Doutt Dialogues

Volume 18, Issue 2 July 2008

A Newsletter for the family Doutt

 

The children and their spouses of William A. Doutt and Opal Dodson

Left to right:

Back row: Donnie with his wife, Anita; Joanne with her husband, Dale Horn; Helen with her husband Joseph Nichols; William A. Jr. with his wife Dorothy; Mary Ellen with her husband, Vergil Bloomquist

Front row: John with his wife, Emily; Sam, Ruth, and James

Photo taken about 1955

Not in picture: Don Ingertson, husband of Ruth Doutt

Doutt Dialogues, published three times a year, funded by donation only.

Editor: Frances Doutt Smith, fjdsmith@aol.com

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Dear Friends,

I hope this finds you well. Like must of the country, we have had lots of rain, floods, and now heat. Hopefully, we will get back to the good old hot weather of summer, without all the flooding.

Summer seems to be the time of reunions. What a wonderful way to make connections with our extended families. I have reported on three reunions in this issue, one of which has not yet happened. I hope you will try to go to the Doutt-McKinney reunion. I know that all Doutts and relatives of Doutts are welcome, and they would love to see you. The numbers attending it have dwindled over the years, but they are hoping to continue. It would be a shame if the 109th reunion were the last.

I have taken a few short trips this summer with one or another of my children. It was fun to travel to Memphis and tour Elvis's home, and to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and see the view from the top of Lookout Mountain. Also we rode up the Incline Railroad. I went with my daughter, Christine, and grandchildren, Meredith and Andy. Christine suggested that I take trips with each of my children, and then I could rate them against each other.; (for the quality of the trip??) Funny girl!

Take care, and let me hear from you.

Frances

E-mail address: fjdsmith@aol.com

Table of Contents

A Pictorial Record of the family of William A. Doutt and Opal Dodson 3

109th Annual Doutt-McKinney Family Reunion 7

Those Difficult Smiths 8

Another Family Reunion 10

Photo Album 11

Current News 12

Obituaries 13

 

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A Pictorial Record of the family of

William A. Doutt and Opal Dodson

William A. Doutt was the son of Samuel Blair Doutt and Mary Wescott. He grew up in Independence, Missouri, the oldest of six children. He married Opal Dodson on 4 November 1916. The pictures I am including here are of some of the children and their families.

William A. Doutt and his wife, Opal Dodson

William A. Doutt, 1892 or 1893

The children of William A. Doutt and Opal Dodson.

Left to right:

Back row: James, Joanne, Donnie, Helen, William A. Jr. (Buzz)

Front row: Ruth, John, Sam, and Mary Ellen.

Photo taken about 1955

Many thanks to Mary Ellen Bloomquist for the pictures from their Doutt reunions.

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Photo at left: 1991

Buzz (William A. Jr), Sam, Mary Ellen, John, James, and Don

Photo at right, August 1994

John Richard Doutt, James Elroy Doutt, Mary Ellen (Mert) Doutt Bloomquist, Joanne Opal Doutt Horn, and Buzz (William A. Doutt, Jr)

 

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Photo at left: April 2007

Buzz (William A. Jr), Mary Ellen, Donnie, Joanne, and James Doutt

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Most, if not all, of the following pictures were taken at the 2007 reunion of the William A. Doutt family in Independence, Missouri

Photo at left:

James Doutt's family:

Back row: Patt Doutt, Sara Doutt (Kevin's daughter), Dakota Doutt (Jimmy's daughter), Coulton (Sara's son), Cale Doutt (Kevin's son)

Front row: David Doutt, Susan, James Doutt

The two pictures on the right show the Family of John Doutt (deceased):

Upper picture:

Back row: Bob Myles, Debbie Doutt Myles, Tina Doutt Elders

Front row: Emily Dyke Doutt, Heather Myles holding _______, and Zach (Tina's daugher Chris's son)

 

 

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Lower picture:

Back row: Zack Moon, Joni Doutt Countryman, Debbie Doutt Myles, Tina Doutt Elders, and Donnie Countryman.

Front row: Heather Myles, Bob Myles, Emily Dike Doutt, Tim Elders

 

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Photo at right:

William A. Doutt Jr. Family

Back row:

Buzz (William A. Jr), Billy (William A. Third), holding his son Wyatt Doutt

Front row: Billy's wife, Shari, their son William A. Doutt the Fourth, and Buzz's wife, Dorothy.

