Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Daugherty, Jefferson 1841 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  JEFFERSON DAUGHERTY, farmer, P. O. Palestine, was born March 26, 1841, in
Sullivan County, Ind. His grandfather was in the Revolutionary war. His father,
John Daugherty, was born in Kentucky, and died in Indiana. He was married to
Mary Jane Daugherty, who was also born in Kentucky. Our subject went to school
in New Lebanon, Ind., and Palestine, Ill. He was a farmer in early life. In the
summer of 1861, on July 20, he obeyed the call of his country, enlisted in the
Eleventh Missouri Infantry Volunteers, and marched forth to defend the stars and
stripes. He participated in the battles of Frederickstown, Corinth, Iuka,
Vicksburg and others. Mr. Daugherty lost his eyesight in the service of his
country. He came home in 1864, and was married, October 7, 1868, in New Labanon,
Ind, to Miss S. J. Schoonover, born January 16, 1851, in Sullivan County, Ind.
She is the mother of one child now living, William E., born April 28, 1872. Mr.
Daugherty is a member of the "Alfred Harrison Post," No. 152, in Palestine
Department, G. A. R. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church. He
receives a goodly pension from the United States Government.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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