Eleanor Douglas Doak

Eleanor married Stephen Safran on 3 Apr 1946 in Raleigh, Wake Co, North Carolina. Stephen was born on 15 Dec 1919; died on 2 Jan 1982 in Guilford Co, North Carolina; was buried in New Garden Friends Cem, Greensboro, Guilford Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ellen Safran
2. Perry Safran
3. Lucia Safran

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Guilford College, Guilford Co, North Carolina; graduated
• Census: 1900, Friendship, Guilford Co, North Carolina
• Census: 1920, Raleigh, Wake Co, North Carolina
• Census: 1930, Raleigh, Wake Co, North Carolina

Notes:

Census:
1900 Friendship, Guilford Co, North Carolina
Emily Doak 49 head May 1851 49 22 yrs married 4 births 4 living England England England occupation: husband make a living
Ellen D Doak 21 dau pr 1879 21 single
Robert S Doak 19 son Mar 1881 19 salesman in grocery
Henry A Doak 16 son Oct 1883
Charley J Doak 14 Oct 1885
Emma Buck 73 mother Oct 1823 wid 2 births 2 living England England England


Census:
Charles G Doak 35 1885 North Carolina North Carolina England
retail merchant, lunch room
Frances B Doak 32 1888 North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina
Douglass Doak 2 1918 North Carolina
Chas W Doak 0 [3/12] 1920 North Carolina


Census:
Charles D Doak 45 professor College
Francis Doak 42 radio station
Douglas Doak 12
Charles W Doak 10
Renfrow Doak 8




Died:
Name: Charles Glenn Doak
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 71
Birth Date: 7 Oct 1884
Birth Place: Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Death Date: 21 Apr 1956
Death Location: Raleigh, Wake
Spouse's Name: Frances Renfrow
Father's Name: James W Doak
Mother's Name: Emily Watson
Residence: Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina

Charles married Frances Blount "Fannie" Renfrow on 13 Dec 1917 in Raleigh, Wake Co, North Carolina. Frances (daughter of Perry Van Buren Renfrow and Ellen Douglas Sorsby) was born on 13 Oct 1887 in North Carolina; died on 14 Sep 1974 in Fayetteville, Cumberland Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Frances Renfrow Doak

Source: From DICTIONARY OF NORTH CAROLINA BIOGRAPHY edited by William S. Powell. Copyright (c) 1979-1996 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. www.uncpress.unc.edu

Frances Blount Renfrow Doak (13 Oct. 1887-14 Sept. 1974), leader in women's organizations and in the North Carolina Democratic party, first woman radio announcer in North Carolina, and civic, religious, and political leader, was an accomplished speaker and writer who was well-known and highly respected throughout the state. She was born in Spring Hope, the daughter of Perry Van Buren and Ellen Douglas Sorsby Renfrow. Her ancestors?the Renfrows, Pridgens, Blounts, and Sorsbys?had lived in eastern North Carolina since the eighteenth century. She attended Littleton Female College, a private Methodist-related college, on a scholarship established there by General Julian S. Carr; afterward, she studied at Meredith College and Draughon's Business College in Raleigh. When Charles B. Aycock retired as governor and entered into private legal practice in Raleigh, she became his secretary and was assisting him in his campaign for the U.S. Senate at the time of his death in 1912. The following year she married Charles Glenn ("Chick") Doak, a longtime coach and professor at North Carolina State College.

Mrs. Doak became the first woman radio announcer in North Carolina in 1928 and pioneered in presenting the first hourly woman's program over radio station WPTF, where she was a staff member for three years. From 1934 to 1941 she was employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, serving as executive secretary in the Farm Debt Adjustment Section of the Farm Security Administration, then headed by future Governor W. Kerr Scott of North Carolina.

For many years Mrs. Doak was active in the Raleigh Woman's Club as vice-president and president; she also served on a number of committees. While chairman of the club's welfare department, she was instrumental in establishing the first day-care center for black children in Raleigh. In 1933, she was chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Federation of Women's Clubs. Later, she spoke on behalf of the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals and in favor of the formation of the United Nations organization. She was, in part, responsible for the founding of the Institute of International Relations in North Carolina, which functioned for seventeen years. In 1941 she began a ten-year stint as executive secretary to the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs and edited the North Carolina Club-woman.