Photo at left:

Mary Ellen and Vergil Bloomquist's Family

Mary Ellen and Vergil Bloomquist

(their two sons live on the coast, and could not come to the reunion)

The two pictures at the right show

Joanne Doutt Horn's family.

Upper picture:

Back row: Marvin Horn, Joanne Doutt Horn, and Jackie Wingo Horn.

Front row: Crystal Horn (Kevin and Jackie's daughter) holding her daughter Caitlyn Horn, Kenny Horn, Kevin Horn.

Lower picture:

Back row: Marvin, Kevin and wife Jackie

Front row: Kenny and Joanne Doutt Horn.

 

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Briefly, the William A. Doutt descendants go like this:

William A. Doutt married Opal Dodson

Their children:

  1. Helen married Joseph Nichols
    Their children: Peggy, Penny, Robyn
  2. Ruth married Don Ingertson
    Their children: Raymond, Donna
  3. William A. Doutt Jr. married Dorothy Jacobson
    Their children: Brenda, JoAnn, William A. Doutt Third
  4. Mary Ellen Doutt married Vergil Bloomquist
    Their children: Dennis, Chris
  5. Samuel Doutt married Vera Hein
    Their children: Barbara, Sara, Marjorie
  6. John Doutt married Emily Dike
    Their children: Debra, Joni, Tina, John Jr.
  7. James Doutt married Patricia Smith
    Their children: Kevin, Gregory, James, David
  8. Joanne Doutt married Dale Horn
    Their children: Kevin,Jo Ellen
    Joanne Doutt married Kenneth Horn
    His children: Marvin Horn,others
  9. Donnie Doutt married Anita Bain
    Their children: Kenneth, Mitchael

William A. Doutt Sr. descends by this lineage:
John Doutt/Elisabeth
Absalom Solomon Doutt/Elizabeth McFarland
Absalom S. Doutt Jr/Sarah G. Smith
Samuel Blair Doutt/Mary Wescott
William A. Doutt/Opal Dodson

[Photo taken at the 2007 Doutt-McKinney Reunion]

109th Annual Doutt-McKinney Family Reunion

WHEN: Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 1 pm. Dinner starts at 1:30 --snacking all day.

WHERE: Bryan and Rosanne Penn's House

234 Goldscheitter Road

Sarver, PA 16055

Phone # (724) 353-1053 Cell # (724) 822-1357

E-mail: pennsarver@aol.com

PLEASE BRING: A covered dish, BINGO prizes, and a couple of lawn chairs for everyone to have a seat. We have a swimming pool, so bring your suits and towels.

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Those Difficult Smiths

Anyone who has Smiths to research knows how hard they are to find. So I wasn't surprised to be at a brick wall with Philip Smith and his wife Mary, parents of my great-grandmother, Sarah G. Smith who married Absalom Solomon Doutt Jr. They were in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania in the 1850 and 1860 census. From Sarah's death certificate, I learned that her mother's maiden name was McFarland, but other than that, I was stuck.

In 1997, I sent a query in to Armstrong County, Pennsylvania on the Internet, asking for information about Philip and Mary McFarland Smith. I had found nothing except the 1850 and 1860 census records. As for their children, of course I had records of Sarah (who married Absalom S. Doutt Jr.) and also a little about Sarah's brother, Samuel, but nothing else.

Fast forward to the Spring of 2008. I received a message from a nice lady who was doing look-ups for another researcher. She had seen my 1997 query, and wondered if there was a connection to the Philip Smith and Mary Weaver she had found in Franklin Co., Illinois, who were in the 1870 census there. Several of their children had married in Franklin County, Illinois, and had listed parents as Philip Smith and Mary Weaver. My first reaction was to question it, but upon studying it farther, it seems most likely that it is the same family. I have to assume that the son who gave the informtion for Sarah's death certificate gave the incorrect information. As a son of Sarah's, he probably knew that one of his grandmothers' maiden name was McFarland, but must have gotten the wrong one. Perhaps he didn't know the other's name. It seems pretty sure that he had never met either lady.

So, my great-great grandparents were in Franklin County, Illinois by 1870, along with several of their children. No wonder I couldn't find them in Pennsylvania. One wonders if Sarah was aware of how close-by her siblings were, when Sarah and Absalom moved to Chester, Illinois. Only 50 to 60 miles away; not far by today's standards, but certainly a long ways in 1880.

