John F. Daugherty Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1838-1839 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	JOHN F. DAUGHERTY was born in Maryland on the 1st of August, 1847, 
and is indebted to its public-school system for the educational privileges 
he enjoyed. His father died when the son was a mere boy and the mother 
afterward married again. John Daugherty did not receive very kind 
treatment from, his stepfather and so left home in Baltimore and made 
his way to Illinois. He was there living at the time of the outbreak of 
the Civil war, and, with patriotic spirit, he offered his services to 
the government. He was captured during service and was incarcerated in 
the famous Libby prison, where he was detained for several weeks, at 
the end of which time he was liberated and paroled. After the war Mr. 
Daugherty went to California, where he became manager of a large 
lumbering business in the famous Redwood regions of that state. Leaving 
the Pacific coast, he allied his interests with those of Dakota and 
became largely interested in land here. In order to establish a home of 
his own and to enjoy the companionship of a helpmate he married Miss 
Ella Colton, a native of South Bend, Indiana. In the year after their 
marriage the young couple went to Pierre, where Mr. Daugherty engaged 
in freighting. His residence in that place continued until 1889, when 
he removed to Wakonda, where he began buying and selling grain and 
stock. He has since engaged in this line of business, shipping both 
products of the state on a very large scale. He also owns an extensive 
ranch in the Black Hills, and is the proprietor of a large stock farm 
near Yankton, besides much other land in this state. His splendid 
possessions have been acquired through his own efforts. The home of Mr. 
and Mrs. Daugherty has been blessed with four children, of whom three 
are yet living.