When William Doshier was born on 11 April 1818, in Warren, Tennessee, United States, his father, Richard Prichard Doshier, was 23 and his mother, Emma Holly, was 20. He married Margaret Ann Martin about 1845. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 4 March 1900, in Bronte, Coke, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Bronte, Coke, Texas, United States.