OBIT: James DAUGHERTY, 1941, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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JAMES DAUGHERTY

Found Farmer Dead in Home
Failure to Take Papers From Mail Box Causes Investigation

  Two newspapers left in a mail box until late Friday evening caused neighbors 
to go to the little farm of James Daugherty, where they found him dead on a 
couch in the kitchen.
  James Daugherty, aged 72, lived alone and operated a small farm.  He was in 
the habit of reading two newspapers regularly, and when he had not taken them 
from the mail box late Friday evening it aroused the suspicions of John Miller 
and other neighbors that something might be wrong with the old man.
  When their knock at the door brought no response they peered through the 
kitchen window and discovered Daugherty's body on a couch.  Upon investigation 
by Coroner F. E. Sass of Boswell, it was found that Mr. Daugherty had died of 
coronary occlusion about 24 hours before his dead body was discovered.  The 
horse, cow and chickens in the barn showed no signs of hunger and it is believed 
all were well fed the day previous.
  Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at the Glencoe Evangelical 
Church.  Interment was made in the Mt. Lebanon cemetery under the direction of 
Johnson & Son, Berlin morticians.
  Mr. Daugherty lived on what was known as the old Crosby farm for the past 
thirty years.  He was of a quiet, kindly disposition and spent much of his time 
roaming about the wood, and during the winter months did considerable trapping.
  Friends and neighbors have no knowledge of any near relatives, with the 
exception of a half-brother, whose whereabouts were not known early this week.

Meyersdale Republican, January 9, 1941