Among her civic works, Mrs. Doak helped to organize the first statewide Negro Parent-Teacher Association Congress. She took an active interest in prison reform and, for over forty years, presented an annual Christmas program at Central Prison in Raleigh, a project she started in 1910. This was the first such entertainment ever offered to the inmates of the prison. For thirty years, she was the secretary of the Wake County Cancer Society; she also served as president of the Raleigh Women's Christian Temperance Union, chairman of the United Nations' first State Children's Crusade, vice-president of the Health Publications Institute, Inc., for the U.S. Public Health Service, and board member of the Aycock Memorial Commission and of the North Carolina School for the Blind. In addition, she wrote a history of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs for the period 1942-62.

Early in her life, Mrs. Doak was affiliated with the Methodist church; however, in 1927 she joined the Raleigh Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers), which her husband helped to organize, where she was active in peace and service work. Several times she served on the North Carolina Board of the American Friends Service Committee. Faithful to her alma mater, she took a deep interest in the work of the Littleton College Memorial Association?organized in the late 1920s following the burning of the school in 1919. She was secretary of the association for many years and assisted in establishing a Littleton College Scholarship Fund at Scarritt College in Nashville, Tenn., and a Littleton College Loan Fund at North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount. She also assisted in compiling memorabilia connected with Littleton College which was placed in the libraries of several colleges and universities in the state.

An active member of the North Carolina Democratic party for many years, Mrs. Doak was involved in the campaigns of Governor Cameron Morrison, Congressman Harold Cooley, Governor and Senator W. Kerr Scott, Senator Frank P. Graham, and Governor Terry Sanford. She wrote the constitution for the first unit of the North Carolina Democratic Women. She was one of the founders and president of the Wake County League of Women Voters, as well as chairman of the Child Welfare and Women in Industry Committee of the state league.

Mrs. Doak was the mother of two sons and one daughter. During the thirty-three years her husband was associated with North Carolina State College, the Doak home frequently served as an "Open House" for students. At Littleton College, where she studied elocution, and in her early years in the Raleigh Woman's Club Mrs. Doak helped to present and appeared in various amateur theatrical productions including the dramas of Shakespeare. She died at the Confederate Home for Women, Fayetteville, where she had lived during her later years. Funeral services were held at the Community United Church, Raleigh, and at the New Garden Friends Meeting House, Guilford College; burial was at New Garden Friends Cemetery.

http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/doak/bio.html

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Frances Renfrow Doak Papers, 1907-1965
(Manuscript Collection #408)
http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0408/


Genealogical information pertains to the Doak (Guilford County), Renfrow (Nash County), Sorsby (Nash County), Paisley, Breckenridge, and Worth (Ashe County) families.
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Audio Recording:
Date: 1952|Identifier: OH0048
Oral history interview conducted by Charles Doak, Jr., in 1952 with his parents, Charles Glenn and Frances Renfrow Doak. Major topics pertain to the family backgrounds of Mr. and Mrs. Doak, their courtship and marriage, and their early life together. Frances Renfrow Doak was active in the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs and campaigned for numerous Democratic candidates. She held various government positions, including assistant to Governor Charles B. Aycock. She also aired the first radio program by a woman in the South. Charles G. "Chick" Doak was a baseball coach and athletic director at North Carolina State University
Creator(s)
Doak, Frances Renfrow
Doak, Charles Glenn, 1884-1956

Contributor(s)
Doak, Charles Glenn

Date
1952
Call Number
OH0048

Subject(s)
Doak, Frances Renfrow
Doak, Charles Glenn, 1884-1956
Radio broadcasters--North Carolina
Baseball coaches--North Carolina--Raleigh
Courtship
Marriage

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/16844#details
http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/16844
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http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/encore/ncgre000/00000017/00016844/00016844.0001.mp3



Died:
Name: Frances Renfrow Doak
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 Sep 1974
Event Place: Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina
Birth Year: 1887
Birth Year (Estimated):
Burial Date: 18 Sep 1974
Burial Place: Guilford College, N.C.
Cemetery: New Garden Friends
Funeral Home:
Residence Place: Fayetteville, Cumberland, N.C.
Address: 2005 Ft. Bragg Road
Gender: Female
Age: 86
Marital Status: Widowed
Race (Original): White
Occupation: Secretarial And Adminis.
Birth Date: 13 Oct 1887
Birthplace: North Carolina
Father's Name: Perry V. Renfrow
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Ellen D. Sorsby
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace:
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Additional Relatives:
Informant's Name:
Reference ID: CN31150
GS Film number: 1983956

