Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Daugherty, James 1828 - 1903
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

JAMES DAUGHERTY.

   For seventy-five years James Daugherty was a resident of Bartholomew county,
his birth having occurred in Wayne township in 1828. He watched with interest
the changes that occurred in the state and the progress that had been made and
in his community he bore a helpful part in what was accomplished along matters
of advancement and improvement.

   Mr. Daugherty was a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Stader) Daugherty. His
father was a native of Kentucky and came to Indiana when this was a frontier
region, establishing a pioneer home in Bartholomew county, where he entered one
hundred and sixty acres of land from the government. He cleared a large amount
of land, preparing it for the plow and thus advancing the material interests of
the state. He owned at one time eight hundred acres, thus becoming one of the
extensive property holders of this community. In his business career he was very
successful and whatever he undertook he carried forward to a prosperous
conclusion. In the early days he did much hunting, killing not only squirrels
and turkeys but also a number of deer. The original log cabin which he erected
in pioneer times is still standing, being used at the present day as a corn
crib. His political support was given to the Democracy and his religious faith
was that of the Christian church, in which he long held membership. He drove
twenty miles each Sunday to church and was very active in church work, using his
time, money and influence for its further good and for the permanent
establishment of the cause in his locality. His wife was a most estimable lady,
who shared with him in his Christian faith and work, and amid the refining
influences of a religious home their children were reared. They had two sons and
four daughters: Rebecca, Sarah, John, Christina, Annie and James.

   On the old family homestead James Daugherty was reared. Pioneer surroundings
became familiar to him in his youth for his boyhood days covered a period when
many of the homes in this section of the state were log cabins. One could travel
for long distances through the forests without coming upon a habitation and only
here and there the hardy frontiersmen had cleared a farm and began the
development of the county along agricultural lines. In his youth Mr. Daugherty
assisted in the cultivation and improvement of the old home place. His
educational privileges were limited because of the inferior school system at
that time, but he has added largely to his knowledge through experience and
observation as the years have gone by and has become a practical and successful
business man.

Throughout his entire life he has carried on farming and that he has prospered
is shown by the fact that he is today the owner of four hundred and fifty acres
of fine land in Bartholomew county, nearly all of which is under cultivation.
His farm lies in Wayne township not far from the city of Walesboro, thus
enabling him to readily obtain the advantages of town life and at the same time
enjoy the privileges of rural life. In connection with the raising of grain he
is also engaged in the raising of stock, making a specialty of hogs and cattle
and also raising the necessary farm animals. His land is well ditched and his
farm well improved with modern equipments. He has a fine brick house upon his
place and other substantial buildings for the shelter of grain and stock and his
property has become one of the attractive features of the landscape in this
portion of the county.

   Mr. Daugherty has been twice married. He first wedded Elizabeth Wakefield, a
daughter of C. Wakefield. After her death he was again married in 1853, his
second union being with Annetta Guy, a daughter of John and Mary (Watson) Guy,
who were natives of Maryland and on coming to Indiana settled in Clifty
township, Bartholomew county, as pioneer residents of the locality. Her father
died when Mrs. Daugherty was very young. Mr. Daugherty had the following
children: John, now deceased; Laura, the wife of James Laughlin, who is engaged
in the real estate and insurance business in Columbus; Harriet, deceased;
William J., who married Nora Thompson and is a farmer; Ida, the wife of Willis
Newsom, who carries on agricultural pursuits in Sand Creek township; Anna, the
wife of Charles Spiece, who is operating her father's farm; Edgar, deceased; and
Charles, who has passed away. Mr. Daugherty's death occurred March 16, 1903.

   The subject long voted with the Democratic party and always kept informed oil
the questions and issues of the day. He was a member of the Baptist church and
was a consistent and earnest Christian gentleman. In the evening of life he was
able to look back over the past without regret, for his had been an honorable
career and he received the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded
to those who advance thus far on life's journey. His record should serve as a
source of inspiration to others and as an example to the young, for he achieved
both character and fortune during the seventy-five years of his earthly
pilgrimage.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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