- HENRY A. DOTY, of Janesville, Wis., was born in this city
June 5, 1849, and is a son of Ezra P.
- and Abbie (AUSTIN) DOTY. His father was born in Lockport,
N.Y., and his mother at Sodis Bay, on Lake Ontario, N.Y. His
parents came to Janesville in 1840. Henry was educated in the
city schools, and graduated from the Commercial College of Janesville,
in the class of 1867. He learned the machinist's trade and began
business with his father in the DOTY Manufacturing Company's
Works, of which he was Treasurer and General Manager from 1869
to 1873. He then bought the DOTY mill which he rebuilt the following
year, and operated until 1881, when it was burned; but he rebuilt
again, and operated until 1883. In 1884 he established the H.
A. DOTY's Box Company, which he had the management of until he
sold out in 1889.
- Mr. DOTY has been twice married. On the 25th day of September,
1872, he married Miss Ella J.
- LAPPIN, who was born in Janesville, and was a daughter of
Thomas and Mary J. (JACKMAN) LAPPIN. Her death occurred Sept.
24, 1873, leaving one child, Thomas H., who died at the age of
one year. He was again married Oct. 30, 1877, his second union
being with Miss Mary Esther LAPPIN, a sister of his former wife,
who was also born in Janesville. They have one son, Laurence
L., who was born Sept. 14, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. DOTY are members
of the Episcopal Church. In his political sentiments, he is a
Republican, but has never sought or desired public office, his
interests having centered in his business and the building up
of the manufacturing industries of Janesville. The Box Manufacturing
Establishment, of which he was the founder, has grown to be one
of the important industries of Janesville, and Mr. DOTY is recognized
as a thriving and enterprising business man of the city, as well
as one of her most highly respected citizens.
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- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, pp. 344.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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