"A portrait and biographical record of Boone, Clinton and Hendricks Counties, Ind. : containing biographical sketches of many prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all of the presidents of the United States, and biographies of the governors of Indiana"

DAVID D. DOYAL, a leading citizen,

official and farmer of Perry township, 
 Boone county, Ind. , is a native of 
the township named and was born 
August 4, 1845, a son of John N. and Matilda 
(Howard) Doyal, both natives of Lewis county, 
Ky. John N. was born in 180 1 and was a son 
of John and Christena (Davis) Doyal; Matilda 

was born February 27, 1807, and their marriage 
took place May 27, 1830. Their parents came 
from Kentucky to Perry township in 1840, and 
John entered 160 acres in what was then a 
wilderness but from which he redeemed an ex- 
cellent farm. He was a prominent man so- 
cially, and in politics a democrat; he served as 
township trustee two years, was justice of the 
peace eighteen years, and assessor two years; 
he was industrious and thrifty, and added to 
his land until he owned 360 acres. He and 
wife were devoted members of the Christian 
church, in which faith he died January 6, 1886, 
and was followed by his wife June 16, 1886. 
Their five children were named as follows: 
Amanda, widow of A. Frazee, of Perry town- 
ship; Samuel H., count judge of Frankfort, 
Clinton county, Ind.; John L. , died in the 
Seventh Indiana volunteers, at the battle of 
the Wilderness; David D , whose name cipens 
this sketch, and Emily Q , deceased. 

David D. Doyal was reared on the farm 
on which he was born and on which he still 
resides, and received a very good common- 
school education. At the age of twenty-one 
years he began business on his own account, 
but remained with his father until the latter's 
death. In 1880 he married, in Boone county. 
Miss Maggie Raider, who was born in Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, in 1854, a daughter of George and 
Margaret Raider, the former of whom was 
killed by accident when Maggie was but two 
years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Doyal have 
been born five children, named as follows: 
George, Everett, Luella, John W, and Sarah. 
Mrs. Doyal is a consistent member of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics 
Mr. Doyal is a democrat, and under the aus- 
pices of that party was elected township trust- 
ee in April, 1888, and so satisfactorily did he 
perform the functions of the office, that he has 
been re-elected each term since, and has prob- 
ably done more good work for the township 
than any one who had preceded him in the office. 
July 17, 1S84, while Me. Doyal was riding on 
a reaper, his horses ran away and he had a leg 
broken and was otherwise seriously injured; 
what he has, however, is the result of his own 
hard labor, and he now owns a highly improved 
farm of 233 acres, unsurpassed by any other 
in the township in skillful management. Mr. 
Doyal, fraternally, is a Freemason, being a 
member of the blue lodge and of the chapter; 
he is also a member of the Improved Order of 
Red Men, and_ was formerly member of a lodge 
of the I. O. O. F., which is now defunct. So- 
cially, he and his estimable lady maintain a 
high position in Perry and the surrounding 
townships. 

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