Recently I was able to visit the cemeteries in Franklin County, Illinois, where some of the Smiths are buried. Philip and Mary's names are listed on the stone along with a son (George Weaver Smith) and some of his family, but there are no death dates for Philip and Mary on the stone. I would imagine that they are buried there, but haven't found proof as yet. The entire family needs a lot of research.

Another surprise came from the same researcher I mentioned earlier. I had said that I was sure of my information about Elizabeth McFarland. Her name was correct and her father was William McFarland, residing in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. (Elizabeth McFarland married Absalom Solomon Doutt, and later divorced him). She commented that she had a William McFarland who resided in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, also. We compared notes, and found that it was the same William McFarland. I was able to give her a copy of his will, and she was able to tell me his wife's name, which was Nancy Stewart.

Maiden names can be difficult to learn, and I feel very fortunate to be able to report two new ones to you. William McFarland and Nancy Stewart are parents of Elizabeth McFarland, who married Absalom Solomon Doutt. And Philip Smith and Mary Weaver are the parents of Sarah G. Smith, who married Absalom Solomon Doutt Jr. Two more puzzles are solved, at least partially.

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Briefly, here is what I know about Philip Smith's family.

Philip Smith, born about 1800 in Pennsylvania, married Mary Weaver, born about 1810, also in Pennsylvania. The last census I find them in is 1870.

Their children:

1) Caroline Smith b:abt 1828

(No other information)

2) Peggy A. Smith b: abt 1830

(No other information)

3) Elizabeth Smith b: abt 1835

(No other information)

4) Samuel S. Smith b: 10 Sep 1836 d: 25 Aug 1910 m: Mary

(This family moved to Lawrence Co., PA. Their children: Elmira, Frank, Ida, William, Austin, Martha, John S., James, Newton, Howard , Jessie, Ezra, Jera)

5) James Smith b: abt 1837

(I think this family was in 1860 Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, lists wife, Leah, children: Samuel, Mary, Elizabeth A.; not found after that.

6) Sarah G. Smith b: 13 Feb 1840 d: 19 Jun 1921 m: Absalom Solomon Doutt Jr.

(This family is found in Lawrence County, Ohio in 1870, and in Randolph County, Illinois in 1880. Their children are Mary, Samuel, Eda, Solomin, Thomas, Bertha, Agnes, and Sarah).

7) Philip Smith b: 1843 d: 1916 m: Agnes Jane Stoop

m2: Leila Cooper Ponder

(This family lived in Franklin Co., Illinois. children: an infant (unnamed), Sarah, Charlotte, Franklin, William G., Harvey, Cross O.; all children are Agnes')

8) George Weaver Smith b: 1847 d: 2 Jan 1910 m: Eliza Davis

m2: Jessie Arabell Burns

(This family lived in Franklin Co., Illinois; children: Mary, Amanda, John, Aaron, Luther J., William Robert, all children of Eliza Davis. George Weaver Smith and Jessie Burns had two children, Rainey, and Theodore. Jessie also had children by a former marriage.)

9) Thompson P. Smith b: abt 1849 m: Anna

(This family lived in Franklin Co., Illinois in 1880; daughter Gertrude. Nothing else.)

Sarah G. Smith

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Another Family Reunion

Back row: Kathleen Doutt Ward, Joy Doutt Erikson, Wayne Doutt, Sharyn Vivona Doutt, David Ward, David Doutt

Middle row: Corey James Selhost, Joe Ward, Jesse Farley, Marty Farley, Kristin Doutt

Front row: Jean Hendricks Doutt, Matthew Doutt, Jenny Doutt, Anna Pugsley Doutt, Shyann Farley, AnnaBell Farley, Anna Marie Ward Farley

Kathy Doutt wrote that her mother, Anna Pugsley Doutt, celetrated her 91st birthday in September 2007, and decided she wanted a family reunion. Things happened quickly then. Joy (Kathy's sister) brought their mother back to Illinois, and they had the reunion at a park in Milan on the first of October. Almost everyone was able to attend. Afterward, Kathy took her mother to visit relatives in Holland, Michigan; Brunswick, Ohio; Florida; Mississippi; Dallas; Albuquerque, NM; and on to Williams, AZ; and eventually home to Vallejo, California. It was quite a road trip.

Anna Pugsley Doutt and her kids:

Back row: Wayne Doutt, David Doutt

Front row: Kathleen Doutt Ward,

Anna Pugsley Doutt, Joy Doutt Erikson

Kathy Doutt Ward descends by the following lineage:

John Doutt/Elisabeth
Absalom Solomon Doutt/Elizabeth McFarland
Ephraim Theodore Doutt/Emeline Butler
William E. Doutt/Elizabeth Fluman
Ralph E. Doutt/Anna Louise Pugsley
Kathleen Doutt/David Ward

 

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Photo Album ....

