The Doub Family

The Doub family is a French family that emigrated from the Moselle

Moselle

Moselle is a department in the east of France named after the river Moselle.- History :Moselle is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

 region of France to the New World, spreading widely in mid-Atlantic colonial America. There are several branches of the Doub family, but the two earliest branches are the Maryland Doubs and the North Carolina Doubs.

The Maryland Doubs

The Maryland branch settled first in Frederick

Frederick

-Royalty:Austria* Frederick I, Duke of Austria , Duke of Austria from 1195–1198* Frederick II, Duke of Austria , last Duke of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty...

, Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

, then further into frontier Maryland, starting in the early 18th century. Several early Doubs were active land speculators in Frederick

Frederick

-Royalty:Austria* Frederick I, Duke of Austria , Duke of Austria from 1195–1198* Frederick II, Duke of Austria , last Duke of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty...

, and their names are mentioned on many colonial-era deeds. Ezra Doub ran for the Maryland legislature in 1841 on the Whig ticket, and lost.

Maryland Doub family members were active in the taming of the Western Maryland frontier, and played a prominent role in the agriculture, economy, and politics of Washington County, Maryland

Washington County, Maryland

Washington County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering southern Pennsylvania to the north, northern Virginia to the south, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to the south and west. As of the 2010 Census, its population is 147,430...

 from the earliest days of the county.

The Doub's Mill Historic District

Doub's Mill Historic District

The Doub's Mill Historic District is a national historic district that encompasses a portion of the small community of Beaver Creek, Maryland dating to the late 18th century and early 19th century. Using local limestone, the neighborhood displays an unusual consistency of style and...

 and Doub Farm

Doub Farm

The Doub Farm is a historic home and farm located at Keedysville, Washington County, Maryland, United States. The house is a two-story, seven-bay brick structure set on low fieldstone foundations. The property includes a small brick wash house, a row of board-and-batten outbuildings, a large stone...

 in Keedysville are both named after the Doub family. Another Doub family farm in Boonsboro, Maryland

Boonsboro, Maryland

Boonsboro is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States, located at the foot of South Mountain. It nearly borders Frederick County and is proximate to the Antietam National Battlefield...

 was reportedly used as a field headquarters during the Battle of Antietam

Battle of Antietam

The Battle of Antietam , fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000...

; the family had fled the battlefield and taken refuge in the western Maryland hills.

Notable Doub Family Members

Albert Doub, 1915 Republican candidate for Attorney General of Maryland, later Circuit Court Judge, Alleghany County Maryland

Emma K. Doub, Maryland educator

Ezra Doub, Frederick, then Boonsboro, landowner and Whig candidate for Maryland House of Representatives, 1841

George C. Doub, US Attorney for the District of Maryland, US District Court

Janet Doub Erickson

Janet Doub Erickson

-Block Printer, Author, and Graphic Artist:Janet Doub Erickson is an American graphic artist and writer who popularized linoleum-block and woodblock printing in the post-World War II period, both through her art and through her writings...

, artist and author

Peter Doub, early North Carolina Methodist preacher and advocate of women's education

William O. Doub and Mary G Doub, former Atomic Energy Commissioner and wife

J. Peyton Doub, Environmental Scientist, Wetland Scientist, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Albert A Doub II and Elyssa R. Doub, Europe and Eurasia, US Energy Association, and wife