David H Dolby
Son of Isaac & Caroline (Martin) Dolby
10 January 1851 - 1 January 1928

Rachel M (Chalmers) Dolby
Wife of David H Dolby
4 September 1859 - 25 February 1914

Louisa F (Egan) Dolby
Wife of David H Dolby
5 September 1860 - 12 April 1937

The funeral of David H Dolby, who died Sunday evening at 7 o'clock at his home, will be held Wednesday. A short service will take place at the residence on Etna avenue, just outside the city, at 10 o'clock and the cortege will go to the Church of the Brethren for the main service, which will be held at 11 o'clock. The Rev. John F Edwards, assisted by the Rev. H G Rowe, will have charge of the service. Burial will be in the Lancaster Cemetery.

Mr. Dolby was 76 years old. He had been ill for about five months. Last August 14 he suffered a stroke of paralysis and his condition was very serious for a few days, be he gradually recovered and was able to be around his home though he was still under the care of a physician. He was taken very suddenly ill Sunday evening and the death occurred at 7 o'clock.

He was born in Wayne county, Indiana, January 10 1851. His parents wer Isaac and Caroline Mary Colby. He married Rachel Chalmers July 17 1877 and twelve children were born to them, ten surviving. The first wife died February 25, 1914. The second marriage was to Loueza F Egan April 8 1918. She and the following children survive: Mrs. E M Depoy, Huntington; Mrs. Samuel T Weller, Huntington; Mrs. G E Daihl, Wabash county; Mrs. C B Edmundson, Enid Okla; Leroy Dolby, Huntington; Mrs. H V Jones, Huntington; Emery Dolby, Huntington; Mrs. George Gephart, Cambridge City, Ind; Sherman E Dolby, Flint Mich.; Miss Bertha Dolby, Wabash County. There are nineteen grandchildren.

Contributed by Paul Haley
Herald Press Huntington Co IN January 3, 1928

Louza F Dolby, 76 , died at 5:20 pm Monday following a stroke of paralysis April 2, at the home of a stepdaughter, Mrs. G E Daihl, twomiles north of Lincolnville in Lagro Township, Wabash County, where she had spent the last six summers. She spent the winters at the home of another step-daughter, Mrs. E B Cullar, near Cincinnati Oh.

Mrs Dolby was born September 5, 1860 in Virginia and was married to David H Dolby April 4, 1918 in Solo Mo. The husband is dead.

Surviving are seven stepchildren, Mrs. G E Daihl, Wabash county; Mrs E M Dupoy, Mrs S T Weller, LeRoy Dolby and Mrs. H V Jones all of this city; Mrs. George Gephart, Rock Creek township; Mrs Anna Edmundson, Enid Okla; Sherman Dolby, Flint Mich.; Mrs. E B Cullar, Ohio and Emery Dolby, LaFontaine.

Nineteen stepgrandchildren, seven stepgreatgrandchildren and many nephews and nieces also survive.

She was a member of the Christian Church.

Funeral services will be held at the Daihl residence in Wabash county, at 10 am Wednesday, the Rev. C B Clufton, pastor of the Lincolnville Methodist Episcopal church, officiating. Burial will be in the Lancaster cemetery, this county.

Contributed by Paul Haley
Herald Press Huntington Co IN April 13, 1937

Mary C (Dolby) (Nicholson) DePoy
Daughter of David H & Rachel (Chalmers) Dolby
Wife of John Nicholson (1902)
Wife of Edgar M DePoy (1915)
15 May 1881 - 24 October 1972
Lancaster Huntington Co IN

Mrs Mary C DePoy, 91, Huntington, died at 8:30 am Friday at the Huntington Memorial Hospital.

Born in Lancaster Township, she was a lifelong resident of Huntington County. She had been a member of the Central Christian Church since 1903.

Surviving are two sons, the Rev. Arthur W. Nicholson, Mascotte FL, and Harold F DePoy Huntington; and a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Spickelmier, with whom she made her home; two stepsons, Floyd DePoy, Boulder, Colo and Norville DePoy, Huntington; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Lamoin Lewis, Huntington and Mrs Richard Gregg, Dayton Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. H V Jones Huntington and Mrs. Earl Cullar, Markle; nine grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 am Monday in the chapel of the Bailey Mortuary with the Rev. David A. Rowand and the Rev. Eugene Nicholson, a grandson of Orlando, Fla., officiating. Burial will be in the Lancaster Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 pm today at the Bailey Mortuary

Contributed by Paul Haley

George & Laura E. (Dolby) Gephart, Daughter of David & Rachel (Chambers) Dolby

Myrtle Marie Dolby
25 July 1902 - 08 March 1920
Daughter of David H & Rachel (Chalmers) Dolby
Lancaster Cemetery Huntington Co IN

Miss Myrtle Dolby ,about nineteen years old, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. C M Depoy in Andrews at 4:45 o'clock Monday afternoon. She had been ill three weeks the influenza and complications.

Miss Dolby was born in Jefferson township to Mr and Mrs David Dolby. The mother and one brother are deceased. Mr. Dolby now resides on Etna avenue, just outside the city limits.

Surviving besides the father, are seven sisters, Mrs. C M Depoy, Andres, Mrs. Samuel Weller, Huntington, Mrs L A Daihl, Wabash county, Mrs Anna Edmunson, Enid, Okla, Mrs. Rosa Jones, Huntington, Mrs Laura Gephart, Oklahoma dn Miss Bertha Dolby, Wabash county; three brothers, Leroy Dolby, Huntington, Emery Dolby,Jefferson township, and Sherman Dolby of Flint, Michigan.

Miss Dolby was a member of the Methodist church at Lancaster. She was a member of the graduating class of the Huntington high school last year.

Contributed by Paul Haley
Herald Press Huntington Co IN March 9, 1920