John R. Doaks

Co. G, 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment

John Ransom Doaks was born 23 April 1843 in Decatur County, Indiana, a son of John M. Doaks and Mary Henderson Doaks (there are a number of ways the surname is spelled in various documents, including Doak, Doake, Doakes, Doke, and Dokes). John R. som…