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Ezra L Doverspike
EZRA L. DOVERSPIKE, a successful farmer of Mahoning township, Armstrong
county, belongs to one of the first settled families of that section, his
paternal grandfather, John T. Doverspike, having settled in what is now
Mahoning township in the year 1816. He purchased 240 acres of land, part of
which is the farm now owned and occupied by his grandson Ezra L. Doverspike.
He married Katie Knight, and to them was born a family of six children, four
sons and two daughters: Daniel married Peggie Beck; Christena married John
Colhup; George married Sarah Gumbert; John married Margaret McCullough; Katie
married Peter Smith; Louis married Lavina Gumbert.George Doverspike, father of Ezra L. Doverspike, was born on the original
family homestead, where Clarence Gould now lives, and was reared there. He
succeeded to that part of his father’s land now owned and occupied by his son
Ezra, and made his home thereon until his death, which occurred Aug.2, 1888.
He married Sarah Gumbert, daughter of William Gumbert, a pioneer of Armstrong
county, and they became the parents of fifteen children, seven sons and eight
daughters: Elizabeth, who married Z. H. Nolf; Teamie, who married A. G. Kells;
Hannah and Emanuel, twins, the former of whom married R. H. Nolf, the latter
Lauretta Miller; David, who died Feb. 24, 1875; Sarah, who married Sylvester
Grinder; Millie, unmarried; Mary, who married Amos Bittinger; William, who
married Mary Neal; Ternie, who married Levina Daugenbaugh; Boyd, who married
Ella Smith; Ezra L.; Maggie, who married John Cunningham; Wesley, who married
Emma Ferguson; and Dessie, who died when quite young.Ezra L. Doverspike was born Aug. 18, 1864, on the farm in Mahoning township
where he now resides, and during his youth attended the common schools in the
neighborhood. He has always followed farming, cultivating the old homestead
and now owning the 100 acres cleared and improved by his father. He is a
worthy member of a family which has been highly esteemed in the township for
several generations.On Jan. 4, 1894, Mr. Doverspike married Mattie J. Procious, daughter of
William and Catherine (Gearhart) Procious, and sister of Edward G. Procious,
whose sketch will be found elsewhere in this work. Her father settled in
Mahoning township in 1840, purchasing 105 acres of land then in the
wilderness, and which he converted by his industry into a valuable farm. Mr.
and Mrs. Doverspike have had three children, only one of whom survives, Violet
Catherine. They are members of the M E. Church at Putneyville. In political
matters he is a Democrat.Source: Pages 681-682, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 1998 by James R Hindman for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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