July 6, 1913. A local newspaper made the following report regarding his passing: August 29, 1919 Fred Doten, a well known rancher from near Karinen, died at his home from injuries received the day before in his corral. A maddened horse lunged at Mr. Doten, knocking him to the ground and stamping upon him. He never recovered consciousness. He was survived by his loving wife Margaret, son Alfred and daughter Lois Fidelia. He is at rest in South Lead Cemetery, Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Margaret is interred in Belle Fourche Cemetery, Butte, South Dakota.
Fred Doten had 3 children with his first wife Mary May Zink. They included Frank L. (born 1897; died as a baby), Ruth Louise (born 1903, married Anthony Sunzari), and Edward Eugene Doten (born 1909).
Lead Daily Call newspaper, August 5, 1919 - "FRED DOTEN KILLED. Knocked Down and Trod Upon by Horse at His Ranch. Word was received in Lead this morning that Fred Doten, at one time the sheriff of Lawrence county, had been killed by a horse at his ranch in Harding county.
Mr. Doten was engaged Sunday evening cutting out some horses in a corral at his ranch when suddenly a horse ran upon him, knocking him down and trampling upon him with both hind feet, the blows crushing his chest and breaking about every rib. He lived until the next morning, Monday, when the remains were taken to Belle Fourche where they now are. The body will be brought to Lead Saturday and Masonic services will be held here Saturday afternoon about 2 o'clock under the auspices of Golden Star lodge and burial will be made in Masonic cemetery.
Fred Doten was well known in Lawrence county and his friends were legion. He came to the Hills in about 1881 and was employed by transportation companies at different stage stations and in driving coaches for several years. For a long time he drove hack between Deadwood, Lead and Terry, and in 1900 was elected sheriff of Lawrence county upon the republican ticket, holding the position with honor and credit for two terms. At the end of his administration of the office of sheriff he removed to Harding county and engaged in the sheep business near Buffalo. His present ranch where the fatal blow was dealt him by the wild horse was about 20 miles southeast of Buffalo in the Slim Butte country, where he was engaged in the cattle business.
During his residence in Harding county he was twice honored by being elected sheriff of that county.
He was a member of the various branches of Masonry, belonging to the Blue lodge at Buffalo, and the Scottish Rite and Shrine at Deadwood. He was about 64 years of age.
He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his untimely and deplorable death." (NOTE: The obituary mistakenly has him buried in the Masonic Cemetery in West Lead instead of in South Lead Cemetery, where he is actually interred.)
Lead Daily Call, August 9, 1919 - "DOTEN FUNERAL SERVICES. Many People Pay Tribute to Memory of the Deceased. This morning the body of the late Fred Doten, former sheriff of Lawrence county who died as the result of an accident at his ranch in Harding county, arrived in the city, and was accompanied by the members of his family and many of his neighbors there. His funeral was held under the auspices of the Masons of Lead, he having been a member of Cedar Branch lodge A.F. & A.M. and was attended by members of the A.O.U.W. of Terry, he having been affiliated with both during his life. The services were held from the Masonic temple, many townspeople and people from Harding county, Deadwood and neighboring cities attending."
The News-Record, Terry, Lawrence County, South Dakota, Friday, December 9, 1904 - "Our former townsman, Fred Doten, who has so capably filled the office of sheriff for the past four years, will engage in the sheep business in the Belle Fourche valley after the first of the year."
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Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1267.
