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After his mother's death [1808], in 1813, the family emigrated to Orange Co, IN. In 1887, he and his sister Nancy were the only surviving children of the eight born to Ebenezer and Elizabeth. 1m to Jane Freeman on 8 Nov 1826. 2m to Alice Davis.

He was born 7 April 1804 in Orange County, NC, the son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Stout) Doan. Ebenezer was born in NC and died in 1860 at a very advanced age. Elizabeth was also born in NC, and she died when Mahlon was a child. They had eight children, two of whom are living: Mahlon and Nancy, who married James Tomlinson and lives in Plainfield, Indiana.
Mahlon married first, Jane Freeman, a native of North Carolina, a daughter of John and Charity Freeman who were both natives of North Carolina. Mahlon and Jane had three children: Alfred; John, who resides in Tippecanoe Twp., and Julia Ann who died at age 19.
Mahlon's second wife was Alice Davis, who was born in Orange County, IN, the daughter of Warner and Millie (Hudson) Davis, both natives of NC. They had four children: Sarah Emeline, who m. John Burton of Taylor County, IA; William who resides in Powesheik County, IA; Zach, who resides in Salem Twp.; and Mary E. who died at age four.
Mahlon and family were of the Society of Friends, and he was a Republican. He went to Henry County in 1837. He bought 200 acres in Section 11, Center Twp., where he still lives. He also owns 40 acres adjoining, in Tippecanoe Twp.
(Portrait and Biographical Album, Henry County, Iowa; Acme Publishing Company, Chicago, 1888, p. 389)

Birth	7 Apr 1804	Chatham County, North Carolina
Death	9 Oct 1894	Henry County, Iowa

Father	Ebenezer Doane (1768 - 1838)
Mother	Elizabeth Stout (1774 - 1808)
Sibling	Hannah Doane (1791 - 1826)
Sibling	Ephriam Doane (1793 - 1867)
Sibling	Rachel Doane (1795 - )
Sibling	William Doane (1798 - )
Sibling	Ann "Nancy" Doane (1800 - 1890)
Sibling	Sarah Doane (1802 - 1865)
Sibling	Jonathan Doan (1806 - 1833)