Frances Eugenia Doty
Frances Eugenia Doty was born on July 4, 1843, in New York to Henry L. Doty and Lucretia Holdridge. Her father was a farmer who owned $4,000 of real estate and $500 of personal property by 1860. She lived in Westmoreland, New York, until the early 1850s, when the family moved to Weyauwega, Wisconsin. She began corresponding with Francis M. Guernsey in September 1861. In August 1862, when Guernsey considered enlisting in the Union army, she wrote, "I admire your patraism very much if every man in the north would talk as much in favor of the union and act accordingly I presume we would not have such terrible works." She married Guernsey on August 29, 1865, and their daughter Ella was born around 1868.
 
They moved to Clintonville, Wisconsin, in 1867, and her husband worked as a lawyer and postmaster. By 1870, they owned $1,500 of real estate and $1,500 of personal property. They moved to Santa Barbara, California, in the early 1900s, and her husband died there on June 24, 1919. By 1920, she was living in her daughter Ella’s household in Santa Barbara. She died on July 17, 1921.
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(822)Doty, Frances Eugenia ~ Guernsey, Frances Eugenia1843-07-041921-07-17
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 94

  • (1790) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 8 September 1861
  • (1791) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 22 September 1861
  • (1792) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 17 November 1861
  • (1793) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 1 December 1861
  • (1794) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 15 December 1861
  • (1795) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 11 January 1862
  • (1796) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 9 February 1862
  • (1797) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 13 March 1862
  • (1798) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 30 March 1862
  • (1799) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 13 April 1862
  • (1800) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 25 May 1862
  • (1801) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 7 June 1862
  • (1802) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 15 June 1862
  • (1803) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 22 June 1862
  • (1804) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 29 June 1862
  • (1805) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 13 July 1862
  • (1806) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 21 July 1862
  • (1807) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 24 February 1862
  • (1808) [writer] ~ Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 6 August 1862
  • (1809) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 13 August 1862
  • (1810) [writer] ~ Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 23 August 1862
  • (1811) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 31 August 1862
  • (1812) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 14 September 1862
  • (1813) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 28 September 1862
  • (1814) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 11 October 1862
  • (1815) [writer] ~ Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 19 October 1862
  • (1816) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 19 October 1862
  • (1817) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 25 October 1862
  • (1818) [writer] ~ Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 28 October 1862
  • (1819) [writer] ~ Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 2 December 1862
  • (1820) [writer] ~ Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 12 December 1862
  • (1821) [writer] ~ Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 26 December 1862
  • (1822) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 20 January 1863
  • (1823) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 23 January 1863
  • (1824) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 29 January 1863
  • (1825) [writer] ~ Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 1 February 1863
  • (1826) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 10 March 1863
  • (1827) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 19 February 1863
  • (1828) [writer] ~ Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 4 November 1863
  • (1829) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 21 March 1863
  • (1830) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 26 March 1863
  • (1831) [writer] ~ Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 27 March 1863
  • (1832) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 29 March 1863
  • (1833) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 3 May 1863
  • (1834) [writer] ~ Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 4 May 1863
  • (1835) [associated with] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances Brownell, 6 May 1863
  • (1836) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 10 May 1863
  • (1837) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 17 May 1863
  • (1838) [writer] ~ Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 3 July 1863
  • (1839) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 2 August 1863
  • (1840) [writer] ~ Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 3 August 1865
  • (1841) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 25 November 1863
  • (1842) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 18 December 1863
  • (1843) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 4 January 1864
  • (1844) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 11 January 1864
  • (1845) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 15 January 1864
  • (1846) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 23 January 1864
  • (1847) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 1 February 1864
  • (1848) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 6 February 1864
  • (1849) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 28 February 1864
  • (1850) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 6 March 1864
  • (1851) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 19 April 1864
  • (1852) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 6 May 1864
  • (1853) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 10 May 1864
  • (1854) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 22 May 1864
  • (1855) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 8 June 1864
  • (1856) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 12 June 1864
  • (1857) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 14 June 1864
  • (1858) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 26 June 1864
  • (1859) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 20 July 1864
  • (1860) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 24 July 1864
  • (1861) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 30 July 1864
  • (1862) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 9 August 1864
  • (1863) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 14 August 1864
  • (1864) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 17 August 1864
  • (1865) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 9 September 1864
  • (1866) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 9 October 1864
  • (1867) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 26 October 1864
  • (1868) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 18 January 1865
  • (1869) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 27 January 1865
  • (1870) [writer] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 10 March 1865
  • (1871) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 8 April 1865
  • (1872) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 23 April 1865
  • (1873) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 8 May 1865
  • (1874) [writer] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 14 May 1865
  • (1875) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 20 May 1865
  • (1876) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 26 May 1865
  • (1877) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 29 May 1865
  • (1878) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 21 July 1865
  • (1879) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 30 July 1865
  • (1880) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 8 November 1865
  • (1881) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 11 November 1865
  • (1888) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, undated
  • (5079) [associated with] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Family, 18 January 1918

People - Records: 4

  • (822) Doty, Frances Eugenia is the [wife of] (820) Guernsey, Francis M.
  • (822) Doty, Frances Eugenia is the [grandparent of] (885) Willoughby, Myrna
  • (821) Richmond, Euphemia J. is the [sibling-in-law of] (822) Doty, Frances Eugenia
  • (886) Guernsey, Ella S. is the [child of] (822) Doty, Frances Eugenia

Places - Records: 2

  • (67) [birth] ~ New York
  • (777) [death] ~ Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; California Death Index, 1905-1939, available from Ancestry.com; Wisconsin Marriage Index, 1820-1907, available from Ancestry.com; Frances E. Doty to Francis M. Guernsey, 6 August 1862, DL0301.022, Nau Collection