 

Chase D. Doutt

Heather M. Doutt

Friends and Family Quilt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Several years ago, Kathleen Ward , had the idea of making a quilt from swatches of material sent by friends and family. Hence it became the Friends and Family Quilt, which is truly lovely, although I'm sure the photograph does not do it justice.

 

Danny Q. Doutt of Dover. Pennsylvania, sent these pictures of his children.

Heather M Doutt is 28 years old, and is now living in New York City and is an account executive for Kirshenbaum & Bond Ad Agency.

Chase D. Doutt is 23 years old. He just graduated from University of South Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and is working for M.E.I. Engineering firm in Mulberry, Florida. He is engaged to Lyndee Moody of Lakeland, Florida, and they are planning an October wedding.

Heather and Chase descend by the following:

John Doutt/Elisabeth
Reuben Doutt/Anna Stopp
John Doutt/Susan Ziegler
Noah Doutt/Elda Gilliland
Vance Doutt/Arvilla Foster
V. Dewayne Doutt/Beverly A. Snyder
Danny Q. Doutt/Sandra E. Huston
Heather M. Doutt
Chase D. Doutt

 

 

 

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Kathy Ward sent this picture of AnnaBell, Shyann and their parents, Marty and Anna Farley. AnnaBell was baptized on 10 Oct 2007 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Coal Valley, where she has been attending Sunday School with her sister. The entire family attended the baptism.

 

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Current News....

 

 

 

Alisha Michelle Doutt, daughter of Amy Sue Doutt, graduated cum laude from Waynesburg (PA) Central High School, 30 May 2008.

She descends by the following lineage:

Cody Jayne Bloomquist and David Benjamin Koenig were married at the Seattle LDS Temple in Edmonds, Washington, on August 17, 2007. Cody is the daughter of Cleo Kay Bettinger and Chris Reid Bloomquist.

John Doutt/Catherine Good
Amon Doutt/Sarah Lafferty
Amos Marlin Doutt/Emma Alice Green
Aaron Irwin Doutt/Elsie May Wright
Louis Rufus Doutt/Annabelle J. Dawson
Louis Aaron Doutt/Suann Dulaney
Amy Sue Doutt
Alisha Michelle Doutt

 

Cody descends by the following lineage:

John Doutt/Elisabeth
Absalom Solomon Doutt/Elizabeth McFarland
Absalom Solomon Doutt Jr./Sarah G. Smith
Samuel Blair Doutt/Mary Wescott
William A. Doutt/Opal Dodson
Mary Ellen Doutt/Vergil Bloomquist
Chris Reid Bloomquist/Cleo Kay Bettinger
Cody Jayne Bloomquist

 

Corey James Selhost graduated with honors from Moline (IL) High School on 1 June 2007. He started at Northern Illinois University in August, majoring in Computer Science.

 

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Corey descends by the following lineage:

John Doutt/Elisabeth
Absalom Solomon Doutt/Elizabeth McFarland
Ephraim Theodore Doutt/Emeline Butler
William E. Doutt/Elizabeth A. Fluman
Ralph E. Doutt/Anna Louise Pugsley
Lois Kathleen Doutt/David Ward
Anna Marie Ward/Douglas James Selhost
Corey James Selhost

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Obituaries ....

 

Maryanne Doutt

Maryanne Doutt of San Jose, passed quietly on May 24th, 2008. She is survived by her children, Joanne Jones of San Diego, Mark Doutt of San Jose, her grandchildren Katie, Kristoffer, Brittney, Madison, great-grandson Jack and her sister Ellen LaBonte of Eureka. She was stubbornly independent until the very end, a trait we knew well. Her greatest lesson was her devotion to Jesus. Mom kept a smile on her face and courage in her heart until the very end. Our hearts will ache and our tears will flow. We'll miss her so very much. Heaven is definitely sweeter now.

[From San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Sunday, June 1, 2008]

Maryanne was the widow of Edward Levie Doutt, who descends by the following:

John Doutt/Catherine Good
Amon Doutt/Sarah Lafferty
James Lafferty Doutt/Exsana Morton
Henry Alton Doutt/Bertha May Bunting
Floyd Alton Doutt/Gladys Bell Moore
Edward Levie Doutt/Maryanne Catherine Hess

Pictured above is Melissa Anne Smith. She graduated from Lindbergh High School, St. Louis, MO, in May, and plans to attend Missouri University at Columbia, MO in the Fall. She is the daughter of David Wayne Smith and Patty Kincaid Smith, and also is your editor's granddaughter.

