John Wesley Doane

1833 - 1901  (68 years)

• Name	John Wesley Doane  [1]
  Birth	23 Mar 1833	Thompson, Windham, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Mar 1901	New York City, New York, New York   [1, 3]
  Burial	Thompson, Windham, Connecticut   [1, 4]
  Person ID	I71812	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Joel Doane,   b. 27 Dec 1786, Massachusetts d. 14 Aug 1883, Thompson, Windham, Connecticut (Age 96 years)
  Mother	Olivia Primrose Hascall,   b. 14 Feb 1796, Thompson, Windham, Connecticut d. 9 Jun 1874 (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F33389	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julia Ann Moulton,   b. Jul 1840, New Hampshire d. 7 Jan 1902, Thompson, Windham, Connecticut (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1858  [1, 3]
  Children	1. Julia W. Doane,   b. Oct 1859, Illinois d. 20 Feb 1937, Putnam, Windham, Connecticut (Age 77 years)   2. Fannie Marie Doane,   b. 1861, Illinois d. 1950 (Age 89 years)   3. John Edwin Doane,   b. 19 Feb 1864, Chicago, Cook, Illinois d. Bef 1930 (Age 65 years)   4. Minnie Doane,   b. 1865, Illinois d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F33390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  The Doane Family Third Edition 1976 pg. 447, No# 501 John W. Doane began "at the foot of the ladder" in business. He took what little money his family could give him, and went to Chicago about 1854 or 5, and embarked in the grocery business. He got ships and finally dealt only in ship loads, entire cargos, and owned whole sections of Chicago. He prospered exceedingly and became one of the very wealthy men of the country, and one of the great forces in trade principally in the West. The fire of 1871 destroyed all his property and on borrowed capital he began business anew, soon turning his attention to the importing of coffee, teas, and spices. He was at the head of the firm of J.W. Doane & Co., with offices at Chicago, New York, London and Rio Janeiro. His wealth has been estimated as high as ten millions of dollars. He was a director in the Pullman Car Co., in the New York and New England R.R., the Ontario and Western R.R., and in several samller lines, ands was government director of the Union Pacific R.R. under President Cleveland. In politics Mr. doane was a democrat, and once was the nominee of that party for Congress from the First District of Illinois. The last two years of his life he lived in New York City, owning a beautiful summer home at Thompson. _____ New York Times March 25, 1901 John Wesley Doane died 8 o'clock Saturday evening at Holland House, aged 68. _____ The Hartford Courant March 25, 1901 New York, March 24, J. W. Doane, head of the tea and coffee importing house of J. W. Doan & Co., 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. Mr. Doane was 68 years old yesterday. He was born in Thompson, Conn., and had a summer place there. He was president of the Merchant and Trust Company of Chicago, a director in the Pullman Palace Car Company, Illinois Central Railroad Company, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, New York & New England Railroad Company and was interested in the reorganization of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22741] Descendants of Squire Hascall and Elizabeth Chandler/Russell, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S9325] 1900 census, Connecticut, Windham county. [S43081] Sally Dockstader, RootsWeb.com, Snyder Family in NY & PA. [S37598] Obituary, New York Times, John Wesley Doane, (March 25, 1901).