FRED I. DOTEN was born on July 29, 1855, at Spencer, Massachusetts, and is the son of Isaac W. and Fidelia (Wright) Doten, the former a native of Maine and the latter of Massachusetts. The forefathers of both came to this country in colonial times, and were prominent in the early history of New England, Mr. Doten's greatgrandfather serving as an officer in the American army through the Revolution. The father was a physician, practicing most of his time as such in Massachusetts, and dying. at Spencer when a comparatively young man. The sheriff grew to manhood in his native state, remaining there until he was twenty-one years old and getting his education in the district schools of Middlefield. Earlv in 1877 he left his native heath for the wild and undeveloped Black Hills region, traveling by way of Yankton and arriving at Rapid City on May 1. He passed the first summer prospecting on Rapid creek and in the autumn moved to Deadwood where he has had his home almost continuously since that time. He engaged in various pursuits necessary and profitable in the early days, such as driving stage, farming and running a hack line. In 1894 he went to Terry and put on a line of hacks to run between that place and Lead which he owned and managed until the beginning of 1901, when he gave it up to take charge of the office of sheriff of the county, to which he was elected in the fall of 1900 by a large majority of the people without seeking or desiring the nomination himself, being the candidate of the Republican party, to which he has always belonged. In his management of this office he has been very successful and has won high commendation from all classes of his fellow citizens. He is brave, keen and honest, true to every public interest and ever considerate as well of private rights and the feelings of all, proving with force and impressiveness that the public judgment which singled him out for the place was good and wisely heeded. He mingles freely m the fraternal life of the community, belonging to the Knights of Pythias and the United Workmen at Terry, and the Eagles, Red Men and Elks at Deadwood.
On June 8, 1896, Mr. Doten was married at Terry to Miss Mary Zink, a native of Kansas and daughter of William L. Zink, one of the prominent citizens of the Hills who settled in this region when she was only one year old.
Daddy
Died Aug. 4, 1919
Age 64 years
Son of Isaac W. Doten and Fidelia Wright Doten
Alfred "Fred" Isaac Doten was the son of Isaac W. Doten and Fidelia F. Wright. He was born July 29, 1854 in Spencer, Worcester, Mass. As an adult he moved to Lead, Lawrence South Dakota where he owned a ranch. He ran for the office of Sheriff and was elected and served. He married first to Mary May Zink and they divorced and he then married Margaret Emily Griggs on July 6, 1913. A local newspaper made the following report regarding his passing: August 29, 1919 Fred Doten, a well known rancher from near Karinen, died at his home from injuries received the day before in his corral. A maddened horse lunged at Mr. Doten, knocking him to the ground and stamping upon him. He never recovered consciousness. He was survived by his loving wife Margaret, son Alfred and daughter Lois Fidelia. He is at rest in South Lead Cemetery, Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Margaret is interred in Belle Fourche Cemetery, Butte, South Dakota.
Fred Doten had 3 children with his first wife Mary May Zink. They included Frank L. (born 1897; died as a baby), Ruth Louise (born 1903, married Anthony Sunzari), and Edward Eugene Doten (born 1909).
Lead Daily Call newspaper, August 5, 1919 - "FRED DOTEN KILLED. Knocked Down and Trod Upon by Horse at His Ranch. Word was received in Lead this morning that Fred Doten, at one time the sheriff of Lawrence county, had been killed by a horse at his ranch in Harding county.
Mr. Doten was engaged Sunday evening cutting out some horses in a corral at his ranch when suddenly a horse ran upon him, knocking him down and trampling upon him with both hind feet, the blows crushing his chest and breaking about every rib. He lived until the next morning, Monday, when the remains were taken to Belle Fourche where they now are. The body will be brought to Lead Saturday and Masonic services will be held here Saturday afternoon about 2 o'clock under the auspices of Golden Star lodge and burial will be made in Masonic cemetery.
Fred Doten was well known in Lawrence county and his friends were legion. He came to the Hills in about 1881 and was employed by transportation companies at different stage stations and in driving coaches for several years. For a long time he drove hack between Deadwood, Lead and Terry, and in 1900 was elected sheriff of Lawrence county upon the republican ticket, holding the position with honor and credit for two terms. At the end of his administration of the office of sheriff he removed to Harding county and engaged in the sheep business near Buffalo. His present ranch where the fatal blow was dealt him by the wild horse was about 20 miles southeast of Buffalo in the Slim Butte country, where he was engaged in the cattle business.
During his residence in Harding county he was twice honored by being elected sheriff of that county.
He was a member of the various branches of Masonry, belonging to the Blue lodge at Buffalo, and the Scottish Rite and Shrine at Deadwood. He was about 64 years of age.
He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his untimely and deplorable death." (NOTE: The obituary mistakenly has him buried in the Masonic Cemetery in West Lead instead of in South Lead Cemetery, where he is actually interred.)
