When William Fletcher Doty was born on 25 November 1834, in Brown, Illinois, United States, his father, Mastin Doty, was 28 and his mother, Mary Fletcher, was 28. He married Adeline Cupp on 9 January 1853, in Brown, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in La Plata, Colorado, United States in 1885 and Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1910. He died in 1916, in Wickenburg, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Wickenburg, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Brown, Illinois, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: probably a variant of Doughty . This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
History: Edward Doty (c. 1600–55) was one of the passengers on the Mayflower, a servant of Stephen Hopkins. He became comparatively wealthy and moved to Duxbury MA, where he left nine children.
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