Wise Carlton Doughtie

   Cause of his death was Cirrhosis of the Liver.

  General Notes:

Known to family as Big Buddy (brother)

The 1910 Federal Census for Holy Neck, Nansemond Co., Virginia, District 12, page 141A taken April 15, 1910 records Carlton (28) and Sarah M. (25) Doughtie with children Annie O. (4), Norfleet W. (2), and Margaret (6/12). Carlton is working in a Sawmill (probably his father's Mill). A few pages over in the census is his father, Bolden R. Doughtie and 2nd wife, Mary E., and son Luther Doughtie. Bolden is listed as a Lumberman with a Saw Mill.

The WWI Draft Registration Card for Wise Carlton Doughtie dated September 12, 1918 lists his date of birth as December 10, 1880. He is living with his wife Sarah M. Doughtie in Holland, (Nansemond, Co. / now Suffolk City) VA. and is self emplyed as a Lumberman. His physical description is medium height and build.

In 1930 the family is living on Railroad Street in Holland Town, Holy Neck, Nansemond Co., Virginia. The 1930 Federal Census for Holland Town, Holy Neck, Nansemond Co., VA, District 6, page 98B, dated April 3, 1930 records Wise C. (49) and Sarah M. (45) Doughtie with children Ann O. (24), Norfleet W. (22), Henley S. (16), Bolden R. (13), Thomas R. (11), and Cecil M. (10). Wise is a Sawyer in a Saw Mill and has been married for 25 years.

The 1940 Federal Census for Holland, Nansemond Co., VA, District 62-9, page 133B, dated April 4, 1940 records Wise C. (59) and Sarah M. (55) Doughtie with children Bolden R. (23), Thomas R. (21), and Cecil M. (16) living on the "street leading into Suffolk Road". Also in the household is Wise's widowed daughter Octavia D. Holland (34) and her daughter Margaret C. Holland (9). There are also 2 lodgers: Charles (71) and Lydia (69) Norfleet [brother & sister]. Wise is a Sawyer & Foreman in a Lumber/Saw Mill. The 1910 census shows these Norfleets with their father, Elisha, as neighbors of Bolden R. Doughtie, father of Wise Carlton Doughtie.


Holland Cemetery located on Highway 58 Bypass, just west of Holland, VA (in now Suffolk, VA) - Records copied by Bruce Saunders and Pat Holland.
WISE CARLTON DOUGHTIE : 12-10-1880 08-11-1950
MARRIED 01-19-1905
SARAH MARGARET NORFLEET DOUGHTIE : 05-16-1885 11-17-1962
D/O WILLIAM HENLY AND ANNIE VIRGINIA BYRD NORFLEET

  Research Notes:

Holland Cemetery, Holland Rd., Suffolk, VA is located on 58 By-Pass at the intersection with route 612 (OKelley Dr) just west of Holland, VA.

  Medical Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Mr Wise Carlton Doughtie
Residence: Holland, VA
Occupation: Millwright at Barnes Lumber Company
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 69
Birth Date: 10 Dec 1880
Death Date: 11 Aug 1950
Death Place: Holland, Nansemond, Virginia
Burial: Aug 13, 1950 at Holland Cemetery, Holland, VA
Registration Date: 11 Aug 1950
Father: Bolden Riddick Doughtie
Mother: Cornelia A Wiggins
Spouse: Mrs Sarah Norfleet Doughtie
Certificate Number: 1950019085
Informant: Mrs. Sarah N. Doughtie [wife] of Holland, VA

Wise married Sarah (Sadie) Margaret Norfleet, daughter of William Henley Norfleet and Annie Virginia Byrd, on 19 Jan 1905. (Sarah (Sadie) Margaret Norfleet was born on 16 May 1885, died on 17 Nov 1961 and was buried in Holland Cemetery, Holland Rd., Suffolk, VA. (On 58 By-Pass West of Holland, VA).) The cause of her death was Internal Cerebral Hemorrhage / Arteriosclerosis / Hypertension.