Lead Daily Call, August 9, 1919 - "DOTEN FUNERAL SERVICES. Many People Pay Tribute to Memory of the Deceased. This morning the body of the late Fred Doten, former sheriff of Lawrence county who died as the result of an accident at his ranch in Harding county, arrived in the city, and was accompanied by the members of his family and many of his neighbors there. His funeral was held under the auspices of the Masons of Lead, he having been a member of Cedar Branch lodge A.F. & A.M. and was attended by members of the A.O.U.W. of Terry, he having been affiliated with both during his life. The services were held from the Masonic temple, many townspeople and people from Harding county, Deadwood and neighboring cities attending."
The News-Record, Terry, Lawrence County, South Dakota, Friday, December 9, 1904 - "Our former townsman, Fred Doten, who has so capably filled the office of sheriff for the past four years, will engage in the sheep business in the Belle Fourche valley after the first of the year."
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Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1267.
FRED I. DOTEN was born on July 29, 1855, at Spencer, Massachusetts, and is the son of Isaac W. and Fidelia (Wright) Doten, the former a native of Maine and the latter of Massachusetts. The forefathers of both came to this country in colonial times, and were prominent in the early history of New England, Mr. Doten's greatgrandfather serving as an officer in the American army through the Revolution. The father was a physician, practicing most of his time as such in Massachusetts, and dying. at Spencer when a comparatively young man. The sheriff grew to manhood in his native state, remaining there until he was twenty-one years old and getting his education in the district schools of Middlefield. Earlv in 1877 he left his native heath for the wild and undeveloped Black Hills region, traveling by way of Yankton and arriving at Rapid City on May 1. He passed the first summer prospecting on Rapid creek and in the autumn moved to Deadwood where he has had his home almost continuously since that time. He engaged in various pursuits necessary and profitable in the early days, such as driving stage, farming and running a hack line. In 1894 he went to Terry and put on a line of hacks to run between that place and Lead which he owned and managed until the beginning of 1901, when he gave it up to take charge of the office of sheriff of the county, to which he was elected in the fall of 1900 by a large majority of the people without seeking or desiring the nomination himself, being the candidate of the Republican party, to which he has always belonged. In his management of this office he has been very successful and has won high commendation from all classes of his fellow citizens. He is brave, keen and honest, true to every public interest and ever considerate as well of private rights and the feelings of all, proving with force and impressiveness that the public judgment which singled him out for the place was good and wisely heeded. He mingles freely m the fraternal life of the community, belonging to the Knights of Pythias and the United Workmen at Terry, and the Eagles, Red Men and Elks at Deadwood.
On June 8, 1896, Mr. Doten was married at Terry to Miss Mary Zink, a native of Kansas and daughter of William L. Zink, one of the prominent citizens of the Hills who settled in this region when she was only one year old.
Died Aug. 4, 1919
Age 64 years
Son of Isaac W. Doten and Fidelia Wright Doten
Alfred "Fred" Isaac Doten was the son of Isaac W. Doten and Fidelia F. Wright. He was born July 29, 1854 in Spencer, Worcester, Mass. As an adult he moved to Lead, Lawrence South Dakota where he owned a ranch. He ran for the office of Sheriff and was elected and served. He married first to Mary May Zink and they divorced and he then married Margaret Emily Griggs on July 6, 1913. A local newspaper made the following report regarding his passing: August 29, 1919 Fred Doten, a well known rancher from near Karinen, died at his home from injuries received the day before in his corral. A maddened horse lunged at Mr. Doten, knocking him to the ground and stamping upon him. He never recovered consciousness. He was survived by his loving wife Margaret, son Alfred and daughter Lois Fidelia. He is at rest in South Lead Cemetery, Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Margaret is interred in Belle Fourche Cemetery, Butte, South Dakota.
Fred Doten had 3 children with his first wife Mary May Zink. They included Frank L. (born 1897; died as a baby), Ruth Louise (born 1903, married Anthony Sunzari), and Edward Eugene Doten (born 1909).
Lead Daily Call newspaper, August 5, 1919 - "FRED DOTEN KILLED. Knocked Down and Trod Upon by Horse at His Ranch. Word was received in Lead this morning that Fred Doten, at one time the sheriff of Lawrence county, had been killed by a horse at his ranch in Harding county.
