Matz and Schramm Families - Person Sheet
NameJohn Wesley Doane 
Birth23 Mar 1838, Thompson, Connecticut
Death23 Mar 1901, New York, New York
BurialThompson, Connecticut
OccupationOccupation: Grocery In Chicago IL J W Doane & Co, With Office In NY, London And Rio
FatherJoel Doane (1785-1882)
MotherOlivia Primrose Haskell (1796-1874)
Spouses
BirthJan 1840, New Hampshire
Death7 Jan 1902, Thompson, Connecticut
FatherJoses Moulton (1789-1867)
MotherSarah (Sally) Barnard (1794-1888)
Marriage11 Nov 1855
ChildrenJulia W. (1859-1937)
Fannie Marie (1862-1950)
John Edwin (1864-<1930)
Lillie / Lily / Lillian Moulton (1865-1937)
John Wesley (1869-)
Notes for John Wesley Doane
To Chicago at age 22.
Occupation: director of Pullman Car CO
Residence: had beautiful home in NYC
1880 Census has birthplace as New York, also for both parents. 1900 census says Connecticut for both.
1900 census has them in Thompson, Connecticut with daughter Julia. Son, John Edwin, lives next door? with his family. They had 5 children, all still living.
John W Doane
spouse Julia A Doane
child Julia W Doane
Katie M Kelly
Josephine A Carlson
Marthy Gernish
Hulda Swenson
“DEATH OF J. W. DOANE.; Railroad Financier and Head of Big Coffee Firm a Victim of Heart Disease:
J. W. Doane, head of the tea and coffee Importing house of J. W. Doane Co.. at 83 and 87 Front Street, this city; 25 and 27 Wabash Avenue, Chicago; London, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, died in his apartments, in the Holland House, last night, after an illness of several weeks. He had been troubled with heart disease for some time, but it was thought he was Improving. He had a sudden relapse last night, and died soon after. Mr. Doane was sixty-eight years old yesterday. He was born in Thompson, Conn., and had a Summer home there. On the day of the Windsor Hotel fire he moved to the Holland House and had since resided there. He Is survived by his widow, two sons. A_ E. and J. W., Jr., and three daughters. The deceased was President of the Merchant and Trust Company of Chicago, a Director in the Pullman Palace Car Company. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company. New York and New England Railroad Company, and was interested in the reorganization of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company. The funeral will take place at Thompson, Conn..”
New York Times, March 24, 1901
Occupation: director of Pullman Car CO
Residence: had beautiful home in NYC
1880 Census has birthplace as New York, also for both parents. 1900 census says Connecticut for both.
1900 census has them in Thompson, Connecticut with daughter Julia. Son, John Edwin, lives next door? with his family. They had 5 children, all still living.
John W Doane
spouse Julia A Doane
child Julia W Doane
Katie M Kelly
Josephine A Carlson
Marthy Gernish
Hulda Swenson
“DEATH OF J. W. DOANE.; Railroad Financier and Head of Big Coffee Firm a Victim of Heart Disease:
J. W. Doane, head of the tea and coffee Importing house of J. W. Doane Co.. at 83 and 87 Front Street, this city; 25 and 27 Wabash Avenue, Chicago; London, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, died in his apartments, in the Holland House, last night, after an illness of several weeks. He had been troubled with heart disease for some time, but it was thought he was Improving. He had a sudden relapse last night, and died soon after. Mr. Doane was sixty-eight years old yesterday. He was born in Thompson, Conn., and had a Summer home there. On the day of the Windsor Hotel fire he moved to the Holland House and had since resided there. He Is survived by his widow, two sons. A_ E. and J. W., Jr., and three daughters. The deceased was President of the Merchant and Trust Company of Chicago, a Director in the Pullman Palace Car Company. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company. New York and New England Railroad Company, and was interested in the reorganization of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company. The funeral will take place at Thompson, Conn..”
New York Times, March 24, 1901