Doyle, Maurice

Died: 1851-05-31 Springfield, Illinois

Flourished: 1840-1851 Springfield, Illinois

Sometime after December 1834, Doyle left Dublin, Ireland and settled in Springfield, Illinois, where he was employed as a merchant. He was also a Mason, and was a founding member of the Springfield Lodge in 1839. At the time of his death, he had a wife named Mary and four children.

U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Sangamon County, IL, 2; History of Sangamon County, Illinois (Chicago: Inter-State, 1881), 621; Bill for Injunction, Document ID: 63697, Doyle et al. v. Lewis et al., Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=137545.