Harvey Doane
1815 - 1886 (71 years)-
Name Harvey Doane Birth 1815 Litchfield, Herkimer County, New York 
Gender Male Death 28 Jan 1886 Allegan County, Michigan Person ID I28692 Stewartsny Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father John Doane, b. 1760, Hardwick, Massachusetts d. 9 Jan 1831, Pulaski, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York (Age 71 years) Relationship natural Mother Sylvania Wheeler, b. 1767, Connecticut d. 12 Sep 1844, Pulaski, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York (Age 77 years) Relationship natural Marriage Abt 1790 Family ID F5544 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Emeline Unknown, b. Abt 1822 d. 24 Oct 1868, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York (Age 46 years) Marriage Abt 1843 Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Children 1. Sarah Doane, b. Abt 1844, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F9124 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Family 2 Marriage Abt 1843 Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Family ID F30650 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Family 3 Basima C. McChesney, b. Abt 1825, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York d. Aft 1880, Allegan County, Michigan (Age > 56 years) Marriage 3 Feb 1869 Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Family ID F9125 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
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Notes - Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, February 24, 1887 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Died in Gibson, Michigan, January 28, 1886, Harvey Doane, aged 73 years. Mr. Doane formerly lived in this town, where his brother, Ira Doane, still lives. His wife, whose maiden name was Basima McChesney, is a sister of Mrs. Lucius Jones, whose husband is a well-known merchant in this village. For a number of years and up to the time of his death, the deceased had been a postmaster at Gibson. He was also engaged in fruit farming. Mr. Doane was a Wesleyan Methodist and a devout man.
Harvey and his first wife operated a Hotel in Port Ontario for many years. In the late 1860s he moved west to Allegan County, Michigan where he and his second wife lived until after 1880.
Isaac Douglass reports that Harvey died sometime before February 5, 1887 in his diary.
- Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, February 24, 1887 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Died in Gibson, Michigan, January 28, 1886, Harvey Doane, aged 73 years. Mr. Doane formerly lived in this town, where his brother, Ira Doane, still lives. His wife, whose maiden name was Basima McChesney, is a sister of Mrs. Lucius Jones, whose husband is a well-known merchant in this village. For a number of years and up to the time of his death, the deceased had been a postmaster at Gibson. He was also engaged in fruit farming. Mr. Doane was a Wesleyan Methodist and a devout man.