David Douthett, deceased, was born in Forward
Township, this county, July 4, 1814, and died May 23, 1885, at the age of
seventy-one. His wife, also a native of Forward Township, was born June
14, 1825, and died in June, 1915, at the age of ninety.
To David and Jane E. (Brown) Douthett nine children were born: (1) Agnes
J., born December 23, 1844, died September 22, 1924. She married John
Brown Dodds, born December 14, 1842. (2) Benjamin W., born May 17, 1846.
He married on January 11, 1870, Miss Nancy J. Maharg. He was reared on his
father’s farm and was a public auctioneer. Later he purchased a farm near
Petersville, Pennsylvania. He was a Republican and served as state
delegate to two state conventions. He was a government officer in
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1892; Erie, Pennsylvania, 1908; Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, 1903-1911. He is deceased. (3) James M., born January 15,
1850, married on December 31, 1873, to Miss Lizzie C. Crowe. His early
life was spent on his father’s farm. In 1874 he rented the John Crowe farm
upon which he remained seventeen years and in 1891 purchased a farm in
Penn Township. He was a Republican, school director in Forward and Penn
Townships, member of the road board for six years, and secretary of the
board. An elder in the United Presbyterian Church, in which he is an
active worker, being Sunday school superintendent and a teacher of the
Bible class, and has served as trustee and auditor. He has been president
of the Tenth Sunday School District for two years, and is a director of
the Glade Mills Fire Insurance Company. (4) Dr. David K., born July 3,
1854, died November 19, 1922. Attended Witherspoon Institute in 1873-1874;
in 1875 taught school in Mordeci Johns School; in 1876 taught the Nixon
school, and in his spare time studied medicine under Doctor Conn of
Butler, Pennsylvania. In 1877-78 attended the Medical Department of
Wooster (Ohio) University, and started the practice of his profession at
Brownsdale, Pennsylvania. In 1880 he removed to Osceola, Iowa, and
established offices. He was a Republican. In 1884 he was elected chairman
of the Republican Central Committee of Clark County, Iowa, and served four
years. He was twice elected a delegate to the national convention. In 1888
he was appointed by President Cleveland a member of the Pension Examining
Board of Surgeons for Southern Iowa, and served twelve years as secretary
of this board. He served two terms on the Board of Education of Osceola,
Iowa, and served as president for five years. He was a surgeon for the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad from 1898 to 1902. He married Bertha
Brown, March 2, 1882. (5) D. M., born March 18, 1856, reared on his
father’s farm until he was eighteen years of age. In October, 1878, he
went to Aurora, Illinois, where he worked for five years, worked on a farm
for J. Ammes three years, and then removed to Dawson County, Nebraska, and
took up a homestead seven miles north of Overton, Nebraska. In 1890 he
formed a partnership with H. S. White and they joined farms, which
consisted of 4,500 acres, and incorporated the White Land & Cattle
Company; Mr. White, president, and Mr. Douthett, vice president and
manager. In 1901 he sold out his holdings and moved to Overton, Nebraska.
In that year the Alfalfa State Bank was organized and he became its vice
president. In 1904 he bought the stock of H. S. Green and was elected
president, in which position he served until 1908, when he sold his stock
and went into the real estate and loan business. He resides in Lincoln,
Nebraska. On March 29, 1892, he married Mrs. N. E. Wieze (nee Wilson). (6)
Mary Esther Lucetta Douthett, born November 16, 1858, married James F.
Brittain, attorney. (7) William G., a sketch of whom appears in this
volume. (8) A. M., whose sketch appears elsewhere in this history. (9)
Walter S., born October 7, 1866. At the age of nineteen he associated in
business with his brother, W. G., who was then in charge of the old
homestead. In the fall of 1890 he came to Butler and engaged in business,
which he sold in 1891. In 1892 he returned to the old homestead and has
remained there since in charge of the farm. He was a horse fancier and
owned Mary Russell, whose race track record was 2:09˝. He has raised and
sold many fast and fine horses. His stock farm was known as the “High View
Stock Farm.” On February 24, 1892, he was married to Minnie Burton.
History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, Historical Pub. Co., 1927,
Pages 757-759.
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