Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Dougherty, John R. 1910
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The Ionia Daily Standard, Thursday, June 2, 1910
John R. Dougherty, many years banker, farmer and very prominent citizen of 
Lyons township, succumbed to the ravages of the grim reaper after an illness 
which confined him to the house only three weeks, at the farm home south of 
Lyons, on Wednesday afternoon, aged 68 years..

Deceased was the son of James and Sarah (Loomis) Dougherty, and was born in 
Cayuga county, New York, on December 17, 1842.  His father was a native of 
Ireland and came alone to the Unites States at the age of 14 years.

Mr. Dougherty came to Michigan with his mother in 1857, and located on a farm 
near Lyons.  He remained at home until he was 20 years old, supporting his 
mother by working on a farm during the summers, and attended school winters.  
The mother died on July 19, 1876. 

Mr. Dougherty enlisted in the Eighth Michigan Infantry, and served his country 
three years.  He was with Burnside in all his campaigns, and took a valiant 
part in the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., the battles of South Mountain, 
Antietam, etc., and was promoted in May 1865 to first lieutenant.

For one year after “coming home from the war,” he worked by the month on a 
farm, and then engaged in the grocery and provision business in Lyons—this was 
in 1867.  In 1868 he purchased an unimproved farm, which is now one of the 
finest in the township, and has been a source of much pride to its owner.  In 
1862 he married Melissa J. Truesdell of Broome county, New York, who preceded 
him to the better land.  His second wife was Mrs. Lois Dunn, many years a 
resident of Ionia.

Deceased was in the truest and best sense a self-made man, industrious and 
above reproach as to personal honor.  He was best known, perhaps, as the 
senior member of the Lyons banking house of John R. Dougherty & Co., while at 
same time being the senior member of the mercantile firm of Dougherty & 
Gleason of Lyons.  By his thrift he won his way from a position of dependence 
to one of independence.

Time of funeral had not been fixed at of this afternoon, awaiting word from 
relatives residing at a distance, but will probably be attended on Saturday.



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