Jonathan Doan
N 34° 08.850 W 099° 13.991
14S E 478503 N 3778535
Texas Historical Marker at the grave of Jonathan Doan, in Eastview Memorial Park, Vernon, TX, noting his family's establishment of a store/trading post northeast of here, as well as the family's good reputation.
Waymark Code: WMV081
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2017
Views: 2
Other members of the Doan family, including C.F. Doan, are also buried here.
Marker Number: 2840
Marker Text:
(May 20, 1837 - November 6, 1902)
Frontier trader and merchant; a Quaker, peaceable on troubled frontiers. With nephew C.F. Doan, came from Ohio and entered hides trade in Indian Territory, 1874-75.
In April 1878 opened trading post at Western Cattle Trail crossing on Red River (12 mi. NE). C.F. Doan moved down that fall to run post. Jonathan Doan continued to trade on frontier. Doan's store and the family were famous and respected among the Indian, the cattlemen, and the frontiersmen.
Recorded - 1972
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