Professor G. W. Doty Photographer

Prof. G. W. Doty Photographer

Industry	Photography
Predecessor(s)	J. P. Greenwald
Successor(s)	Haynes & Albright
Founded	1867
Defunct	Oct. of 1867
Headquarters	Wooster, Ohio

Biography

Professor George W. Doty bought the photograph gallery of J. P. Greenwald in 1867 in Wooster, Ohio and operated the business from 1867 until June of 1871 when Doty sold the business to Haynes and Albright . George W. Doty was married to Julia E. Childs and had four children together: Irvin Doty (b.1856 in NY), Alice Doty (b.1858 in NY), William Doty (b.1876), and Mamie G. Doty (b.1878 in OH). By 1875 Doty was working in Lancaster, Ohio and by early 1880s he had become a fixture in Urbana, Ohio. He was always referred to as "Professor" Doty although no educational merits for this moniker could be found. While living in Urbana, Ohio he claimed to have obtained a doctor's diploma and began working as a physician. However, near the end of 1882 after a scandal surrounding his daughter Alice, in which Dr. G. W. Doty circulated slanderous remarks about his daughter in an attempt to ruin her, he was arrested and found out to have obtained his physician's diploma under an assumed name. He was ordered to leave Urbana, Ohio by their "Vigilance Committee" or risk being tarred and feathered. Whatever became of G. W. Doty is unknown. By the 1900 Federal Census Julia Doty was living back in Wooster, Ohio with her daughter Mamie and listed herself as a widow.

Timeline

• 1867 until June of 1871.