Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Doherty, James G April 14, 1867 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons 

An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.

Page 517

James G. Doherty
     Among the sons of the Emerald Isle who have found their way to America 
and assisted in the development of the great west the man whose name appears 
above is not to be reckoned as one of the least in point of achievement. A 
good citizen always and possessed of the conquering spirit which has made his 
race famous in fighting successfully the battles of every people under the sun 
but the Irish, he has done his part toward making Morrow county a place of 
pleasant homes and orderly communities, assisting in the promotion of the 
general welfare while striving to build up his own interests.
     Mr. Doherty was born in County Donegal, Ireland, April 14, 1867. He 
resided there until about sixteen years of age, working on his father's farm 
when not in school, then took passage on the steamer "Encoria," which arrived 
in New York City on October 8, 1883. After a very brief residence in the great 
ocean port of America he came out to Butter creek, in Umatilla county, Oregon, 
where for the ensuing four years he worked for Charles Cunningham. He worked 
faithfully, saving his earnings, and by 1887 had accumulated enough to enable 
him to embark in the sheep business on his own behalf. For the ensuing seven 
years that was his line of endeavor, then he sold out and moved to his present 
place in Black Horse canyon, where he bought three hundred and twenty acres of 
land. He has added to this from time to time since until he is now the owner 
of a half interest in some twelve hundred and forty acres, upon which he is 
raising cattle and horses. At present he has ninety-five head of the former 
and twenty head of the latter, besides a vast herd of range horses.
     Mr. Doherty was married in Pendleton, Oregon, on July 6, 1893 to Miss 
Catherine M. Doherty, a native of County Donegal, Ireland, daughter of Patrick 
and Mary (Doherty) Doherty. They have four children, Mary, Sarah, Nora H. and 
Annie, and they had one other who died in infancy.


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