Mrs. Charlotte T. Doren
Mrs. Charlotte T. Doren was born in Clarke County, Ohio, in 1826. Her father, Peter Croy, was born in Virginia in 1784, removed to Ohio in 1807, and married Susannah Basinger. The same year they located in Miami County. From there they moved to Clarke County, where they lived till the year 1830, when they came to Shelby County. Peter Croy was a soldier under Gen. Wayne in the war of 1812, and was taken a prisoner, but the particulars of his capture cannot be given. They were neighbors of the Dilbones, who were massacred by the Indians in Miami County, and suffered all the privations and hardships of the early settlers of that day. Peter Croy died in Miami County in 1864. His wife had died in 1848. James H. Doren, husband of Charlotte, was born in Butler County in 1822, and came with his parents, Thomas and Jane (Hayes) Doren to Shelby County in 1832. Here, in the year 1849, he married the subject of our sketch. By this union they had seven children, viz.: Park B., born 1850; Callie, born 1851; Samuel H., born 1854; John C. F., born 1856; Ada, born 1859; Cora, born 1862; and James, born 1864. They were located in section 27, Perry Township. Mr. Doren died March 25, 1877.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883