Melissa descends by the following:

John Doutt/Elisabeth
Absalom Solomon Doutt/Elizabeth McFarland
Absalom Solomon Doutt Jr./Sarah G. Smith
Samuel Blair Doutt/Mary Wescott
Marvin W. Doutt/Mable B. Case
Frances Jean Doutt/Luckett M. Smith
David Wayne Smith/Patty Kincaid
Melissa Anne Smith

Betty Strobel

Betty Strobel died on 24 Jul 2007. I haven't found an obituary. However, I can tell you that she was the daughter of James Carl Sneed and Iva Marie Doutt. She married Robert Francis Strobel in 1939. She had one brother, James Sneed, and several children.

Betty descends by the following:

John Doutt/Elisabeth
John H. Doutt/Lydia Frantz
James W. Doutt/Anna Iaman
Charles Wilford Doutt/Grace Hamil
Iva Marie Doutt/James Carl Sneed
Betty Meredith Sneed/Robert Francis Strobel

 

 

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John D. Doutt deployed to Middle East

Petty Officer 2nd Class John D. Doutt has deployed to the Middle East for service with the Navy's Expeditionary Logistics Support Group Forward Hotel. The unit is based in Williamsburg, VA.

Doutt will perform customs inspections in Kuwait and Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Doutt, a 1986 graduate of Fort LeBoeuf High School, joined the Navy in 1988.

From: Erie Times-News (goerie.com on the Internet.) 15 June 2008

 

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Virginia D. Jewell

Virginia D. Jewell, 95, of Butler died at 11:40 am Monday at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born July 7, 1912, in Connoquenessing Township, she was the daughter of Murl and Mattie Doutt Dumbaugh.

She was a Protestant.

Mrs. Jewell was a homemaker. She was a life member of the Tanglewood Senior Center and of the Elks Ladies Auxiliary. She enjoyed knitting, crossword puzzles and ceramics.

Surviving are a son, Rex A. Jewell Jr. of Butler; two daughters, Billie J. Morabito and her husband, Vito, and Nancy G. Sarver, all of Butler; 14 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren; a brother, Max Dumbaugh of Pinellas Park, Fla; two sisters, Pauline Fair of Naples, Fla., and Frances Donnel of Butler; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Her husband, Rex A. Jewell Sr., died May 12, 1970. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, a great-grandchild, four sisters, and three brothers.

JEWELL -- Friends of Virginia D. Jewell, who died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, will be received from 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 pm, Wednesday at the THOMPSON-MILLER FUNERAL HOME, 124 E. North St. Services will follow at 8 pm Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Ralph Link, retired minister, officiating. Burial will be at the Butler County Memorial Park.

[From: probably a Butler (PA) newspaper.]

Virginia descends by this lineage:

John Doutt/Elisabeth
John H. Doutt/Lydia Frantz
William Semmes Doutt/Elisabeth Ann George
Mattie Lavina Doutt/Harry Murl Dumbaugh
Virginia Dumbaugh/Rex Allen Jewell Sr.

 

 

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Erika Walters

SMETHPORT -- Erika L. Walters, 50, of Cyclone, died Tuesday (Apr 8, 2008) after a lengthy battle with cancer.

She was born on May 22, 1957, in Van Nuys, Calif., a daughter of Gary Bryant and Nancy Gunton Doutt. In 1998, in Rio Rancho, N.M., she married Raymond Walters, who survives.

Mrs. Walters was a 1975 graduate of Eisenhower High School and attended DeVry Institute, where she received her electrical engineering degree.

She worked in software support while employed by Gateway Computers. She also ran three Internet Web sites.

In addition to her husband and parents, she is survived by three daughters, Shauna Anderson in Arkansas, Heather Summerson and Rheannon Bryant, both of Bradford; seven grandchildren and stepfather, Kenneth Doutt.

There will be no visitation or funeral services.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Hartle Tarbox Funeral Homes Inc.

Memorials, if desired, may be made to Hartle-Tarbox Funeral Homes or to Potter County Hospice.

[Editor: I am not positive about the connection of Erika Walters to our Doutts. However, the fact that her step-father is Kenneth Doutt certainly is a clue. Perhaps one of my readers will help me place her.]

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