DOUGHTY, Mary Olive 1848 - 1941

DOUGHTY, CAMPBELL, BRADSHAW, STANFORD, PALMER, HUFFMAN, KELLY

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 9/11/2021 at 11:50:03

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Thursday, March 6, 1941
Page FIVE, Column 4

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... --Mrs. J. B. CAMPBELL of Manson known here as Miss Marie DOUGHTY spent yesterday with relatives and friends. She came especially to visit with her grandmother Mrs. Mary DOUGHTY who has been quite ill the past few days at her home 303 S. Court street. Mrs. DOUGHTY is reported as somewhat improved today.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Friday, March 14, 1941
Front Page, Column 1

MRS. DOUGHTY DIES TODAY
Nonagenarian, life long resident of city, succumbs at home

Mrs. Mary Olive DOUGHTY, 92, life-time resident of Jefferson countym, passed away at 11:10 o'clock Thursday night, at her home 303 South Court street. She was stricken two weeks ago, and had been seriously ill since that time. The body was taken to the Hoskins Funeral Home.

Mrs. DOUGHTY was born November 3, 1848, near Fairfield, the daughter of Abraham and Nancy BRADSHAW STANFORD. Her birthplace was the Stanford estate in Cedar township. Mrs. DOUGHTY was one of the pioneers of this county, and had spent all of her life in this county. She had been a member of the Free Methodist church for a number of years.

Surviving are one son, M. T. DOUGHTY of this city, five grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren and one brother, A. L. STANFORD of Fairfield. Her husband C. H. DOUGHTY passed away Nov. 23, 1923 (sic - Nov. 1, 1923). Six other brothers and sisters also preceded her in death.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Saturday, March 15, 1941
Page FOUR, Column 7

Funeral Services For Mrs. DOUGHTY To Be Sunday Afternoon

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Olive DOUGHTY, who passed away at her home here Thursday, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Hoskins Funeral Home here. Services will be in charge of Rev. Fine. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Monday, March 17, 1941
Page FIVE, Columns 1 and 2

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... --Rev. R. T. Fine, of Burlington, district elder of the Free Methodist church, was in the city yesterday to conduct the funeral services for Mrs. Mary DOUGHTY, who passed away at her home Thursday night, of last week. Others in attendance were a niece, Mrs. Guy PALMER of Albion, Nebr., who had assisted with the care of Mrs. DOUGHTY for two weeks prior to her death, and a nephew, Robert STANFORD of Ottumwa.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Wednesday, March 19, 1941
Page EIGHT, Column 2

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... --Mrs. Pearl CAMPBELL, who makes her home with Miss Luella Jones, 304 North Main street, is entertaining her cousins, from Kansas and Nebraska today at her home. They are Mrs. Bessie HUFFMAN, Mrs. Guy PALMER, and Mrs. Myrtle KELLY. Their uncle, Lincoln STANFORD, of this city, will join the group at dinnertime. These ladies were called to Fairfield by the death of their aunt Mrs. Mary DOUGHTY, whose funeral was held on Sunday and who was also a sister of Mr. STANFORD.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Monday, March 24, 1941
Page SEVEN, Column 8

PROBATE OF WILL

State of Iowa, Jefferson County, ss:

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Notice is hereby given that an instrument, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Mary O. DOUGHTY, Deceased, is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, and that Friday, March 28th A. D. 1941 at 9:30 o'clock A. M. has been set for proof and final hearing of same.

Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, this 24th day of March, 1941.

W. S. Parkin
Clerk of District Court
By Alfreda Engstrand, Deputy

March 24

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Tuesday, April 1, 1941
Page THREE, Column 6

OBITUARY

MRS. MARY OLIVE DOUGHTY

Mrs. Mary Olive DOUGHTY, daughter of Abraham and Nancy BRADSHAW STANFORD was born on the old Stanford homestead in Cedar township, Nov. 3, 1848 and died at her home, 303 South Court St. March 13, 1941, having reached the ripe old age of 92 years, 10 months and three days (sic - 92 yrs, 3 mos, 10 days). She was one of the pioneer residents of Jefferson county and spent most of her life here.

During the depression following the Mexican war, she was deprived of the schooling the modern girls of today enjoy, and being one of the older ones of a family of eight children, she not only had to care for her younger brothers and sisters but also help in the garden and even in the field, and spinning in the evenings kept her busy until bed time.

She was married to H. C. DOUGHTY (sic - Calvin Hayden DOUGHTY) in 1868, who preceded her in death Nov. 23, 1923 (sic). Surviving her are her one adopted son M. T. DOUGHTY of this city, five grandchildren and three great-grandchidlren, and one brother, A. L. STANFORD of Fairfield.

She had been a member of the Free Methodist church for several years and was a woman of strong religious feeling, kindly and sympathetic to all with whom she came in contact. At times she felt she had outlived her generation and felt lost in the hustle and hubbub of today. She will be sadly missed by her many relatives, old neighbors and friends, who showed their love and appreciation by the many flowers heaped upon her casket.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 from the Hoskins funeral home with Rev. Fine of Burlington in charge, assisted by Rev. Chitty pastor of Free Methodist church of this city and tenderly laid to rest in the family lot in Evergreen cemetery, pallbearers being T. B. Short, Leslie Zillman, Ernest Peasley, Arthur Hisel, Wayne Harris and Lloyd STANFORD.

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Note: Buried in Lot SDof01-011 with husband Calvin.