DOHERTY, Hugh - 1914

DOHERTY, FARREN, MURRAY, KENNEDY, MCLAUGHLIN, ROSSE, HARTY, SULLIVAN

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Date: 7/2/2009 at 11:57:16

HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

HUGH DOHERTY.

Hugh Doherty, who at the time of his death in 1910 was bridgeman at Cherokee, in the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, January 16, 1862, a son of Hugh and Ann (Farren) Doherty, natives of County Clare, Ireland. After the parents came to the United States they located in Dedham, where the father worked in the mills until 1873. In that year he came west and located in Benton county, Iowa, where he farmed for three years, after which he moved to Calhoun county, where he and his wife passed away. He was a stanch republican in his political beliefs and a devout member of the Roman Catholic church. In his family were five children : Hugh, of this review; Delia, the wife of Thomas Murray, of Akron, Colorado; Mary, who married Bernard Kennedy, of the same city; Emma, the wife of William McLaughlin, of Larchwood, Iowa; and Theresa, the wife of Joseph Rosse, of Lohrville, Iowa.

Hugh Doherty was eleven years of age when he came with his parents to Iowa and he acquired practically all of his education in the public schools of this state. About 1889 he moved to Cherokee and established a dray line, conducting this successfully for several years. When he disposed of it he went to Colorado and farmed in the vicinity of Akron for one year. Upon his return he entered the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad Company at Cherokee, for whom he worked as bridgeman, proving prompt, capable and trustworthy in the discharge of his duties.

On the 27th of July, 1896, Mr. Doherty was united in marriage to Miss Mary Harty, a daughter of John and Ellen (Sullivan) Harty, of Cherokee. The father was born in Lafayette county, Wisconsin, March 14, 1844, and was educated there. He afterward became a well driller and followed this occupation in his native county until he came to Newell, Iowa, where he operated a farm. He returned to Wisconsin and remained three years, or until 1876, when he came to Cherokee county. Here he engaged in general farming until 1893, when he retired from active life and moved into Cherokee, where he died July 16, 1912. He had long survived his wife, who passed away when Mrs. Doherty was not yet two years of age. The father was a stanch democrat in his political beliefs and a member of the Roman Catholic church. He had three children: Dennis, who has passed away; Mary, the widow of the subject of this review; and John, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Doherty became the parents of three children, Mary Agnes, Anna M. and Patrick C., all attending school at St. Marys parochial school. Mrs. Doherty and family are members of St. Marys Catholic church.

Mr. Doherty was a member of the Roman Catholic church and was connected fraternally with the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He voted independently and was always ready to support progressive public movements and projects, although he was not active as an office seeker. He died May 18, 1910, and his wife survives him, making her home in Cherokee, where she has an extensive circle of warm friends.