Albany County WY Archives Biographies.....Dougherty, James 
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Author: Bowen & Co. (1903)

JAMES DOUGHERTY.

   One of the oldtime pioneers of Wyoming and now a prominent ranchman and
cattle owner of Hatton, Albany county, is James Dougherty. A native of Ireland,
he was born in 1833, the son of James and Rose (McCray) Dougherty, both natives
of that country. His father, born in 1810, was a merchant, all of his active
life following that pursuit up to the time of his decease in 1871. He was the
son of George Dougherty also a native of Ireland and a merchant, with which he
combined farming, and living to the great age of ninety-eight years, and dying
in 1848. His wife, whose maiden name was Celia McCue, also lived to an advanced
age, dying in the same year with her husband at the age of ninety-six years. The
father of George Dougherty was named Daniel, and he was a carpenter and a
skilled mechanic, the builder of the first wheel-cart made in Ireland. The
mother of the subject of this review passed away in her native country in 1848
at the age of thirty-two years, being the daughter of Daniel and Rosy (Madden)
McCray, well-known and highly respected residents of Ireland. James Dougherty
grew to manhood in his native land, and received his early education, such as
circumstances permitted to him, in the schools of the vicinity of his home. When
he arrived at the age of twenty-one years he resolved to free himself from the
hard conditions that surrounded him in his native country and to seek his
fortune in the country of free institutions, and in the company of a number of
other young men of like aspirations he left the home of his childhood and early
manhood, the memory of which has ever been dear to him through all his after
life, and sailed away to America. Arriving in New York he soon found employment
in draying, and followed that pursuit for about two years. He then secured
employment on a railroad running through the states of Maryland and Virginia,
and continued this business until 1861, then he responded to the call of his
adopted country for troops to defend the flag and the integrity of the Union,
and enlisted as a private in Co. C, Third Pennsylvania Cavalry. With this
regiment he served throughout the war, and for a total period of four years, two
months and six days, and was mustered out of the service with a commission as a
captain, a promotion he had earned by gallant service in the field. During his
long term of service he was in many engagements, but escaped without serious
injury from either wounds or disease. At the end of his army life he established
his home in Maryland and engaged in contracting, in which he continued for about
three years. lie then removed his residence to Missouri, but soon proceeded to
Council Bluffs, Iowa. Not finding business conditions here as favorable as he
had anticipated, he went on to Laramie City, Wyo., where he arrived in 1868.
Here he engaged in railroading and overland freighting, going as far as Nevada,
and was in this employment for about four years, then he engaged in ranching and
cattleraising at Sheep Mountain on the Little Laramie River, being one of the
earliest of the pioneer stockmen of that section of the country and one of the
first to recognize its superior advantages as a stockgrowing section. He has met
with success in his business operations and is now one of the representative
business men of the county. In 1872 Mr. Dougherty was united in marriage with
Mrs. Ellen M. Hunt, a native of Ireland, whose maiden name was Cosgrove. She
passed away in 1876, leaving one son. The present wife of Mr. Dougherty at their
marriage was Mrs. Mary S. Luber, a native of New York. They have no children.
Mr. Dougherty is a staunch member of the Democratic party and for many years he
has taken an active and prominent part in the councils and management of that
party in the county where he resides, and during the administration of President
Cleveland he received the appointment as postmaster of Hatton postoffice in
Albany county. He is one of the leading citizens of his county and is held in
the highest esteem by all classes of his fellow citizens.


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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

ILLUSTRATED

A people who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors, will
never achieve anything worthy to he remembered with pride by remote
generations.—.MACAULAY.

CHICAGO, ILL.
A. W. BOWEN & CO.
PUBLISHERS AND ENGRAVERS
1903


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