| 1. | John Whitfield Keith Doak was born on 14 Sep 1814 in Washington Co, Tennessee; died on 26 Jun 1897 in Tunnel Hill, Whitfield Co, Georgia; was buried in Tunnel Hill Cem, Tunnel Hill, Whitfield Co, Georgia. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1850, Jefferson Co, Tennessee
- Census: 1860, Henderson Mills, Greene Co, Tennessee
- Census: 1870, Ringgold, Catoosa Co, Georgia
- Census: 1880, Blackstock, Catoosa Co, Georgia
Notes:
Source: Brief History of the Snyod of Tennessee, from 1817 to 1877, by John Edminston Alexander
Tusculum College
The records of the Trustees of this institution for twenty-one years from the date of its charter, 1844, till 1865, have been lost. Hence we can record but little concerning that important period of its history.
Its origin was as follows: In 1818, the Rev. Samuel Doak, D.D., resigned the presidency of Washington College, and removed to Tusculum, in Greene county, where he opened a private school which he named Tusculum Academy. Here he taught for twelve years, and gave a good practical education to sixty or seventy pupils, many of whom filled important public positions in this and adjoining States. At his death, December 12, 1830, the Academy was suspended until 1835, when his son, the Rev. Samuel W. Doak, reopened it with an attendance of only four students. He was however so successful that the attendance rose to seventy in 1840. Subsequently competing schools reduced the attendance at Tusculum to about fifty students for some years. In 1842, a Board of Trustees of Tusculum Academy was incorporated with all the powers usually granted to colleges, and two years later (1844) the Legislature changed the name from Tusculum Academy to Tusculum College. From a catalogue issued in 1846, we learn that the aggregate attendance in the eleven years, 1835-46, had been 315; that seven of these had graduated, fifteen had entered the ministry, twenty-seven had become physicians, and eight, as lawyers, had been admitted to the bar.
The Faculty in 1846 were: Rev. Samuel W. Doak, President and Professor of Languages, Natural and Moral Sciences, and Belleslettres; Rev. John W.K. Doak, Vice-President and Professor of Languages; Mr. Henry S. Stewart, Professor of Mathematics.
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Census:
John Whitfield Keith Doak
J.W.R. Doak 35 1815 TN
Dist 13 Jefferson co
J W R Doak 35
Margaret Doak 29
Richard Doak 4
Eliza Doak 2
Luther Doak 0
Census:
1860 Henderson Mills, Greene Co, Tennessee
27 Jun 1860
residence 401
Doak John W. K. 45 physician 2500/400 Tennessee
Doak Margaret 40 Tennessee
Doak Richard W. 14 Tennessee
Doak Eliza 12 Tennessee
Doak Edward W. 8 Tennessee
Doak Sarah J. 5 Tennesse
Doak Mary L. 3 Tennessee
Doak Martha 2/12 Tennessee
residence 403
Samuel S. Doak 1831 Virginia
Julie M. 35 Virginia
Mabell 1 Tennessee
residence 404
Mathew S Doak 25 Tennessee
Margaret R Doak 23 VA
Charles S Doak 1 Tennessee
Saml W Doak 75 Tennessee
Sarah H Doak 69 Tennessee
Joseph Jacker 26 Tennessee
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Census:
Doke John W.W. 55 farmer 1500/358 Tennessee
Margaret 49 Tennessee
Richard W. farming TN
Elizabeth A. 22
Edward W. 17
Sarah J. 15
Mary J. 13
Martha E.
Luther 7
Census:
Doak, John W.K. 65
Margaret 59
Richard W. 34
Eliza A. 32
William E. 27
Sarah J. 25
Calvin L. 17
John married Margaret West on 27 Mar 1845 in Greene Co, Tennessee. Margaret was born on 14 Feb 1821 in Greeneville, Greene Co, Tennessee; died on 12 Jul 1903 in Tunnel Hill, Whitfield Co, Georgia; was buried in Tunnel Hill Cem, Tunnel Hill, Whitfield Co, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Richard West Doak
 was born in 1846 in Tennessee; died after 1880 in of, Blackstock, Catoosa Co, Georgia.
- 3. Elizabeth Doak was born in 1848 in Tennessee; died after 1880 in of, Blackstock, Catoosa Co, Georgia.
- 4. Luther Doak was born in 1850 in Jefferson Co, Tennessee; died after 1850 in of, Jefferson Co, Tennessee.
- 5. Edward William Doak was born in 1852 in Tennessee; died after 1870 in of, Ringgold, Catoosa Co, Georgia.
- 6. Sarah Doak was born in 1855 in Tennessee; died after 1880 in of, Blackstock, Catoosa Co, Georgia.
- 7. Mary J. Doak was born in 1857 in Tennessee; died after 1870 in of, Ringgold, Catoosa Co, Georgia.
- 8. Martha Emmons "Mattie" Doak was born in 1860 in Tennessee; died after 1870 in of, Ringgold, Catoosa Co, Georgia.
- 9. Calvin Luther Doak was born on 9 May 1863 in Greene Co, Tennessee; died on 20 Mar 1942 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, Tennessee.
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1814 - 1897 (82 years)