BIO: William H. DOUGHERTY, Cumberland County, PA
    
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    >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
    Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, page 155
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    CUMBERLAND COUNTY.	155
    
    WILLIAM H. DOUGHERTY, ex-sheriff of Cumberland county, residing at
  Mechanicsburg, Pa., is one of the representative men of that city, and is a
  native of Pennsylvania, having been born in York county, Aug. 5, 1840, a son
  of George Dougherty, whose father was born in Ireland.
    George Dougherty was born in Adams county, in 1799. In 1826 he married Mary
  Ann Stallsmith, a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish extraction, who died
  in 1898, at an advanced age.
    William H. Dougherty was brought by his parents to Cumberland county when
  he was thirteen years of age, and he attended school at Shepherdstown.
  Leaving school in his sixteenth year, he began to learn the carpenter's
  trade, and upon completing his term of apprenticeship, he traveled about,
  working as journeyman, and assisted in the construction of many of the
  buildings in the vicinity of Shiremanstown, and Mechanicsburg, including
  churches, schoolhouses and residences, and he built the First National Bank
  building and also the high school building of Mechanicsburg. He continued
  building and contracting until 1901, when he was nominated by the Democratic
  party as candidate for the office of sheriff, and was elected by a handsome
  majority. During his term of service, he made an excellent officer, and
  justified the confidence his party placed in him. His term expired Jan. 1,
  1904.
    In 1865, Mr. Dougherty married Miss Sarah Ann Maust, of Shepherdstown, a
  native of Cumberland county, and a daughter of Daniel Maust, a tailor by
  trade. After marriage, Mr. Dougherty located in Bowmansdale, residing there
  until 1885, when he removed to Mechanicsburg, where he continued his business
  as builder and contractor. Mr. Dougherty is a member of the Knights of Malta.
  He is a prominent Democrat, and has always taken an active part in local,
  county and state politics, and often is sent as delegate to the various
  conventions. He is a man who is very popular personally, and wields a strong
  influence in his party.
    On Nov. 16, 1869, a son, M. M. Dougherty, was born to Mr. and Mrs.
  Dougherty, now Dr. M. M. Dougherty. After reading medicine with J. H. Boyer,
  of Mechanicsburg, Dr. Dougherty entered Jefferson Medical College of
  Pennsylvania, and was graduated in the class of 1891. He is now located at
  Mechanicsburg, .and is actively engaged in a successful practice. He is a
  member of the Cumberland County Medical Society, and of the American Medical
  Association. In 1893, Dr. Dougherty married Miss Gertrude Ritter, of
  Philadelphia, a daughter of John H. Ritter, a prominent citizen of
  Philadelphia. Two sons were born of this marriage, William R. and Fillmore
  Maust.