CHARLES T DOXEY - DOXEY BREWERY - DOXEY POLITICAL BUTTON
William Taylor Doxey Partial Biography
7/13/1841 Born Tippecanoe County, Indiana
7/1861 Joins Company A 19th Regiment Indian Volunteer infantry in the Union Army
1862 Given rank of Captain Company K 16th Infantry
8/1862 Taken Prisoner at Battle of Richmond, KY. Paroled and exchanged.
4/1863 Took Command of his regiment. Wounded in the knee and face at the battle
of Pleasant Hill. Could not talk for a year.
1863-1864 Served on Court Martial Court in Indianapolis for about 5-6 months.
9/23/1864 Discharged from Army due to his wounds.
1864 Marries Clara Craycraft
1865-1866 Opens Doxey Brewery with William Craycraft in Anderson, In.
Brewery destroyed by fire in 5/1866 and not rebuilt.
1866-1869 Retail Grocery Business.
1870-1877 Opens a Staves and Headings Business. Destroyed by fire 3 times.
1870's Serves on the City Council for 6 years.
1875-1877 Co-Owner "Walden and Doxey" Grain Warehouse
1876 Serves on Indiana State Senate rep Delaware and Madison Counties
c1878-1880 President and Treasurer of The Chicago Grain & Provision Exchange
1883 Listed as being President of Madison County National Bank
1883 Elected to fill vacancy as US Representative from Indiana 9th District.
Serves from Jan 17-March 3. Loses re-election.
1884 Builds Doxey Opera House. Burns down. Rebuilds Opens again in 1885.
c1885-1887 Conducts business in New York
1887 Builds Doxey Corner in Anderson at corner of Meridan/Anderson.
c1887-1896 Has amassed considerable real estate (Columbia Hotel, Doxey Hotel),
builds gas pipelines to supply Richmond,IN (Richmond Pipe Line Co).
A Major in the G.A.R. Very involved with the organization.
1890 President of Anderson Iron and Bolt Company.
1895 President of Alexandria Plate Glass Works.
1896 Runs for the Republican nomination for Governor of Indiana. Comes in 2nd
to eventual Governor, James A Mount.
4/30/1898 Death
I have an original campaign collar button from Doxey's run for Governor in 1896. It is available for sale for $30. There cant be too many of these in existence. He had quite a remarkable life and was a mainstay in the city of Anderson, IN.
7/13/1841 Born Tippecanoe County, Indiana
7/1861 Joins Company A 19th Regiment Indian Volunteer infantry in the Union Army
1862 Given rank of Captain Company K 16th Infantry
8/1862 Taken Prisoner at Battle of Richmond, KY. Paroled and exchanged.
4/1863 Took Command of his regiment. Wounded in the knee and face at the battle
of Pleasant Hill. Could not talk for a year.
1863-1864 Served on Court Martial Court in Indianapolis for about 5-6 months.
9/23/1864 Discharged from Army due to his wounds.
1864 Marries Clara Craycraft
1865-1866 Opens Doxey Brewery with William Craycraft in Anderson, In.
Brewery destroyed by fire in 5/1866 and not rebuilt.
1866-1869 Retail Grocery Business.
1870-1877 Opens a Staves and Headings Business. Destroyed by fire 3 times.
1870's Serves on the City Council for 6 years.
1875-1877 Co-Owner "Walden and Doxey" Grain Warehouse
1876 Serves on Indiana State Senate rep Delaware and Madison Counties
c1878-1880 President and Treasurer of The Chicago Grain & Provision Exchange
1883 Listed as being President of Madison County National Bank
1883 Elected to fill vacancy as US Representative from Indiana 9th District.
Serves from Jan 17-March 3. Loses re-election.
1884 Builds Doxey Opera House. Burns down. Rebuilds Opens again in 1885.
c1885-1887 Conducts business in New York
1887 Builds Doxey Corner in Anderson at corner of Meridan/Anderson.
c1887-1896 Has amassed considerable real estate (Columbia Hotel, Doxey Hotel),
builds gas pipelines to supply Richmond,IN (Richmond Pipe Line Co).
A Major in the G.A.R. Very involved with the organization.
1890 President of Anderson Iron and Bolt Company.
1895 President of Alexandria Plate Glass Works.
1896 Runs for the Republican nomination for Governor of Indiana. Comes in 2nd
to eventual Governor, James A Mount.
4/30/1898 Death
I have an original campaign collar button from Doxey's run for Governor in 1896. It is available for sale for $30. There cant be too many of these in existence. He had quite a remarkable life and was a mainstay in the city of Anderson, IN.
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