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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaCharles Taylor DOXEY
(1841-1898)
DOXEY, Charles Taylor, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., July
13, 1841; moved with his mother to Minnesota in 1855 and worked on
a farm; later moved to Fairbury, Ill., where he attended the public
schools; moved to Anderson, Ind.; entered the service as first
sergeant of Company A, Nineteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, in July 1861; promoted to second lieutenant, subsequently
resigned, and then became captain of Company K, Sixteenth Indiana
Infantry; engaged in the manufacture of staves and headings; member
of the State senate in 1876; member of the board of directors in
the first natural-gas companies of Anderson; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Godlove S. Orth and served from January 17 to March
3, 1883; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1884 to the
Forty-ninth Congress; resumed former business activities; died in
Anderson, Ind., April 30, 1898; interment in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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