Mr. Doten was engaged Sunday evening cutting out some horses in a corral at his ranch when suddenly a horse ran upon him, knocking him down and trampling upon him with both hind feet, the blows crushing his chest and breaking about every rib. He lived until the next morning, Monday, when the remains were taken to Belle Fourche where they now are. The body will be brought to Lead Saturday and Masonic services will be held here Saturday afternoon about 2 o'clock under the auspices of Golden Star lodge and burial will be made in Masonic cemetery.
Fred Doten was well known in Lawrence county and his friends were legion. He came to the Hills in about 1881 and was employed by transportation companies at different stage stations and in driving coaches for several years. For a long time he drove hack between Deadwood, Lead and Terry, and in 1900 was elected sheriff of Lawrence county upon the republican ticket, holding the position with honor and credit for two terms. At the end of his administration of the office of sheriff he removed to Harding county and engaged in the sheep business near Buffalo. His present ranch where the fatal blow was dealt him by the wild horse was about 20 miles southeast of Buffalo in the Slim Butte country, where he was engaged in the cattle business.
During his residence in Harding county he was twice honored by being elected sheriff of that county.
He was a member of the various branches of Masonry, belonging to the Blue lodge at Buffalo, and the Scottish Rite and Shrine at Deadwood. He was about 64 years of age.
He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his untimely and deplorable death." (NOTE: The obituary mistakenly has him buried in the Masonic Cemetery in West Lead instead of in South Lead Cemetery, where he is actually interred.)
Lead Daily Call, August 9, 1919 - "DOTEN FUNERAL SERVICES. Many People Pay Tribute to Memory of the Deceased. This morning the body of the late Fred Doten, former sheriff of Lawrence county who died as the result of an accident at his ranch in Harding county, arrived in the city, and was accompanied by the members of his family and many of his neighbors there. His funeral was held under the auspices of the Masons of Lead, he having been a member of Cedar Branch lodge A.F. & A.M. and was attended by members of the A.O.U.W. of Terry, he having been affiliated with both during his life. The services were held from the Masonic temple, many townspeople and people from Harding county, Deadwood and neighboring cities attending."
The News-Record, Terry, Lawrence County, South Dakota, Friday, December 9, 1904 - "Our former townsman, Fred Doten, who has so capably filled the office of sheriff for the past four years, will engage in the sheep business in the Belle Fourche valley after the first of the year."
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Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1267.
FRED I. DOTEN was born on July 29, 1855, at Spencer, Massachusetts, and is the son of Isaac W. and Fidelia (Wright) Doten, the former a native of Maine and the latter of Massachusetts. The forefathers of both came to this country in colonial times, and were prominent in the early history of New England, Mr. Doten's greatgrandfather serving as an officer in the American army through the Revolution. The father was a physician, practicing most of his time as such in Massachusetts, and dying. at Spencer when a comparatively young man. The sheriff grew to manhood in his native state, remaining there until he was twenty-one years old and getting his education in the district schools of Middlefield. Earlv in 1877 he left his native heath for the wild and undeveloped Black Hills region, traveling by way of Yankton and arriving at Rapid City on May 1. He passed the first summer prospecting on Rapid creek and in the autumn moved to Deadwood where he has had his home almost continuously since that time. He engaged in various pursuits necessary and profitable in the early days, such as driving stage, farming and running a hack line. In 1894 he went to Terry and put on a line of hacks to run between that place and Lead which he owned and managed until the beginning of 1901, when he gave it up to take charge of the office of sheriff of the county, to which he was elected in the fall of 1900 by a large majority of the people without seeking or desiring the nomination himself, being the candidate of the Republican party, to which he has always belonged. In his management of this office he has been very successful and has won high commendation from all classes of his fellow citizens. He is brave, keen and honest, true to every public interest and ever considerate as well of private rights and the feelings of all, proving with force and impressiveness that the public judgment which singled him out for the place was good and wisely heeded. He mingles freely m the fraternal life of the community, belonging to the Knights of Pythias and the United Workmen at Terry, and the Eagles, Red Men and Elks at Deadwood.
On June 8, 1896, Mr. Doten was married at Terry to Miss Mary Zink, a native of Kansas and daughter of William L. Zink, one of the prominent citizens of the Hills who settled in this region when she was only one year old.
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