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 1889 - 1934 (45 years)
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| Name |
HERMAN LESLIE DOAN |
| Born |
20 Sep 1889 |
Bay County, Michigan  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
28 Nov 1934 |
Bay City, Michigan |
| Buried |
1 Dec 1934 |
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Bay City, Michigan |
| Notes |
- Herman was described as a small man, with a high pitched laugh similar to that of his son Clarence, and with a bow legged gait. He was a well known practical joker, but was otherwise unassuming. Herman lived with his father at 503 Warner in
1910, while working as a machinist. His marriage certificate, June 20, 1916, lists him as an Iron Worker, residing in Monitor Township, Bay County. By 1920, he and his own family lived at 711 N. Dewitt, Bay City. This house was small, with no
indoor toilet, and heat was provided by a stove in the living room that sometimes got so hot that it glowed red. After his daughter, Priscilla, was born, he bought the empty lot on the northwest corner of Clara and Dewitt streets. A house
belonging to the Sims family, on Wenona near Clara was split into 3 parts, one of which was bought by Herman and moved onto his lot. He dug the basement under the house using a horse and a scoop. The house had a bathroom built into the
upstairs which contained only a toilet and sink. Bathing was done in a small galvininized tin tub in the kitchen. The address of the home is 107 E. Clara, and is across the street from 600 N. Dewitt. 600 N. Dewitt was originally the
Stark/Telfer residence, but became a center of the Doan family for many years thereafter. Herman and his family were members of The Christian Assembly church where his father, Charles, was the minister of the gospel. Herman loved his Campbell's
Pork & Beans, and his cigar. On Sunday afternoon, he would walk to the store on N. Henry St. and N. Union St. with one or more of the children and buy a cigar and a can of pork & beans for dinner. He thought it cute to blow the cigar smoke in
the faces of the children. Life was difficult for the family. Margaret Grace died. The home was sometimes heated with wood that he and his son, Nathan, would go and cut. They had to walk out to the farm of Charles W. Doan to get the horse and
wagon, go cut the wood, take it to the house, then take the horse and wagon back out to State Park Dr. and walk home. Coal was sometimes too expensive for the family. Herman also planted potatoes on the fertile hillsides of the waste area of
the sugar plant out on Euclid St. He worked there as a day laborer when he could. It is said that he often had sores from the irritating properties of the lime soil there. He fed the family and made extra money with the potatoes. After Grace
died, Herman started going to the beer gartens often. He would take young Carl with him, because many of the men there thought he was cute and would buy drinks for Herman. Herman got a job at the Defoe Ship Yards as a laborer. He scratched
his hand or lower arm which became infected. Untreated, the infection spread throughout his body. His arm was amputated at the elbow in an attempt to stop the infection's spread. He died a painful death in the hospital. He left behind 5
orphaned children, the oldest just 17 years old.
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| Person ID |
I13519 |
Windemuth Descendents |
| Last Modified |
30 Nov 2007 |
| Father |
CHARLES WESLEY DOAN, b. 29 Jan 1853, Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada , d. 30 Apr 1935, Bay City, Michigan (Age 82 years) |
| Mother |
MARY DIDAMIA STOUTENBURGH, b. 2 Nov 1857, Sanilac Co. Michigan , d. 14 Jan 1935, Bay City, Michigan (Age 77 years) |
| Married |
3 Jul 1877 |
Lexington, Michigan |
| Family ID |
F9861 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
MARGARET GRACE STARK, b. 7 Dec 1888, Lake Otsego, Otsego Co., Michigan , d. 4 Jul 1931, Bay City, Michigan (Age 42 years) |
| Married |
20 Jun 1916 |
Bay City, Michigan |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F9828 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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