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Southern Division, Guilford Co, North Carolina
• Census: 1870, Gilmer, Guilford Co, North Carolina
• Census: 1880, Greensboro, Guilford Co, North Carolina
• Census: 1910, Friendship, Guilford Co, North Carolina
• Research Notes: 31 Jul 2016; DNA

Notes:

Census:
Dejina Doak 47 1835 North Carolina
Mary Doak 17 1833 North Carolina
James W Doak 15 1835 North Carolina

Census:
1870 Gilmer Guilford Co, North Carolina
James Doak 35
Martha Doak 32
Mary Doak 9
James Doak 7
William Doak 3
Eula Doak 3/12


Census:
James Doak 45 NC NC NC grocery clerk
Amela Doak 25 England England England
Mary Doak 19 1861 daughter NC NC NC clerk dry good
James Doak 17 1863 son NC NC NC clerk feed store
William Doak 13 1867 son NC NC NC
Eva Doak 10 1870 daughter NC NC NC
Elainne Doak 2m 1880 daughter NC NC Eng
Fannie Gilmer 16 black cook
George Allen 55
Viney Allen 51
Charles Allen 13

next door to his half sister:
Eliza Garrett 56 1824 North Carolina widowed
James West 25 1855 North Carolina son-in-law
Lizzie West 17 1863 North Carolina daughter


Census:
Name: James W Doak
Age in 1910: 75
Birth Year: abt 1835
[1835]
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1910: Friendship, Guilford, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male

Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Emily A Doak
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
James W Doak 75 1835 m2 married 31 yrs North Carolina Ireland North Carolina
Emily A Doak 57 1853 m2 4 births 4 living England England England
Eleanor D Doak 30 1880 single teacher
Robert S Doak 28 1882 single laborer odd jobs
Henry A Doak 26 1884 single teacher
Charles G Doak 24 1886 single




Research Notes:
Per Ralph Thursday May 28, 2015

DNA of descendant of James Wilson Doak, III, and Martha M. Scott is *identical* on 37 markers with a descendant of James Wilson Doak, III and Emily Ann Wilson. He didn't say who the testers were.
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From: Ralph
Date: 07/31/16 02:04:11
To: lumoto1@gmail.com
Subject: Proposed Change: James Wilson Doak, III (I49963)

Proposed Change: James Wilson Doak, III (I49963)
Tree: Roots
Link: http://sherrysharp.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I49963&tree=Roots

Description: The identical 37-marker tests were from Stanley L Doak, descendant of James Wilson Doak (III) & Martha Scott, and Lee Renfrow Doak, descendant of James Wilson Doak (III) & Emily Ann Watson

Ralph
ralphdoak@gmail.com

Died:
D.C. shows father born in Dublin.
Informant was Charles Glenn Doak.
(note: his grandfather was documented in America prior to the time that James Wilson II was born; so Charles Glenn was apparently mistaken.)

James married Emily Ann Watson, (immigrant) on 18 Jun 1878 in Guilford Co, North Carolina. Emily (daughter of Henry Watson and Emma Bullman) was born on 31 Mar 1853 in Brighton, England; died on 6 Jul 1929 in Friendship, Guilford Co, North Carolina; was buried in New Garden Friends Cem, Greensboro, uilford Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1872, London, England; to Greensboro, North Carolina
• Occupation: 1887, Guiford College, Guilford Co, North Carolina; 1st music teacher
• Census: 1900, Friendship, Guilford Co, North Carolina

Notes:

Census:
1900 Friendship, Guilford Co, North Carolina
Emily Doak 49 head May 1851 49 22 yrs married 4 births 4 living England England England occupation: husband make a living
Ellen D Doak 21 dau pr 1879 21 single
Robert S Doak 19 son Mar 1881 19 salesman in grocery
Henry A Doak 16 son Oct 1883
Charley J Doak 14 Oct 1885
Emma Buck 73 mother Oct 1823 wid 2 births 2 living England England England

Notes:

Married:
North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979, (Online: FamilySearch; (http://familysearch.org).
groom's name: James W. Doak
groom's birth date: 1835
groom's age: 43
bride's name: Emily A. Watson
bride's birth date: 1851
bride's age: 27
marriage date: 18 Jun 1878
marriage place: Guilford County, North Carolina
groom's father's name: James W.
groom's mother's name: Dejoina P.
bride's father's name: Henry Watson
bride's mother's name: Emma Buck
groom's race: White
bride's race: White
indexing project (batch) number: M75252-4
system origin: North Carolina-EASy
source film number: 502394

