Background
Doane, William Howard was born on February 3, 1832 in Preston, Connecticut, United States. Son of Joseph H. and Frances (Treat) Doane.
Doane, William Howard was born on February 3, 1832 in Preston, Connecticut, United States. Son of Joseph H. and Frances (Treat) Doane.
Educated Woodstock (Connecticut) Academy. (Museum Doctor, Dennison University, 1875). Secretary Industry Company cotton mills, 1847-1850.
With J. A. Fay & Company, manufacturers woodworking machinery, 1850-1861, at Norwich, Connecticut, later at Cincinnati as president and manager same, since 1861.
Early musical study at Boston under B. F. Baker and best German and American teachers, including Kanhoysen, Kingsley, and training in church choirs. Has taken out over 80 American and foreign patents for woodworking machines. Was president Central Trust & Safe Deposit Company Chevalier Legion of Honor of France, 1889.
Fellow American Society Mechanics
Engineers, American Society Mining Engineers, American Geography Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Archaeological Institute America, American Social Science Association.
President Ohio Baptist Convention, Ministers’ Aid Society for Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
Clubs: Queen City, Business Men's, Bankers’ (Cincinnati).
Married November 2, 1857, Fannie M. Treat.