Henry P. Doe
American politician
Henry Plummer Doe (October 4, 1841 – May 4, 1904) was an American jeweler and politician who served as the twenty-seventh Mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Henry Plummer Doe was born on 4 October 1841 in Methuen, Massachusetts to Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Pecker) Doe. He was the third of five children.
He apprenticed under George Washington Hazen in Boston, Massachusetts, beginning in 1861, and continued as a journeyman until 1867. He was recorded in the 1870 and 1880 U.S. censuses in Lawrence, Massachusetts, listed as a watchmaker.
He married Wilhelmina May Russell, daughter of Moody and Frances (Wardwell) Russell, on 14 November 1869 in Andover, Massachusetts. Together, they had one daughter, Beatrice Russell (Doe) Allen.
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