Edwards, Rev. Jonathan.  "An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of
Washington."  San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1900.  p. 495.
 
F. DOAK

     a pioneer of 1880, was born in Wythe county, Virginia, in 1839.  When he
was yet a boy his family moved to Dubuque county, Iowa, where he was engaged in
farming, except while in the army, until 1878.  On the 13th of November, 1863,
he enlisted in Company E, Second Minnesota Cavalry and was on detached service a
great deal of time until honorably discharged, December 26, 1865.  He served in
the Northwestern department and took part in the war against the Sioux Indians.
In 1878 he went to Linn county, Oregon, but after remaining only six months,
moved to South Bend, Washington, where he resided for a year. He then came to
Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land on Orchard
prairie, upon which he has lived continuously since. He has taken an active
interest in the public affairs of his vicinity and has invariably shown a
willingness to do his full share for the general good of the community. He
has at different times held the offices of road supervisor and school director
and he stands high in the esteem of his neighbors generally. Socially, he is
affiliated with the G. A. R., being a member of Sedgwick Post, No. 8.
of Spokane. He was married in Iowa in 1871, to Miss Julia M. Hendrickson, who
died December 16, 1891. He has had six children, namely: Alice M., Daisy C. and
George M., living, and Cora E., Nora E. and Flossie M , deceased. Miss Nora E.
Doak was killed by a runaway team, January 7. 1893. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Peone prairie.


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