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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  ROBERT L. DAUGHERTY is one of the pioneer settlers of Dewald township. He

resides on the southwest quarter of section four, of that township. His father,

Robert Daugherty, was one of the best known men in the township, having

homesteaded there when there were only a few other settlers in the vicinity. The

elder Daugherty was born in Scotland—in the city of Glasgow— in April, 18303 and

came to the United States when a young man. He was a puddler by trade, and

followed that occupation all his life until he came to Nobles county. The first

years of his residence in the new world were spent in New Jersey. He was a

veteran of the civil war, having enlisted in company B, of the 4th New Jersey

infantry, in 1861. He was severely wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, and

soon thereafter received his discharge. He then returned to Trenton, N. J.,

where he lived until 1870. His wife, Jane (Marshall) Daugherty, survives him and

is living in Dewald township.



  To these parents was born Robert L. Daugherty on March 4, 1858. His boyhood

days were spent in that New Jersey city. In 1870 the family moved to Champaign

county, Ill., which was the home of our subject for two years. There the

Daugh-ertys came in contact with advertising matter of the National colony,

which proposed to settle the new country of southwestern Minnesota, and it was

decided to seek a home in the west. May 16, 1872, is the date of the arrival of

the family in Worthington. The elder Daugherty at once filed on the southeast

quarter of section eight. Dewald township. At the time of taking up their

residence in that township, the only other settlers in that township were

Messrs. Pepple, Lambert, Houghton, Sherlie, Dewald, Churchill, Joe Mason, Joe

Poots, W. R. D. McChord, A. B. McChord, Richard Berggraf, Tom Childs and Sam

Childs. Robert Daugherty, Sr., died Sept. 15, 1903.



  Robert L. lived with his parent's on the homestead until 1890, when he began

farming for himself on the southwest quarter of section four, which has since

been his home. During his residence there he has served many years as a member

of the school board of his district. He is a member of the Presbyterian church

of Rushmore.



  Mr. Daugherty was married Feb. 5, 1889, to Miss Gertrude Ager, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Wilson Ager, of Worthington. Mrs. Daugherty is a native of the state of

Ohio. To them have been born the following children, all of whom are living at

home: Albert, Esther and Clifford.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 

WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908

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