Henry P. Doe

Henry Plummer Doe
27th Mayor
of Lawrence, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1892–1892
Preceded byLewis P. Collins
Succeeded byAlvin E. Mack
Member of the
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
Ward 4[1]
Member of the
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Common Council
Ward 3[1]
Personal details
BornOctober 4, 1841[1]
DiedMay 4, 1904
Resting placeBellevue Cemetery
PartyDemocratic[1]
SpouseWilhelmina May Russell
ChildrenBeatrice (Doe) Allen
Parent(s)Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Pecker) Doe
RelativesStephen G. Allen Jr (Son-in-law); Will Allen (2x Great Grandson of Stephen)
ProfessionJeweler[1]

Henry Plummer Doe (October 4, 1841 – May 4, 1904) was an American jeweler and politician who served as the twenty-seventh Mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Portrait of Henry P. Doe

Henry Plummer Doe was born on 4 October 1841 in Methuen, Massachusetts to Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Pecker) Doe. He was the third of five children.

He apprenticed under George Washington Hazen in Boston, Massachusetts, beginning in 1861, and continued as a journeyman until 1867. He was recorded in the 1870 and 1880 U.S. censuses in Lawrence, Massachusetts, listed as a watchmaker.

He married Wilhelmina May Russell, daughter of Moody and Frances (Wardwell) Russell, on 14 November 1869 in Andover, Massachusetts. Together, they had one daughter, Beatrice Russell (Doe) Allen.

Bibliography

  • Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, page 461, (1892)

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Boston, Massachusetts: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 461