Person:Alonzo Doolittle (1)

Alonzo was his parents' second-born child and the first of six to be born in Harlem Township, Winnebago County, Illinois.

Reported as "Farm Laborer" in [WHICH?] census.

Alonzo and Nancy both listed as "Photographer" and living in a Boarding house along with son, Martin, in Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa. (1880 US Census)

Shortly after his marriage, he joined Company D, Second Illinois Cavalry in the Civil War. Their little girl Ida, born just as the war broke out, died in infancy. Then, in 1864 along came their only other child, Martin James, who lived many years.

By 1880, the Doolittles moved to Iowa. According to the U.S. Census, Alonzo was a photographer in Columbus Junction, Louisa County in 1880.

In 1885 they resided in Muscatine, Iowa, where he was a tinner in the partnership of Doolittle and Rockstead.^{Citation needed} "Tinner" probably was a profession having to do with Photography as the Rockstead mentioned was Nancy's brother-in-law, Andrew Rockstead, photographer.

In 1891 Alonzo was keeping a variety store in Broadhead, Wisconsin^{Citation needed} and later in Lanark, Illinois, possibly in competition with his son's father-in-law Alvaro Shumway who actually moved away from Lanark in 1891.^{Citation needed}

Alonzo was shown as "single" on December 2, 1892 as Grantor (Seller) of a lot in the original town of Lanark. That lot had been purchased on 15 July 1885 and Alonzo's marital status was not stated.^{Citation needed}

About 1896, Alonzo married Anna Van Valkenburg, twenty-five years younger than he.

The U. S. Census of 1900 shows Alonzo and Anna as man and wife in Harlem Township, Winnebago County, Illinois, while his first wife Nancy was living alone in Durand, about 30 miles away.

In about 1910, when Alonzo was about 71, he and Anna moved to Montana, near Havre.^{Citation needed} Possibly they moved in with Anna's sister, Augusta Van Valkenburg Miller or one of Augusta's children who homesteaded in the area. There was a Post Office named Cassady nearby.

In 1915, Alonzo and Anna obtained a 320-acre homestead,^{Citation needed} though it was unlikely he farmed it himself. In 1918, they transferred half of it to Anna's unmarried niece, Florence Miller whose own homestead connected with the Doolittles to the east.^{Citation needed}

In 1920 Alonzo died and is buried in Havre, Montana.^{Citation needed} Anna moved to California, remarried a man named Gibson.^{Citation needed}

Alonzo's first wife, Nancy, died in 1926 in Durand, Ill.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Doolittle,Grant, Alonzo Doolittle's Grandson's Notation.
2. ↑ Doolittle, William F.; Louise Smylie Brown; and Mary Malissa Raison Doolittle. The Doolittle Family in America. (Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland: National Printing (1901), 1901-1967)
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3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Illinois, Winnebago Co, Harlem, 1860, in Winnebago, Illinois, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693).
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Death Certificate.
5. ↑ Columbus Junction, Louisa, Iowa, in Louisa, Iowa, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9).