Union County IL Archives Biographies.....DOUGHERTY, M.M. August 7, 1832 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarch.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarch.org/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tim Casey timcasey5@gmail.com and Andy Anderson oxdrover@mindspring.com June 8, 2008, 6:18 am Author: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties Illinois M. M. DOUGHERTY, hardware, Cobden. Among the leading businessmen of this village is M. M. DOUGHERTY, who was born August 7, 1832, in Alabama. His parents, Isaac and Rachel (Slimp) Dougherty, were natives of East Tennessee and settled in Alabama, and finally in Mississippi, where they died, after having been blessed with fourteen children, viz.: John, Matilda, Alfred, William, Cynthia, Frances M., Amos. The eighth child was killed when quite young by a limb falling on it. The remaining children were M. M., Elizabeth, Allen, Parlee, Lafayette and Cansaday. The father served in the War of 1812, and he and his wife were members of the Christian Church at the time of their decease. Our subject attended the log cabin schools as much as the circumstances of his father would afford. His early days were spent on the farm, and at the age of 15 years he began for himself. He was married February 21, 1858, to Eliza J. Wilcox, and with her took charge of a farm for a landholder in the South, which he continued until the war pressed him from the position. After having engaged in the war, he located at Anna, this county, where he with a partner opened up a barber shop, from which he retired after about 12 years on account of ill health, and engaged at teaming for awhile, afterward at rural labors, until March 10, 1882, when he put in a full line of hardware in Cobden, to which he is giving his personal attention, and is succeeding remarkably well. He has sustained several downfalls in life, but through his energy and perseverance has as often risen. His wife died in 1879, and he subsequently married Maggie Hail. He was for many years a member of the I.O.O.F., and is now a member of the Knights of Honor of Jonesboro. He votes the Democratic ticket. Additional Comments: Andy Anderson submitted the Biography I believe is Cobden Township. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/union/bios/doughert45bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ilfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb