Bio:  James Edward Daugherty  Purcell, McClain County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Barbara Rivas   brivas1@cox.net 
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Jason Edward Daugherty (known as Ed Daugherty)

b.  17 Dec 1874 near Honey Grove, Fannin Co., TX
d. 18 July 1925  Purcell, McClain Co., OK
m.  16 Nov 1902  Annie Pearl Barefoot  near Wynnewood, I.T. (Oklahoma)

Jason Edward's parents were:

Jason Daugherty and Mariah Antoinette (Cravens) Daugherty

Jason Edwards was a Mason, Presbyterian, and a Democrat.  He and his
father were charter members of the Masonic Lodge in Blanchard,
McClain Co., OK.

Besides being a farmer,  Ed taught school in or near Wynnewood for a
year before his marriage.

In 1912,  he started work as a field deputy under Sheriff Grant
Vincent.

He did not move to Purcell until he was offered continuous work as
"Undersheriff" for Johnny Ratliff in 1919.

May 9, 1925, he and Sheriff Ratliff were seriously wounded while
trying to subdue a man on Main Street in Purcell.  Sheriff Ratliff
died the next morning, but Ed Daugherty didn't die until July.

At his death, he left nine children and a pregnant wife.   (3 sons
and 7 daughters)