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Nash Co, North Carolina

Notes:

Census:
910-919 RENTFROW, Wilson 37 Farmer 1200 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Cally 37 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Jane H. 20 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Mourning E.15 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, John H. 14 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Sallie 12 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Perry 11 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Cally K. 9 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Cornelia A. 8 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, William H. 7 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Mary M. 5 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Betsey W. 3 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Emariah V. 1 NC

Perry married Ellen Douglas Sorsby about 1885 in North Carolina. Ellen was born about 1865 in of, Nash Co, North Carolina; died after 1890 in of, Nash Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 14 Oct 1824, Guilford Co, North Carolina
• Occupation: Between 1825 and 1846, Guilford Co, North Carolina; sheriff 21 yrs
• Other-Begin: Between 1838 and 1844, Guilford Co, North Carolina

Notes:

Other-Begin:
Executor of will for William Ogburn, father-in-law.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/o/g/b/Kathie--Ogburn/GENE2-0008.html


Occupation:
longest-serving Sheriff Guilford Co, NC, has ever had. 1825-1846
(per Ralph Doak)

Other-Begin:
member of Legislature 3 terms.


Died:
1850 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index
Surname: James W. Doak
Year: 1850
County: Guilford CO.
State: NC
Age: 58
Gender: M (Male)
Month of Death: Jan
State of Birth: NC
ID#: MRT51_1373
Occupation: FARMER
Cause of Death: SHANGURY

James married Dejoina P. "Joeney" Cole on 28 Oct 1828 in Guilford Co, North Carolina. Dejoina was born on 20 Dec 1802 in North Carolina; died on 25 Sep 1861 in Guilford Co, North Carolina; was buried in Green Hill Cem, Greensboro, Guilford Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Guilford Co, North Carolina

Notes:

Census:
Dejina Doak 47 1835 North Carolina
Mary Doak 17 1833 North Carolina
James W Doak 15 1835 North Carolina

Notes:

Married:
Name: Joeney P Cole
Gender: Female
Spouse: James W Doak
Spouse Gender: Male
Bond Date: 25 Oct 1828
Bond #: 000054869
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 001630
County: Guilford
Record #: 01 119
Bondsman: A. E. Hanner
Witness: Jno. Hanner

Henry married Emma Bullman in 1849 in Brighton, England. Emma was born in 1826 in England; died in 1908 in Friendship, Guilford Co, North Carolina; was buried in New Garden Friends Cem, Greensboro, Guilford Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Friendship, Guilford Co, North Carolina

Notes:

She married 2nd a Mr. Buck.

Name:
pedigree chart from Ralph shows Emma Bullman.

Census:
1900 Friendship, Guilford Co, North Carolina
Emily Doak 49 head May 1851 49 22 yrs married 4 births 4 living England England England occupation: husband make a living
Ellen D Doak 21 dau pr 1879 21 single
Robert S Doak 19 son Mar 1881 19 salesman in grocery
Henry A Doak 16 son Oct 1883
Charley J Doak 14 Oct 1885
Emma Buck 73 mother Oct 1823 wid 2 births 2 living England England England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1840, Johnston Co, North Carolina
• Census: 1850, Nash Co, North Carolina

Notes:

Census:
1840 Johnston Co, North Carolina
Name: Breswell Rentpair
[Braswell Rentfrow]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Johnston, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total Slaves: 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4

next:
Name: Wilson Rentpair
[Wilson Rentfrow]
[Wilson Rentfrow]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Johnston, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 2
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total Slaves: 3
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 10

same page:
Harris Rentfrow
Name: Harris Ren
[Harris Rentfrow]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Johnston, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4

Simon Godwin (age 40-49) same page, half-bro; son of their mother Mary "Polly" Duck Godwin Rentfrow and first husband Samuel Godwin)



Census:
910-919 RENTFROW, Wilson 37 Farmer 1200 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Cally 37 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Jane H. 20 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Mourning E.15 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, John H. 14 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Sallie 12 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Perry 11 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Cally K. 9 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Cornelia A. 8 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, William H. 7 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Mary M. 5 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Betsey W. 3 NC
910-919 RENTFROW, Emariah V. 1 NC

Wilson married Mrs. Callie (..) Rentfrow about 1830 in North Carolina. Callie was born in 1823 in North Carolina; died after 1850 in of, Nash Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]