Mary Jo/Jane Stambaugh and Robert J. Doom

ROBERT J. DOOM was born March 7, 1850 in Rockport, Spencer, Indiana,⁷⁷⁹⁰ and died November 20, 1926.⁴⁵⁶ He is buried in Ashland Cemetery, Saunders County, Nebraska.^{456, 7790}

He married MARY JO/JANE STAMBAUGH on October 30, 1873 in Saunders County, Nebraska,³⁰ daughter of CATHERINE ZIMMERMAN and JOSEPH H. STAMBAUGH. She was born July 31, 1853 in Berrien County, Michigan,¹³³² and died July 19, 1940 in Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska.⁶⁴⁷⁹ She is buried in Ashland Cemetery, Saunders County, Nebraska.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Jacob Meyer Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary J. Stambaugh)
  • John Heilman Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary J. Stambaugh)
  • Felix Stambach Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary J. Stambaugh)
  • Georg Michael Romich Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary J. Stambaugh)
  • John Zimmerman Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary J. Stambaugh)

Personal Information

• Robert J. Doom was a member of the Salvation Army Corps. ⁷⁷⁹⁰

Work History

Obituaries

Ashland Gazette, November 25, 1926⁷⁷⁹⁰

OBITUARY

Robert J. Doom was born in Rockport, Ind., March 7th, 1850. His father, Robert C. Doom, moved with his wife and children when Robert Jr., was but a child and settled on a farm south of Plattsmouth. Here young Robert went to school and grew to manhood, later coming to Ashland and engaging with his father in the mercantile business.

In 1873 he was married to Mary J. Stambaugh. Mr. and Mrs. Doom made their home in Ashland and have lived here for the greater part of their lives with the exception of a few years spent in Denver, where Mr. Doom on Easter Sunday experienced a conversion of religious faith in Salvation Army Corps No. 1, under the ministry of Adjutant Case.

Mr. Doom had a very cheerful disposition, recognizing every one with a friendly "Howdy" and a pleasant "So long." His faith in the Savior's redeeming grace never wavered. Robert died on November 20th, 1926.

Funeral services were held at the home on Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. W. N. Wallis, assisted by Rev. Raymond C. Swisher. Burial was in the Ashland cemetery.

Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, August 4, 1940¹³³²

EARLY SETTLER PASSES.

(Wahoo Wasp)

Mrs. Mary Doom, 87, earliest white settler in Saunders county, died at her home in Ashlad Friday, six weeks after a fall in which she broke an ankle.

The daughter of Joseph and Catherine Stambaugh, she was born July 31, 1851, at Bering Mich. At the age of 3 years, she with her parents, came to Nebraska and settled near Ashland. She attended district school near Ashland and later the Ashland schools. She was married in 1873 to the late Robert J. Doom.

For Mrs. Doom there was a meaning to the word home that rooted deep as life itself. After she and her parents came to Ashland their first hard labor went into the construction of a sod house.

Hardly had that house been constructed before hurried news was brought of an Indian party out marauding. In frantic haste, the family made ready to leave, gathering together only a few necessities. But before they had traveled beyond sight of that new home the Indians arrived. They saw their home go up in fire, their belongings stolen or destroyed. And only after a running, desparate fight did they win back to Cass county.

But they had come to Nebraska to make a home! In a very short time, they returned bringing with them this time John Aughe and family and Lee Warburton and his family. With the scant added protection they again took their chances. New sod houses were built. More trouble with bands of Indians—but never again were they driven from home. Then the government started supplying overland wagon trains at Ashland and removed the danger of Indians.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
August 27, 18601850	Calhoun County, Nebraska	Joseph H. Stambaugh Catherine Zimmerman Mary Jo/Jane Stambaugh George Washington Stambaugh John Adams Stambaugh
August 3, 18701513	Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska	Joseph H. Stambaugh Catherine Zimmerman Mary Jo/Jane Stambaugh George Washington Stambaugh John Adams Stambaugh Ella Romine Stambaugh Emma Lincoln Stambaugh Lorenzo Grant Stambaugh Melissa Josephine Stambaugh
June 18, 1900303	Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska	Robert J. Doom Mary Jo/Jane Stambaugh
April 30, 1910302	Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska	Robert J. Doom Mary Jo/Jane Stambaugh
January 31, 1920299	Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska	Robert J. Doom Mary Jo/Jane Stambaugh
April 15, 1930300	Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska	Mary Jo/Jane Stambaugh