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Rufus P. Doak

Male Abt 1837 -


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  • Name Rufus P. Doak  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born Abt 1837  Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850  McKinney, Collin, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Age: 13 
    Residence Sep 1854  2nd District, near Lecompton, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1855  Kansas Territory Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    District 2; Page 77 
    Person ID I2639  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2017 

    Father Josiah Stuart Doak,   b. Abt 1788, Guilford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Dec 1869, Nueces County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Annie Dresser,   b. Abt 1810, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 27 Apr 1827  Madison County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F401  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1837 - Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 13 - 1850 - McKinney, Collin, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Sep 1854 - 2nd District, near Lecompton, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S285] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: McKinney, Collin, Texas; Roll: M432_910; Page: 7B; Image: 20.

    2. [S538] The war in Kansas: A rough trip to the border, among new homes and a strange people, George Douglas Brewerton, (Name: Derby & Jackson; Date: 1856;), p. 137, p. 238.
      p. 137: "Even before Barber was killed, a party of some ten or twelve Free State men, armed to the teeth, surrounded Mr. Doak (a brother-in-law of the Major's [George W. Clarke], who resides with him), as he was returning home from LeCompton, and told him that, "Now was the time they were going to have the difficulty with Major Clarke settled; that he, the Major, could not live;" with many similar expressions."
      p. 238: The facts connected with this incendiary attempt, as related to us by Mr. Rufus Doak, the bearer of the letters are these: Between 12 and 1 o'clock on the morning of the thirtieth of December, Mr. Doak and Dr. Johnson were awakened by the appearance of smoke and a smell as if of burning tar in the room in which they were sleeping. They immediately arose, and on making examination discovered fire under one of the rooms, adjoining that in which Major Clarke's family were sleeping."

    3. [S542] Kansas Territorial Census, 1855, Graden, Debra, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).

    4. [S543] Report of the Special Committee Appointed to Investigate the Troubles in Kansas, (Date: 1856;), Deposition of Rufus P. Doak.

    5. [S351] Divorce record of Josiah and Elizabeth Doak.


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